Favourite animated films of all time?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Sunday, April 23, 2006 08:30
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Ghost in the Shell
Akira
Jin Roh
I guess anime spoiled me for the rest of animation. It's all I watch, animation-wise.
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Iron Giant
Toy Story 1 and 2
Shrek 1 and 2
Trailer for The Incredibles.
A Close Shave (Wallace and Gromit)
At the time, the trailer for The Incredibles (struggling into the cossie) was simply the best thing I'd ever seen. Great, I thought. If the film is as good as this... But it was just OK. Not rubbish, but not extraordinary.
Beaten to the punch on "Where The Wind Blows." Now that is extraordinary. So sad, yet with a great deal of quiet dignity, and no mawkishness whatsoever.
G
"Maybe some rice cakes."
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Originally posted by Bromgrev:
Jin Roh
Thanks for mentioning this one! I was debating it myself. It is often overlooked, and is beautiful and compelling (if not a bit violent). There's been other stuff set in this 'parallel timeline', most of it live action. I think there's a promo on the DVD somewhere.
"Don't say 'ka' until you've tried it." Daniel Jackson
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I am so glad to hear that. That someone out there doesn't think THE INCREDIBLES was that incredible.
I was so pumped for this flick. I loved THE IRON GIANT, and I thought that with Brad Bird working at Pixar, that he's make like one of the best animated films ever. And I loved the domestic scenes between the family members. I thought it was so incredibly well done. But then it turned into a "James Bond/bad guy with an evil lair on a tropical island/WATCHEMN for kids" knock-off.
And while it was very well done, it just didn't seem INCREDIBLE like the title said. And it annoyed the piss out of me when it was on all of those ten best lists last year.
And over at boxofficemojo.com, in their review of THE INCREDIBLES, they actually touched on something that no other reviewer seemed to have caught that really sums up one of the main problems with the flick. They said that "The Incredibles cops out with a Nietzschean version of Superman which suggests that one's best is inborn. Bird's philosophy speaks through Hunter's heroine, who, while coaching her self-conscious teenaged daughter in using superpowers, exhorts: "Don't think. It's in your blood." The volitional Iron Giant and his friend Hogarth, who saved the world with a Herculean act of free will, would disagree.
A few throwaway lines decry the age of mediocrity, but the notion that one's ability is innate—the villain is depicted as monstrous because he is self-made—looms and, coupled with the requisite notion of saving lives as a moral duty for "the greater good," it is something of a killjoy. The Incredibles being born incredible undercuts their appeal."
I like that exposure of an askew ideology. If that were prevailant, then Batman would be considered a supervillain, and the X-Men would be considered gods on earth, thus stripping them of their inheirant metaphors and their potency as cultural landmarks.
But I digress.
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"YES!!!I'm a man posessed by many demons....Polite demons that would open the door for a lady carrying too many parcels...BUT DEMONS NONETHELESS!!!! Yes. I have walked along the path of evil many times, it's a twisting, curving path that..actually leads to a charming plot garden, BUT BEYOND THAT EVIL!!!"
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Out of my own personal collection:
GITS 2: Innocence--While the movie is extremely vivid in animation and ambience, the story of continuity after loss is absolutely fantastic. Don't forget, an Innocence "prequel" book just came out, I believe, so get to reading on that. I promise, it'll make you stop to wonder about how it correlates, if faintly, with our modern day technologies, and how it seems to be slipping into realms beyond simple comprehension.
Princess Mononoke--For the same reasons everyone else listed above.
FFVII: Advent Children--Because once upon a time, there was a girl who sold flowers...it felt good to have another taste of the FFVII world, even though it wasn't playable. The finality it eminated at the end, the feeling that made it seem like everything would be alright for just a while, all of it, perfect.
Howl's Moving Castle--Miyazaki touches again on the subject of magic in the world, which is always a welcome sight to see. World needs more magicians, even if they may be giant bird demons in disguise. The story, beautiful settings, hilarious characters, make it one of the best Ghibli films out there.
End of Evangelion--I'm a big EVA fan, and I liked how they culminated the psychological aspects of the show into one lump of a mindtwist. I'd say something else, but it wouldn't be quite appropriate. You have to see the entirety of the series in order to understand it fully, however, and even at best you'll probably be asking questions at the end.
Other movies that I've seen:
Akira--Very, very psychologically questionable, and somewhat disturbing to think of the possibilities of the mind. It creates an interesting blend of general disregard for organized life and self-preservation in a futuristic world, even though it's only so far (I believe only a few decades) beyond our time. Interesting idea of how fast technology can be intertwined into life, and how the results can easily destroy it.
Samurai X--While I know this comes in three parts (Truth, Betrayal, and Reflections), it still culminates into a full, feature-length film, exposing the origins of Kenshin. It's a personal favorite of mine because I love samurai movies--I'd put down Seven Samurai and Ran, but they aren't animated--and is plenty entertaining to those on the more casual side of anime watching. Kinda excessive with the blood at times, though.
"Serenity is knowing your worst shot is still pretty good."
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Originally posted by Gixxer:
Beaten to the punch on "Where The Wind Blows." Now that is extraordinary. So sad, yet with a great deal of quiet dignity, and no mawkishness whatsoever.
How could I forget? Maybe a little hard to empathise with for the post-cold war generation, but that 'cartoon' epitomises the feeling of those days for me. There was more to the eighties than men with lipstick.
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In no particular order:
The Iron Giant - even though it has Vin Diesel in it.
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm - Simply, it got it right. The scene with Bruce crying over his parents' grave still gets to me.
Toy Story - I've always loved this movie, yet I'm not really sure why. It's just great. I loved it even before I knew who Joss was.
Disney's Aladdin - A really fun, entertaining movie all around.
Disney's The Lion King - The best Disney movie there is, in my opinion. Everything about this movie -- the characters, music, themes, etc. -- is all great.
That's all I can think of right now. I'm going to bed.
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Princess Mononoke - I love everything Miyazaki but If I have to pick one...
Iron Giant - VIN DIESEL RULES! =)
Robin Hood (with swedish cast) - favorite disney
The Last Unicorn - sans the singing
Akira - a sci-fi masterpiece, but I do prefer the comic
Kenshin OAV - it's almost a movie
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Hmm, toughee, but if I had to pick two, it would be:
Princess Mononoke: The music was beautiful and the movie's art was just breathtaking.
Titan AE: Story was great. Really brought a tear to my eye. Loved that part when he decides to call it planet Bob. Quite a funny movie as well.
Jayne: Are you saying River's a witch?
Wash: Yes, Jayne, she's a witch. She's had congress with the Beast.
Jayne: She's in Congress?
Wash: How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious!
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