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Like always Pixar has created another one of a kind short for all of us to enjoy.

Lifted is set in the quiet/peaceful country side. When a flying saucer appears to abduct a sleeping individual with a tracker beam. unfortunately the tracker beam is operated by an alien trainee who isn't doing too well on his first job. And keeps messing up on the job while the professional alien grades him on his performances.

I won't give away any of the good or funny parts. But it is one of the funniest Pixar shorts yet. The use of no dialog, interesting characters and special effects is all made possible by Pixar. Along with the ever popular films, their shorts are very highly acclaim. And each one makes a further break through in animation or experiment a story that hasn't been made into CGI yet.

You're able to see Lifted along with Ratatouie.

This is another fun little short in the tradition of fun little shorts from Pixar. Soundman extraordinaire Gary Rydstrom directs for the first time (according to IMDb), and the result is solid.

Not surprisingly, the sound for this short is fantastic, opening with some isolated nighttime noises of a country farmhouse. I've spent a fair amount of time on the real life equivalent of this digital set and this part sounded realistic to me.

By the way, I wrote this whole mini-review just so I could finish with this: Aieeeeeeeeee!

See Gary, the audience really IS listening.

I've always thought it fantastic that Pixar precedes their excellent feature-length films with an equally-excellent animated short, since it serves beautifully to settle the audience down and ready them for the coming feature. With 'Ratatouille' currently in cinemas, the short film this time around was 'Lifted,' a brief but amusing tale of an attempted alien abduction that doesn't quite go to plan. It was directed by Gary Rydstrom, a first-time director but incredible seven-time Oscar winner, thanks to his excellent work in the sound department on such films as 'Jurassic Park' and 'Titanic.' Like Pixar's finest short films, the simple plot is propelled forward without the need for any dialogue, relying mostly on effectively-chosen sound effects. Accordingly, Rydstrom was an ideal candidate to direct.

In a quiet country farmhouse, a human sleeps peacefully, blissfully unaware that an immense UFO has stationed itself outside his house. Inside the spaceship, a young alien, named Stu, is trying desperately to remember which unlabeled toggle switches to press, presented with a vast selection across a large control panel. Stu's instructor, Mr. B., watches over him menacingly, his expression offering not a hint to the correct procedure and answering every mistake by scribbling briefly onto his notepad. Meanwhile, as Stu fumbles tentatively with the controls, the unfortunate human finds himself lifted from his bed by the spacecraft's tractor-beam and tossed violently against the wall and ceiling, never waking from his slumber.

I thought it was rather ambitious that the filmmakers decided to show the beings inside the UFO, since it is rare that we actually get to see a cinematic alien fiddling with buttons and levers behind a control desk. Not only this, but the two extraterrestrials – in just five minutes – become relatively well-developed characters: we immediately sympathise with poor hapless Stu, and Mr. B. discovers a streak of compassion that we hadn't originally expected of him. The comedic timing is just about perfect, and we hold our breath as Stu moves to press another button, before laughing at the unexpected consequence of this upon the unlucky human – his movements largely represented by a holographic blip above the control panel. The sound effects are cleverly-chosen, and the addition of the Wilhelm scream at the very end was a nice touch.

A remote farm-house (probably in the Midwest) is suddenly bathed in a bright, clean light and the sleeping farmer is picked up from his bed and carried towards the window, where an alien craft awaits. Unfortunately for him, the abduction is being undertaken by a trainee, who really needs more hours in the simulator before tried to do it on a live subject.

This short film was screened before the feature Ratatouille and worked well in getting the audience in the laughing mood. Like the equally good "For the Birds" this short film delivers constant laughs in a short time before bowing out with a strong finish. The former short focused on a big tall bird, this film focuses on a trainee alien but the approach is the same – have one weakness or failing be the subject of the short. Here the trainee cannot get the man out the window with the controls and the repeated failures are simple but also very funny. This continues to the end, which is a nice big laugh at the end. The animation is typical Pixar, very clean, professional and impressive with plenty of cultural references in the alien abduction itself for film fans.

Overall then a very clever and funny short film that works very well because it knows just what it needs to do and does it in a ruthlessly efficient manner.

This animated short is on the 2-Disc Special Edition of Ratatouille, and I understand that it was also played in theaters right before aforementioned feature was. With a running time of five minutes and not a single spoken word, this communicates entirely through the visuals, and the quality is definitely top-notch. The story-telling is quite good, and this doesn't go for the cheap audience-pleaser of just doing fancy stuff with the ever-expanding technology, and instead uses it. This has a cool enough, minimalistic plot that you can instantly get into, and a conflict that takes a mere second to wrap your head around, including for young children, in spite of the exact situation being one that I'm willing to bet no one in the audience has found themselves in. All of the sound is excellent, as is the use of it. I didn't personally find this terribly funny, but I can imagine that many will. The material tends to be physical, with slapstick and sight gags. Cartoon violence, and a brief image that might remind people of plumbers is the extent of the offensive material. I recommend this to fans of CGI movies. 7/10

The first impression of this movie was I already had feeling that it would become a funny movie. And I was not wrong. The film about two aliens working together in order to lift a human up to their UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) is brilliant. First of all, I like how they portrayed aliens as green slime like creatures. Not to mention they are irresistibly cute as well. The small alien is my favorite. He probably has no talent to be what aliens are supposed to be, but he would never stop trying. The human who is going to be lifted is so unrealistic in my opinion, but that is what makes this film more interesting in the first place. This film is only five minutes, and I recommend you to watch it.

i just viewed this short a few minutes ago,and i thought it was great.the animation was excellent,but i really loved the story.i won't give anything away here,but if you're a fan of Pixar,you should really enjoy this little gem.even if you're not,i still think you'll enjoy it.it's very clever and manages to tell a great story in just 5 minutes.i laughed out loud more than once,in fact more often than i have in some full length comedies.if this is something that interests you,it's available as a Pixar collection of shorts which are probably available in most stores,or online.anyway,i loved Lifted and highly recommend it.

This is probably Pixar's weakest short film. Every Pixar short has one of these three qualities - It can be cute or it teach us something or atleast be funny. But this film did not has any of the three. I didn't feel entertained.

You will watch this short in the theatre before the beginning of Ratatouille. And it's very well placed, since it indicates much of the theme that drives Ratatouille. An artist puppeteering an instrument in order to create his art.

This short may be understood as a synonym for the work of an animator. Really really hard to manage, check out the number of buttons in the board of the spaceship. It's hard to learn the job, and while you don't master it, all you do will be a disgrace. But if you get to do it well, you'll do wonders. You'll puppeteer the world below, create and destroy, move and control.

These small appointments (not necessarily short films) are interesting to me because they are explicit indications pointing on how each creator comes out with his own originality and my opinion is, the creations reflect usually every stuff which is very close to the creator, usually his own thoughts and life (It's the second time in a short time i identify these signs, the other was with Miyazaki's Kiki).

The funny thing is when the construction, no matter how simple it is, is honest in its origins, works out very effective, so this short is really really funny.

My evaluation: 4/5

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Lifted" is an animated short comedy film released in 2007. It was shown at the same time as the animated feature film "Ratatouille".

The film begins with a scene in which a room where a man is sleeping and is suddenly enveloped in a bright light. The light comes from a UFO, and the man floats up and he is about to be taken away by the UFO. However, the controls are messed up and the man hits the walls and floor and objects in the room are scattered. In fact, it is a beginner alien who is controlling the buttons inside the UFO to take the man to the UFO, and he is in the process of being tested by an expert alien. However, there are countless identical buttons lined up, and the beginner struggles to figure out which button to operate.

I found this film funny for everyone, from children to adults, and could make sense of it. In particular, everyone would laugh at the scene where it becomes clear why the beginner is struggling with the countless buttons. Like this scene, there are many scenes that are made funny with images and sound, so I would recommend this movie to everyone.

Two aliens try to abduct a sleeping man to a UFO at midnight. One alien tries to get the man, but makes repeated mistakes. On the other hand, the other alien seems to succeed in getting the man. However, it comes to an unexpected ending. This film is Pixar short film in 2006. I think Pixr film is always so exciting and moving that it never disappoints us. Moreover, it always gives an important messages to all of us. This time, it shows without words that people who try to do wrong can't realize their hope, no matter how they do their best. I felt that is pointed out in the funny way through Lifted. Also, I love the cute aliens. It makes us happy.

Faced with a vast array of knobs and faders, it falls to the apprentice alien to try and remove the human from his bed, and tractor beam him through the window of his home so they can experiment on him as he sleeps - before returning him safely. Under the supervision of his elderly and rather unhelpful pal, he makes quite a hash of this process and it looks like he has little chance of succeeding and thereby passing the test... It's quite entertaining this - like a game of Tetris only without you having the wherewithal to ever get the squares to align. You can't help but feel for the youngster - and for the human who manages to remain asleep despite being tossed and bounced all around his house! It's a simple animation with quite a jaunty score and I quite enjoyed it. We all had to learn sometime!

I like this short movie, because there are many points to amuse me within 5 minutes, and I do not get tired of it while watching it. When I watch Pixar's movies, I feel the producers are genius to engage our hearts in their story every time. Maybe, I think they care about how they can make a good set-up, so when I watched lifted for the first time, I thought it was aw kind of horror movie or aliens experimented with a human by kidnapping, but it betrayed my expectation, or my stereotype for alien movies. If it ware not such set-up, I would be disappointed at this movie, and would not try to watch it again. In addition, the last scene of this movie is also good. The smaller alien cannot control their UFO well till the end, I could not stop laughing at that, and at the same time, I empathized with the man who was target for the aliens, because he got a lot of misfortunes while he was sleeping. Anyway, I will watch Lifted again when I get depressed, or I meet unhappiness, because I want to get energy from this movie, and it lets me laugh.

"Lifted" is a comedy short animation movie, which was made in 2006. This theme is anxiety. A UFO comes to the Earth and one alien tries to bring the resident to the UFO under surveillance by the coach. However, he can't run a machine, and the resident is bumped hard.

This film has a lot of laughing points. The alien worries about his practical test. The audience is anxious about the resident. The coach worries about his operation. There are three anxieties. The alien repeating the challenge, and I don't get tired of the interesting developments. The favorite part is his last challenge. I was moved by the relationship between the coach and the alien. However, his challenge produces the most powerful result. This movie make the tension and relief well. People should see this movie because everyone can enjoy the contents and visuals. There are a lot of visually pleasing scenes, and people see the good relationship.

One night, a UFO comes above a house to carry off the man who sleeps in the house. However, the alien who controls the beam that can move everything can't control it well and it is difficult to carry off the man easily. The reason why he can't control the beam easily is there are a lot of switches. When I watch the scene in this film, I can't believe that the aliens have to operate these switches to control the beam because if they have the technologies that can make the UFO and go to the earth, they must have the technology that can carry off people easily. The zest of the science fiction is the fusion of imagination and reality. The balance of them is very important. The many switches are the core of the film, but if it is unrealistic and it destroys the world of the film, the film gets absolutely nothing out of it. The end of a film is important. Naturally, this film has an end. People who watch films hopes that the film has the end that he or she can't imagine. People who watch this film may be able to imagine the end of this film easily. I think it is good to make a more imaginative.

I rate was a 10 because it was really funny. I laughed at the end the most because it was very funny. I like the big blobby alein because it was cute looking.

This movie is that the aliens try to lift a man to their spaceship who sleeps in his house.

There are many interesting scenes in this film. I like the contacts between aliens. It is very humorous. A small alien's trial and error is very funny and a big alien's correspondence is cool and interesting. The scene that a man in a house crashes into a wall many times is also funny. The BGMs in this movie are very good. They suit each scenes. They also enlarge the fun of this film.

There is no scene that I don't like. I like all of the scenes.

This movie is constituted by the funny moment, so I think it is made to make people funny. I like the movie that is full of fun. When you are sad and want to make yourself cheer up, you should watch it!