Looking forward to the new Wallace and Gromit film? I'm binging all the shorts in prep for it

Edit: watched em all. here's my rankings:

A Grand Day Out: 8/10 - amazing student film. the technological feats they pulled off are amazing, but as a film it's more about the novelty and the imagination. the villain is great and I love the way Wallace is eating all the cheese on the moon trying to figure out what it's like, but there's not a lot of content there it's mostly just a technical showcase. tons of great moments tho

The Wrong Trousers: 10/10 - one of the tightest half hours you could watch, if you are getting into screenwriting you need to study how efficient this short tells its story in order to tighten up your plots. The villain is great, the heist is great and the climax is great and all three of those things are set up and fleshed out in the first half in order to pay off in the back half. I also like the sleuthy vibe of this short

A Close Shave: 9/10 - This one is a bit of a slow starter in all honesty. I love the new use of setting, i think the villain is great and the sheep are adorable but I heard this was the short that had the most ideas cut from it in development and i can kind of tell. It has this weird inbetween of the whimsical tone that the other shorts had and the dark tone they probably wanted to go for. I think it works, the whimsy contrasts the dark stuff and the dark stuff being in such small doses keeps it from seeming like it takes it too seriously but I think it leads to the short having an amazing climax but then the buildup isnt as strong as the first two. I especially think that outright reusing the plot point of the villain finding the gadget and stealing it was a bit lazy. Also small nitpick: didnt like how wallace looked compared to wrong trousers, but i found the fact the love interest (a ten in bongland) is just him with hair

Curse of the Were-Rabbit: 9/10 - you can feel a bit of the Americanization here, but it's a fun movie and I love the Hammer Horror pastiche that it's going for. The villain is a little weak but I'd say it's probably the funniest W&G installment plus I think it has the best use of Wallace so far. Gromit is usually the best character in all the shorts but Wallace is very good here and gets a lot more focus, while still letting Gromit shine as the smarter half. I also think Hutch is the funniest character, it's genius that he literally isnt even sentient he just repeats what Wallace has said before in the franchise, divorced from its original context

A Matter of Loaf and Death: 9/10 - this is surprising how kind of underrated this one is. I dont think anyone who isnt a superfan has watched it but it's a damm good short, lost with how acclaimed the three shorts and first movie are. I think this has the most inventive imagery and best dialogue of the franchise, it feels weirdly more adult in places but for the most part it's tastefully done. It probably didnt do as well because it seems to deliberately reference Wrong Trousers and a Close Shave for its plot, but I didnt mind when it was obviously invoking a trope, unlike the latter. The villain is another great one and the little battered dog she has adds a great dimension to her because it makes her more hateable and gives us a new character to root for to defeat her. The one problem i have with it is that i find the ending a little weak, because the villain does herself in and i didnt find that satisfying even tho it is foreshadowed twice. I also thought the film references were a bit too obvious compared to the other shorts