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Watterson's 100% anti-merchandising, anti-licensing approach is extreme, but since virtually everything else is taken to the opposite extreme these days, I can't help but admire it. It's comforting to know that there's a franchise that will never be run into the ground. It's, like, the only one I can possibly say that about.
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Penguin McMahon may be worth the price of
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Mar 2, 2016 18:49
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Pick posted:I love, love, love animation, which is why I can also hate animation. "I don't like animation; I love it. If I don't love it, I don't watch it."
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Mar 29, 2016 11:52
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I think it's supposed to be your typical "grass is always greener on the other side" fable. Not to suggest that it's wrong to better your situation, but rather, a situation that appears to be "better" actually might not be.
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Apr 24, 2016 20:53
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Cheese Pain posted:E: Since there's conversation about old animation in the thread lately, what do people think of Prince of Egypt? I'd never seen it before so I watched it on Netflix last night. It's certainly guilty of reframing the text in somewhat of an American action hero context, but certainly not moreso than most Hollywood movies (including The Ten Commandments), and in any case it's an absolutely incredible musical. You kind of always have to bend the story to fit a musical, so as long as you can get over that, it's a great watch (and listen, again and again).
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Jun 30, 2016 20:06
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:On the other hand Disney chooses to teach this lesson to the only disabled protagonist* they've ever had, and there's still a romance in the movie but it's between two able bodied characters. Practically speaking, in the Disney version his disability is reduced to "being ugly". So it feels somewhat deserved that he's rejected by someone whom he idolized primarily based on her physical attractiveness -- i.e. something he felt he didn't have. Having gained more self-confidence by the end of the movie, he appears to be set free from the unhealthy infatuation (the same one that consumed Frollo) and he doesn't even really have to go through an actual "rejection" to get there. Seems like a win to me.
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Jul 14, 2016 03:27
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The little booklet that comes with the Miyazaki bluray collection actually has a lot of great little essays he wrote about his movies. I think most of them are actually the pitches he wrote before making them. But they give a lot of insight into what he was going for. With regard to the ending of Mononoke, I think the gist of it is he's a pacifist and he felt that a "kill the bad guy" ending would've compromised the whole anti-war, anti-destruction message of the film. He preferred to see the villain's ideals rebuked by way of redemption. (Well, and Ashitaka killing a whole bunch of dudes, but I guess that's not supposed to be the happy part.) Similarly, the lack of any overt conflict in Totoro is intentional. There are still little conflicts here and there of course, but mostly the movie is just about making the most out of life's little disappointments. But it makes them feel as big as they do in real life, without piling any artificial conflict on top. Personally, I love that he not only felt it was worth making a movie about that, but did such a good job conveying the emotions that percolate in those situations.
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Jul 20, 2016 10:57
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Alhazred posted:Monoke doesn't really have heroes and villains though. Eboshi does cut down the forest but she also provides jobs and shelter for people that would otherwise starve. And while she does kill the forest spirit she only does it because it's the only way that the emperor will leave her alone. Meanwhile, Mononoke does try to save the forest but she does it by killing every human she possibly can. I guess I should've said protagonist & antagonist, but the point basically stands.
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Jul 20, 2016 17:37
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How much the look & feel of a movie resonates with you is very subjective, but makes a big difference in terms of watchability. If you love the way a movie looks, there's value in every frame regardless of the script. That's not to suggest that a movie is somehow "cheating" if it looks good but has a bad script, because visuals are a huge part of what makes a movie good. Ideally you have both good looks and a good script, of course.
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Sep 13, 2016 23:57
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Yeah it sounds like the rewrites basically added all of the things that are interesting and beloved about the movie . I can't get mad at that.
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Sep 19, 2016 22:00
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I rented it for free from the library, but Die Hard 5: The Russia One is the only movie I've intentionally set out to watch but had to flat-out give up on. It didn't even have the decency to be so bad it's good.
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Sep 23, 2016 03:05
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I feel similar about it, and I really wanted to like it. I guess the movie just seemed TOO clever in a way. Like the whole thing was spent explaining how the brain analogy worked and doing clever gags based on that, but then there wasn't really an actual story. Probably would've been better as a short.
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Sep 23, 2016 11:35
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I'm not sure what would cause more hilarious controversy; live action Disney's Hunchback or live action Aladdin.
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Oct 5, 2016 03:14
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Shadow Hog posted:That tweet cut off part of the image, but here he is in all his lovely glory: If you want a picture of the future of animation, imagine a poop making the Dreamworks Face — forever.
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Oct 10, 2016 21:12
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Shadow Hog posted:"Kidnap the Sandy Claws" is fine. Helps to build up the fact that Oogie-Boogie even exists, which is good, because for as much as I find him enjoyably hammy, he feels like he's just kinda there. He doesn't really have a whole lot of bearing on the overall plot of Jack trying Christmas out and everything going horribly awry as a result; he was just needed for a climactic showdown as Jack tries to set things right afterward (since I guess Jack's eventful sleigh ride wouldn't have been climactic enough). Otherwise, he didn't really have any evil plans from the onset that Jack was thwarting; about all you get is "gamble with Sally and Santa's lives", which he only bothered with because they were both delivered right to his doorstep (be it against their will or as part of a rescue attempt).
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Nov 1, 2016 16:51
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Das Boo posted:I remember being four years old in 1992 and getting ready to go see Aladdin in theaters. The Ali Baba episode of Popeye was on and, being four, I didn't know the difference between Aladdin and Ali Baba. Much to my delight, I thought I was going to see the ending of the story before I saw the movie. But we had to leave for the theater before Popeye ended and kid me never got to see if it was the same. Well there was also an actual Popeye Aladdin short, maybe it was that? It's one of the three legit color Fleischer ones, which were all based on existing stories/legends rather than the usual urban setting.
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Nov 14, 2016 15:02
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It'll be interesting to see how Beauty and the Beast does because I think of all the movies Disney has converted to live-action, this is the first one that's really in that particular pantheon of Disney movies that milennials are absolutely crazy about and have memorized by heart. And you can already see how that's influenced the direction of the movie, because moreso than the others, this one seems very concerned with replicating every single moment people loved in the original. Make no mistake, there's zero chance it'll be a flop, but how well it's received could impact further ones down the line. Or at least how they're marketed, I guess.
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Nov 15, 2016 16:00
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Bimmi posted:I'll reserve judgement until I've seen the film, but they've been all over the marketing in the last few weeks and it feels a bit calculated. Calculated, AKA marketing
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Nov 24, 2016 00:48
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Schwarzwald posted:I'm just spitballing ideas here, but tell me what you think of this: Awkward nerd who knows all he has to offer is his sense of humor, but isn't confident enough to really put in the work to be a good comedian. Blames a "spell" but it's really just his own lack of drive keeping him down. Sounds like an indie masterpiece.
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