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Gimli's Animation thread - 24/12/2011 2:12:30 AM

Gimli The Dwarf

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I've been thinking of doing this for ages and now that I've finished my 500 films list I figured I might. It's not secret that I'm quite the fan of animation so here's a thread dedicated to all things cartoony.

It�s one of those lists that gets updated sporadically. It�s not a collection simply of new films I�m seeing for the first time, or just old favourites, but every animated film I see this year, short or long, I�ll just watch and review them as they arrive. With each new addition I�ll place them in an ordered list. I tried this with WWII films a few years back and that lasted for a total of 4 films. Hopefully this will be better

And as it's christmas, have a picture.

1. Toy Story
2. The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of the Unicorn
3. The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists
4. Wreck-It Ralph
5. Brave
6. The Jungle Book
7. Fear(s) Of The Dark
8. The Secret Of Kells
9. Frankenweenie
10. Arthur Christmas

11. Rise Of The Guardians
12. ParaNorman
13. Akira
14. A Cat In Paris
15. Paprika
16. Hotel Transylvania
17. Whisper Of The Heart
18. Rio
19. The Lorax
20. Jackboots On Whitehall

1. Quiet Please!
2. For The Birds
3. So You Want To be A Pirate!
4. Partysaurus Rex
5. Small Fry
6. Cueball Cat
7. Blitz Wolf
8. Paperman
9. Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century
10. Tangled Ever After

11. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
12. La Luna
13. Alma
14. Gertie The Dinosaur
15. Dimanche
16. Wild Life
17. A Morning Stroll
18. Malice In Wonderland

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 24/12/2011 8:30:20 AM

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Excellent! The last couple of years, I've become a big fan of animation too, so will be checking this thread with great interest.

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 24/12/2011 11:47:08 AM

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So lots of Studio Ghibli then!

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 25/12/2011 8:12:06 AM

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I'd be interested to see how many NON Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks/Studio Ghibli efforts make the list...

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 25/12/2011 11:09:07 AM

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I'd be interested to see how many NON Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks/Studio Ghibli�efforts make the list...

Hopefully there'll be plenty that aren't the usual suspects, including a few from your list. The first one might well be a Ghibli film though. I can hardly contain my excitement (insert sarcastic smilie here)

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 27/12/2011 4:34:05 PM

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 4/1/2012 10:02:57 PM

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I've become more of a fan of animation over the past few years. Looking forward to the list, and as always I'm sure you'll have some surprises in store for us.

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 4/1/2012 10:07:17 PM

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This reminds me of the Top 50 Pixar Moments that never got started.

Why do you tease us, Gimli? Why?

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 4/1/2012 11:10:33 PM

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I did say it's an ongoing thing. I haven't seen any animation since I started the thread.

The Pixar thread is going to get done, I promise.

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 6/1/2012 8:12:53 PM

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This is like a Fritzl list.

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 15/1/2012 5:11:05 AM

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1. Tangled Ever After

I'm sure the many, many haters of Tangled on here will be overjoyed to know that there's now a little bit more for them to moan about. I didn't even know that this short existed until it popped up as I was video-hopping on Youtube.

As a big fan of Tangled, it was almost guaranteed that I'd like this, and like it I did. It's the day of Rapunzel and Flynn's wedding but the focus is on the best characters from the film, Maximus and Pascal, as they race to retrieve the weddings rings that they manage to lose. It's a frenetic and fast-paced short, and one that may well appeal to those who disliked the main feature.

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Much more better!

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 15/1/2012 10:08:50 AM

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Is the whole thing on YouTube and do you have a link? I can't seem to find anything more than a few clips and dodgy camera phone vids.

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 15/1/2012 10:47:31 AM

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The only one on YT now seems to be a shaky camera one but it's watchable enough if you want to have a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElZwPNhrgcg

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Yeah, Mr. White! Yeah, science!

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 16/1/2012 2:06:04 PM

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I supose you have checked out Akira,Ghost In the Shell and the Cowboy Bebop Movie?

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 18/1/2012 11:53:43 AM

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quote:

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1. Tangled Ever After

I'm sure the many, many haters of Tangled on here will be overjoyed to know that there's now a little bit more for them to moan about. I didn't even know that this short existed until it popped up as I was video-hopping on Youtube.

As a big fan of Tangled, it was almost guaranteed that I'd like this, and like it I did. It's the day of Rapunzel and Flynn's wedding but the focus is on the best characters from the film, Maximus and Pascal, as they race to retrieve the weddings rings that they manage to lose. It's a frenetic and fast-paced short, and one that may well appeal to those who disliked the main feature.

I doubt I'll bother with this. I thought Tangled was one of the most disappointing Disney animated features ever; soulless, dull and not even very funny. I haven't even got it on DVD yet, and I own all the others!

Just my opinion though, you'll have to put up with it

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 18/1/2012 12:06:57 PM

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There seems to be a very for and against tendency with Tangled. I was very much with you on how laboured it was.

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 18/1/2012 12:10:51 PM

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I'm in the hate camp for Tangled as well. I think it's one of the worst animated features Disney have ever made. It's certainly the worst I've seen in a while, I can't even think of a comparably bad effort off the top of my head.

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 18/1/2012 12:14:31 PM

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Lion King.

Princess and the Frog

All the sequels (Bambi, Little Mermaid, Jungle Book etc) and the Tinker Bells - Disney proper have come across like a busted flush for a very long time. No wonder they needed Pixar. If The Wild is Disney proper, then Nigel the Koala is the best thing they've done in nearly 2 decades + IMO.

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 18/1/2012 1:22:37 PM

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Lion King.

Princess and the Frog

It's times like this I need Swords as backup

Nigel the Koala was the only good thing about The Wild though. That film was such a huge disappointment.

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 18/1/2012 1:24:40 PM

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Lion King.

Princess and the Frog

Agreed about Princess and the Frog but Lion King? IMO that's the best thing they've ever done.

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 18/1/2012 1:28:16 PM

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I think it's dreadful although, sadly, I seem to be in a minority on here.

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 18/1/2012 1:54:41 PM

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Lion King.

Princess and the Frog

All future opinions from you on this thread are invalid.

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 18/1/2012 3:50:02 PM

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I wouldn't say I hate the Lion King, but revisiting it as an adult did make me more aware of its short comings. I'd say the non Pixar Disney highlights of the past 20 odd years for me are Aladdin, Beauty and the Beat and Lilo and Stitch.

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 18/1/2012 5:08:25 PM

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The first two I'd have outwith my timing as I do like them too. I'd forgotten about Lilo and Stich though - I'm fond of that. I liked some of the music in Hunchback too.

I saw Lion King as an adult. After enjoying the couple before it my only thought, really, was 'what is this shit'?

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 18/1/2012 5:08:55 PM

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 18/1/2012 5:57:12 PM

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I think it's dreadful although, sadly, I seem to be in a minority on here.

I've never been a huge fan of the Lion King, I think it's overrated. I wouldn't say it's 'dreadful' though.

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 18/1/2012 6:49:23 PM

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I've never seen/watched Lion King or Beauty And The Beast.

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 18/1/2012 8:18:07 PM

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I love The Lion King, but I do think Beauty And The Beast, while still quite good, is rather overrated. It seems to be widely regarded as Disney's greatest achievement and just can't see why, for me it doesn't hold a candle to earlier fairytale efforts like Snow White and Sleeping Beauty!

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 19/1/2012 10:35:13 AM

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Beauty and the Beat

Can I still pretend you don't like Beauty and the Beast?�

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RE: Gimli's Animation thread - 19/1/2012 11:36:07 AM

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Beauty and the Beat

Can I still pretend you don't like Beauty and the Beast?�

There appears to be something up with the 's' key on my laptop, it's keeps sticking or missing stuff. Using all my detective skills I have deduced that it is down to crumbs in the key board.