As I watched the goat leap gracelessly into the air, I thought to myself, “What an amateurish attempt at animation!” Where’s the anticipation, when the goat rears back before its jump? Where’s the squash and stretch? Where’s the follow through? Why was this done at such a low frame rate?

But then again, what more can you expect from an animation that was created over five thousand years ago?

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