@Sunsy The way it tackles death is so, so good. Having felt experiences like that myself, it really hit home for me.
@Colonel_Mustache People don’t talk about the movie enough, the artstyle was vary charming, and the characters were really fun, can’t forget the animation as well.
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@Snatcher Yeah and the fear that Puss had and Purrito comforting him reminded me of my mom's old dog. It's a great movie. It also reminded me of Animaniacs Wakko's Wish, which had a similar story about characters chasing a wishing star.
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@Colonel_Mustache I thought it was pretty much well loved. Bad Guys is a great movie, I still remember the day I saw it on Peacock.
Hope Puss in Boots gets an award even if I'm not a fan of the Oscars. Sorry, I just don't care for the show. Plus, movies I usually like rarely win awards, so I don't watch it. Besides, it's more fun to watch and enjoy movies than worry about its status IMHO.
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@Colonel_Mustache Yeah, most of the movies I like are family friendly animated movies (or kids movies as some put it), so they rarely get nominated to begin with. Though I do feel the Annie Awards are better for those who like animation, though it's not a public or broadcasted show so all you can see are results AFAIK.
I do like The Game Awards since I watch with a friend and we enjoy the announcements and performances by the orchestra. Aside from that, that's it.
Indeed, while others may be obsessing over awards, I'm usually gaming or watching one of my favorite shows or movies.
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I hate twitter so much, out of all the nominations for animated film, Pinocchio wins, and twitter is B**** over turning red not winning? Dude puss in boots not only knocks that movie out of the water, but with Pinocchio there, they didn’t stand a chance, those two actually crafted story’s, and yes wile I like turning red, I thought it was one of disneys best animations to come out that year, but both puss and Pinocchio had a story about mortality, and they did it so well, and yes I get we don’t get movies like turning red a lot, let alone doing it well, but come on, I don’t think turning red is better then those films, it’s there opinion, and I’m not mad about that, it’s just annoying to see them trash on the other movies, many saying they haven’t even seen Pinocchio, like Bruh.
@Eagly I don’t even have an account! That’s the funny thing! I don’t have an account, ai don’t even communicate with a soul on there, and it still torments me!
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@Kermit1 Elon fired all the staff so he can personally replace half the users with AI, it’s apart of his plan to ruin the internet before hoofing it to mars.
You know, with this "multiverse" dealio, I bet in one universe, "Ratchet & Clank" made close to a billion dollars instead of only half the budget, and won "best animated feature" instead of being critically panned and forgotten.
@Eagly Dude I will take, ether, ether of those any day of the week over twitter, at least Reddit isn’t universal with the toxicity, and gamefaqs are generally nice people.
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That Barbie film looks brilliant. Margo Robbie being directed Greta Gerwig, with the script by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach.
Wonder if it will be about someone of a lower social class trying to fit in like Lady Bird and Frances Ha?
I know someone who worked on the Barbie film. Apparently the entire UK had a shortage of a specific shade of pink paint for 4 months because the movie production bought it all. Literally every B&Q, Homebase etc in the country was all out which makes me feel sad for the all the new born girls having to sleep in gender neutral painted nurseries.
Caught the last hour & a half of the Oscars last night. Good for Everything, Everywhere, all at Once, I haven't seen it, but it's been very buzzy. Glad to see both Avatar: tWoW & Top Gun Maverick each pick up an award as well, in the technical categories anyways. Too bad All Quiet on the Western Front didn't win anything, as I thought that was quite good as well.
Anyhow, these are all the movies I watched this weekend.
City Hunter: Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba (Blu-Ray)
The last of the original City Hunter movies/specials.
I don't think it's particularly worse than what came before (if you liked the earlier stuff, it's worth a watch), however I can't help but think something feels a bit off about this one, IMO.
Starting things off, the opening song has a grungy feel to it that doesn't gel at all with the series vibe (feels like it would be more at home in something like Death Note). Otherwise it has the same kinda more muted color palette as Goodbye My Sweetheart, but while that fit that film's tone, this one leaned much harder on the comedy side of things which felt at odds (and even then, I felt the comedy wasn't the series at it's strongest).
That said it's not bad by any means. It still looks absolutely wonderful like the last couple of films, and despite feeling off in spots it's still largely the same City Hunter we've come to love.
Female Yakuza Tale (Blu-Ray)
This is absolutely wild.
Over the top with exploitative sex/nudity, violence (which often comes off as hilarious in this day & age, such as a scene where a guy flicks a bullet up another man's nose), it's absolutely not for everyone, but it's a fun time if you can get into it. Has a very grungy feel to it too.
It follows Ocho, a woman who is violated by the local Yakuza when they accidentally mistake her for one of their drug mules, and then she sets out for revenge. Can definitely tell it's the type of film that partially influenced the Kill Bill movies (though again, this is much more out there).
Project A-Ko 2 (Blu-Ray)
If you liked the first one this is pretty much more of the same.
The aliens have refurbished their ship as an entertainment center but are plotting to take off with C-ko, the Earth Defense Forces, sour after their defeat in the first film, plan to steal the ship, with an ever bickering A-ko & B-ko caught in-between. It's a bit more truncated as a 50 minute OVA as opposed to the full length original, but that keeps it moving at a nice clip & it still manages to have it's fair share of both laughs & action.
Shogun's Samurai (Blu-Ray)
Historical fiction film that centers around the sons of the second Tokugawa Shogun, and the conflict between them over who will inherit the position.
It's actually a really solid drama. A bit slow in spots, but it's interesting to follow, with some nice environmental & action shots. A handful of the action scenes come across as weirdly superhuman for how grounded the rest of the film feels (like a scene near the end where a guy cuts through some sort of after image of his opponent, where he really cut clean through a statue), but it's kinda weird in a way that's charming IMO.
Project A-Ko 3 (Blu-Ray)
More A-Ko goodness. This time C-ko is feeling left out as A-ko & B-ko are squabbling over a guy instead of her, but unluckily for them he only has eyes for C-ko (who couldn't care less about him).
Looks great aesthetically, and it's full of fun vibes & gags, though it's a bit anticlimactic. I was wondering when the big action set piece was going to happen, and it never does. A-ko & B-ko finally get ready to throw down, the town's volunteer defense forces get ready to roll out (hilariously everyone from fast food employees, to teachers, & even the mayor have personalized Mecha), but the action has already been settled (off screen) by the time they mobilize. Of course, maybe playing with expectations was the gag in and of itself, but I can't deny I was a little disappointed. Still a very fun time overall though.
I don't watch a ton of movies so its neat that I got to be the cool kid that saw Everything Everywhere All at Once in theaters, during its initial run, mostly out of excitement from the trailer. Almost certainly I've seen an older one, but I'm fairly certain I've not seen another modern Best Picture winner (The Wrestler is probably the movie I've seen that got the closest to one).
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