The Animal Olympics · review
You can't go wrong with animals doing funny stuff. It's a concept that transcends time and culture because it's fun to think about. The Animal Olympics is a short movie from 1928, and that's all I knew going in. I recommend it for the novelty alone, but the short is surprisingly funny and well made. The bits with the Elephant doing discus and Pig doing hurdles were hilarious. The chimp kept participating and messing with everything, not taking the games seriously. There is so much charm packed into 13 minutes, and I imagine if I watched this in 1928 I'd be thoroughly entertained as Iwas almost 100 years later. It's well worth a watch despite being completely silent and obviously not the pinnacle of animation.