The Twins | CalArts 2022 Film | Michelle Tang

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The real kicker is knowing that no one will recognize that they're interacting with the wrong twin. He did such devious things to his brother in order to be "liked". Yet, in the end, no one knew him well enough to see the difference. No one will realize that an imposter took his place, because that's how surface level his "popularity" was. They weren't his friends.

The fact that Lake had to disguise himself as Lucas really says what the world thought of him, and what he thought of himself. He thought Lake wouldn't be as missed as Lucas, despite saying earlier that if people knew the real Lucas, they would like Lake more.

the sad part is no one cared enough to put a missing poster about him, if you saw the hand, you can see that he put his own poster up

Love how the owl symbols death, when they entered the junkyard area with blue eyes, but when Lucas died the owl’s eyes are shown red.

love the symbolism that at the beginning, lucas faked being hurt to get lake in trouble. What led to his demise was lake not believing him when he actually was.

I interpret it as Lake only taking Lucas's place because he had no other choice. Think about it, if Lucas the 'good' kid died, everyone would blame Lake for doing something since everyone knew Lake already hated his twin brother, not knowing Lucas was much, much worse. It feels somewhat poetic that the brother Lucas bullied to become more liked is the one who took his coveted position.

Lucas: YOU WISH YOU WERE ME! Lake: Good idea.

Driver really said “🗣️I WOKE UP IN A NEW BUGATTI🗣️ 🚗💨💨💨💨

The saddest part about this ending is that he couldn't tell them the truth even if he wanted to. Because everyone thinks he's a troublemaker, they probably will think he killed his brother out of jealousy. Even his parents probably wouldn't believe him. He's now burdened to live someone else's life forever.

I like how when Lucas breaks the rules, Lake says “I’m gonna tell mrs J.” Not their parents- not the authorities- Their school teacher-

I refuse to accept that these two could never get along. Lake had that moment where he looked at his car and listened to Lucas begging for help. He turned around likely to help him out, showing he's choosing to be the bigger person, even if he hates his brother. The only reason didn't was because he wasn't fast enough.

Lucas: HELP ME UP! IM SORRY OK LAKE! PLEASE! Lake: 🗿

When Lake said "I'm tellimg Mrs. J" and Lucas replied "Really? Think she'll believe you?" in 2:14 is probably the reason Lake pretended to be his brother because he knew no one will believe him.

I love how Lake isn’t designed to look like a really mean psychotic kid. He looks like a normal kid especially compared to his brother’s design.

This deserved to be a full length movie.

This is genuinely one of the saddest animations I've ever seen, especially considering the relationship with twins in general having a certain mental bond and unmatched love for one another, such as Gravity Falls or the book series Unwanteds by Lisa Mcmann being great examples of this. And there are still plenty of examples in fiction where the main protagonist saves his enemy like Geronimo saving his cousin from a train in the 13th book of Geronimo Stilton or Anne trying to save Sasha in Amphibia. I personally think this is still very sad but I still think you did a good job on it.

The sad fact about this is the only reason Lucas said he was sorry was because he knew he was in danger / hurt. If he wasn't he would never have said that or even considered his brother's feelings considering his unknown literal hatred for him. Edit : I feel bad for the animator who has to see the sheer embarrassment in the reply section. Arguing over an animated film cmon now 🤡

the scene in the car dump was great, really made it feel imposing, and that shot in the reflection of the glasses? perfection. Lucas is dead, sure, but that ending made it so much darker. I bet this will blow up, and if it doesn't it should. Edit: I'm guessing since this comment has over 1000 likes i was right

Watched this a year later, I never noticed in the end Lake puts his own missing poster up. No one cared that he was missing enough to put a poster up.