Animated movies [Wallace and Gromit Vengeance Most Fowl]

[Fero McPigletron]

I saw a bunch of animated movies recently that aren't Pixar, Disney or big enough to get a thread of their own. Kinda wanted to get folks' thoughts in them, if they've seen them too.

Minions Rise of Gru

I enjoy the Despicable and Minions series cuz of the superheroic supervillainousity. Scarlet Overkill was cooler than the Vicious 6 (except maybe for Nun Chuck, haha) but I liked this one for the extended family background for Gru. Silly, colorful fun.


Paws of Fury

It's a Mel Brooks movie. I should have liked it but I didn't. I almost hated it, hah

Luck

Why is John Ratzenberger voicing here and not in recent Pixar movies? I'm worried. This John Lassiter movie needs more work with some models. Kinda wanted more Rube Goldberg luck based shenanigans but there's barely any. I need clarification with the lesson. It's suppose to make to accept bad luck? But you can control your own luck. Or make your own luck. Kinda off with it but still ok cuz Flula Borg is in it.

Sea Beast

I loved the start. If it was night time, this would be terrifying! Still is. Is the Pacific Rim tv show like this? The sea monsters are like Kaiju. I feel like they shouldn't have modeled the Red Bluster after Toothless cuz that's all I can see. Blue is adorable tho. I like this one a lot!

There's other animated movies that have their own threads but I'll just shoved them in.

- League of Super-Pets washed the bitter taste of Lightyear off my mouth.

- Rise of the TMNT movie was an animation masterpiece. I wanted more Donnie but being Leo centric was fine. The Krang were dangerous, especially the female.

 

[Megatronus Prime]

You would expect people to remember tf the movie, but instead they remembered mikel bey movie

 

[Fero McPigletron]

Sounds like this

 

[Confuzor]

They kinda riff on that in the most recent Harley Quinn episode.

 

[Fero McPigletron]

They kinda riff on that in the most recent Harley Quinn episode.

My goodness, the Harley ep with them going into the mind journey is such a trip! Dunno why there's no thread for it.

Yeah, they said Antonio Banderas, haha

 

[Fero McPigletron]

It is an example of a good cartoon to laugh at. This franchise was invented for this in general, in my opinion.

Which? Harley Quinn? I'm sure it's not the pioneer but I like how it's doing its own thing.

I thought season 3 would end with Harley and Ivy on opposite sides but what they did was better, if not fully resolved yet. I hope they do a fourth season and end it with a happy ending.

 

[Fero McPigletron]

Just saw Puss in Boots the Last Wish.

Holy cow, the animation is waaaay different than the old Shrek CGI. It's more The Bad Guys ish? But what's with the... clipping? During the painted looking action scenes, like, the action just clips? Not smooth anymore? I don't know the animation term.

Story was kinda real ish. Middle age ish? The part after he gets buried was, wow, not good. Goldilocks' deal was typical but still touching. Good stuff.

I think I would be happier if the villain didn't kill people. Like, there's actual deaths. One might get a pass but perhaps the others could just be throwaway people. Like gingerbread men or something.

Anyway, good stuff! I feel it's better than the Shrek series cuz they're not doing pop culture references.

 

[wentwood]

I saw Rise Of The TMNT and Sailor Moon Eternal on Netflix. TMNT was a cool movie. On DVD I own Despicable Me 1 -3 and the same for Hotel Transylvania. Need the new HT movie. I also own all of Ice Age. Need the spin off for that one.

 

[Fero McPigletron]

Ice Age is over since the studio folded. They made a final video with Scrat finally eating his acorn. Sad but oh well.

 

[Fero McPigletron]

I was looking for a Wallace and Gromit thread but there wasn't any and I remembered I made this general animation movie thread.

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Saw Wallace and Gromit Vengeance Most Fowl.

I hate it. Well, not completely hate it but it's so below the level of Wrong Trousers for me. So much superfluous stuff with the new gadget (which is the replacement for the Trousers I suppose) and the cops.

The plan wasn't even cool. There were hints of something bigger and menacing but it was just ... that? Weak!

The part that was suppose to be clever was just weird. It probably didn't need to be there but I guess it was an attempt for something different.

I'm just disappointed it wasn't as cool as it could be overall.

Reminds me, I should watch the other Gromit stiff like the lady who gets eaten by animals, whatever that was. After or before the were rabbit movie.

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Also saw Robot Dreams, which was tragic. I saw pages of the original graphic novel and the movie looks better. The music probably lent so much more.

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Also Wild Robot. I was surprised when the voice was female (didn't see the trailers). Pedro Pascual, didn't recognize.

I rather liked it a lot but, well, the Enemy Robot was only doing her job. Didn't need to destroy everything tho.

I feel like if there was no big fight at the end, it would be more timeless somehow.

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Aaaand I saw Flow, which I hate because wthex is that story? Urgh. No voices, lots of metaphor and supposed deep stuff isn't always enjoyable art. It's got a cat and a capybara but I don't care about them. Well, maybe I care a bit about the capybara. But seriously, wthex is that story and ending?

 

[Donocropolis]

My wife, son, and I watched Vengence Most Fowl a week or so ago, and we quite liked it. It maybe wasn't as good as Wrong Trousers, but I still found it to be pretty funny and a good watch. Enjoyed the Shawn the Sheep easter egg (we're a huge Shawn the Sheep family).

 

[Fero McPigletron]

Which was the Shawn the Sheep Easter egg? I didn't watch the TV show but... there was a movie with... aliens in it? With no words.

The thing that disappointed me with Vengeance was they hinted at a

Spoiler

giant robot (with the height of the scaffolding the Norbots were building and then the TV show they turned off. But then it was just a submarine. Did something change in the script?

The

Spoiler

diamond being switched all this time

was suppose to be the clever new thing.

 

[Donocropolis]

Which was the Shawn the Sheep Easter egg? I didn't watch the TV show but... there was a movie with... aliens in it? With no words.

The thing that disappointed me with Vengeance was they hinted at a

Spoiler

giant robot (with the height of the scaffolding the Norbots were building and then the TV show they turned off. But then it was just a submarine. Did something change in the script?

The

Spoiler

diamond being switched all this time

was suppose to be the clever new thing.

The

Spoiler: SPOILER

Farmer from Shawn the Sheep appeared briefly in the movie unloading vegetables from his truck

. Nice to see that they take place in the same "universe."

As to the

Spoiler: SPOILER

"looks like they're building a giant gnome" thing, I think that's just a misdirect so that the submarine catches us by surprise.

 

[Shadewing]

Essentially the plot of Vengeance most fowl: