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[Walter Matthau]

Like some others here I grew up with Gumby on TV, California Raisins commercials, and the Nightmare Before Christmas in theatres. It's a dying technique in recent years, but great films are still being made. What's your favorite?

 

[Ultima_5]

i LOVED fantastic mr fox.

easily one of the funniest movies ever.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I'm partial to Chicken Run. Babs cracks me up every time, and the film just has this really odd charm about it. Great pacing and Ardman's character style is a perfect fit for chickens.

 

[Cindres]

Wallace and Gromit (the classic 3 episodes/short films) all the way. So many memories.

 

[wenis]

Celebrity Deathmatch
Wallace & Gromit
and
Hmmm... I'll need to think about it some more.

 

[Harry Dresden]

I also love stop motion.

For recent films, Coraline and Paranorman were both top-notch.

 

[Jasup]

There are many, but I think I'll go with Rex the Runt.

 

[Erehtih]

Tim Burton's works are all pretty awesome for me.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

The Nightmare Before Christmas
Wallace And Gromit
Morph

 

[Camp Lo]

Robot Chicken

 

[ComputerMKII]

8-bit trip

 

[Ultima_5]

Was coraline stop motion? That was also great

 

[Data West]

I love stop motion to death, but nothing can touch this.

But I still love

 

[daviyoung]

Creature Comforts and Purple and Brown from Aardman are my favs

And The PJs. No-one remembers The PJs.

 

[AnkitT]

Has to be Morel Orel. The most moving "thing" i've witnessed.

 

[The Lamonster]

A Claymation Christmas Celebration

Monster Road


look 'em up

 

[BPoole]

Gumby and Celebrity Deathmatch

 

[MikeHattsu]

Wallace and Gromit is my favorite.

 

[marrec]

Of course the classics (Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, etc.) but my favorite newer release is Pirates! Band of Misfits.

 

[spandexmonkey]

Anything by the Brothers Quay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaIXG-YaZjw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG_Npxq0kU8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9uf25wHhs0

 

[D.Lo]

Attentione il est MYRON!

 

[Walter Matthau]

Creature Comforts and Purple and Brown from Aardman are my favs

And The PJs. No-one remembers The PJs.

My father who pretty much only watched CNBC and sports would watch the PJs if he knew it was on.

 

[djplaeskool]

A Claymation Christmas Celebration

The best.

NO NO NO
It's WASSAIL

 

[Alex Anderson]

Gumby and some other one

 

[forgeforsaken]

Tim Burton's works are all pretty awesome for me.

Do you really mean Henry Selick?

 

[SOME-MIST]

anything by Jan Svankmajer

I'm really anticipating Anomalisa though. I backed $60 for the blu-ray, but wish I backed more because Charlie Kaufman is one of my all-time favorite writers/directors


I really enjoy claymation videogames as well. The Neverhood and Skullmonkeys were my favorite games growing up, which is why I contributed $100 to Amrikrog. In recent years, The Dream Machine and The Swapper were pretty good too.

 

[Platy]

Paranorman for movies and Morph for tv

Do you really mean Henry Selick?

Maybe he is talking about Vincent and Corpse Bride ....

 

[ScraftyDevil]

Fantastic Mr. Fox all the way. All Wes Anderson films are great, and an animated one let his style ooze through in ways that would otherwise be impossible. It's just a great film all around.

 

[Rhomega Beta]

I'll have to go with Wallace & Gromit.

 

[Walter Matthau]

Anyone remember Bump in the Night?

 

[Jasup]

anything by Jan Svankmajer

Svankmajer's Alice is in my opinion the greatest Alice in Wonderland adaptation ever made. You wan't to look away but you just can't.


But on a lighter side of things I forgot to give a special mention to Pat & Mat, which is maybe the greatest stop motion slapstick series of all time.

 

[retroman]

The Trap Door. Claymation horror for children, brilliant!

I loved the C64 game as well.

 

[SOME-MIST]

Svankmajer's Alice is in my opinion the greatest Alice in Wonderland adaptation ever made. You wan't to look away but you just can't.

I feel like that's how all his work is . very entertaining/impressive/disturbing.

 

[The Technomancer]

Chicken Run and Wallace and Grommet yeah, definitely.

Chicken Run was such a good movie

 

[Erehtih]

Do you really mean Henry Selick?

Well fuck me, Henry Selick's works are da goods.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

I need to revisit James & the Giant Peach someday. It seems more of a movie for me now that I can see how Dahl-y it is.

Svankmajer, the Quays and Aardman are all great European contributors to stop-motion, but I wonder how many studios/artists still use clay as opposed to plasticine/CG fakery.

 

[anarckitty]

Would the short film, More, count?

 

[Stet]

The Neverhood, of course.

 

[zeemumu]

Im surprised/glad that mark twain movie hasn't been mentioned.

 

[Jasup]

I feel like that's how all his work is . very entertaining/impressive/disturbing.

Alice is sadly the only thing I've seen from him. I should look the others up sometime in the near future.
What I can say about Alice though is that of all the film adaptations it is truest to the book when it comes to the plot. But the visuals are really something else: disturbing is a good word to describe it or haunting or beautiful... It's truly an amazing experience to watch.

 

[SOME-MIST]

Alice is sadly the only thing I've seen from him. I should look the others up sometime in the near future.
What I can say about Alice though is that of all the film adaptations it is truest to the book when it comes to the plot. But the visuals are really something else: disturbing is a good word to describe it or haunting or beautiful... It's truly an amazing experience to watch.

his "food" short up on youtube is fantastic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvjzMuIs9lY

I'd say that's a pretty good place to start for his shorts.

 

[soepje]

Mary and Max.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

A Claymation Christmas Celebration

Anything by the Brothers Quay

Yep and yep. Quay Brothers are the kings, for me. Love all three of Vinton's holiday claymation specials, too, not just the Christmas one.

Suzie Templeton's Peter and the Wolf adaptation is an incredible recent piece of work.

And there's a fair number of Kihachiro Kawamoto's films on youtube.

 

[Slowdive]

Wallace and Gromit.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Kawamoto's awesome, but so is Tadanari Okamoto, who actually worked on some of the Bass/Rankin television productions made in Japan; he proceeded to host a periodical animation block on some Japanese TV channel, showcasing a wide array of stop-motion styles. His last work moves into lithograph-like 2D animation!

 

[EvilKatarn]

Chainsaw Maid

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Wallace and Gromit

especially the moon one

 

[Kid Ska]

Robot Chicken

Ohhh yes. Definitely this.

And Morel Orel.

 

[Jasup]

his "food" short up on youtube is fantastic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvjzMuIs9lY

I'd say that's a pretty good place to start for his shorts.

Thanks, it was good as expected... watching more.

 

[antipod]

Coraline.

But there are some I obviously havn't seen looking through this thread.