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3. D is for Dogfight
Created by: Marcel Sarmiento
Best known for: V/H/S: Viral
Score: 145

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHUfJu9BZJk

Raka: 1
Snake: 2
plasma: 2
jcgamer: 2
Mythiot: 3
Inviso: 4
TomNook: 25
John: 31
Suprak: 36
Karo: 39

Raka
That was really good?? I don't know if it's just because it came after three mediocre shorts but man this was a true cinematic experience. The shots, the sound design, the simple but effective plot. That was a doozy.

Snake
Tekken storylines be like

plasma
Theres something outrageously funny to me about a rabid dog getting punched in the face by a washed-up boxer. All those left and right hooksboom, boom, boomhad me dying of laughter. This short was a joy to watch because it feels epic, desperate, and hilarious all at once. It took me through emotions I didnt even know I was capable of feeling, and the concept of this underground fighting ring where middle-aged men fight dogs is downright cool. I love the payoff with Buddy, and the dog trainer getting mauled at the end was great. A+

jcgamer
Wow - for the first I was almost laughing at how weird it was while simultaneously worrying about the direction it was going, but it ended up being great and actually had a decent twist! And it even looks like a real movie! Honestly impressed.

Inviso
I made a big stink about artistic movies, but I think a lot of that hatred ultimately comes down to pacing and length. A short like this one really benefits from using slow mow and the intense camera angles to tell a story. Its a weird story, with some weird, stylistic choices, but its interesting the whole way through. And the twist that the guy is basically fighting to rescue his pet manages to tell a better story than a lot of artsy movies do in two hours of run time.

Tom
Boop the snoot.

John
I give Dogfight credit for being shot well and that's about the extent I can give it. Like so many it tries to play off the "twist" of the dog actually being the guy's lost dog, and ugh, I don't know, I almost like it less because of it being shot well because that just makes the half-assed "story" behind it seem worse

Suprak
This one was hilarious to me the first time I saw it while I was drunk, and it was a big hit but for all the wrong reasons. I dont understand any of the choices here. The whole thing is filmed like a early 2000s electronic dance video. The fact the whole thing is in slow motion is still hilarious to me especially when someone tries to talk. The dog is just an adorable puppy and I dont think it pulls off effective kill machine or more like snuggly wuggly monster. There is a point where the boxer dude is just straight up punching the dog in the face like hes actually boxing him. And then the twist at the end is that it was his missing dog all along, who didnt recognize him at all, but when he says buddy hes back at his side and attacks the trainer guy. It doesnt make sense, and the whole thing is this weirdly made, weirdly shot mess. It is at least stylized, which at least makes it more interesting to look at than some of the other really bad ones in this collection. Good news though if I was ranking these based on how much drunk idiots that are watching this for the sole point of making fun of things like them, this would be way way further at the top.

Karo
Dog bites man. Man bites dog. Everyone opens their mouths in slow motion to doom music. Fucking dumb.