Rug Monkey
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I have. The same people did Jack and the Cuckoo Clock heart which I loved and checked out their earlier stuff.
Has anyone mentioned Gnomeo and Juliet yet? They so wanted to be Toy Story. Cringey bits, but also some good stuff.
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I have. The same people did Jack and the Cuckoo Clock heart which I loved and checked out their earlier stuff.
Has anyone mentioned Gnomeo and Juliet yet? They so wanted to be Toy Story. Cringey bits, but also some good stuff.
This got a TV show. I wouldn't say it counts.
Rango was good what are you talking about man
Rug Monkey
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AlexMeloche
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I wouldn't have known that this was a thing if I didn't work at Blockbusters before they closed down.
Well....
The last one (Family Vacation) was just released at the beggining of this month, and if the Alpha & Omega Wiki is right, there's a 6th, 7th and 8th movie coming.
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^^^^
Goddamnit!
Are you kidding me? 5 released films with at least 3 more coming? I stand corrected, someone remembered it.
Nerdkiller
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Oh god...this is this generation's Land Before Time, isn't it?
WoolyNinja
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The story was kinda bullshit, but back then, it was some of the best tech available. They even used the same studio and tech for an entry into The Matrix Saga: The Final Flight of the Osiris
Still holds up pretty well today. A recent rewatch makes me sad we didn't get more of these types of movies from Square
AlexMeloche
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Pretty sure most people forgot this exists, even though it's still pretty recent.
I saw that in theaters and I loved it so much.
Pretty sure most people forgot this exists, even though it's still pretty recent.
Good call. Another Dreamworks film that people probably forgot.
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AlexMeloche
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Good call. Another Dreamworks film that people probably forgot.
Sorry to break your bubble again but...
The second season was just released. They're currently at 52 episodes.
TheGamingBox
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1629374/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg apparently thats just tame compared to what else happens
Pretty sure most people forgot this exists, even though it's still pretty recent.
Was going to post this. Hilarious movie. So many great puns from Mr Peabody.
OrangeAtlas
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I'm aware the game doesn't have the biggest following, and reviews don't seem to be stellar for this, but I'm always surprised that nobody seems to acknowledge this.
I believe it was announced at the same time as either the Ratchet and Clank or Sly Cooper movie, so that may have overshadowed it.
Hidden One
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I actually liked this movie as a kid...No one here mentioned it I think. I even begged my dad to buy me the game on GameCube and I remember it took me forever to beat it...The fuckin Wasp Boss battle had me traumatized
MagnaderAlpha
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European movie?
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Laughing my ass off at the girl wolf doing the same exact pose in every cover she's in
Sorry to break your bubble again but...
The second season was just released. They're currently at 52 episodes.
Well damn. I think I'll just keep quiet now
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Pretty sure most people forgot this exists, even though it's still pretty recent.
Yeah it was enjoyable film. Though it does have a 2D animated tv show coming out on Netflix in October.
Pretty much any dreamworks movie gets a tv show nowadays.
AlexMeloche
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Love the artsyle of the show.
And here's a few more I remember seeing in the New Release section // 5$ dump bin at Walmart:
Hyperactivity
Banned
Meet The Robinsons and Bolt were pretty good though
HOLY SHIT. These sync up together perfectly!
Although it works better with the superior Ante Up Remix
AlexMeloche
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Meet the Robinsons is one of my favourite kids movie. The scene with the killer hats still bring me to tears.
EightBitNate
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This thread is pretty boring, if you ask me. I think every movie can be mentioned as long as it isn't Pixar or big at the box office.
Bee Movie
No one has really forgotten about Bee Movie. It's pretty much living in meme hell with Shrek now.
AlexMeloche
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Sorry to break your bubble again but...
The second season was just released. They're currently at 52 episodes.
My son wouldn't tolerate a minute of that show on Netflix. I don't remember it being terrible.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Yeah... Bee Movie is Bizarre doesn't like the Human Lady leave her Boyfriend for Jerry Seinfeld Bee or something?
Almost. That would require the first movie to be good, though.
lovely ladies
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One of my favorite recent animated movies, I'm glad it was mentioned. I loved the fat kid.
I don't think I ever see people talking about this movie. I rewatched it last Halloween and it's pretty decent! The animation hasn't aged very well though.
MomoPufflet
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I thought it was better than the decidedly average reviews would have you believe.
For a low budget CG film, it really isn't that bad. I found the howling/singing to be quite clever.
At least half of these are on Netflix
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Oh good god. All the Memories of this movie are coming back.
Home feels like a recent example from my experiences. It just came and went. I don't recall any sort of fanfare or talk about it at all. I didn't even know it released on DVD/Blu-Ray until a few days ago (it apparently released in July in the UK).
I just saw this yesterday, and it's pretty much in Planet 51 territory for me. Oh's mangling of English is so forced and obvious in an attempt to get the audience laughing every time he talks - it wouldn't be so bad if the other Boovs did the same, but they didn't, and it's so painfully obvious as a result. I liked the bit at the end with the reveal, but it was again nothing surprising, being pretty typical all over for a CGI flick. Was quite disappointed - we're getting far too many animated films playing it safe.
A little imagination goes a long way.
Others I liked that have been mentioned here are Bolt, The Ant Bully, and the Happy Feet films. Strike that, the Happy Feet films are my favourites, I think. Yes, it's cute animals talking, but it has a sense and reason to it, there's plenty of imagination at work in realising that world and the characters within it.
Another series most people would probably prefer to forget is -
The first film had a good script and therefore a good reason for existing. It was a touching story and I loved it when it first came out, and was hopeful for the future of Blue Sky Studios, a studio I had previously not been aware of. They did a really good job on the first film, with great characters and a really funny primitive squirrel thing... but then they made a sequel. And the sequel has no good reason to exist other than it is a safe bet that it would bring in money.
And then they made more, and they weren't even consistent with the stories they were writing. The original showed early mammals in the pleistocene era interacting with early man. The second film had the end of the Ice Age, the third film brought the return of dinosaurs, the fourth (sigh) caused the break-up of Pangaea. Again, I'm all for suspension of disbelief in order to tell a good story, and animated films with all sorts of logical inconsistencies are nothing to get worked up over, but those sequels existed only because they would make money - being so inconsistent with their stories showed how little they cared about what they were making.
I was hopeful when they announced Rio that they would finally move away from the now ruined and sequel-ridden Ice Age series, and it was an alright film, nothing special, which was a tad disappointing - but hey, they were doing something different. And yet, what was their next film? Rio 2, another film - and another sequel - that had no reason to exist but to make money, because sequels are cheap and easy. Sigh... I understand industry pressure to make money, but I really wish studios would put more care and more imagination into what they're making, and not be afraid of breaking the mould.
A friend told me this was fantastic, so I went to see it. It is the only animated film that has ever been sufficiently bad to make me leave the theater early.
DonMigs85
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Dreamworks churns out so many that it's hard to remember some of the more recent ones, like Mr. Peabody, Turbo and The Croods.
And here's one you guys may or may not have heard of:
EDIT: Beaten!
Also sad about the Happy Feet studio going under. Happy Feet 2 was a great movie, especially the existential krill.
And here's one you guys may or may not have heard of:
EDIT: Beaten!
Also sad about the Happy Feet studio going under. Happy Feet 2 was a great movie, especially the existential krill.
Hyperactivity
Banned
Land Before Time had a cartoon though, I remember it from when I was a kid
We still got Land Before Time
neogaffer1
Banned
i vaguely remember some awful looking movie with ugly characters made by a guy who wanted to show that you don't need a big studio to do good.
his movie flopped, hard.
i remember reading and liking the book when i was really really young and watched the trailer some time ago and while it looked like a beautiful movie there was something off about these realistic looking owls talking.
hoodwinked was awesome when it came out. didn't take long for it to hit cartoon network either.
his movie flopped, hard.
Legend of the Guardians, not to be confused with Rise of the Guardians (which everyone also forgot).
Why yes, it was directed by Zack Snyder.
i remember reading and liking the book when i was really really young and watched the trailer some time ago and while it looked like a beautiful movie there was something off about these realistic looking owls talking.
hoodwinked was awesome when it came out. didn't take long for it to hit cartoon network either.
AlexMeloche
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Another series most people would probably prefer to forget is -
The first film had a good script and therefore a good reason for existing. It was a touching story and I loved it when it first came out, and was hopeful for the future of Blue Sky Studios, a studio I had previously not been aware of. They did a really good job on the first film, with great characters and a really funny primitive squirrel thing... but then they made a sequel. And the sequel has no good reason to exist other than it is a safe bet that it would bring in money.
And then they made more, and they weren't even consistent with the stories they were writing. The original showed early mammals in the pleistocene era interacting with early man. The second film had the end of the Ice Age, the third film brought the return of dinosaurs, the fourth (sigh) caused the break-up of Pangaea. Again, I'm all for suspension of disbelief in order to tell a good story, and animated films with all sorts of logical inconsistencies are nothing to get worked up over, but those sequels existed only because they would make money - being so inconsistent with their stories showed how little they cared about what they were making.
I was hopeful when they announced Rio that they would finally move away from the now ruined and sequel-ridden Ice Age series, and it was an alright film, nothing special, which was a tad disappointing - but hey, they were doing something different. And yet, what was their next film? Rio 2, another film - and another sequel - that had no reason to exist but to make money, because sequels are cheap and easy. Sigh... I understand industry pressure to make money, but I really wish studios would put more care and more imagination into what they're making, and not be afraid of breaking the mould.
I actually like the first 3 films a lot. The fourth one wasn't as good, but wasn't bad eithr. There's also a fifth one (named Ice Age: Collision Course) coming next summer.
Lee Chaolan
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Battle for Terra - Really fun movie with some real emotion throughout.
Gah, of course there is. And yeah, they're all pretty much enjoyable in their own way, but they just don't really need to exist, and a film should have a good reason to exist, especially in animation. Otherwise you get stuff like Alpha and Omega and even Foodfight.
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