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Re: Animated Films

Used to only watch animated films in a certain part of my life, which is odd because before that I would only watch live action films. Now I watch both. That's beside the point. Animated films are really great, from cartoon style drawings to CG. I still love classics like the Toy Story trilogy, along with many of Pixar's earlier works. I was also a fan of the Tiny Toons and Looney Tunes movies. I also have to say that I was partial to the first Ice Age movie, but have grown out of that series (as noted in my Ice Age 4 thread). Seriously, the first Ice Age was great, bringing together three completely different animals and turning them into friends after saving an infant from getting lost in the wild. I think that these films really show through the best in people and really make you feel like a kid, best expressed in Toy Story 3, when Andy grows up and forgets about his toys. As many of you guys have said, the work that must go into these movies is not only impressive, but inspiring as well.

Re: Animated Films

Originally Posted by 16BitGeek

I love animated movies, it's my favorite kind of movie to watch honestly. I love watching classic hand drawn animated movies like The Lion King, Peter Pan, Alice In Wonderland, and many others. And I'm also a big fan of three-dimensional animated movies like Toy Story, Monsters Inc., and Up. I've always found it amazing how these movies were fully drawn or animated on a computer, all the time it took to make it, I really appreciate that when I watch great animated movie. It took so much time to make the movie, that's why I really love watching animated movies, appreciating all the beauty that has been made by these artists.

Its truly amazing all the time they put into making these animated films, making everything perfect. especially tranporting that image into your head into something you can watch.

Re: Animated Films

Originally Posted by torimori

Used to only watch animated films in a certain part of my life, which is odd because before that I would only watch live action films. Now I watch both. That's beside the point. Animated films are really great, from cartoon style drawings to CG. I still love classics like the Toy Story trilogy, along with many of Pixar's earlier works. I was also a fan of the Tiny Toons and Looney Tunes movies. I also have to say that I was partial to the first Ice Age movie, but have grown out of that series (as noted in my Ice Age 4 thread). Seriously, the first Ice Age was great, bringing together three completely different animals and turning them into friends after saving an infant from getting lost in the wild. I think that these films really show through the best in people and really make you feel like a kid, best expressed in Toy Story 3, when Andy grows up and forgets about his toys. As many of you guys have said, the work that must go into these movies is not only impressive, but inspiring as well.

Agreed, the first Ice Age movie was great, but after that they were not that amazing. Honestly they milked that franchise to death with completely unnecessary sequels. Movies like Toy Story the sequels fit together, after watching Toy Story 2, you knew that there had to be a sequel coming because it just made sense and it would fit with the story. Now usually when you see a sequel it's just to make more money not to continue the story from the last movie. But enough of that. I also agree with you about Toy Story 3, that movie really got to me, I'll admit the first time I saw the ending I let out a few tears. Toy Story 3 is truly a beautiful, inspiring, and touching movie.

Re: Animated Films

If you end up liking Summer Wars which lionheart91 suggested, I'd recommend Hosoda's other film, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. And also check out Satoshi Kon's stuff. Tokyo Godfathers is something that really grew on to me and is always nice to watch around the holiday season. A bit on the depressing side since it deals with war and genocide is Waltz With Bashir. I also recommend Tekkonkinkreet.

Re: Animated Films

I love live and animated, I can appreciate both forms and what goes into them and makes both special in their own way and how they can sort of cross over into each other.

Recomendations? I think people have mentioned enough of them.

But what I've always enjoyed but felt got no recognition (or not enough) was independent animated films or flash toons. There are so many of them and they all have their charm to them. To see some of these go to newgrounds or search for the obscure on youtube. Trust me there are some pretty good diamonds in the rough.

We all have something to say here, I just wonder if what I've said here has said enough about me... maybe I've said more than enough?

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Huge fan of animated films. Usually, I feel as though I get more emotion out of them when comparing to live action films. Not that they don't give me emotions too, but animation always grasps me the most. Not to mention I have a lot of favorites in animated movies.

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I love animated films. It just something I can sit back and relax and watch.
Some of my favorites are Summer War, 5 Centimeters Per Second, Metropolis, and nearly all Ghibli films. I also enjoy Disney films but I tend to lean toward the classic/older ones.

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I recently watched an animated mime film called "The Illusionist (2010)", and it was great! The best part about it was I could under stand everything that was going on. Yet there were no words in it. I made a thread about it in the movie section somewhere. The script was written in 1957, and never really got produced until 2010 as an animated film. The Guy who made it died in the 80's. Its really cool how animation can make something that was written such a long time ago.