Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2

The bonus features include five student films from the main boys' (Lasseter, Stanton, Docter) days at Cal Arts. It's good stuff, and I think Lasseter's "Nitemare" and the very last one by Pete Docter (the title escapes me) are actually worth watching every time this disc is put in. Though limited in production value, they are as artful and good as the slick stuff.But the one by Stanton called "A Story," in addition to including the word "pissed," is dark and subversive. Kinda fun for adult fans of Pixar, of which I am a huge one, but could be pretty jarring for the kiddies. More for the theme than the mild cuss.This is a good collection. Inferior to Volume One, but still essential for fans because of Presto, Partly Cloudy, and La Luna. I would add BURN-E to that list, though it is a feature-related short. Others would add Day & Night and Your Friend the Rat, though I would not. In any case, it comes down to whether or not you think having these shorts together on a disc is worth the money. To me, it is.The lack of a Play All feature on the blu-ray is a head-scratcher. Dunno what they were thinking. I'm not subtracting a star for it, or for any other shortcoming, but this is because Pixar is basically my favorite thing ever. The disc could probably be stupid in a hundred ways and, as long as it delivered the goods, five stars from me.

Got these on a great Amazon sale for $2.99 in HD, absolutely no complaints... except that I missed the sale on volume one the following day. For the price it was definitely worth it. Being shorts it's good to watch when you need something you could walk away from easily since it has multiple points where you can reach an end point and stop it. At least half of these shorts are actually included on other Disney movies as extras so if you already have them elsewhere you may not find this as good a buy at it's regular price. Though I have many of these as extras on my other digital copies of Disney movies it is kind of nice to have them all in one place.Shorts that are definitely on other digital releases include:Mater's Tall Tales: Air Mater (Oct. 2011) - Comes with 'Cars 2'Day & Night (2010) - Comes with 'Toy Story 3'George & A.J. (2009) - Comes with 'UP'Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation (2011) - Comes with 'Cars 2' and 'Toy Story of Terror'La Luna (2011) - Comes with 'Brave'Toy Story Toons: Small Fry (2011) - Comes with 'Toy Story of Terror'

VERY POSITIVE !

When Pixar started out it produced a short film screened at the 1986 SIGGRAPH (ACM SIGGRAPH), Luxo Jr.It was inspired by the then popular desk lamp, and caused a ruckus due to it's incredible for the time animation purely created by computer. Since then, Pixar has continually produced short films, almost every one features a new advance in computer graphics.There are three volumes in this series (so far), get them all on Blu-Ray or 4K, and see what happens when geeks play with (virtual) cameras.

Watching these shorts brings back some fond memories when I was younger

This is a great DVD for fans of Pixar movies. I have the first DVD of Pixar short films too and would say the two are equal in content. I was not a fan of the price, but the films comprising the DVD were varied and funny and kept me and my kids (4 and 5 years old) thoroughly entertained through multiple viewings. I see in other reviews that people had to start each short film individually. I did not have that problem with the DVD as it played all short films by pressing play once. I would recommend this DVD.

It's about time that this came out! I was kind of upset that the shorts were released one by one but INCOMPLETE. But now, here it is. And there are added-never-released shorts (UP-related) and La Luna and a few more, I'm sure that I'm not mentioning, that are included on this DVD. It's enjoyment for the kids on a long road trip or at home with their buddies when they're winding down from eating and playing and after homework time. If you enjoy Pixar films, these shorts will surely give you a laugh as well. Overall great product!

My family and I always enjoy watching the shorts before Pixar's movies, and this DVD did not disappoint! Before watching the DVD, I had only seen a few of the included shorts on YouTube, and they are depicted much better on the DVD. The new ones are just as ingenious and sweet as the ones I was previously familiar with. It comes with a handy menu that lets you browse through the shorts and choose which one to watch. I gave this to my sister for Christmas and we spent all afternoon laughing. Love!