Animation Thread 2023: HBO Lacks

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PenguinKnight: Apr 6, 2009

�wizards� fuckin rules

# ? Jan 16, 2020 04:28

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# ? Apr 16, 2024 07:42

Owlofcreamcheese: May 22, 2005; Can't post for 9 years!; Buglord

The real magic was the friends we found along the way and also this gun we found along the way

# ? Jan 16, 2020 05:01

nankeen: Mar 20, 2019; by Cyrano4747

this is a masterpiece

# ? Jan 16, 2020 05:08

WeedlordGoku69: Feb 12, 2015; by Cyrano4747

For what it's worth I loving love Wizards and I always knew it as the Bakshi antifa movie.

The ending is also one of the greatest moments in film history.

# ? Jan 16, 2020 05:29

The Saddest Rhino: Apr 29, 2009; Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.

that pipe has tits

# ? Jan 16, 2020 05:38

nankeen: Mar 20, 2019; by Cyrano4747

i can't expose this beautiful thing to gbs

# ? Jan 16, 2020 05:51

FilthyImp: Sep 30, 2002; Anime Deviant

The Saddest Rhino posted:

that pipe has tits

Grabbing some titty when blazing my weedpipe :420:

# ? Jan 16, 2020 05:58

ThermoPhysical: Dec 26, 2007

Wizards is the weirdest animated movie I have ever seen.

And I've seen both Fritz the Cat movies.

AND Cats.

Also Strange Magic.

Wizards is weirdly enough, better than all of them. Maybe on par with the first Fritz movie.

# ? Jan 16, 2020 10:01

Uncle Wemus: Mar 4, 2004

Are you going to do Coonskin

# ? Jan 16, 2020 10:32

Darth TNT: Sep 20, 2013

nankeen posted:

That pipe is either high as a kite, really smug or giving me a bedroom look.

# ? Jan 16, 2020 10:40

nankeen: Mar 20, 2019; by Cyrano4747

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Somebody fucked around with this message at 02:29 on Aug 14, 2021

# ? Jan 16, 2020 10:40

nankeen: Mar 20, 2019; by Cyrano4747

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Somebody fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Aug 14, 2021

# ? Jan 16, 2020 11:08

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Darth TNT posted:

That pipe is either high as a kite, really smug or giving me a bedroom look.

At least 1 and 3 seem on brand

# ? Jan 16, 2020 12:27

nankeen: Mar 20, 2019; by Cyrano4747

ok ONE MORE THING

after a childhood of media (especially animated, but also other kids' media, i'm looking at you jk) of small-l liberals wanting to talk about big issues using nazi stand-ins as symbolism but being too cowardly to even talk about nazism straight without a veneer of candy-coloured bullshit, this movie was like ice water in the face, in the best possible way. just bakshi laying it all out on the table and saying "this is what loving happened. look at what you did."

i love him

# ? Jan 16, 2020 13:07

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Sir Lemming posted:

Rather than having the good fortune of watching Spiderverse on repeat, I'm now finally getting around to seeing The Good Dinosaur. This movie is so weird that it almost wraps around to being good, but it kind of just falls short of being anything at all. No doubt largely due to all the changes in the creative team.

It's the only animated movie I've ever seen where the environments are so insanely realistic that the characters look greenscreened into their own movie. It feels like they have a totally different lighting model on them (maybe they do), and I actually had to go double check that I wasn't getting confused with Dinosaur which was indeed CGI creatures on real backgrounds.

Story-wise, it's a mess. A lot of threads just get dropped or don't end up being important. Arlo is motivated to get home before winter so he can help his mother, but when he does get home, she seems to already be done with everything. His siblings also end up being largely unnecessary characters. And they assert that he's finally worthy of "making his mark" but all he really did was get lost and then get back home. You could even go so far as to argue that the human character is unnecessary, although I guess that's getting into "Raiders would've played out the same way if Indiana Jones wasn't in it" territory, which somewhat misses the point.

Overall it has the makings of a nice detour from the manic pace and comedy of the usual kids' movie, it just needed some more story work... or perhaps less.

good dinosaur is the movie that convinced me the pursuit of photo realism is an indulgent waste of time

# ? Jan 16, 2020 14:26

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

also please keep posting about bakshi

# ? Jan 16, 2020 14:26

ltugo: Aug 10, 2004; If there was a grading scale for torture I would give sleep deprivation and waterboarding a C-.

Weathering with You was great.

# ? Jan 16, 2020 15:01

Franchescanado: Feb 23, 2013; If it wasn't for disappointment
I wouldn't have any appointment; Grimey Drawer

I saw Weathering With You last night. I liked it, overall. It's more ambitious and complex than Your Name, and it's technically better in every way, but I found Your Name to be more a more emotionally fulfilling experience. There's just something missing from Weathering With You. Still, it's a great movie.

# ? Jan 16, 2020 16:08

Shbobdb: Dec 16, 2010; by Reene

Owlofcreamcheese posted:

The real magic was the friends we found along the way and also this gun we found along the way

Best use of the Horst-Wessel-Lied since Wenzler's masterpiece Hans Westmar. Einer von vielen. Ein deutsches Schicksal aus dem Jahre 1929.

# ? Jan 16, 2020 18:39

Shadow Hog: Feb 23, 2014; Avatar by Jon Davies

Looper posted:

good dinosaur is the movie that convinced me the pursuit of photo realism is an indulgent waste of time

I sorta figured that out with video games a while before that

Some degree of stylization is so much more interesting

# ? Jan 16, 2020 19:21

Owlofcreamcheese: May 22, 2005; Can't post for 9 years!; Buglord

Shadow Hog posted:

I sorta figured that out with video games a while before that

Some degree of stylization is so much more interesting

I feel like the photorealism is not at all the problem good dinosaur had. I feel like the elements in this photo that don't work are the awful stylized dinosaur and his terrible knees. The background looks great and the kid looks fine.

# ? Jan 16, 2020 22:39

Fartington Butts: Jan 21, 2007

Wasn't there... scientologist pterodactyls in there somewhere? Or was that a dream I had since I was watching it half-asleep on the plane.

# ? Jan 16, 2020 22:48

Robindaybird: Aug 21, 2007; Neat. Sweet. Petite.

The Good Dinosaur's problem is just a sheer lack of cohesion, stylized human, photorealistic background, very cartoony dino - they all look like they're from three different movies.

# ? Jan 16, 2020 22:50

WeedlordGoku69: Feb 12, 2015; by Cyrano4747

Fartington Butts posted:

Wasn't there... scientologist pterodactyls in there somewhere? Or was that a dream I had since I was watching it half-asleep on the plane.

That's one of the Land Before Time sequels.

# ? Jan 16, 2020 23:07

Pixeltendo: Mar 2, 2012

The Good Dinosaur had no real reason to use Dinosaurs, there was nothing about the story that could only work with them.

# ? Jan 16, 2020 23:45

ThermoPhysical: Dec 26, 2007

LORD OF BOOTY posted:

That's one of the Land Before Time sequels.

Wait what? Really?

# ? Jan 17, 2020 00:35

Sir Lemming: Jan 27, 2009; It's a piece of JUNK!

Fartington Butts posted:

Wasn't there... scientologist pterodactyls in there somewhere? Or was that a dream I had since I was watching it half-asleep on the plane.

Not really Scientologist specifically, but a cult that worships the storm, yeah.

I'm just gonna link it because the title of the video is a spoiler, in case anyone cares, but this scene is one of the most jarring IMO in terms of characters vs. background. It looks so greenscreened even though obviously it isn't.
https://youtu.be/96lLPwmUhpM

# ? Jan 17, 2020 00:49

ImpAtom: May 24, 2007

Sir Lemming posted:

Not really Scientologist specifically, but a cult that worships the storm, yeah.

I'm just gonna link it because the title of the video is a spoiler, in case anyone cares, but this scene is one of the most jarring IMO in terms of characters vs. background. It looks so greenscreened even though obviously it isn't.
https://youtu.be/96lLPwmUhpM

Wow, yeah. They look greenscreened in.

# ? Jan 17, 2020 02:33

Pick: Jul 19, 2009; Nap Ghost

Sir Lemming posted:

Not really Scientologist specifically, but a cult that worships the storm, yeah.

I'm just gonna link it because the title of the video is a spoiler, in case anyone cares, but this scene is one of the most jarring IMO in terms of characters vs. background. It looks so greenscreened even though obviously it isn't.
https://youtu.be/96lLPwmUhpM

The whole movie is like that. It's so off-putting. I went with my dad (don't recall why) and we both agreed it was sure an impressive tech demo!

# ? Jan 17, 2020 02:40

surf rock: Aug 12, 2007; We need more women in STEM, and by that, I mean skateboarding, television, esports, and magic.

Franchescanado posted:

I saw Weathering With You last night. I liked it, overall. It's more ambitious and complex than Your Name, and it's technically better in every way, but I found Your Name to be more a more emotionally fulfilling experience. There's just something missing from Weathering With You. Still, it's a great movie.

Yeah I pretty much agree with this review, although I think the plotting is worse.

Also, it took me half the movie to recognize Allison Brie's extremely distinctive voice, which was embarrassing. I kept thinking it was Kat Dennings.

# ? Jan 17, 2020 03:18

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I saw Weathering With You. Man, gently caress Tokyo, huh?

# ? Jan 17, 2020 03:50

Barudak: May 7, 2007

The_Doctor posted:

I saw Weathering With You. Man, gently caress Tokyo, huh?

My review of Weathering With You: The film sucks because Id kill a whole lotta people for Tokyo

# ? Jan 17, 2020 05:28

Hedrigall: Mar 27, 2008; by vyelkin

Tonight I�m going to a Dreamworks Animation concept art exhibition!

# ? Jan 17, 2020 05:42

Shbobdb: Dec 16, 2010; by Reene

Please don't get arrested for lewd acts in public :ohdear:

# ? Jan 17, 2020 17:50

anatomi: Jan 31, 2015

Just saw Smallfoot and it was... not bad? Genuinely surprised by the depth of the story. Nice animation, too.

# ? Jan 17, 2020 18:58

Maxwell Lord: Dec 12, 2008; I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.; Grimey Drawer

surf rock posted:

Yeah I pretty much agree with this review, although I think the plotting is worse.

Also, it took me half the movie to recognize Allison Brie's extremely distinctive voice, which was embarrassing. I kept thinking it was Kat Dennings.

She actually can vary her voice a bit. You can even see this in some of her live action roles, like Trudy on Mad Men sounded different from Annie on Community.

# ? Jan 17, 2020 19:36

WeedlordGoku69: Feb 12, 2015; by Cyrano4747

ThermoPhysical posted:

Wait what? Really?

yep, i can't find a good youtube but the sorta-kinda-villains of movie #7 are alien dinosaurs sent by Xenu on a comet

unrelatedly, if anyone here likes Lupin III and likes Redline, you owe it to yourself to go watch Goemon's Blood Spray right the gently caress now

# ? Jan 17, 2020 21:43