Posts Tagged ‘Animation’
Stimulating The Economy In 3-D
Everyone knows that 3-D is the future of movies. Every week or two we get another new 3-D movie event to go see, even dreck like a remake of My Bloody Valentine. You need look no further for evidence that, like it or not, 3-D is being forced down our throats.
DreamWorks Animation’s next 3-D event will be Monsters vs. Aliens, releasing on the 27th. What they hope is that people will get all hot and bothered about 3-D and opt to pay the premium over the archaic 2-D projection. DreamWorks had hoped to get a bunch of new theaters converted to 3-D in time for this movie, but there was a little issue with the economy that prevented it.
DreamWorks wanted this to be the big movie that took 3-D mainstream and would obviously do whatever they could …
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Tags: Animation, box office, DreamWorks, fleece, money, monster
Weekend Predictions: 02-06-09
If you’re going to see a movie this month, might as well make it this weekend. This is as good as it’ll get until March, when some event movies start showing up. Until then it just gets more bleak every week.
Don’t be embarrassed to ogle the spreadsheet.
First up this week is The Pink Panther 2. No, this isn’t a re-release and re-titling of A Shot in the Dark, it’s a sequel to 2006’s The Pink Panther. The first one made plenty of money, so a sequel was inevitable and I predict, as worthless. Steve Martin, shame on you. While Martin should be walking around wearing a scarlet thumbs down, the real asshole is producer Robert Simonds. There are movies in his filmography that people seem to like, but there isn’t one
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Tags: Animation, Horror, prediction, self-help, sequel, weekend
Kung Fu Panda: My Fat Belly Style Can Defeat Whatever You Got
One trait common to all Kung Fu masters is that they practice a distinctive style of Kung Fu- Monkey, Crane, Hamster. But when you’re a big, cuddly Panda, the options are limited: either sneeze and try to scare the hell out of everyone or develop your own style around your enormous gut.
In Kung Fu Panda, Po (Jack Black) is charged with the task of discovering his own style of Kung Fu as he tries to fulfill his destiny as the Dragon Warrior, which he tackles with great enthusiasm. Vicious beatings by Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) and the Furious Five, all chagrined that they were not chosen to be the Dragon Warrior, cannot crush his spirit, and he’s cool with leaving behind his father’s dreams of taking over the family noodle business. His
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Tags: Action, Animation, Dragon, family, kung fu
All Right, Yogi Bear, I’m Ready For My Close-Up
In a move that worked well for Scooby-Doo and Alvin and the Chipmunks, Yogi Bear is getting his own live-action/animation hybrid movie. The majority of the movie will be live-action, with Yogi, Boo Boo, and who knows, maybe even Cindy getting the CG treatment.
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Tags: Animation, cartoon, catchphrase, Disney, Pixar
Decoding WALL-E
So, since I don’t really get out to the theater, my buddy pacer521 from Politics Decoded was nice enough to brave the masses and pay a week’s salary to catch a new release. Who is pacer521, you’re wondering? You’ll know soon enough, he’s popping up all over the Internet. Not to be deterred by sticky floors and little kids, he’s been gracious enough to give us his review of WALL-E.
Disney re-opened their torture chamber to the general public today — in the showing of Wall-E. Your customary G-rated Disney flick? Not exactly. You could say Disney has explored into new territory with their first apocalyptic movie! How fitting. As soon as I entered the theater — I knew i was in for it. Packed with whining children, some too …
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Tags: Animation, Disney, Movie, Pixar, Review, Robot, WALL-E
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