Lack of good storyline.

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Well if 'Inside Out' wasn't a good enough film to begin with the short that accompanies it is just as good.Well done to Pixar, who consistently produce these lovely little films before the main feature, and also make them to such a high standard.This one has all the qualities that Pixar strive for within their feature films. Heart, warmth, and crucially strong storytelling. In an age where the biggest explosion or most graphic sex/violence wins, it is refreshing to see a quality piece of film.I think this can be found on the 'Inside Out' DVD if you're interested. It's well worth your while.

This short animated film is included as an "extra" on the "Inside Out" DVD. It is just about 7 minutes long.In essence it is a 7-minute song, wanting someone to "Lava Me." The elapsed time has to be millions of years because first we see the male volcano in the sea, sitting proudly and high, but as time passes he sinks lower and lower.In the meantime there is a pretty female undersea volcano waiting to erupt, and rise above the sea, but only as the other one continues to sink.In the end they are both above the sea, next to each other, each with someone to "Lava Me."The singing and harmony are done very nicely.

"Lava" is a 7-minute short film that was screened already about a year ago at festivals, but its real release was together with Pixar's new "Inside Out". And I must say Pixar delivered again in terms of this short movie. It's probably, even with this runtime, one of the most Hawaiian films ever, especially in animation. They are so so good in breathing emotion and life into inanimate objects and here they fully succeed again, this time with volcanoes. The two do not manage to get together as one of the is always under the sea or has its back turned to the other, but of course in the end they are united. It was predictable yes, but that does not take away a bit of the magic. Together with this wonderful love story once again, comes a beautiful song that fits the atmosphere perfectly and the two singers do a really fine job. And it's not just the volcanoes falling in love. If you take a closer look, you will also see dolphins, turtles and seagulls in love. About 1 minute before the end, I thought the only thing that could still improve this already brilliant film would be the two singers performing a duet that fits the happy ending and this is exactly what happened. Excellent animation too, but that's a given with Pixar. Perfect rating. A true gem of a movie.

I don't get the point of Lava, it's a short film for the fabulous Inside Out, but this short is a joke, a Volcano making love With another Volcano, what, here's why this is the worst Disney short film yet.The short follows a Volcano back 1 million years ago sings a song about when he will find someone he will love, then a lot of days later, a female Volcano comes up from the sea and the male Volcano gets his prize, a Volcano to love, that's basically i can sum up this Garbage.The animation is good, but not Incredible, With creepy designs and weak Development time, the song that Plays through this 7 minute short is too sad to be true, it's creepy and unfitting, especially With a talking Volcano, seriously.The concept is the worst in a short ever, i even thought that awful Blue Umbrella short was better than this, the only good thing about Lava is when Inside Out finally starts, i was confused for the entirety of the short.Lava is a weak but decent short film, animation, song and concept is terrible.4/10