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Title: Animated goodness
Post by: Darlica on October 11, 2007, 11:34:36 PM
I'm a fan of animated short films and movies. I'm not picky about genre as long as well executed and has a good story (or a really good excuse for a story at least ;) ).

This is a place for posting about your favourite (and not so loved) animated flicks long or short, discussing them and share your thoughts about them, new or old, computer animated 3D or old style cell animation, animé or Central European style puppet animation alike.
:D   



I'll start with my latest favourite: Ratatouille!
The Pixar/Disney production about a little rat who wants to be a chef.
I love it! It has cute rats (I happen to like rats), is set mainly in a restaurant kitchen, has a good story and the animation is simply splendid.  It's so well done it will become a standard setter like Monsters Inc. was when it came. The level of detail is amazing whit out stealing attention from the story.

I can heartily recommend it. :kiss2:

/Darlica
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: beagle on October 12, 2007, 08:02:50 AM
This is one of my favourites:

http://despair.com/watchmore.html (http://despair.com/watchmore.html)

Having New Order's "Elegia" as a soundtrack gives it a head start, but the story is great too.
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Aggie on October 12, 2007, 02:16:44 PM
Mr. Reaper's Really Bad Morning.
http://www.mrgeorgereaper.com/navigation.html

Locally produced, nonetheless, and the scene of Calgary's downtown being flattened by a meteorite always brings joy to my heart when I've had too much of the city. ;D
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on October 12, 2007, 07:26:21 PM
For those who haven't seen it yet, Les Triplettes de Belleville (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286244/). Highly recommended.
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Darlica on October 12, 2007, 09:17:07 PM
I'm a huge fan of Wallace and Gromit (especially Gromit :D ) and a fan of Nick Park and Aardman animation in general.

Check them out here: http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/

:D

Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Sibling Lambicus the Toluous on October 12, 2007, 09:33:12 PM
Quote from: Darlica on October 12, 2007, 09:17:07 PM
I'm a huge fan of Wallace and Gromit (especially Gromit :D ) and a fan of Nick Park and Aardman animation in general.
My friends and I figured out that The Wrong Trousers syncs up really well to one particular Nine Inch Nails CD (The Downward Spiral, maybe?).  It makes the penguin much more ominous.
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: anthrobabe on October 13, 2007, 03:37:26 PM
Did somebody say Cheese!
Oh I love cheese!
W&G   :YaY:

I also like the machinema (spelling?) things that people do with Halo-- if you've not seen it check out some red vs blue sometime--- some of it is twisted. I guess it doesn't really count as animated- it's just taking something that exists and adding and enhancing it.


Now everyone put on their Techno trousers and let's go!
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Darlica on November 24, 2012, 10:26:14 PM
*cough*
Geezus it's dusty in here...
:sweepgirl:

That's better...


Seeing the Ronal The Barbarian video Swato posted in "what are you listening to?" thread made me remember this little gem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV5w262XvCU&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV5w262XvCU&feature=related)

Lindorm and I saw it together with a friend at a evening of animated short movies in Göteborg (Gothenburg) earlier this November.

If I can dig up links to some of the other movies we saw I'll post them too, some where really good. :)
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Lindorm on November 24, 2012, 10:42:45 PM
The danish animation school where The Saga of Biorn originated (as a bachelor project) has a nice homepage with lots of animated movies to watch -student works, bachelor's degree film project and lots of other interesting stuff.

http://www.animwork.dk/en/ (http://www.animwork.dk/en/)
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith on November 25, 2012, 12:54:26 AM
Quote from: Darlica on November 24, 2012, 10:26:14 PM
*cough*
Geezus it's dusty in here...
:sweepgirl:

That's better...


Seeing the Ronal The Barbarian video Swato posted in "what are you listening to?" thread made me remember this little gem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV5w262XvCU&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV5w262XvCU&feature=related)

Lindorm and I saw it together with a friend at a evening of animated short movies in Göteborg (Gothenburg) earlier this November.

If I can dig up links to some of the other movies we saw I'll post them too, some where really good. :)


Thank you for that!  I loved it so much, I posted the link on my facebook page.  :)

(did anyone else notice the strong resemblence between xian "heaven" and viking hell? )
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Darlica on November 25, 2012, 06:19:24 PM
 ;D Yes, and I'm sure it's very deliberate.  :valkyrie:

I particularly like part with the Muzak playing in the background in Xtian heaven... ;D
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith on November 25, 2012, 06:30:51 PM
Quote from: Darlica on November 25, 2012, 06:19:24 PM
;D Yes, and I'm sure it's very deliberate.  :valkyrie:

I particularly like part with the Muzak playing in the background in Xtian heaven... ;D

Oh yesss.... so very boring, it would be a literal hell for a normal, sane person, if it was more than say 10 minutes or so... :devil:
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Lindorm on November 27, 2012, 08:00:20 PM
This is another gem from the animation film festival Darlica and I visited.
A czech-french co-production about...

....eeerrmmm....


...well, waltz music, sexuality, desires, trams and streetlights.

And a few other things.

Very funny, but perhaps not entirely worksafe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Pcj9OSEV4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Pcj9OSEV4)

EDIT: Drats, Zounds and Zut Alors! It's only a short extract of the full animated film. Still, even the extract is worth watching.

EDIT 2: Here's another short trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kkRWC4yp8M&feature=related (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kkRWC4yp8M&feature=related)
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith on November 27, 2012, 08:11:48 PM
Interesting animation style there.  I tried to find a longer one, but was not successful.
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Darlica on December 02, 2012, 10:48:34 PM
Here's an old favourite from Aardman animation

Why one should always read the small print...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIvQZm8K-yU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIvQZm8K-yU)
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Swatopluk on December 02, 2012, 10:52:15 PM
I loved that one when I saw it first on a DVD with Aardman shorts.
They also did some really depressive ones (typical Aardman skill but dark and broody).
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Darlica on December 02, 2012, 11:07:05 PM
 One dark and broody coming up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcVc-hMniUE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcVc-hMniUE).

;)
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith on December 02, 2012, 11:49:38 PM
Indeed.... beware the fine print.

:D
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Swatopluk on December 03, 2012, 12:04:41 AM
Quote from: Darlica on December 02, 2012, 11:07:05 PM
One dark and broody coming up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcVc-hMniUE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcVc-hMniUE).

;)

Yeah, that's one of them.
Can't find the one with the humungous politician at the moment
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Lindorm on December 05, 2012, 08:38:56 PM
Here´s a mythological little beauty from France:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Bo04Uuh4M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Bo04Uuh4M)
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith on December 05, 2012, 11:47:16 PM
:)

That's good.  "It's not what you think".... :D
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Bruder Cuzzen on December 17, 2012, 05:02:38 PM
Up , by Pixar , this work is my absolute favorite of all time . Everyone must have seen this one , it's pure delight and worth viewing constantly just like I think A Christmas Story should be .

I am also a Wallace and Grommet fan .
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith on December 17, 2012, 08:42:49 PM
Yes, Up is quite delightful.
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Bruder Cuzzen on December 17, 2012, 09:13:46 PM
"My name is Russell and I am a wilderness explorer in tribe 24 ... sweat lodge 12 ....Are you in need of assistance ? "
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on December 18, 2012, 04:13:53 PM
Of Pixar movies I really like Wall-e (with it's almost Kubrickian touches), and as for fun The Incredibles which I think has a wonderful script.
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith on December 18, 2012, 05:22:33 PM
I'm also a big fan of The Incredibles.  :)
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Pachyderm on December 25, 2012, 01:09:10 AM
Pirates in an Adventure with Scientists.

I  need say no more...
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Lindorm on May 27, 2013, 09:58:54 PM
Welcome to Corporate Corp, Inc.!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tstaUDUWEcY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tstaUDUWEcY)
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Lindorm on May 29, 2013, 03:49:06 PM
And why not let sweet, dear, old Granny O´Grimm read you a nice bedtime story?  :mrgreen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIDv1jJhoxY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIDv1jJhoxY)
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Lindorm on May 31, 2013, 08:55:47 PM
A beautiful and funny little gem from Hungary.
Perhaps something that will strike a chord with Sibliing Zono?  ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpDw9hxcMkA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpDw9hxcMkA)
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Swatopluk on May 31, 2013, 09:32:24 PM
This series is among my current favorites
Here a short clip for the general mood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de_1P5asQ1c
And here episode 4 (first match)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kep4XrCfcp8
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on June 03, 2013, 03:53:30 PM
Quote from: Lindorm on May 31, 2013, 08:55:47 PM
A beautiful and funny little gem from Hungary.
Perhaps something that will strike a chord with Sibliing Zono?  ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpDw9hxcMkA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpDw9hxcMkA)
Excellent!  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Animated goodness
Post by: Aggie on June 03, 2013, 04:24:03 PM
The perils of dragon hunting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO0yXC0oyIA