100 Things That Piss Me Off About Movies (genre, American, reviews)

dac · 10-20-2008, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

To each his own. I think it's awesome.

Movies like Labyrinth, Time Bandits, Neverending Story and The Dark Crystal are a sad reminder of a forgotten era when kids movies were actually good.

There's one thing I hope Uberfilmbuff brings up. And that is the horrible trend of talking animal movies. Why god?

Neverending Story was the SH*T

the same thing happened to kids cartoons

FaSho · 10-20-2008, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by dac

Neverending Story was the SH*T

Ha so there IS something we agree on.

boo boo · 10-21-2008, 12:43 AM

Watched the first TMNT movie last night.

Ahh, old childhood memories revived.

boo boo · 10-21-2008, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by UberFilmBuff

I haven't even thought of that. Although I do have something similar that I was going to write soon. And yes, talking animal 3-d movies not made by Pixar f*cking suck. If I ever have to sit through Madagascar again someone's going to get hurt.

Another thing that really grinds my balls is the decline of traditional animated films. Disney have become such slackasses they don't even make good movies anymore, they pretty much leave it to Pixar now.

There are two kinds of computer animated films... Pixar and third rate imitations that try to be Pixar.

RoemerMW · 10-21-2008, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Another thing that really grinds my balls is the decline of traditional animated films. Disney have become such slackasses they don't even make good movies anymore, they pretty much leave it to Pixar now.

There are two kinds of computer animated films... Pixar and third rate imitations that try to be Pixar.

Yeah, the only animated films in the 00's that got in theaters that I liked that weren't made by Pixar were the first Shrek and Persepolis. There are other good animated films, but you have to look hard and go to film festivals and stuff to even hear about them. My knowledge of independent animated films is pretty limited.

boo boo · 10-21-2008, 01:30 AM

Most of these CGI films look so generic. You can try and make it look as "realistic" as possible, that dosen't make it look good, Pixar does this kind of animation the best, everything else is a pale imitation that does absolutely nothing to stand out.

Traditional animation when done right still looks better than anything done with CGI. Hayao Miyazaki is proof enough of that.

Fruitonica · 10-21-2008, 03:36 AM

Indeed, in general you can achieve a much better style with traditional animation. As you said, look at Miyazaki's work; both Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle look fantastic easily on par with anything Pixar has done, although I haven't seen Wall-E.

boo boo · 10-21-2008, 03:42 AM

Wall-E looks great.

Sparky · 10-21-2008, 04:32 PM

i would love some traditional animation that isn't anime

Not to knock miyazaki, i love all those movies, just getting sick of only having one art style

Astronomer · 10-23-2008, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by UberFilmBuff

99: Film Studies Students

I'm not talking about Film Production students, that's a key difference. Film Production is making films, and studying how they are made. Film studies is "studying them", and from what I've seen that basically means you pay to watch films and listen to someone talk about them.

Film studies is actually really similar to Film Production. Well, the course that I studied anyway. We never had to listen to anybody talk about them, but instead explored the production/ creation of them and its significance in reception etc. And it was called 'Film Studies.'

10-21-2008, 03:36 AM	#47 (permalink)
Fruitonica Pale and Wan Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Aus Posts: 917	Indeed, in general you can achieve a much better style with traditional animation. As you said, look at Miyazaki's work; both Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle look fantastic easily on par with anything Pixar has done, although I haven't seen Wall-E.

10-21-2008, 04:32 PM	#49 (permalink)
Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	i would love some traditional animation that isn't anime Not to knock miyazaki, i love all those movies, just getting sick of only having one art style