GRUFF | A Short Film by Righteous Robot
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- čas přidán 29. 02. 2024
- GRUFF is a handmade, paper short film I've been designing, building, puppeteering, and editing across almost three years. It's a story about the people you know love you, but aren’t exactly verbal about it. It’s how I've processed my dad’s passing, and learned how to love people who don't love exactly like me.
I believe we all have individuals in our lives, related or not, that pride themselves as the "strong silent types". Through this short film, I hope all of us can learn to empathize, connect, and more deeply love the those who have so much more to say than we think, and just need us to listen.
I hope you enjoy "GRUFF".
Written, Directed, & Animated by
JULIAN CURI
Starring
JOEY MARIE URBINA as Hazel
AVILA KAST as Bo
CHARLES CARPENTER as Abuelo
With
BRADFORD LOOMIS as the Narrator
VINCE MELAMED as El Mayor/El Pistolero
KRISTIN CURI as Bonita
KAISER JOHNSON as Farmer Jim
KEELEY JOHNSON as Farmer Jane
Produced by
JULIAN CURI, KEELEY BRIGHT, KAISER JOHNSON, & IVY ISENBERG
Director of Photography, Editor, Production Design, Visual Effects & Puppeteering
JULIAN CURI
Original Score
ROLAND BINGAMAN
Casting Director
IVY ISENBERG
Production Assistant, 1st Assistant Camera
KRISTIN CURI - Krátké a kreslené filmy
I loved the moment when you saw the wall filled with his daughter's accomplishments and realised he was saying it all without words
It felt like that he sat there straight across all her accomplishments everyday to admire her work and be proud of her
The cinematic storytelling is so incredible; the way her entire life she's been sitting facing the armchair, seeing nothing but the quiet nod. But when she actually sat in the armchair, seeing things from her father's perspective, she saw all the appreciation he's been harbouring all those years.
Yeah, that's the moment I started crying. It's powerful without words.
@@mia-not-mya3218same.. 😭
@@mia-not-mya3218I cried too… howwwww
We can *NEVER* forget this man who allowed us to enjoy this serious paper movie for *FREE*
FR
Truly a legend
FR
Yupwill always be remembered❤
As a grown man, I've never bawled so hard before beside on the day of my father's funeral. This brings so much memories back, thank you.
3 years of painstaking work... gone where? This has to be the most ''mid'' lukewarm shtick ever put on the site. What even was the message? Pop Pop should have paid more attention to his kids? The old bastard was a prick to his daughter and it's somehow remedied by him getting cancer. Wow! What surface level garbage did I waste 9 minutes watching. When the fictional show within your short film seems more interesting than the show itself, that's bad... Sorry, but if you cried to this, toughen up.
Baby, he's just copying and pasting this everywhere, don't toughen up. We all have hearts and I've seen grown men in the comments just like you crying over the film. We need more vulnerability in the world, not bitter and hatred. This guy is just rage baiting everyone, I'm being so for real. ❤
@@HELLO-cu7zkaww you sound like a sweet person ❤❤
@@Liam-hd1kuthe moral was clearly to keep loved ones close/ love, wether loud, quiet, or not shown at all, is still there
@@Liam-hd1kunice ragebait
I love how the photos on the wall are actual photos. This person went through the hassle of making extra cut out puppets, props, and backgrounds just to be used for a little photo on a wall. That is the kind of dedication I love seeing.
Frrr 😭😭
4 characters
9 minutes
3 years of effort
=Masterpiece 😊
You are missing +30 minutes of ugly crying
*waits 3 years*
*9 minute video*
“ *TF IS THI-* “
@@i_yahooed_into_beans you need some respect...
Fr
Wow just *wow*
The fact you captured the emotion of literal paper dolls is such real talent
3 years of painstaking work... gone where? This has to be the most ''mid'' lukewarm shtick ever put on the site. What even was the message? Pop Pop should have paid more attention to his kids? The old bastard was a prick to his daughter and it's somehow remedied by him getting cancer. Wow! What surface level garbage did I waste 9 minutes watching. When the fictional show within your short film seems more interesting than the show itself, that's bad... Sorry, but if you cried to this, toughen up.
@@Liam-hd1kulmao ur just copypasting this around 😂 why are u pressed that people have hearts🤣 the message is about how actions are louder than words, and how love doesnt need to be vocalized to be felt. it’s a very touching story about family and loss, and how to grow through differences to reach love and acceptance (learning peoples love language). the last scene we see that although he was a quiet father, he was in fact very proud of all his daughter’s achievements. i hope ur just ragebaiting for ur own sake😅
@@amanitawaterrs111 Thank you for saying this!!!
@@amanitawaterrs111 "actions are louder than words" ZZZZZZZZ
@@Liam-hd1ku 🤡🤡🤡stay asleep, ur act of speaking ignorance is loud enough 🤡🤡
This should be entered into a film festival, the labour of love that produced a 9 minute film that captures raw emotion like this was amazingly done.
3 years of painstaking work... gone where? This has to be the most ''mid'' lukewarm shtick ever put on the site. What even was the message? Pop Pop should have paid more attention to his kids? The old bastard was a prick to his daughter and it's somehow remedied by him getting cancer. Wow! What surface level garbage did I waste 9 minutes watching. When the fictional show within your short film seems more interesting than the show itself, that's bad... Sorry, but if you cried to this, toughen up.
@@Liam-hd1ku Bruh are you serious? At least try to enjoy the effort that has been put in this. This is the work of a single man (well except the voice acting of course).
@@Liam-hd1kuwell its like photorealism/hyperrealism for you then. i think if you dont value the message or story, at least acknowlegde the physical talent - the hardwork on the actual pieces,/render as well as the timing etc.
@@Liam-hd1kuDid you read the description? It explains the meaning of the story.
@@Liam-hd1kuread the description??? But hey reading is fundamental skill that not a lot of people have. 🤷♀️
I love how he advertised the action parts as the movie and then hit us with one of the most soul-crushing masterpieces posted
Was so ready for action but not at all prepared for everything else
i thought this was an action film at first , BUT THIS IS BETTER THAN I EXPECTED
Fr @@SaturnBreh
So true I don't see my father anymore this really hit to close to home
I KNOW RIGHT-
The fact that he was always staring at his daughter's accomplishments. He always sat there to marvel at her, he was truly a proud father.
Real
A loving father
Man fuck I just realized that. I’m fucking sobbing
I’m sobbing because my Pop (grandfather) passed away last month, 3/15, and this reminded me so much of him. He ALWAYS used to watch old westerns and was under-spoken but always loved and cared for us so deeply. I came into this short film just because of the paper-puppetry style, completely clueless that it would encompass my Pop so well. Thank you for putting so much hard work into this project ❤
This might not mean much coming from a stranger, but I’m sorry for your loss.
I am so sorry for your loss remember that he is watching your from Heaven and knows that you will never forget him❤
*you
I can’t get over this at all… it’s technically and artistically brilliant. But more than that it’s deeply moving. I lost my mum last year after her going through chemo, I have memories of coming home with my wife and my 4yo daughter in her pretty funeral dress. I hadn’t shed a tear since that day, refusing to acknowledge all the things this video so painfully and beautifully highlights. And now, as I stand in my kitchen, a 36 year old ex-soldier, biker, covered in tattoos and scars, I’m finally letting go of the pain. Thank you for making this film.
People complaining how this took 2-3 years. They're forgetting all the work behind it. The backgrounds, the different characters, the metal sheets behind the puppets, the animation itself, etc. ARE ALL MADE BY ONE DUDE!!!!! This was absolutely amazing, worth the wait.
Wow u must be incredible of doing anything i u think that all of that needs 2a3 years
He also had to take pictures, make props, so much stuff. The video on how he wanted to take REAL photographs not just make illustrations is SO real
@@EeveelutionStorm And make an entire mini movie in the movie even though we don't see much of it
@@anotherhumanguy4u I think that it wasn't the only thing that he was doing at the time. He might have his main job, he probably has a family. He didn't charge you anything to watch this short film, so why are you complaining? All of the donations were made because people wanted to donate, it's a free country
@@anotherhumanguy4u??? Have you ever made a short film. On your own with paper. With barely any visual effects?
That shot where when she sits down in his chair and it reveals the view he had all those years, which was all her achievements he was so proud of, i nearly cried.
I didn't even think of that, such a significant scene
6:44
I really liked gruff although I don’t know why it’s called gruff if anyone see’s this please tell me why if you know but my opinion on the movie is that it was great the only thing I didn’t like is that it was a bit woke I honestly thought it was gonna be an hour long but 10 minutes is still pretty good I mean I know the trials and errors of making an animation so I can blame him but overall my rating is 8.5/10
Bro I did cry 😭
Nearly? I did cry
Wow, I'm in tears. This short really touched me. This is my life! My relationship with my old man. I really want to go back home to visit him. My old man is just like the dad in the short. Very quiet, and doesn't communicate his emotions at all. I always feel unloved by my dad. He's always been so cold and distant no matter what. When I tell him my major accomplishments. He just says "that's good" and nods his head. That's all I never get from him.
Now that I have my first apartment, I've become the main character of this short. I don't communicate with him. I don't visit. I don't call. I basically gave up because I felt like he didn't care. Also, just like the dad in the short, he got sick from old age. He doesn't do much but sit around and watch TV all day. He always watches old movies and shows. Especially Jackie Chan and Tom and Jerry. Ever since I was young, that's all he does. Watch old school tv, or watch repair videos on youtube.
This short made me realize that my dad does care, he just cares in his own way. Just like the old man in the short, he always keeps my accomplishments. Every metal I've won. All of my drawings I made for him. My birthday dress from when I was 1 years old. My graduation cap and gown etc. Things I've bought him over a decade ago, he still has and he takes good care of it. I remember me and my mom sewed him an traditional garment, and he worse it for 15 years until it was torn to shreds and he refused to get rid of it. My mom ended up throwing it away in secret. Now I realize why he was so upset when he couldn't find it. It never dawned on me that it was sentimental. This short gave me a perspective I never saw. Now I see that he cares. He just doesn't communicate it.
I don't know how to thank the creator of this channel. ❤
I love that the message of this short is present from the very start, when he takes the girl's crown without questioning it, appreciating her gift. This is a visual and emotional masterpiece
the fact that he dedicated 2 years into this 9 minute film is just so heartfelt
3 years
and then made it free on youtube so others could just enjoy it
Fr
Fr
2-3 years on a 9 minutes prodject that will stick with many forever.
2 years for a high quality, 9 minute video, all made by one person. Imagine what he’ll make when he gets bigger, and actually gets a crew working behind him. This is the start of something great.
I’m sorry but my daughter has watched the shorts and told me yesterday that he spend 3 years making it not 2
I'm not trying to diss him but he hyped this up like it was gonna be an hour long movie n stuff LOL
@@LigmaBalls-fw8uc I mean, he said “short film” so I was expecting anywhere between 10-30 minutes actually
I know! I'm so excited for future projects
@@Starz_Shine same!
Not everyone shows love the same way, but the people who do truely love you always try to do their best to show it in their own way
This made me cry because this is almost exactly how my grandpa died when I was a kid because he would always watch the western shows and I would find a way to play with him but eventually it was too late but it still felt nice knowing that our last moments together were happy ones, now my little brother will never meet his grandpa tho, he was my best friend 😢
The fact that it took this man 3 years to make an 8 minute short shows how much he cared about this project.
That's crazy right?
God damn 110 likes in 20 minutes? I wasn’t expecting that!
Bros bought to make bank of this though because 1 million views is a few thousand dollars it’s bought to be worth it
Erm Achily iiiiits 9 mins 🤓
Real
3 years of work, 10 minutes of film, and 10 years of history and emotion. This short was absolutely amazing.
9mins 24secs
@@loscam1peso38wat?
@@loscam1peso38who broke your heart
@@loscam1peso38 I’m jealous too bud, but that’s no reason to resent a well made film. Leaving multiple hateful comments, especially one on a comment about someone’s father passing away, is a terrible way to waste your time.
@@loscam1peso38well who shit in your eye socket
My mom passed last week. This short perfectly captures our relationship in those final days. We could never understand each other... but at the end all that remained or mattered was the love. What a hard lesson to learn... that the love is all that mattered.
Growing up, i've always craved for my dad's acknowledgement. In 2021, he told me, "I see you. I know you work hard". I cried so much thst day. Right now, my dad is so old. He doesn't have any grandchild yet, because my sisters and i are still figuring out our lives. Despite having huge phobia for childbirth, i just want to get married and give him just one grand child. I don't want to loose him before that happens.
Watching this short film reminded me how much i care about him. He is my favorite person after all, and i just have to listen more
God! I'm bawling! Thank you Righteous Robot
“Some things, don’t have words. So we have to be close enough to feel them.”
I cried
That was so adorable ❤️
Awwwhh
I almost cried
Same
the fact that this dude spent 3 years straight to make a 9 minute animation on his own really shows how dedicated he is. amazing
no, i think he also created a series based on this to
Been waiting a long time for this finally happy to see this come out 4 days before my birthday
And the fact that he showed it for FREE
Just like the movie "Our Drawings"
@@CRINGECOLLECThappy early birthday
i cannot thank you enough for making this masterpiece. my grandfather recently passed away, and up until now i was always angry at how he would never speak to me or tell me i was enough. looking back at it, he's done so much to me through acts of service and quality time than words of affirmation. thank you for making me realize that he always thought i was enough.
My 7 year old son makes creations out of paper and Amazon boxes. If this type of artistry is in his future I can't wait to see what he can do. This short film was truly inspiring. ❤
The fact this isn't made by a big movie production company makes this even better.
Boy, this is better than a movie company OK
Holy bazoinks I got 889 likes in one hour
@@yunusemrekaradag6071bro this was as sad as the movie Up
I was the 1000th like lmao
Bro you have 1M likes in an hour!😲
This guy spent 3 years to give us a beautiful short film. While watching this, I cried, because he created something so amazing and heartfelt. All that time he spent working on this created something truly beautiful ❤
Gave me feels similar to UP.
this is one of the few movies i actually cried watching
3 years is just too long
@@Ryan69z Make it in shorter time.
It warmed my heart
I don’t cry at things easily, but this made me sob uncontrollably. I showed it to my parents and both of them were crying too.
I lost my grandfather four years ago. This animation was so scarily accurate that it actually spooked my family. He looked exactly the same as her dad in the animation, we also called him papa, and he was in the military. This animation is beautiful.
Sir, from the bottom of my heart, you have made an impact on my family as a whole. It made us feel in touch with my grandfather even after he passed.
Thank you for this. You are amazing and brilliant. ❤️
8:35 this is so underrated it made me cry. Sometimes love doesn’t require speaking. One action can make a whole heart.
I love how the super-spy's action and praise is described as "living LOUDER", how she craved and chased the SOUND of applause, but found the deepest love in *silence.* The narration unifies the theme with its own language. And an even deeper irony is that this film's most demonstrative moments aren't characters exchanging witty dialogue, but them quietly touching hands and being close. The narration describes the characters' mindsets, and then the visuals deliver the gut punching catharsis.
OMG HE MADE IT!!
To change angles and realize from the dad’s perspective, he was looking at all her achievements. Quietly appreciating them. The entire wall is just covered. Oh my god.
Sorry for your loss may he rest in peace
Rip
Thought the short was framing him as a neglectful piece of shit. That kinda makes it better... Not really.
You completely missed the point of the animation then@@accountrandomnumber182
@@accountrandomnumber182read the description, he literally explains his vision behind it
This is the first set of minutes of 'Up' levels of sad. Beautiful project and an even more beautiful level of dedication, care and effort.
I love this.
This single 9 minute animation had a better plot than most movies that come out today, this is a true masterpiece and I almost cried watching it
The fact that this guy put three years in this and he did this alone and we didn't have to pay for it is amazing itself
Fr
How is this only nine minutes
FR
A 9 minute film that took 3 years truly takes skill and patience! ❤
He is the man
I'm cryinh so hard rn. This guy dedicated 3 years of his life into making this short film for us to see, FOR FREE
FULL of respect
*crying*
EMPHASIS ON THE CRYING FR
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
FR
I'm criying so hard rn. This guy dedicated 3 years of his life into making short film for us to see, FOR FREE😢 I'm gonna cry😢
You copied this comment but ok
Why are you mad😏😒🙄🤨😤😡😠🤬🤬
Bruh bot
3 years of painstaking work... gone where? This has to be the most ''mid'' lukewarm shtick ever put on the site. What even was the message? Pop Pop should have paid more attention to his kids? The old bastard was a prick to his daughter and it's somehow remedied by him getting cancer. Wow! What surface level garbage did I waste 9 minutes watching. When the fictional show within your short film seems more interesting than the show itself, that's bad... Sorry, but if you cried to this, toughen up.
1. Im going to go call my dad.
2. That was beautiful, the animation, the art style, the story. Just beautiful.
3. Im not crying... You're crying!
I love how the tv show repeats the words "I have mi familia and they are strong in ways I am not". Such a beautiful quote!
Exactly 😌
very true
That’s in one of the comments at the bottom , not sure if you copied
Dw I was thinking the same thing ;)
its all so beautiful
@@MeMyselfAndI647 I doubt they copied an incredibly simple, but true, thought lol
"But when you run from the quiet, you might miss what they've been saying... All along" SO BEAUTIFULLY DONE
FR
Absolutely worth the wait beautiful
OMG THE END BUT THO😭 this deserves a nomination! Cheers to the guy who put 3 years of his life into this👏
I’m a daughter of a man of few words and it took me a long time to become fluent in his love language. It’s the movies he makes me sit through, the books he gives me to read, the painting I did for him in 9th grade that he still has hung up on the wall. Thank you ❤
I waited 2 years for an 9 minute long animation.... and it was worth every second of it.
yup
It definitely was lol
Oh its alright
Totally
Agreed
Man spent TWO YEARS on this MASTERPIECE and we were NOT disappointed.
3, actually
But it’s so short
@@carsonmontano7116 it *also* is very well made, so.
you sure about that?
Why are y’all up at 1am/12am
Bellísima, elegante, con la apropiada cantidad de dulzura, calidez y excelente trama. ¡Merece varios Oscars! Se la enviaré a todos
It took him 3 years to make this.
I just cried 3 years' worth of pent up tears. 😢
The grandpa liked the movie so much, because he projected himself to the sheriff character. He wanted to be as important to his family and protect them like the character in the movie, but his family was absolutely overachieving, while he was bound to a chair due to cancer.
Very touching movie, those years of work really paid of, thank you so much again for putting this on CZcams for everyone to see.
Yes sir.
Yeah, man this is well done, all of those hard years of work really paid off and seeing something this good on CZcams is unbelievable.
Oh my god the scene where the mom sat on her dads chair after the funeral and it showed how all her greatest achievements had been hung up on the wall right next to the dads tv had me SOBBING
Me too
Fr
omg omori fan
naw dawg (the movie good no hate)
This was an amazing film, the wait was surely worth it.
As an only child constantly exploring but never hearing from her parents, thank you for reminding me that they love me & are proud of me, even if they don’t say it.
I really love how in the reveal of the true perspective of that chair. its not facing the tv. its facing the wall of all her accomplishments. but the thing i REALLY love is that the things front and center have nothing to do with her career as a spy but instead focus on her accomplishments growing up. the ones he got to share with her personally. the marshal art competitions her at dance practice. her graduation pictures of her in his lap. those are dead center on the wall.
ksm 😂
Boy, this is really the golden age of CZcams indie animation. So many different and totally stunning projects on this platform. I hope this gets the recognition it deserves!
It will people have been anticipating it for 2.5 years
@@cieloazul1205real
More than that
600 like by me
I have lost my grampa to like this movie and it reminds me of grandpa😢
😮😢😮😢😮. Absolutely beautiful. Merci. Thanks. Gracias. Obrigado. 🎉
This may have been free, but think about how much value this just sparked in everyone. Value that money can never buy.
The second she appeared in a black dress I started bursting out crying. It’s shocking how a 9 minute short film can say so much.
I regret looking in the comments befor watching now I am sad
I almost cried
I didn’t understand what this comment meant until I cried for myself
@@Elija621 I was about to look in the comments before watch but I was like no let me watch it first lol
O.g same😢😢😢😢😢
3 years for a 9 minute movie? Now that is some insane dedication and motivation there and it makes me really appreciate these types of creative videos on CZcams
its beatiful
I agree!
I agree to
3 YEARS?!
@@kinyacat5919 yeah, the real pace of making good films. Not content farm stuff that can be made in hours with no artistic value
Im nearly crying, because this shows that words never beat actions and the love that our parents give to us thats why u need to be grateful
“some things don’t have words so we have to be closer to feel them” this is so precious
Bo choosing to spend time with her Abuelo doing something _he_ loved was so precious.
It was nice
Mhm!
I agree!!❤❤❤
3 years of painstaking work... gone where? This has to be the most ''mid'' lukewarm shtick ever put on the site. What even was the message? Pop Pop should have paid more attention to his kids? The old bastard was a prick to his daughter and it's somehow remedied by him getting cancer. Wow! What surface level garbage did I waste 9 minutes watching. When the fictional show within your short film seems more interesting than the show itself, that's bad... Sorry, but if you cried to this, toughen up.
IT'S FINALLY HERE!
3 years of hard work and dedication,
AND ITS TOTALLY WORTH IT.
And it's all gone within 9 minutes 😔
Well I just bawled my eyes out 😭 what an incredible short film. When I was in highschool my senior year I had an english teacher that would show short films almost every friday to start the class. We would write about what happened and things we noticed and then discuss with her and the rest of the class. We'd talk about deeper meanings, hidden details, writing techniques, all sorts of things. I cant remember the name of a certain short film we watched but it made me (and quite a few others) just cry and cry it was so powerful and moving. Honestly im ashamed i cant remember much about it, but this instantly made me think of it. Youve created a masterpiece and brought back part of a memory I had forgotten that was important to me in more ways than one. Thank you.
I kept seeing your shorts of this animation and I decided to check it out , I am 14 and today I lost my Grandma, this Film reminds me that she was always looking out for me even though at times I didnt realize it. The Ending Personally touched me reminding that she will always be looking out for me.
“Some things don’t have words. So we have to be close enough to feel them”
My favorite line. Not just said, but felt.
@HelpMeplease991 I've seen similar comments like yours, and both of you are lying. Both of you only want likes on their comments, just to feel good, and you're fishing a bunch of 8 year olds trying to support something that doesn't even exist...
3 years of painstaking work... gone where? This has to be the most ''mid'' lukewarm shtick ever put on the site. What even was the message? Pop Pop should have paid more attention to his kids? The old bastard was a prick to his daughter and it's somehow remedied by him getting cancer. Wow! What surface level garbage did I waste 9 minutes watching. When the fictional show within your short film seems more interesting than the show itself, that's bad... Sorry, but if you cried to this, toughen up.
@@Liam-hd1ku you completely missed the point. It’s about learning to understand the love that others have for us but express in a different language from our own. We can’t change others or force them to share how they feel. But we can change how we see their love to see how they’ve been giving it all the time.
@@Liam-hd1ku you say that you wasted 9 minutes on this video yet you clearly have enough time to comment 23 times for one guy. Chill out lol, go watch something that’s actually worth your precious time.
@@menliker8813 wake up, dont be mad cause i get more exposure than you buddy.
I saw this in my home page, and immediately started screaming “OMG IT’S OUT! IT’S FINALLY OUT!”
SAME STORY HERE GIRLY
SAME
Same
Imagine what your parents thought of when you said that 💀💀💀💀💀💀
same
This man spend 3 years to make this short film only for us to watch it for free anytime, this man deserves more 🙌🏻🙌🏻
I am crying right now. This film reminded me of my dad. The years were quiet before he passed. I wish I found a way to find peace with it, to have gotten close to him. But it was too late. He was already gone. This is a beautiful film. Thankyou for making it. You truely are great artist with a beautiful heart ❤
Knowing that making this 10 min long movie took someone years is making me feel like I should stop the video and stare at every frame to appreciate it
haha I watched it multiple times now just to catch every frame. It’s so good!
bro just casually drops one of the greatest, most stylized, and heartfelt pieces of animation I've seen in years.
This shit is ass
Fr
fr
He’s been teasing it all over his pages 😂
I mean, he's been making shorts about it for a while.
I’ve been watching your shorts for awhile now, and I had forgot your channel name and I just found you and realized you released it so I watched it. I am now bawling my eyes out.😭 i never knew such a short film could make me cry so hard😭
This short film has me in tears and spoke to me on far too many levels. After years of no contact with my mother, she received the diagnosis of stage 4 cancer.
She got to be with me through my journey into motherhood, before passing before my son turned 1 year.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you
Dude... You got me so happy that the daughter was staring to bond with her grandfather, then the scene swaps TO THEM WEARING BLACK?? In other news, check out how HARD I CAN CRY.
This short had me in an emotional roller-coaster 😭....
INFACT IM WEARING BLACK RIGHT NOW!
I saw this comment exactly at that moment
Dude… I love reading spoilers without even having to open the comment section all the way!!!
@@googeldotcom1675I know lol
The fact that this dude spent 3 YEARS on this 10 MINUTE film is incredible. This film was so sweet and wholesome. This really just proves to never give up.
Yea is true
Yes yes and yes
YES.
Yea it’s crazy
1I made VX Super Force for three years while it was different, and longer. This was a very fun story. The paper art and details were good.1
Like many people, I started following the making of, and progress of Gruff on TikTok 2-3 years ago. It’s been an honor to see the creativity and talent that went into it and the product did not disappoint. ❤
Guys, this man spent 3 years on this little 9 minute short.Give him some love and respect for doing this for us.❤
I don’t think I have been broken by a scene more than that transition to the funeral veil. 😭😭😭
FR
I'm holding back tears but not very well
I'm not crying you are 😭✋️
Exactly.
When one dude can make a better heartfelt film than multi-billion dollar companies, it shows you that a studio doesn’t need a boat load of money to make something good.
True!
Cough cough dis knee
This is on par if not better than any film I've seen. Better than up, Titanic literally any sad film
yeah but needs 2years of work for 10 mins
@@ohiotoipopet definitely true, if he had a bigger team, then yeah, he could produce a full length film.
I'm two months late but that doesn't matter. This gotta be one of the best short films I've ever watched here, the story is so touching even though it's kind of implicit, which honestly just emphasises it, and the quality is just GREAT. I am on tears, really.
Es lo más hermoso que e visto la superación de un padre que deja este mundo la drama, accion tiene todo un 10-10 obra maestra 🥹👍
I saw everyone’s comments and went “PFFFT- I won’t cry” I did. I’m drowning. In tears. They’re mine.
That was me too 😢
Same
Literally same lmao
Same
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I started slowly tearing up when she said "but the silence caught up to them..."
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Yeah, it's been teary eyes all the way from there to the end credits for me
Can't believe paper made me cry!! 😭😭
I was full on crying at the end, it’s a really beautiful story
@@AstaGruwier-vi5ht same
This is a good story. Made me remember my grandpa. I used to go to his room every morning to talk to him. Miss him.
I never thought paper puppets would be capable of making me cry. This is truly amazing work.
he gave us what hollywood couldn't. an original story
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This is perfect, amazing.
Lol
So true 😂
I love how I didn't notice any of the wires and sticks he used to move them, and it was emotional, and you could feel how much effort that was put into the film
Didn't he removed them?
@@lenov56some yeah, but others were just hidden, like in the door opening scene at the hospital
Yea the wires were green screen
WE.. NEED! TO GET THIS COMMENT TO 1K LIKES. YOU GUYS GOT THIS!! :D (also not my comment, the one I'm replying to.)
@@STARB3RRY._.ST4R already done 😎
3 years for 9 minutes. The dedication is incredible
It’s crazy how a 10 minute video on CZcams can make me bawl my eyes out but a whole 2 and a half hour movie by Disney can’t.
When you try to please everyone (make the most money) you end up pleasing no one.
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I agree with it
Too much like
Bro omg yeah
My grandpa was a nam vet and was always quiet like that, he’d just sit and watch westerns and randomly start spitting life wisdom. Two of my favorite things he ever told me was “god don’t make junk” and “you won’t meet a single person in your life that you won’t learn something from. So be kind to everyone you meet” to this day I try to live up to that and all the things he taught me.
that's so sweet omg 😭
@@ChIoe_ he was a good man, he’s been gone almost 10 years and It still hurts. Honestly one of the best friends I ever had.
@@ChIoe_ he had another saying any time someone would ask him how he was he’d say “I’m above ground and breathing, with the good lord on my side. if I was any better I couldn’t hardly stand it”.
And now I've learned some things from you, so thank you very much ❤ I'd say you're doing a pretty good job living up to that 😊
This hit hard.. my grandpa was a nam vet too and he never spoke. He would watch tv and just spend time with us… i took him for granted i miss him man.
I have keep up with the development of gruff since the begin. At first I was simply amazed by the visuals of the project. I loves the art style and the paper puppet's were incredibly. Time after time I found my sifting through as many videos as you had mads about gruff. Im at the point now where the simple tik toks and CZcams shorts feel like a home from home. Now seeing the full project, it breaks my heart to see this project is done but it also makes me so happy. This film feels like a friend I haven't seen in a long time. That one friend who always with exception makes you smile. So thank you, you really have made a impact on me and its something I'll always hold near.
After watching this, I'm reminded of the importance of being there in person for others, not just virtually.
I started this thinking“I won’t cry over paper characters” now I’m bawling my eyes out.
Yeah, bawling
Me too, that plan backfired for me
don't do that you'll make their paper bodies soggy
I am crying 😢
I never cry on movies.. but this well deserved my tears.
How the actual fuck did you make less than 10 minutes more meaningful and emotionally gripping than entire 3 hour movies. Those 3 years payed off. This masterpiece deserves to be known to the whole world
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This made impressive use of the materials. For example, whenever we saw the hands up close, the paper bent just right to really move like real hands. It's not something I've ever seen in paper puppets before. And there's a tremendous amount of work and detail in every other facet of this short. Truly amazing work.
I would pay so much money to see this. It's incredible this is free. This is the first movie I actually cried about. Thank you.
"Some people don't say the things we want, and some of them don't say much at all.
But when you run from the quiet, you might miss what they have been saying all along..."
I needed this, really. Sometimes we forget how silence can speak so much louder than any words.
i felt that bro
who knew a movie made by a youtuber could be so deep
YAY ITS HERE! I WAITED SO LONG ITS FINALLY HERE! EVEN THOUGH ITS ONLY 9 MINUTES DOESNT MEAN IT CANT BE GOOD!
That's right
sometimes the smallest the words can make the biggest difference in people's lives
At first, I was confused about why it's only 9 minutes long, when it took him 3 years to make. But after seeing it- all of the care, love, and attention to detail. *That's* why it took him three years to make.
It's a love letter. To his craft, his dad, to the story itself. Everything about it made with meticulous care to make sure that every detail has a clear purpose.
Even the TV show is made in the style of the rest of the film. The little details in things like the way they all hold hands, knowing that one made this by himself, as a tribute to his dad. Everything about it is absolutely beautiful.
there also the fact it stopmotion which takes famously long to make
@@arandomthingintheabyss2062 well it’s not exactly stop motion
@@Someduudeit partially is
This moved me way more than I expected. Had me crying twice in such a short time. Adding this to my Masterpieces playlist. Thank you for your mountainous efforts and for sharing this beautiful message with the world!
I literally cried, this is a masterpiece. I want to have so many words to explain what I felt while watching this, but yet I'm left speechless.
Y'all don't know how this made me feel, like I just went through the 6 stages of grief.. THIS IS SUCH A MASTERPIECE????
The six stages of gruff
@@starcraftgemdamn…
I Love it so much ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@starcraftgem yuhhh
It’s mindblowning that everything we see in this film was handmade with paper, from the characters to the props to the backgrounds. It’s such a creative, unique, and lovely style of animation that I’ve never seen before. The amount of time and love that must have went into this is unimaginable, but it payed off beautifully.
Even the voices were made frome paper... I think. (JK!)😆
yes
Could not have said it better!