Tony Vs. Paul

I think that Tony Vs. Paul is an incredibly imaginative stop-motion video. The unnatural movements of the characters created by the stop-motion photography are so interesting to watch. It is mind boggling to think of the technical difficulty that was required to produce this video. I think that this short film is very well done.

The story of Tony vs. Paul is bout a fight between two friends. In the beginning of the video, it shows Paul writing a letter to Tony telling him that he is a jerk. The funny thing is that He points to the paper and the words just appear on the paper, he points to an envelope, which the paper slides into and the envelope is closed and slides out of the door without a single touch. They show the envelope traveling through the city and into Tony's house. The video continues with a fight between the two characters that involves many interesting Matrix-like moves and unnatural gliding and sliding across the landscape. This comical fight ends with a hand truce and handshake and the two men glide off into the sunset.

My three-year-old nephew watched this video with me. It was so fun to see the video through a child’s eyes. He was not able to distinguish between reality and fantasy. He watched the video in amazement and insisted on watching it over and over again. He then tried tirelessly to recreate the fighting moves of the video. He asked over and over “how they do that?”

This video reminds me of the imagination of a child. It seems like all little boys dream of flying through the air like a super hero and fighting bad guys. The character’s ninja-like movements are very representative of little boy’s imaginative thoughts. It is obvious that the creators of this video had so much fun making this. It is obvious that little boys never really grow up. It is very refreshing to see grown men having so much fun and tapping into their inner child.