@Maxenmus Good essay, glad our chit-chat sparked something. The Ego bit, re-reading it hit home (also, Ratatouille was my first Pixar movie in a theater). I just never really been the critical type, I just love watching animated movies. I will admit, there may be somethings I didn't like if there is anything I didn't like, but for most of the part I just enjoy them.
The most recent Pixar movies I've seen were Luca and Turning Red, I enjoyed both, especially Luca. Onward surprisingly didn't interest me, and neither did Lightyear. Lightyear, while I know it's suppose to be the movie Andy seen as a kid, it just felt too different than Toy Story Buzz. I may wait to see it on Disney+.
There is a positive trend going on in animation. Studios besides Pixar are realising animation isn't just for kids. And I for one am very hopeful this will lead to many more amazing animated movies to come.
I agree with this, loved Mitchells vs. The Machines and Smurfs: The Lost Village. It's a shame the latter got overlooked in favor of being angry at the Emoji Movie, because Smurfs: The Lost Village did a good job capturing Peyo's original works and the classic cartoon in a modern CGI style.
I'll also add, I started watching more DreamWorks movies after Trolls, and I loved all of them so far. Even those that most DreamWorks fans hated, I actually liked Spirit Untamed and Boss Baby: Family Business. Rise of the Guardians, Kung Fu Panda, How To Train Your Dragon, were all great. There's also Shrek and Mr. Peabody and Sherman, but I saw those two before Trolls.
Actually, I finally checked out some of their traditional animated stuff with the original Spirit and Prince of Egypt. Sometimes liking one studio's movie can lead to watching their other stuff too.
The resident Trolls superfan! Saw Trolls Band Together via early access and absolutely loved it!
@Kermit1 Don't tell him... they have a Netflix Boss Baby show, lol. Like they did with Trolls, DreamWorks made a cartoon for a streaming service. I liked the movies when I re-watched the first. I loved the imagination Tim had in the first movie, and the second unironically became something to watch around Christmas time. I'm a sucker for Christmas movies.
How could I forget, The Bad Guys! That was a great movie DreamWorks made.
The resident Trolls superfan! Saw Trolls Band Together via early access and absolutely loved it!
@Kermit1@Snatcher Little piece of trivia about Clue's ending. During its initial theater run, the endings were separated. Some theaters got one ending, some theaters got another ending, and some theaters got a third ending. This way when people talk about the endings, it's confusing and has more mystery on who did it. The VHS release was when all three endings were together.
@Kermit1@Snatcher Little piece of trivia about Clue's ending. During its initial theater run, the endings were separated. Some theaters got one ending, some theaters got another ending, and some theaters got a third ending. This way when people talk about the endings, it's confusing and has more mystery on who did it.
I wish theaters continue to do gimmicks like this. I don't know about American theaters, but Singapore theaters never have these fun practices.
Like remember when the 1960's Scent of Mystery pushed a "Smell-O-Vision" during the film to enhance the plot? I guess that sort of thing might be expensive today to do so every screening, but still. I kinda want a filmmaker who tries to shake up the film industry by adding these interesting and unique elements to the cinema-going experience. It would be a great way to bring people back to cinemas anyway, now that streaming services have killed the movie theater.
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@Kermit1 I forgot about the D-Box. We do have D-Box here in Singapore. I've never tried them before because I was never really clear what those things did (I remember at one time, I thought they were premium box seats you have to pay extra for). I might give them a shot someday.
But still, compared to William Castle's gimmicks, these D-Boxes and 3-D glasses feel like the gimmick of a movie gimmick. When you repeat a gimmick long enough - and let's face it, 3-D has been around really, really long - it ceases to be unique or interesting, merely a gimmick.
Also, I think the thing isn't just about having a unique gimmick, but also a filmmaker who cares enough to sell the gimmick in the first place. I love those old movies where Hitchcock and even William Castle appear prior to the film's screening to address the audience. You never see that anymore in films these days, and there's that lack of filmmaker-audience relationship.
Furthermore, I want overtures to be a thing again. Play overtures over the 20 minutes audience spend to slowly enter the theater. Overtures were an important film element that set the mood and tone for the rest of the film; bring those back please.
Thanks for introducing me to the channel btw. I've subscribed to him.
@Maxenmus that guy is awesome I love his videos! His take on stuff is fresh and what he covers is a nice breather compared to everybody else on YouTube.
Jerry Goldsmith rocks. The first time I heard his music was during The Mummy (1999). He really brought Egypt to life, and that solid end title theme... mwah, chef's kiss.
@Maxenmus that guy is awesome I love his videos! His take on stuff is fresh and what he covers is a nice breather compared to everybody else on YouTube.
True that. Everybody else is usually chasing the trending MCU films, bleh. Enough Marvel already, please. No offense, MCU fans.
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@Kermit1 Yeah, I've barely watched any series nowadays. Skipped Ms. Marvel too. I remember a time when I was one of those who would religiously follow each phase's releases too, but nowadays, I had to look up Echo and remembered her as that one character from the rather lackluster Hawkeye series. I don't even remember if she was name-dropped in that series as Echo (I think they used her real name), so when I saw "Echo" in Marvel's recent Phase 4-6 announcement trailer, I went:
I guess comic book readers would be more familiar with her, but I haven't followed Marvel Comics for almost a decade now since Spider-Verse.
@seaboyluca Encanto got ruined for me because people kept doing clickbait videos about it, with "funny freeze frames" with arrows pointing as the thumbnail.
I watched it before seeing all of those though.
Haven't watched it, and I will watch it when everyone shuts up about it
@Maxenmus I'm getting tired of the MCU myself too much too fast.
I feel like Phase 4 will be the growing pains of the Multiverse Saga, like how Phase 1 was the growing pains of The Infinity Saga. I think it'll get better and better once the Saga progresses.
But yeah Eternals and Black Widow scared me, as did the last episode of Wandavision and Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Even Love and Thunder was just ok, albeit overhated.
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