Category Archives: Animated

About two years ago Family Guy aired their hilarious Star Wars episode.  Despite that being the best Family Guy episode in recent history it took them a long time to finally release this one.  I’m sure this episode/movie will be just as good as the original, but surely it didn’t have to take this long.  And I hope they don’t wait this long for the Return of the Jedi parody.

I still have s light problem with the “casting”.  Cleveland should have been Lando.  Instead they made him Artoo, and they have Mort playing Lando.  And Joe should have been Artoo.  Mort jokes won’t make any sense coming out of Lando.  Besides that it looks good.

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From Apple.

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Toy Story was a big part of my childhood.  I was raised on Disney movies, and I was 7 when the movie originally came out, pretty much the perfect age for a movie like this.  Anywho, we’re on to the third movie and this one looks like it’ll make me cry more than the other two.  I’ve always been extremely nostalgic, so a movie about leaving toys behind is terribly depressing for me.  Also personification of inanimate objects is a hobby of mine (also a sign of insanity), so this movie is right up my alley.

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From Yahoo.

Or try Apple.

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I would never have found this trailer if it weren’t for Twitch, my favorite indie movie blog.  They had a great interview with Tomm Moore the director of this film.  (It’s worth checking out Twitch just to see all their awesome banners.)

This is a ridiculously good looking cartoon from Ireland.  It’s distributed by Beuna Vista International, I don’t really know if that’s Disney or not, but that’s nothing but a stamp of approval and a budget so it hardly matters.  I can’t find a lot of information about the movie, there is a lot of ambiguity.  It’s sometimes called Brendan and the Secret of the Kell, and I have no idea when it’s coming to North America, or if it already did.

I shouldn’t actually say this because it’s sure to jinx it, but wouldn’t it be great if this movie was nominated for the animated Oscar.  It’s better than Monsters Vs. Aliens getting nominated.

Anywho, click the poster to watch the trailer.

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From YouTube.

Or try the Official Site.

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I’m quite surprised that Wes Anderson released another trailer for this movie, that’s slightly unusual, it’s not like the first trailer was a teaser.  But that’s beside the point.

I’d say this trailer is targetted more at adults rather than kids.  Whereas the last trailer made the movie look kinda like a kids show, this one makes more complicated jokes and concentrates on the critical acclaim this movie has attracted.  The “cussing” joke was an interesting joke for a trailer, not what I would expect.  And that Pixar dig was very interesting.  I love Pixar to a ridiculous degree, therefore I don’t really know what they were trying to accomplish with that quote.  Were they implying that this movie is better than Pixar in a mean-spirited kind of way?  Or were they complimenting Pixar and trying to attract that kind of fan-base?  Weird.

If you go watch this trailer you’ll see two featurettes about the movie on the Apple site.  They’re quite interesting.  One is about Roald Dahl and the other is about how Wes chose to film the movie.  He’s filming in a kind of method directing.  Obviously he put a lot of work into the stop motion part of the movie, but apparently he didn’t want to record the voices in a studio, so he made the actors (well most of the actors) act out the scenes in different environments and he recorded the voices there.  Interesting idea, hopefully it sounds good.

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From Apple.

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This is the newest Wes Anderson movie.  It is a departure from his from his usual style of…well, live-action films.  Wes Anderson is by far my favorite director, the Royal Tenebaums is my favorite film, so it shouldn’t be surprising that I’m looking forward to this movie.  Plus it has a great voice cast, I know that’s almost a given but this one is very good.

I encourage everyone to give this movie a chance.  I know it’s been a long time since many of you have watched a stop-motion film, but they are still good.  If you’re still concerned then I encourage you to rent, buy or steal A Nightmare Before Christmas.  That should restore some confidence in the medium.

Click picture to watch trailer.

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From Yahoo.

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Click poster to watch teaser.

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From The Official Site (Windows Media)

Or try The Official Site (Quiktime)

Or try Facebook

or try IGN

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Click poster to watch trailer.

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From the Official Site.

Or try YouTube.

Or try ComingSoon.net.

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Click poster to watch trailer.

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From Yahoo.

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From Apple.

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From Trailer Addict.

Or MovieWeb.

Or /Film.

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