LastingAware The greatest movie ever!

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Deanna 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.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "The Big Snit" is a 10-minute animated short film from 30 years ago. It got director Richard Condie the first of 2 Academy Award nominations. The contents are basically a couple who plays a game of scrabble, gets into a heated argument, but quickly makes up after that again. I have to say I did not really like the animation at first, but it grew on me I guess as the film went on. Still, the story as a whole was not too convincing or memorable. A nuclear attack happens, but the two protagonists are sort-of living in their own world here and don't really care about what's happening outside. There is some dark humor in here like the newscaster who has turned into a skeleton already or the scenes with the pets, but all in all I must say that I did not find it funny enough to recommend it. Must have been a pretty weak year if this got in with the Academy. Then again, the National Film Board of Canada managed so many times. Watch something else instead.

MartinHafer This is a very strange little short film that initially didn't impress me. From a purely aesthetic point of view, the animation here certainly ain't pretty--though after a while you notice that the simple and silly drawings do possess a certain odd charm. That's probably because with the script as screwy as this one, the animation works.The film shows an older couple sitting at the table playing Scrabble. At the same time they are fixated on this game or other bizarre pursuits (such as the husband's compulsion to saw things--even the chair and table)! And all of this stuff occurs as the television warns of pending atomic annihilation--Armageddon is definitely here! Naturally, the neighbors are screaming and running amok--during which time the couple obliviously continues with this idiotic game. Heck, even their cat knows the end is coming as the couple begin bickering about who may or may not have cheated--leading to a very surreal ending indeed!! The film deserves kudos for both being unique as well as very funny. While it did not win the Oscar, it was nominated for Best Animated Short--which it richly deserved.

knifeintheeye Man am I stoked I can leave feedback for this 10 minutes romp. I love it.After not seeing it in years, I happened upon it the other day and watched it over and over.'Stop shaking your eyes' and 'shake a rock and roll band' and 'stop sawing the table' are freaking classic lines.The art is delightfully raw. The dialog sparse and wonderful. Just find it and love it. Cannot recommend this enough.Thank you high school art teacher Mrs. Kogan for showing us this over and over. Thank you NFB for letting it be made. Thank you MTS for showing it (for free at the moment at least).I want a Big Snit t-shirt now. I'd love an animation cell, but at 440.00 a pop, that won't happen.Find this flick, and watch it.

smakawhat Richard Condie's utter maddness insanity cartoon 'The Big Snit', is a trip through qwerkyness, madness, hillarity, enjoyable backgrounds, melting characters, and a conclusion that nearly brings me to happy tears everytime I see it.This short I have seen over and over AND OVER and I NEVER TIRE of it (luckily having it on tape from a broadcast on TV)!! It never stops to make me burst out in laughter uncontrollably, and then reach down into the depths of my spirit, highlighting the greatness of the human condition. Cause when someone says, 'Come on, let's finish the game' everything is alright in the world and the troubles that we face everyday we suddenly realise are all petty fleeting things not to fight or worry about anymore. This film at first seems just like a simple exercise in cartoon slapstick humour, but it is far more than that. This film hits a greater sense of spiritual meaning with mankind in the wake when everything seems to be so bad and trivial. It is flawless... in every way. AND DAMN FUNNY TOO ;)Rating 10 out of 10.