http://goodfil.ms/films/by_genre/3-animation/most_popular
― ledge, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 11:48 (eleven years ago) link
I like ours better.
― Women, Fire, and Dangerous Zings (silby), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
Just watched Coraline, pretty disappointed. It seemed so sparse, full of dead air or cursorily written lines like it was just a draft script. The music was similarly thin and the set pieces were just odd - the mouse circus was boring, the old actresses' mermaid & venus double act frankly bizarre. And the story was cut and pasted from a bunch of traditional fairy tales with no spark of its own.
― ledge, Saturday, 16 February 2013 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
On further reflection I think it just wasn't creepy or weird enough. Don't really know the age range of the book but this was firmly in young kids territory where it could have been closer to young adults; and having the entire film animated meant the other world never seemed other worldly; if the real world had been live action or even just done in a different style... would like an idea of what the book was like but bleugh.
― ledge, Sunday, 17 February 2013 10:12 (eleven years ago) link
and having the entire film animated meant the other world never seemed other worldly; if the real world had been live action or even just done in a different style...
the 3D handled this beautifully though - when she first looks out into the "other" backyard and the rear of the image just plummets away from you, and then the whole world stays so depth-enhanced for her whole adventure there
― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Sunday, 17 February 2013 12:55 (eleven years ago) link
my ballot:
1. Fantasia2. What’s Opera, Doc?3. Wall-E4. Wrong Trousers, The5. Duck Amuck6. How the Grinch Stole Christmas7. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown8. Nightmare Before Christmas, The9. Iron Giant, The10. Ratatoullie11. Robin Hood12. Robin Hood Daffy13. Hobbit, The14. Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel)15. Incredibles, The16. Up17. Rabbit of Seville, The18. Porky in Wackyland19. Rabbit Seasoning20. Pinocchio21. Charlie Brown Christmas, A22. Monsters, Inc.23. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?24. Little Red Riding Rabbit25. Little Hiawatha26. Emperor’s New Groove, The27. Aristocats, The28. Charlotte’s Web29. Creature Comforts30. Sword in the Stone, The31. Finding Nemo32. Rabbit Fire33. South Park34. Transformers: The Movie, The35. Toy Story36. Close Shave, A (Wallace and Gromit)37. Duck Dodgers in the 24 ½th Century38. Alice in Wonderland39. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs40. Last Unicorn, The41. Jungle Book, The42. Fantastic Mr. Fox43. Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The44. Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, The45. Lilo & Stitch46. Gulliver’s Travels47. Grand Day Out (Wallace and Gromit)48. One Hundred and One Dalmatians49. Anastasia50. Birds Anonymous
― weed, tumblr whites and wein (some dude), Sunday, 17 February 2013 13:03 (eleven years ago) link
Think this was my ballot
1. Wall-E2. Secret of Kells, The3. Spirited Away4. Iron Giant, the5. Dumbo6. Ratatoullie7. Ghost in the Shell8. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm9. Duck Amuck10. Paprika11. Incredibles, The12. Toy Story 213. Monsters, Inc.14. Finding Nemo15. Brave 16. Duck Dodgers in the 24 ½th Century17. G.I. Joe: The Movie18. Feed the kitty19. Scarlet Pumpernickel, The20. 8 Ball Bunny21. Great Piggy Bank Robbery, The22. Operation: Rabbit23. Robin Hood Daffy24. kiss me cat25. Bad Luck Blackie26. Rabbit Fire27. walky talky hawky28. Beep, Beep!29. Toy Story 330. Brave Little Toaster, The 31. Porky in Wackyland32. What’s Opera, Doc?33. I love to singa34. Amazing Screw-On Head, The
Should've included Ponyo.
Also, Russian shorts like this that I just found:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUXNN9kk89o
― Liz Phair Dinkum (Leee), Monday, 4 March 2013 06:10 (eleven years ago) link
Okay, so I'm in a fairly bad place at the moment anyway, but Film4 just showed Grave of the Fireflies and I basically just wept continuously for half an hour at the end. Really good film.
― emil.y, Thursday, 12 September 2013 02:13 (ten years ago) link
haha just the thing to cheer you up! i bought some of these the other day
http://i.imgur.com/o3zYFZf.jpg
Hiroyasu Ishida is a name to watch out for, he made the following two short films on his own while at university, the second one was his graduation film. both won nearly every award going.
Fumiko's Confession
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QqT1P4VO30
Rain Town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLAfM1RXwRs
his first "proper" film is coming out soon, here's a key visual
http://i.imgur.com/50uQMA7.jpg
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 12 September 2013 10:16 (ten years ago) link
looks gorgeous.however, suspect i will forget to record it with film4 show it at 2:45am in 2 years time.
― mark e, Thursday, 12 September 2013 10:49 (ten years ago) link
poll of 100+ animation mavens
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/film/the-100-best-animated-movies
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 April 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
problem with the ILX poll (wait for it):
too much from the last 25 years
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 April 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
Finally, a list that includes Heavy Traffic!
― Inside Lewellyn Sinclair (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 16 April 2014 17:19 (ten years ago) link