See animated films I haven't

Ratatouille is great. So great.
They’ve certainly redeemed themselves after Cars. yuck.

It made me want to COOK! -which is saying something.

I normally hate critics. Even though I check all the time to see if they agree with me, and I rejoice if they acclaim my loves and I get all up in arms if they disagree. But sometimes I should take their advice and ignore a film altogether.
Arthur and the Invisibles is one of those films. It suxors. Sucks the big one. Is atrocious. Is appalling. Made me angry. Makes me think that the Fifth Element was a fluke (Luc Besson director).
So bad. So. Bad.

Australia’s first animated feature film Oscar win is… good… but not Disney or Miyazaki.
I felt like a total traitor after missing it at the cinema and it winning the Oscar. (Which was awesome might I add).

And I thought it was great, but, really, I think the only reason it won the Oscar is because Cars and Madagascar are just shit. ouch. that was blunt. Plus environment issues are really cool in America at the moment (which is great).

Don’t see this film.

Just don’t.

PS The dwarves (pictured above) were great though. They moved to FAST!!!

PPS But don’t do it. omg please don’t.

PPPS It’s called “Happily N’Ever After” btw. Just so you know what NOT to see.

I’m not going to pretend this film was Einstein’s answer to the narrative, or that it will change anyone’s life… but that isn’t what the heroes in half-shells were ever really about. They were always about fun.
They still hold my prize for most exciting present I have EVER received in my WHOLE life (I would have been.. 7?)
If you love TMNT you’ll love this film. It’s really pretty. Really well animated (and by hand for once! No mo-cap!) and is just a heck of a lot of fun. Made me very happy.
One critic (puke) wrote that the film is just like a double episode of the old cartoon series… um… awesome! The world doesn’t need the Ninja Turtles to be reinvented. They are freakin’ rad just the way they are :)

I love Disney (animated).
I love them.
I love them a lot.
So their run of films post Lilo and Stitch have had me horribly depressed. They’ve been boring, stupid and worst of all derivative of their competitors. (Disney were the pioneers! They set the standard of animated film!)
So I went out of the see Meet the Robinsons (Disney’s latest CG feature) with a desperate hope that they’d get back on the ball and pull out a gem.
...Thank you Pixar’s John Lasseter (who, since the merger, is now a Disney bigwig too) for sitting Disney down and making them spend an extra year on this baby. Cos now it’s sweet candy of a film. Damn sweet.

Pete’s rating: Freakin’ sweet. Has ADD. Is damn cute (esp Goober!). Has me hoping that the Disney awesome-ness that we all grew up with is back.

It was kinda funny. Pretty ok all round.
except;
They tried for a Tex Avery style squash and snap character animation style. But that kind of speed I just don’t think works outside 2D.
And also a lot of their matte paintings (backgrounds look 3D but are actually just paintings) weren’t too convincing… so it’d cut to the character going “WOW! A PANORAMIC LANDSCAPE!” but I would be thinking… “wow. A wall with drawings on.”

Sometimes it sucks being an animator.

Unless you want some awesome 80’s nastalgia, I wouldn’t bother with Oliver.
Don’t get me wrong, it was great and all that… just not nearly as classic as say, Sword and the Stone, Snow White or Aladdin or something. And so very 80’s (and you’re an 80’s bitch Meemers which explains a LOT ;).

Pete’s rating: you’re an 80’s bitch? See it. You’re not? Meh.

BTW In the same 24 hour period as Oliver and Aristocats I also managed Lilo and Stitch (AWESOME! saaaaad) and Aladdin – which of course is the greatest thing to ever happen to human race.

An oldie that I missed (seeing as I wasn’t so much around in 1970).

It was good… probably could have just been like, 30 mins or something instead of feature length…

Pete’s Rating: meh, Toulouse trying to be an alley-cat is awesome though.

Being an animator, I feel like a dirty traitor having not seen so many animated films. So here goes.

MONSTER HOUSE:
Was WAY better than expected. It was clever, funny and a lot scary than I was prepared for!

Pete’s recommendation: See it.