Fresh and Exciting

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I absolutely didn't realise this was the first animation to be created and be shown to audiences, until it was recommended by Youtube for me to give this a watch. Even if the speed wasn't on point, there was no sound or we don't hear the characters talking in this short film, it really stood out anyways! I have to say, fairplay to Émile Reynaud for creating this because like, it really is a good introduction to animation that we know today and the fact, even if it was plain and simple, it really is eye-catching plus interesting. This little short would be good to watch if you wanna learn baby steps of early animation works or have nothing to do but wanna try to watch something new. I give this a 8/10!

Pauvre Pierrot (1892) This French film is considered one of the first animated movies ever made. From original reports it seems that the movie lasted longer than what's available in its current version but even at just four-minutes you can't help but be somewhat amazed at what great quality the film actually is. The plot is quite simple and deals with two men and a woman that they both want.I will just leave the story at that but the main reason to watch this is for the beautiful animation. Now, it should go without saying but this movie was made in 1892 so one really shouldn't be expecting the work of Walt Disney. The film has a very fresh look to it and I must say that the colorful background is certainly the highlight.

Like I said in title of this review, this seems to be oldest available cartoon now. We have one which is older but it is lost film (Le Clown et ses chiens). This film was a part of Pantomimes Lumineuses which consist three movies created by Charles-Émile Reynaud. Film probably doesn't deserve this rate, but I increase my rate because of funny music. Sad thing is that inventor of animated movie die penniless, like many other inventors in history. And second sad thing is that before he dies, he throw away all of his work into river and that is a reason that 2 of 3 his movies from Pantomimes Lumineuses are considered as lost films.

It is said that Pauvre Pierrot (1892) was the first animated film ever (it was presented with Le Clown et ses chiens (1892) and Un bon bock (1892)). Was exhibited in October 1892 when Charles-Émile Reynaud opened his Théâtre Optique at the Musée Grévin. It is probably the first usage of film perforations. Pauvre Pierrot originally consisted of 500 individually painted images, which originally was 15 minutes long, but the 1996 restoration made it 4 minutes long.The story is about Harlequin (best-known of the zanni or comic servant characters from the Italian Commedia dell'arte), Colombina (a stock character in the Commedia dell'Arte, she is Harlequin's mistress, a comic servant playing the tricky slave type and wife of Pierrot) and Pierrot (is a stock character of pantomime and Commedia dell'Arte). It is a comedy, though nowadays it isn't that funny, in its time it must have been one of the funniest things that existed. I wish I was there when it happened.