animation

  • Tony vs Paul. One thing that Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" video taught us is that watching stop-motion animated humans is fun. (via bb) (2) #
    1/2/2007
  • Idol, an oddly twisted animated short. (thx, gropo) (4) #
    10/13/2006
  • With Pixar releasing a computer animated version of Doc Hollywood this week (thx, LVW for the comparison), it's time for me to reiterate how tired I am of the Pixar formula. I haven't seen Cars yet, but it looks like it has the tame humor, goofy sitcom characters, and too-clever-for-itself attitude that all of their films since Toy Story 2 have suffocated under. This wouldn't be notable except that they're written about, especially within the blogosphere, as if they're the film gods. Plus, I don't find the spare animation as seen in the trailers very inviting. Go watch some Miyazaki. (16) #
    6/8/2006

Covert Operatives

For old times' sake:

Wed, 02/22/2006 - 1:48pm
  • Ebert gives high marks to the new Wallace & Gromit film. "Remarkably, given the current realities of animation, 'Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit' is the second stop-motion animated film in two weeks, after 'Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.' Both of these films are wonderful, but Wallace and Gromit have the additional quality of being lovable beyond all measure..." I remember being obsessed with the evil penguin in The Wrong Trousers as a teenager. (0) #
    10/7/2005
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