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First Reviews for Disney's Moana (dir. Ron Clements & John Musker)
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Glad, but not surprised, they did well. Definitely one to catch.
Bruh don't even get started on Oscars animation salt. Frozen beating Ernest et Celestine will always be a fresh wound :'(To this day I still can't get over Brave winning the Oscar over ParaNorman AND Wreck-it Ralph.
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Wooooo! Glad to hear people like it! Hopefully I will, too.
Ooo, I didn't dislike a single one of those. I'm not sure I could pick a favorite. Winnie the Pooh was one of the biggest surprises for me. I'm certainly biased because I adore the character/IP, but I'm in love with that movie's script. So tight.
Ooo, I didn't dislike a single one of those. I'm not sure I could pick a favorite. Winnie the Pooh was one of the biggest surprises for me. I'm certainly biased because I adore the character/IP, but I'm in love with that movie's script. So tight.
I've yet to see it alongside Princess Kaguya, really should catch up on Ghiblis modern filmography after Ponyo.The Wind Rises, too
ratcliffja
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Well Princess and the Frog and Aladdin are my two favorite Disney movies... but Hercules was one of my least favorite. Hopefully this indicates that w0e41're getting their A game.
Edit: Brave deserved its Oscar, but man Kaguya and Wind Rises were totally robbed. Big Hero 6 was entirely forgettable.
Edit: Brave deserved its Oscar, but man Kaguya and Wind Rises were totally robbed. Big Hero 6 was entirely forgettable.
To this day I still can't get over Brave winning the Oscar over ParaNorman AND Wreck-it Ralph.
Brave winning anything is a disgrace.
Non of those were really that great IMO. Ghibli never quite got the level their 80s/90s output for me after the heights of Spirited Away. Brave's year was pretty weak overall, especially compared with this.
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Aquavelvaman
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Yep. I can't wait to hear what he's done for this movie.
Tricky I Shadow
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It looks like another slam dunk for king Disney, as expected. However, it's going to have to be something truly special to be better than Kubo and the Two Strings, aka the best movie of the whole year so far.
Prototype Viktor
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She didn't get a love interest
Win
Win
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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Didn't Pete's Dragon bomb?(relatively)
Tricky I Shadow
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I want this movie to be good and all, but I also want it to have a good villain. Can we do that Disney? Can we have a truly spectacular bad guy? Because we haven't had one since Dr. Facilier.
Agreed. I've heard someone describe it perfectly once and I've been repeating it ever since: It's basically a movie length "How do I unwish this wish?" episode of Fairly Odd Parents.
Agreed. I've heard someone describe it perfectly once and I've been repeating it ever since: It's basically a movie length "How do I unwish this wish?" episode of Fairly Odd Parents.
Yeah, Monsters U as "just really good" but Finding Dory listed as "amazing"? Backwards day or some shit. Dory was extremely disappointing.
Also all y'all hating on Brave are wrong. So wrong.
Aaron Strife
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Man Disney's had a really solid run since Tangled. Individual tastes vary but I think just about all their movies since then have been pretty well-received.
Can't wait to see this!
Can't wait to see this!
they made more classics than flops and Hercules was sort of a cash-film either way.
The non-franchise live action original films have been lacking a little, but animation-wise they've been doing pretty well.
Infinite Stars
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You want to talk about Disgrace for Oscars? It's the Lego Movie getting fuckall for a nomination while The BoxTrolls, Tale of Princess Kaguya and Song of the Sea got nominations.
Either way, I'm happy to see that it's reviewing well, even though there have been some blunders(That Maui Costume was just.. all kinds of problematic)
Either way, I'm happy to see that it's reviewing well, even though there have been some blunders(That Maui Costume was just.. all kinds of problematic)
John Lasseter has done a sterling job, still can't get over that he's some random joe sweeping main street USA in my childhood holiday video, and now he's the head of Disney animation.
It feels like Disney will overtake Pixar on the metacritic score average at this rate, even with Chicken Little in the equation.
Tom Nook Sawyer
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Uhh have you posted that video online?? That would probably do extremely well
He even offered a reward at one time if anyone had a picture of video of when he was a Jungle Cruise skipper.
lightskintwin
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Are you saying the Lego Movie deserved a nomination over Kaguya, and Song of the Sea? I never saw The Boxtrolls so I have no comment on that.
Oh really? figured he'd be sick of getting them - I'll send him a link, thanks.
Tricky I Shadow
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Another huge disgrace was Tangled not even getting nominated. Then again, the Oscars is a joke when it comes to animation.
lightskintwin
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LOL I was going to post that article too, because I remember at that time feeling there's no way that Big Hero 6 is better than The Tale of Princess Kaguya and Song of the Sea.
Infinite Stars
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Yes, I am. The Lego Movie does so much more then BoxTrolls does. I've watched Kaguya and I didn't enjoy it, and Song of the sea was worth a spot. The Lego Movie is probably one of the best animated films in recent years in terms of themes, narrative, animation, etc that also managed to overcome the stigma of being a toy movie in terms of quality.
My major issue is that The Academy treats animated films like a joke slot where they don't even watch half of the stuff that's on the ballot. They chose Brave over WIR/Paranorman ffs.
notworksafe
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This came out the same year as The Incredibles. Wouldn't exactly call that "dark days".
SirClinksAlot
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Isn't he already the highest paid actor out there? Pretty crazy to go from football, to wrestling to the biggest fucking star out there (in the US).
Disney Animation didn't make The Incredibles. Pixar did. Seperate studios. And Pixar's success and Disney Animation's failures almost resulted in Disney shutting down their own animation division entirely.
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Having watched all these recently, I agree that this is a travesty. Brave is fine and all - in that kinda sterile Pixar way - but WIR in particular is full of nuance, variety, and is incredibly well-acted. It's not quite Wasabe-trying-to-cut-a-circle-in-a-door-in-BH6 perfect, but it's pretty damned close.
lightskintwin
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I have the exact same issue you do with The Academy too. I never saw BoxTrolls so you could be right. The Lego Movie was a great movie, but IMO in no way is it better than Kaguya or Song of the South.
Astral Dog
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"(Thankfully, Moana doesnt have a love interest.)"
its even better because that Mugly or whatever is called its so damn ugly
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Tricky I Shadow
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Frozen is definitely a classic.
Messofanego
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Opinions are opinions, but The Lego Movie could never touch Kaguya for me. Kaguya is an emotional destroyer. It's a masterpiece about the plight of women. All The Lego Movie has to say is adults shouldn't be stubborn and let kids play.
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Sounds good.
JordanN
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Remember those dark, dark days at Disney Animation?
It really is SO good to see Disney back in such a strong way and have a whole new generation fall in love with their films.
At least they were still making hand drawn animation back then.
So while their movies may be popular now, I kinda despise it came at the complete sacrifice of an art form.
Disney have been on fire recently. Frozen (even though I find it pretty Mediocre), Tangled, Wreck-it-ralph, Zootopia.
RBelong2Us
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In terms of what ? Because his movies generally suck.
Shadow Ranger
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Nice. Looking forward to it.
Did not like Wreckit Ralph. Just throwing that out there since I see many praise it so. Tangled is damn good though!
Did not like Wreckit Ralph. Just throwing that out there since I see many praise it so. Tangled is damn good though!
Triggerhappytel
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Sounds good - honestly, I had forgotten about this. Will maybe take my daughter along if she's interested.
Marmaladefire
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I'm so excited for this movie
Brianimaniac
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No.
If you're trying to sell people on a movie, throwing out a reductive, inaccurate hot take on another movie that people love isn't going to get you much traction.
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