tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post5715923338158100929..comments2024-03-10T00:00:31.355+00:00Comments on BRIAN SIBLEY : his blog: BOLT FROM THE BLUEBrian Sibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-33208743225061906842009-02-15T14:09:00.000+00:002009-02-15T14:09:00.000+00:00I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a CARS f...I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a CARS fan (just don't hold it against me!). Good review of BOLT-you've convinced me to check it out in 3-D. I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing CORALINE projected this way too.<BR/>Another YEAR for Princess & Frog? Zzzzzzzzzzzz. . .Matt Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691360081537045523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-36761922748664593272009-02-09T00:16:00.000+00:002009-02-09T00:16:00.000+00:00Story first every time. There have been films made...Story first every time. There have been films made be they animated or live action in which the technical aspects have not been cutting edge. However, if the story is strong we, the viewer, will be swept along. There have been technically wizard films, but in the end they are only technically exciting and remain, by and large, vacuous. Story, every time, comes first.<BR/><BR/>INESSIG: The essential ingredient to making a film a great film.David Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274046456243875879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-22553782886275804572009-02-08T01:26:00.000+00:002009-02-08T01:26:00.000+00:00BOLL - Your view (as a viewer) is, in the end, the...<B>BOLL</B> - Your view (<I>as</I> a viewer) is, in the end, the one that counts...<BR/><BR/><B>ANDY</B> - I also don't get <I>Cars</I>, but It was a highly personal project of John Lasseter's, so there is your answer...Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-78533106352095800012009-02-07T22:40:00.000+00:002009-02-07T22:40:00.000+00:00Well those rumours are indeed disturbing, although...Well those rumours are indeed disturbing, although when did you last here a rumour about anything that wasn't?!<BR/><BR/>While the great minds at Pixar have given us many good things, there are some opinions floating round at the studio that are beyond me. Their devotion to 'Cars' being a prime example. Why are we being force-fed motoring adventures in feature-length and short form? I actually saw Bolt today, and while I really enjoyed the film, I was bored to tears by YET ANOTHER 'Cars' short. I'd argue that Cars has been the weakest Pixar film, yet has spawned so many continuations, including the upcoming sequel. Why? I work with about 40 animators and not one of them liked the movie.Andy Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04404988861331264759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-47977892907016938022009-02-07T17:06:00.000+00:002009-02-07T17:06:00.000+00:00I'm a viewer and don't come down on any side of th...I'm a viewer and don't come down on any side of the fence about what is good animation and what isn't but whether I see the opening scene from Pinnochio or the arrival of Buzz Lightyear, I know I'm in the presence of cinematic genius and that is what I came for !<BR/>CRASAG : That grainy extract of a film that hasn't been released yet which somehow appears on You TubeBoll Weavilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03858122220880954456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-44681788681383229472009-02-07T14:10:00.000+00:002009-02-07T14:10:00.000+00:00ANDY - The wait in the UK for animated films is (a...<B>ANDY</B> - The wait in the UK for animated films is (and always been) tiresome. It is caused, as I understand it, by the fact that UK releases are held up while the rest of the European versions are dubbed into their respective languages. Since there's time, I don't know why they don't dub <I>our</I> release into English while they're at it! ;-)<BR/><BR/>I hear mixed reports about <I>The Princess and the Frog</I> on the grapevine including a disturbing rumour that a highly-rated Pixar director who saw some early footage expressed the opinion that the best thing that could be done to fix it was to "start over". If the Disney animators could have even a moderate hit (as it did many years ago with <I>Basil the Great Mouse Detective</I>) it could be the beginning of a revival of fortunes... <BR/><BR/><B>BA</B> - I couldn't agree more. It's not always the case that 'serious'/'adult' animation are overlooked - last year, <I>Persepolis</I> was nominated (although, of course, <I>Ratatouille</I> won), and in the Short Film category many films (such as John Canemaker's <I>The Moon and the Son</I> which I mentioned yesterday) have bucked the system...<BR/><BR/>For those who haven't seen it, here's a YouTube link to the trailer for <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylzO9vbEpPg" REL="nofollow">Waltz with Bashir</A> - a film, as BA rightly says, that demonstrates that animation can be much more than simply 'cartoons'.<BR/><BR/>Of course, on a wider issue about the Oscars, one could ask why so many hugely successful, critically-acclaimed animated features have been denied even a nomination for Best Picture (the only one to ever be so nominated was <I>Beauty and the Beast</I> in 1991) and yet several films with Best Foreign Film nominations have also received Best Picture nominations...<BR/><BR/>I think we both agree about the 2D (drawn) Vs 3D (digital) animation argument (and you are dead right about <I>The Incredibles</I>), but I think there is a now a perception that 2D is old fashioned and that if an animated film doesn't <I>look like</I> a Pixar/Dreamworks CGI animated film, it's somehow just not cool...<BR/><BR/>Watching <I>Bolt</I>, as much as I enjoyed the film, I couldn't help thinking how ineffectual and unconvincing the animation of the human figures were and how much the animators could learn from watching, for example, Vlad Tytla's animation of Stromboli in <I>Pinocchio</I> which was made almost 60 years ago...Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-10637921655399171432009-02-07T13:10:00.000+00:002009-02-07T13:10:00.000+00:00When it comes to the Oscar nominations, I was surp...When it comes to the Oscar nominations, I was surprised not to see Waltz With Bashir in there. This is something that relates to your previous post and a comment in there - is the Best Animated Feature category in the Oscars simply a mask for Best Children's Film?<BR/><BR/>The Oscars don't split categories by genre. That's not what it's doing with animation because animation is a medium, not a genre. And, yet, looking at the nominations and, often, the previous winners, the Best Animated Film category seems to equal Children's Film.<BR/><BR/>So why Waltz With Bashir is good enough to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and not Best Animated is a mystery to me. Whether it happened with great respect for the film (as in, well, it's a real movie, not just a children's cartoon) or a lack of (it can hardly compete with a Pixar film, can it?), it seems wrong to me.<BR/><BR/>And it strengthens the idea that animated=for kids. <BR/><BR/>Bolt looks great to me but it's one of those ones where I see the concept art and really wish it was being done in 2D. I won't know until I see it but some films were just meant to be in two dimensions. I would argue The Incredibles was definitely one of those films.<BR/><BR/>Of course, many would disagree but that's why I'd have to argue rather than just propose, or state, or whisper under my breath.Bitter Animatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06617537816971588380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-24243627582043402062009-02-07T11:34:00.000+00:002009-02-07T11:34:00.000+00:00You know what? I have been getting so excited ever...You know what? I have been getting so excited ever since I heard about 'The Princess and the Frog', and even moreso when we entered 2009 - the same year it is to be released. Of course I hadn't bargained for the fact that I live in the UK and have to wait a full two months more, pushing it to 2010! Dognammit!!<BR/><BR/>Still, I hope for the sake of traditional animation that it is a hit. The new Goofy short was fantastic, and it would be so nice to have a feature bring back the same classic Disney atmosphere.Andy Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04404988861331264759noreply@blogger.com