I first saw this short two years ago when I visited an animation exhibition at the Barbican with a friend and I was impressed with its graphics for its era.
The short basically shows Luxo the lamp (that later became an icon of the Pixar logo) watching Luxo Jr playing with a ball. During this time, I like the jolly piano music and the anthropomorphic movements and expressions on the characters, even though the background is dark but there's a good reason for this so that the lamps can effectively illuminate it. I sympathised for Luxo Jr when the ball deflates but it isn't long until Luxo Jr finds a bigger beach ball to bounce around the room, much to Luxo's disbelief. Not only did Luxo become a famous icon of the Pixar logo but also the first ball makes subsequent appearances in further feature length Pixar films.
Overall this is a sweet and impressive earlier effort from Pixar. 8/10.
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