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Hogi Bear wrote:I'm personally glad that they moved the user ratings to the main ratings area, because I'd rather see those ratings. Although, I don't necessarily base whether or not I'll see a movie because of its ratings..

I don't base anything on ratings either (especially Rotten Tomatoes') but I would take critic ratings over user ratings any day. Users ratings are completely useless to me due to, IMO, their liking crap and hating very critically acclaimed films. I have 0 respect for user ratings on there.

I use rt ratings for reassurance when im going to a theatre but otherwise i dont rely on ratings.

Critics may sometimes be biased and let other things than the quality of the movie itself sway them too much but users are a whole lot worse in that regard. Just look at the ridiculous scores of movies on IMDB.

Guardians' reviews are rather mixed. I'd say it's probably out of the running.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rise_of ... ians_2012/

So now I'll say:
ParaNorman
Frakenweenie
Wreck-It Ralph

The Pirates! might have a chance, I think it definitely has more of an advantage over Brave but surely those last two slots will be filled by foreign animated films.

Philo & Gunge wrote:Guardians' reviews are rather mixed. I'd say it's probably out of the running.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rise_of ... ians_2012/

So now I'll say:
ParaNorman
Frakenweenie
Wreck-It Ralph

The Pirates! might have a chance, I think it definitely has more of an advantage over Brave but surely those last two slots will be filled by foreign animated films.

I think there are enough films eligible for 5 nominations. So my guess:

Paranorman
Wreck-It Ralph
Frankenweenie
Brave
Foreign animated film

PatrickvD wrote:

Philo & Gunge wrote:Guardians' reviews are rather mixed. I'd say it's probably out of the running.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rise_of ... ians_2012/

So now I'll say:
ParaNorman
Frakenweenie
Wreck-It Ralph

The Pirates! might have a chance, I think it definitely has more of an advantage over Brave but surely those last two slots will be filled by foreign animated films.

I think there are enough films eligible for 5 nominations. So my guess:

Paranorman
Wreck-It Ralph
Frankenweenie
Brave
Foreign animated film

Sounds about right. I personally dislike Paranorman, though.

Rise of the Guardians may yet sneak in. It has been getting pretty good reviews, 75 percent is fine, around the same level as Brave.

The_Iceflash wrote:I don't base anything on ratings either (especially Rotten Tomatoes') but I would take critic ratings over user ratings any day. Users ratings are completely useless to me due to, IMO, their liking crap and hating very critically acclaimed films. I have 0 respect for user ratings on there.

A big problem I have with their critics rating is that some are just reviews of the trailers and have just a paragraph. I have also wondered if the user rating are also merged with the "Want to see" percentage. The rating system I really did like was the Box Office Mojo's rating system, it was laid out really nice.

The Golden Globes shortlist for Best Animated Feature. Out of these 12 there will be 5 nominees.

• Brave

• Frankenweenie

• From Up on Poppy Hill

• Hotel Transylvania

• Ice Age: Continental Drift

• The Lorax

• Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

• ParaNorman

• The Pirates! Band of Misfits

• Rise of the Guardians

• The Secret World of Arrietty

• Wreck-It Ralph

Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... nomination


Oddly, the Secret World of Arrietty made it into the list. The HFPA must have different eligibility rules than the Academy.

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That was very interesting, thanks for sharing!

2 thoughts..

- everyone talks about how animation is perceived as "for kids only" and that someone should do something about that and yet no one seems to want to go there.
- 2D animation. exactly the same as above. "it's great, it's awesome, we love it... we're not touching it".

Lnds500 wrote:2 thoughts..

- everyone talks about how animation is perceived as "for kids only" and that someone should do something about that and yet no one seems to want to go there.
- 2D animation. exactly the same as above. "it's great, it's awesome, we love it... we're not touching it".

They're not the ones in charge. I'm pretty sure they'd love to change things drastically. But their hands are tied.

PatrickvD wrote:They're not the ones in charge. I'm pretty sure they'd love to change things drastically. But their hands are tied.

And yet Clements and Musker are the only ones (?) right now that seem to be trying creating a full length feature.

Lnds500 wrote:And yet Clements and Musker are the only ones (?) right now that seem to be trying creating a full length feature.

Don’t hold your breath that they’ll be allowed to create a 2D film.

Considering all the lukewarm reviews for RotG, that one’s probably knocked out of the Oscar race. It could still get nominated, I guess.

Well, Tartakovsky has actually been trying to make a Samurai Jack movie (done in the same style as the show) for years. I wouldn't be surprised if that was his next project following Popeye.

Plus, Tartakovsky actually animated a new hand-drawn short that played in front of some screenings of Hotel Transylvania and I imagine it will be on the DVD/Blu-Ray. So Ramsey isn't far-off when he says he's the most likely guy to make a hand-drawn animated feature in the near future.

The Annie Award nominations were announced today.

Here are the nominations Disney got:

Brave

Best Animated Feature
Best Animated Effects (Bill Watral, Chris Chapman, Dave Hale, Keith Klohn, Michael K. O’Brien)
Best Character Animation (Dan Nguyen)
Best Character Animation (Jaime Landes)
Best Character Animation (Travis Hathaway)
Best Music (Patrick Doyle, Mark Andrews and Alex Mandel)
Best Production Design (Steve Pilcher)
Best Voice Acting (Kelly Macdonald)
Best Writing (Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi)
Best Editing (Nicholas A. Smith, Robert Graham Jones, David Suther)

Frankenweenie

Best Animated Feature
Best Production Design (Rich Heinrichs)
Best Voice Acting (Atticus Shaffer)
Best Voice Acting (Catherine O'Hara)
Best Writing (John August)

Wreck-It Ralph

Best Animated Feature
Best Animated Effects (Brett Albert)
Best Character Design (Bill Schwab, Lorelay Bove, Cory Loftis, Minkyu Lee)
Best Directing (Rich Moore)
Best Music (Henry Jackman)
Best Storyboarding (Leo Matsuda)
Best Storyboarding (Lissa Treiman)
Best Voice Acting (Alan Tudyk)
Best Writing (Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee)
Best Editing (Tim Mertens)

Tron Uprising

Best Animated Special Presentation - "Beck's Beginning"
Best Character Design - "The Renegade Part I" (Robert Valley)
Best Production Design - "The Stranger" (Alberto Mielgo)
Best Storyboarding - "The Reward" (Robert Valley and Kalvin Lee)

Paperman

Best Animated Short Subject

Jake and the Neverland Pirates

Best Animated TV Production for Children - "Peter Pan Returns"
Best Directing - "Peter Pan Returns" (Howie Parkins)

Doc McStuffins

Best Animated TV Production for Children - "The Right Stuff"
Best Storyboarding - "Righty-on-Lefty" (Andy Kelly)

Motorcity

Best Animated Television Production - "Blond Thunder"

John Carter

Best Animated Effects in a Live-Action Production (Sue Rowe, Simon Stanley-Clamp, Artemis Oikonomopoulou, Holger Voss, Nikki Makar, Catherine Elvidge)

Kick Buttowski

Best Character Design - "Petrified" (C. Raggio IV)

Secret of the Wings

Best Music (Joel McNeely, Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda)
Best Editing (Mark Rosenbaum)

Gravity Falls

Best Production Design - "Tourist Trapped" (Ian Worrel)
Best Voice Acting - "Tourist Trapped" (Kristen Schaal)

Sofia the First

Best Storyboarding - "Once Upon a Princess" (Holly Forsyth)
Best Editing - "Once Upon a Princess" (Pieter Kaufman)

Randy Cunningham 9th Grade Ninja

Best Voice Acting - "Gossip Boy" (Kevin Michael Richardson)

Also, Mark Henn will receive a Winsor McCay Award and Howard Green will be given the June Foray Award.

I'm surprised WIR didn't get any nods for character animation.

More FYC Ads:

New York Film Critics Honor Tim Burton's Frankenweenie
http://www.awn.com/news/awards/ny-film- ... nkenweenie

Dwight Henry, 'Frankenweenie' win L.A. Film Critics Awards
http://entertainment.msn.com/news/artic ... fid=100055

National Board Of Review Lauds Animated Wreck-It Ralph
http://blog.bcdb.com/eck-it-ralph-5307/

‘Frankenweenie,’ ‘ParaNorman’ Receive More Awards
http://www.animationmagazine.net/events ... re-awards/

Golden Globe nominations announced.

The Best Animated Feature nominees are:

Brave
Frankenweenie
Hotel Transylvania
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph

I'm really disappointed ParaNorman didn't get nominated. I guess the voters are Genndy Tartakovsky fans.

Genndy Tartakovsky