Lava
Tags: romantic

Plot synopsis:
This Pixar short opens with a scene of a giant, male volcano in a Hawaiian bay. The music and song began. this sad volcano watches two sea turtles and other pairs in love and wishes for someone too. Then he looks to the sky and sing" I have a dream I hope it will come true that you're here with me and I'm here with you. I wish that the earth, sea and the sky up above-a will send me someone to lava", as he envisions two volcanoes together in the clouds.
As the story goes on he loses hope and lave. He is shown drying up and sinking into the sea. Then far below him is a female volcano who has been listening to his song. She emerges from the depths of the sea but can't find him. So she sings his song and his lava returns and he comes back above the sea. They sing a new song as they hold each other forever. "I have a dream I hope it will come true" She:"That you'll grow old with me" He: "And I'll grow old with you" Both: "We thank the earth, sea and the sky we thank too
I lava you.
I lava you.
I lava you."
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Review: This short film alone is more than enough reason to go see Inside Out.When I went to the theater to see Inside Out tonight, little did I realize that the best part of my evening would be when they showed the short, Lava, before the feature film.
However, like Inside Out, I doubt if Lava will resonate very well with small children, as its intended audience appears to be adults.The short is very simple--as you'd expect in a short film.
It consists of the most adorable volcano in history singing a love song--hoping that perhaps a girl volcano will answer his call.
The bottom line is that this is one terrific short and more than reason enough to arrive at the theater with plenty of time to spare so you don't miss a moment of this lovely film..
My only complaints are that I have no where to download the song, and l have to wait for the next Pixar Short Films Collection.
This was a cute little short that actually really surprised me in may ways.
Lava: Quaint but weaker than the average Pixar short.
Lava tells the story of a lonely volcano, yep really.
Don't get me wrong Lava is good, it has your usual Pixar charm and hits you right in the feels but it just didn't have "It" whatever "It" may be.If I saw two one man bands competing for the attention of a little girl to get a shiny gold coin (One Man Band: 2005) I'd laugh and cheer, if I saw a magician trying to keep his unruly rabbit in check (Presto:2008) I'd be in hysterics, if I saw a baby bird brave the new world I'd d'awww (Piper:2016) but I can confidently say if I saw a singing volcano I'd run screaming in soggy trousers (It'd be sweat I swear).Sweet, heartfelt, but a lonely singing volcano really?.
Lava is a charming short animation from Pixar.The story is simple, a volcanic mountain in the middle of the ocean is singing for companionship.
A female lava or should I say lover.As the centuries turn into millenniums then into millions of years, the lonely volcano is sinking beneath the sea in extinction but right at the bottom for all this years was a female volcano who forever has been enchanted with his song who rises out from the bottom of the ocean just as he dips beneath it.Can the old volcano make his lava stir one more time and find true love?A simple, elegant original cartoon with a catchy song and wonderful animation..
Lava is a great short film with a well developed story and a terrific voice cast.
The film manages to tell a very sweet story in the space of less than ten minutes, and also within this small amount of time it takes place over hundreds of years, it's very impressive how a short film can do that and we feel a genuine connection for this talking volcano and want him to succeed in his dream.
As far as Pixar's short films go, this isn't one of the greats, I would normally find myself given these shorts a rating of nine, but Lava is missing that magic that is evident in shorts such as Day & Night and For the Birds, and it simply isn't as memorable.
The voice acting is outstanding, there are only two voices heard in this movie, which is quite rare for a Pixar short, their singing is beautiful and perfectly conveys the overall ton and message of the film, to never give up on your dreams.
It's not Pixar's finest short, but Lava is a fun and a very sweet seven minutes that will warm you up for Inside Out, definitely worth the watch.
We saw this short before "In & Out" just a day after returning from a vacation in Hawaii, where my 11 year-old daughter learned to play the Ukulele.
When the music started and the story unfolded, we looked at each other and gave the "Thumbs Up" sign, really enjoying this short.
The Pixar artists did a great job in capturing the serenity and calmness of the Hawaiian island spirit of nature.
I hope this will become available for sale soon!Pixar - thank you for something different that has a valuable message: in the vastness of the natural world, what we have here on Earth is special, and finding someone to share our hopes and dreams is an amazing event worthy of our best hopes, dreams, and inspired creativity..
Lava is the short story of a volcano who wishes to find someone to love like the animals that surround him.
Luckily each time the short reaches this point, something happens to change the status quo and mildly peaks interest again.Lava is definitely not Pixar's best.
Still, Lava is definitely not Pixar's worst either, giving a story that really is sweet and showing us familiar objects from a different point of view as only Pixar can..
Extremely Charming and Beautiful to Look At. Lava (2014)*** 1/2 (out of 4) Exceptionally entertaining Pixar short has a volcano singing about "lava" and how he wishes he had someone to spend time with.
Over millions of years we learn that there's a volcano under the water who has heard him the entire time.
As you'd expect, the actual animation is really wonderful and I'd argue that some of the studio's best work can be found here including a brilliant sequence where we see the volcano over thousands of years.
This film really does a great job at showing this love story through the ages and I think parents will enjoy it just as much as children..
A short musical involving one volcano helplessly falling in love with another volcano with the assistance of picturesque illustrations and on screen lyrics.
This short tells a love story that ends up in a happy manner.
'LAVA': Three and a Half Stars (Out of Five)Another Pixar computer-animated short; which preceded 'INSIDE OUT' in theaters.
It tells the story of a volcano, on a tropical island in the Pacific, that's lonely and dreams of love.
The male volcano continues to vent lava, in sadness, and sink as well; while the female volcano grows stronger, from hearing his song.
The short is 7-minutes long and was directed by James Ford Murphy (a veteran Pixar animator).
The song, sung by the volcano, is also titled 'Lava' and was written by Murphy as well (it's also featured as a bonus track on the 'INSIDE OUT' soundtrack).
Once again the animation is beautiful to watch (like all Pixar shorts) and the story is moving.
It's a beautiful little short, but it's probably not Oscar worthy; like a lot of Pixar is.Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: http://youtu.be/3LSix0bykDQ.
Well if 'Inside Out' wasn't a good enough film to begin with the short that accompanies it is just as good.Well done to Pixar, who consistently produce these lovely little films before the main feature, and also make them to such a high standard.This one has all the qualities that Pixar strive for within their feature films.
I smiled through the whole thing, it was heart warming , and put just a little bit of kindness & love in the hearts of those watching.
After reading a lot of mixed reviews for Lava, from those who really loved (or shall we say 'lavad' it) and from those who consider it Pixar's worst short film.
Lava is not one of my favourites from Pixar, and is perhaps one of their weaker short films (a contrast from seeing it with one of Pixar's best, and their return to form, Inside Out), but it is still very sweet and touching as well as well-made so it's still a winner.The only real problem for me with Lava was the song.
It is a lovely, beautifully sung and well-meaning one, and fits nicely within the short (also did like how the story was told through the song), but felt a touch overlong and repetitive, which dragged the pace a tad and one does wish that there was a little more story, while effectively simple it was like a lot of attention went into the song and it dominated everything else.
However as always from Pixar the animation in Lava is wonderful, the character designs of the lover volcanoes are appealing but even better are the vibrant colours, gorgeously rich backgrounds and the nature surrounding visuals.
The time elapse of a thousand years on the volcano is a visual masterstroke and very cleverly done.No matter how slight or predictable the story is, it is difficult to deny how truly sweet and touching it is, it really resonated with me emotionally.
The characters are very cute and it was easy to feel their charming romantic chemistry, while the singing voices are beautiful and soulful which does help to give the song, no matter whether you like it or not, the emotion it does clearly have.
All in all, an above-decent short film from Pixar, if not one of their best, almost did 'lava' it.
This animated short video tells the story of two volcanoes in Hawaii, who long for each other.The story is delivered using relatively static images, and through a beautiful song.
It's a beautiful animated ukulele love song.
(Pele: Pronounced "peh-leh." Meaning 'lava.' Pele is the name of the Volcano Goddess).His name could have been something like "Oha" (welcome, love, greet, fondness, affection), "Oli" (a chant), or even better yet "Mele" (to produce harmonious sounds with one's voice; to sing).I like the idea of bringing new Hawaiian vocabulary to people as well.
For those of you who are going to see Inside Out, this is the short that will accompany the actual movie.
Just saw Lava with Inside Out and absolutely loved it!
It starts as a beautifully written tropical island song about a lonely volcano watching love grow in all its forms in nature as he pines for his own love.
A big old male volcano longs for love and sings his feelings but almost becomes extinct, trying to keep his hope alive in his isolation.
Unbeknownst to him, a beautiful female volcano submerged in the sea nearby falls in love with his voice and his story.
I don't get the point of Lava, it's a short film for the fabulous Inside Out, but this short is a joke, a Volcano making love With another Volcano, what, here's why this is the worst Disney short film yet.The short follows a Volcano back 1 million years ago sings a song about when he will find someone he will love, then a lot of days later, a female Volcano comes up from the sea and the male Volcano gets his prize, a Volcano to love, that's basically i can sum up this Garbage.The animation is good, but not Incredible, With creepy designs and weak Development time, the song that Plays through this 7 minute short is too sad to be true, it's creepy and unfitting, especially With a talking Volcano, seriously.The concept is the worst in a short ever, i even thought that awful Blue Umbrella short was better than this, the only good thing about Lava is when Inside Out finally starts, i was confused for the entirety of the short.Lava is a weak but decent short film, animation, song and concept is terrible.4/10.
Also, the "male" island looks ancient while the "female" island appears youthful and beautiful...this is just creepy.Disney prides itself in great stories and clever characters, even in their shorts.
The upside,the fact that everything works out in the end, nobody is lonely and everybody finds their lava is bliss and it leaves you happy and warm on the inside..
Lava is another wonderful Disney/Pixar computer animated short.
Before the Disney/Pixar feature Inside Out, this short by them appeared.
It concerns a male volcano who sings of wanting someone to love as he witnesses various creatures with significant others.
I'll just now say this was a very enjoyable short with all those images and the singing and, well, I'll just now say that Lava is very highly recommended..
Basically, an old volcano falls in love with one a third his age that appears out of the water.
But then they end up next to each other and sing, "I lava you."Now, tell me--why is something 60 years old (or at least looks sixty in human form, much older in thousands of years) in love with a twenty-year-old?
Even though they're volcanoes, which are thousands of years old, he's still three times older than her.
Like another said, sweet and heartfelt, but a singing volcano?.
Lava is a beautiful allegory for how a lonely old man can be rejuvenated by the companionship of a very attractive and much younger woman.Uke, the male volcano, spends his life singing about how lonely he is and wishes for the universe to send someone for him to "lava" (a pun for "love").
They sing about growing old together, in spite of the established fact that Uke is significantly older than Lele.On the other hand, it is followed by a film (Inside Out) about a young girl with agency and a relatively sophisticated understanding of her life.
When I took my niece to go see "Inside Out" As the previews run their course we thought along with everyone in the theater thought the movie was about the start.But low behold we were greeted with this short little movie called "Lava".
My niece and I look at each other surprised and thrown off by this little feature that came on but actually it was a nice surprise to have a short little animation feature before the movie started kind of like a double feature which I think all Disney movies should have more of with their movies in the animation and family side of course.
The movie tells a love story about a Volcano called Uku (Voiced by Kuana Torres Kahele) who sings every day for a thousand years to a female volcano named Lele (Voiced by Napua Greig).
I'm trying to keep it spoiler free because the only way to fully understand the story is by watching it on screen with "Inside Out" but the movie itself is really a nice little surprise and unexpected because when you think you're about to watch the movie you paid to see you get a special bonus.
The animation in this short is really amazing and superb as Pixar once again show case their animated talents and they really did a wonderful job as everything from the design of the volcano to the ocean is very well done and shows just amazing animation can be done if you do it right.
The Song they sing in the movie to tell the story is quite surprising how they created such a interesting song for the short Overall Lava is a nice surprise and really smart of Disney/Pixar part to have play with "Inside Out" like a few say it's reason enough to go watch "Inside out".I give Lava an 9 out of 10.
Not as good as the usual Pixar shorts.
A lonely volcanic island sings a song of hopeful love over the years: just as he goes extinct and sinks below the surface, a new volcano arises, inspired by his song: but will they ever be together?
Lava is the Disney/Pixar short which accompanies Inside Out. It is, as usual, visually beautiful but, for me, it falls quite a long way short of the usual standard of these short films: it is trite and obvious, and contains little of real substance other than its visuals.
I was also not terribly amused by the conflation of "love/lava" in the song lyrics.Sorry to be out of step on this one..
On the same level as the film it preceded with a lovely song throughout.
I saw this film at the cinema when it was shown right before Inside Out and I found it surprising since I forgot about it for a while.The song is lovely and it impeccably tells the story of the cleverly-named Uku and Lele, the two volcanoes who find love.
While the animation is simple for a Pixar short the area surrounding the volcanoes is lush and vibrant.
Uku is rich in detail while Lele is beautiful and although this short has received criticism for somehow depicting a relationship between an older man and a younger girl the relationship between these characters is sweet if basic and purposefully doesn't catch on until the end.Overall this is a lovely Pixar short that isn't on par with Day and Night and One Man Band but the relationship between the volcanoes is adorable and the song is its most memorable feature.
"Lava" is a 7-minute short film that was screened already about a year ago at festivals, but its real release was together with Pixar's new "Inside Out".
And I must say Pixar delivered again in terms of this short movie.
Together with this wonderful love story once again, comes a beautiful song that fits the atmosphere perfectly and the two singers do a really fine job.
And it's not just the volcanoes falling in love.
This short animated film is included as an "extra" on the "Inside Out" DVD.
It is just about 7 minutes long.In essence it is a 7-minute song, wanting someone to "Lava Me." The elapsed time has to be millions of years because first we see the male volcano in the sea, sitting proudly and high, but as time passes he sinks lower and lower.In the meantime there is a pretty female undersea volcano waiting to erupt, and rise above the sea, but only as the other one continues to sink.In the end they are both above the sea, next to each other, each with someone to "Lava Me."The singing and harmony are done very nicely.