Knit Your Own Porridge
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If I remember correctly, it came out soon after Happy Feet. Animated penguin saturation.
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CGI animated films from the past 15 years that everyone already forgot about
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If I remember correctly, it came out soon after Happy Feet. Animated penguin saturation.
Knit Your Own Porridge
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HotHamWater
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The vast majority of the sets in the movie are CG, largely to keep production costs down. Shit was ahead of it's time.
Yes, and it's a great film, but it's not 100% cg at all.
Not sure to what degree it is exactly 'forgotten' (I don't think it was a big hit), but I really enjoyed Bolt (from 2008). 
Dinosaur is another one that I really liked as a kid (and I was super impressed with the visuals at the time, was really mindblowed). (the opening scene of that film is fantastic)
Legend of the Guardians: Owls of Ga'hool is also pretty decent (was impressed with the animation quality), and wasn't a big hit either.
Edit: One of the first films that I saw in cinema I think and one that isn't fondly remembered by many people I think:
It isn't pure CGI animation, it's combined with hand-drawn animation.
I remember that I was breathtaken by the visuals. This scene in particular:
Right there with you! ^.^
Looking up the release slate, the rest of 2016 seems already pretty crowded anyway. I think it's a decent enough release window far enough from other CGI animated films. Maybe they could have found a better spot with mid-late February though.
Dinosaur is another one that I really liked as a kid (and I was super impressed with the visuals at the time, was really mindblowed). (the opening scene of that film is fantastic)
Legend of the Guardians: Owls of Ga'hool is also pretty decent (was impressed with the animation quality), and wasn't a big hit either.
Edit: One of the first films that I saw in cinema I think and one that isn't fondly remembered by many people I think:
It isn't pure CGI animation, it's combined with hand-drawn animation.
I remember that I was breathtaken by the visuals. This scene in particular:
Right there with you! ^.^
Looking up the release slate, the rest of 2016 seems already pretty crowded anyway. I think it's a decent enough release window far enough from other CGI animated films. Maybe they could have found a better spot with mid-late February though.
MaxwellParrish
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I had never heard of this movie until a friend told me about it.
That's the first time I hear of it. The 2d animated series was good enough and I think that the characters designs worked better there than in 3d
Wait, so Surf's Up isn't sequel/spinoff of Happy Feet? My life will never be the same
Yeah, I haven't seen either of them
Agreed, first time I saw it I turned it off 15 minutes later. Sadly, there was nowhere to run the 2nd time:/
doctorblurg
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Everyone's hero comes to mind I'm on mobile so I can't link a picture but I'm pretty sure it was a boy and he went on some sort of adventure with a talking baseball and baseball bat?
Ha! That's Mike Pollock doing narration.
Vulcano's assistant
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It was well received by the critic, and nominated to best animated picture. It just didn't have a chance against Persepolis and Ratatouille.
She comes from a german storybook that was later (1975) made into a german-japanese cooproduction, famous in all europe.
This type of japanese cooproduction was made all around europe, for example spain got Dogtognian and Around the world with Willy fog, Italy got Sherlock Holmes, etc...
La Abeja Maya was also popular 'round this parts (Mexico and Latinamerica)
Is it funny bad or just bad? Seems like a good drinking movie lol
Do people talk about Rango? I don't think they do. To be fair that movie is pretty hard to watch for the first 15 to 20 minutes because it's so weird and has this kind of off putting tone to it, but if you stick with it... it's alright. Actually goes to places where most animated movies don't which makes it worth watching imo, even if it's far from flawless.
THANK YOU!
I saw this film in Thailand in on a movie channel in 2005 and didn't catch the name. Few years ago I stumbled upon it and soon afterwards forgot its name once again and now I will finally remember it.
Just watched some of it on YouTube... It sure is rough on the eyes, lol.
Azzurri
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Surprised this wasn't mentioned on NeoGAF
I'm watching this now and holy shit it's vulagr, lol. How is this a kids movie? F bombs everywhere and a crude jokes.
Spring-Loaded
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lmao.
It's funny because everything about this makes me think of Waltz for Bashir.
Man Called Aerodynamics
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I saw a preview for this last year, and I couldn't believe it was a real thing in 2015. Felt like an artifact from a decade ago when scads of no-name CGI fantasy films were trying to become the next big thing.
It's not?
Azzurri
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It's not what the poster says. "Fun for the whole family' to me that tells me it's for kids too.
Random Painted HIghway
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Has home been mentioned? My kid loves this but it is so forgettable. Mediocre to bad in nearly every sense, cast, music, art.
Jack Scofield
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Probably not forgotten? But this thread just reminded me of it. I remember seeing it as a kid.
I'm still surprised that Disney dedicated such a large portion of California Adventure to A Bug's Life land. Seems totally random.
thekonamicode
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Probably not forgotten? But this thread just reminded me of it. I remember seeing it as a kid.
Doesn't meet the criteria of this thread because of age.
I really tried watching it but listening to the aliens for more then 10 minutes straight makes me want to put a gun to my mouth. It may be amusing to children but any adult will be suffering from a headache, plus as you said besides the main character being black the entire movie is run of the mill forgettable.
Also I will mention this movie because I don't believe I have seen a single person mention it yet.
It's not..bad its not great it's a nice movie to watch on a lazy Sunday,although far better then Home and alot of previous mentioned movies on the later pages.
Yes, they made about a $1 billion.
manzoman96
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I love this movie, got shit on by critics, but for a little kid, it is great.
I remember nothing of this film except that I thought it was really bad. Truly bottom of the barrel Disney.
Princess Viola
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Okay I'll try again.
Featuring William Shatner as Puss in Boots. I think it was called The True Story of Puss in Boots in the U.S.
did they fucking copy the shrek font in that logo?
Which is a shame, because the minions are the worst part of Despicable Me.
About the Waltz With Bashir like film, could it be A Scanner Darkly? But that's not strictly CG I think. IIRC they sorta CGified live action material or something. The other possibility would be Persepolis, but that's much more stylized, and there's no yellow tint.
A film that hasn't been mentioned yet: Jets
Some Cars ripoff, just with planes. Holy moly, was it bad. It's a mystery to me why I sat through it.
Freeza Under The Shower
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just out of curiosity: does that thing in the background of the cover even show up in the movie?
...yeah, there was no way not to notice that while watching the movie. Like: why did someone actually write this?
...Scatter...
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Everyone mention Titan AE yet? Titan AE.
CreeperBlocks
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I liked Book of Life. I loved it's art style.
Everyone mention Titan AE yet? Titan AE.
It's been mentioned before, and again, while it does have CGI elements, it is a traditionally animated film for the most part, and therefore it doesn't count.
NCR Redslayer
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Im pretty sure everyone forgot there was a cgi Tarzan movie.
Princess Viola
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Except it's right after "Balls and Babes" and would clearly be rated R in a U.S. release. It's obviously a joke.
It does.
Armoured Priest
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Speaking of Beowulf, I didn't care for the movie myself...I also took a girl to see it for a date. Neither of us liked it. Which isn't on the girl, later took her to see Sweeny Todd, which she loved (and I liked as well, but I'd seen a stage production of it previous).
AlexMeloche
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Pretty sure most people consider it a Christmas classic.
Armoured Priest
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Okay I'll try again.
Featuring William Shatner as Puss in Boots. I think it was called The True Story of Puss in Boots in the U.S.
I randomly saw this last night. It was put on to entertain a small child while my friends and I played D&D. in between combat rounds glanced at the TV.
I've never watched it.
The Technomancer
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A Peabody and Sherman animated show? That's what it should have been in the first place anyways
Shpeshal Nick
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Are people just naming anything at this point? Shark Tale is forgotten because its one of the worst animated movies ever.
Horrific casting
Phoned in voice acting
Average CG quality even for its day
So so story
Its just so horribly forgettable.
My nomination is Penguins of Madagascar. Underrated.
Horrific casting
Phoned in voice acting
Average CG quality even for its day
So so story
Its just so horribly forgettable.
My nomination is Penguins of Madagascar. Underrated.
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