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I don't know why anybody expected UNCLE to do good at all. Even optimistically, 20mish was the roof

I bet 50 points Compton at least doubles UNCLES OW 2 people

Here's a little compilation of recent production news, possible spoilers below

Yeah its a little jarring at first to go from the end of season 5 back to 1. That's one thing, as the show goes on and on, the craftsmanship gets better and better. There's not as many memorable shots from a filmmaking perspective in season 1 as the later seasons. In fact season 5 is the best so far in memorable pictures, mood setting, and strong wide shots and frames.

I'll take it

I'll take it

I'm still re watching but I'm actually finding season 1 to be much better than I remembered, same with season 2. Season 3 has some standout episodes and some dull ones (similar too season 5)

September and October both look stronger than the July and August slates (minus Minions)

The Gift over F4 DOM

I'll bet 50 points to 2 people Straight Outta Compton OW over High School Musical 3 OW Straight Outta Compton DOM Total Over both Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus movies combined (144.9m DOM) Straight Outta Compton is the largest movie in August 2015 DOM Straight Outta Compton is the largest movie in August 2015 OW Underdogs opens under Shaun the Sheep

Nevermind I dont I looked at todays numbers

I've been ranking the TV show episodes so far, while rewatching them all, and am thinking about doing a forum ranking of all 50 episodes (after I finish the current list im working on).

The Great Mouse Detective " Don't worry, old fellow. It's not *entirely* hopeless." Animation Studio: Walt Disney Animation Studios My Letter Grade: B+ Fun For the Whole Family Rating: 5 Heartstring Tugging Rating: 4.5 Nostalgia Rating: 8 Originality Rating: 7 Comedic Rating: 7.5 Animation Quality: 8.5 Rotten Tomatoes: 81% Notable Achievements: Pioneering Disney in Computer Animation Reasoning: I may be a little bit biased here, mostly because this was one of the films I was fond of (to an extent) growing, but I find this film to be a great deal of fun, even if it's not Disney's best. Seeing it now to, I still find it stylish and charming in that (almost) classic Disney style, with sinister villains and cute heroes you just can't help but root for. There is so much entertainment to be had buried within this film that I'm surprised it's often forgot among Disney fans. Not only that but it features Disney's first steps into computer animation for some breathtaking visual sequences. The Great Mouse Detective is forgotten by many, but not by me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHB64VtbYW4

The Little Mermaid "Hm. Teenagers. They think they know everything. You give them an inch, they swim all over you." Animation Studio: Walt Disney Animation Studios My Letter Grade: B+ Fun For the Whole Family Rating: 5 Heartstring Tugging Rating: 5 Nostalgia Rating: 7.5 Originality Rating: 3 Comedic Rating: 7.5 Animation Quality: 8 Rotten Tomatoes: 92% Reasoning: The Little Mermaid was the revival of the Disney we all knew and loved, and it brought Disney back in a brighter and more grand form than ever. Alan Menken does some of his best work with not only the catchy and eternal songs, but the score itself, they both compliment each other so well that it really places a conventional Disney film on a whole other level. Ursula is perhaps one of the most exciting of the Disney villains (and most definitely was to this point), and the film is alive and full of life with the animation and music behind it. The biggest fault is with the story itself, the more you think about it, the more the message of the whole thing probably won't help that rebellious 8 year old learn anything, that doesn't mean the film isn't a boat load of fun though. The Little Mermaid is and was Disney restored again.

How To Train Your Dragon 2 "Don't you know anything?" Animation Studio: Dreamworks Animation My Letter Grade: B+ Fun For the Whole Family Rating: 5.5 Heartstring Tugging Rating: 8 Nostalgia Rating: 4.5 Originality Rating: 5.5 Sequel and tropes Comedic Rating: 6 Animation Quality: 8.5 Rotten Tomatoes: 92% Notable Achievements: Nominated For an Oscar Reasoning: How to Train Your Dragon 2 is never able to soar to the heights of its predecessor, hit the same emotional strings as it's predecessor (only a few of the "sad" or emotional moments feel truly genuine), and the stakes feel a bit more forced than the orginal, but that's not to say the sequel can't stand on its own. No, How to Train Your Dragon 2 is not the Empire Strikes Back of animation that some have claimed it to be, but it does manage to feel a bit more like the Batman Returns of the series (to a lesser extent). The animation is the one thing that really stands above the original, but that's mostly because of it being newer and Dreamwork's (unmet) hopes for a new Shrek franchise. I don't want to sound like I am bashing the movie though, there are few animations, or movies at that, that are able to be as bold as this movie was, and it strikes up some golden moments (such as For the Dancing and Dreaming song), the film just isn't consistent enough to keep them.

Kiki's Delivery Service "Without even thinking about it, I used to be able to fly. Now I'm trying to look inside myself and find out how I did it." Animation Studio: Studio Ghibli My Letter Grade: B+ Fun For the Whole Family Rating: 5 Heartstring Tugging Rating: 7 Nostalgia Rating: 7.5 Originality Rating: 8 Comedic Rating: 4.5 Animation Quality: 7 Rotten Tomatoes: 100% Notable Achievements: Titled Most Popular Film by the Japanese Academy Reasoning: Kiki's Delivery Service is the first Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki film to make my list, which speaks highly of him, because there is much more of Ghibli to come. Kiki's Delivery Service does a terrific job at showing a young girl's self-discovery. The film is intelligently layered, despite the familiarity of it all, something Miyazaki does extraordinarily well. Kiki's Delivery Service is engaging and gratifying, but I also find it be one of Miyazaki's weakest works (which speaks more of his better works than of this film), and despite it's sincerity the film does tread along the familiar a bit, and it doesn't manage to completely hit you as much as you'd like it too. Overall, despite being one of Miyazaki's most standard films, Kiki's Delivery Service is still able to soar to a fault. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5LcnA5-G1o

The Land Before Time "Oh no. No, no, no. No, no, no, no." Animation Studio: Universal Pictures My Letter Grade: B Fun For the Whole Family Rating: 2.5 Heartstring Tugging Rating: 6.5 Nostalgia Rating: 9 Originality Rating: 6.5 Comedic Rating: 6 Animation Quality: 7.5 Rotten Tomatoes: 70% Notable Achievements: Earning a place in my nostalgic, childhood memory. Reasoning: The Land Before Time is a movie that you see as a child and end up loving dearly, only to watch it when you're older to find it's not quite as good as you cracked it out to be when you were younger. That, however, does not mean the Land Before Time isn't a good movie, even if it's just my nostalgia talking. There isn't much to the movie, it is practically a child's vision of dinosaurs, but that doesn't make it bad, it honestly makes it somewhat endearing. The animation is still gorgeous, as well as colorful, able to grab a child's attention and absorb them into the prehistoric world, even if the adults may watch their watches more than the screen.

Corpse Bride "I was a bride. My dreams were taken from me. But now - now I've stolen them from someone else. I love you, Victor, but you are not mine." Animation Studio: Tim Burton Animation Co. My Letter Grade: B+ Fun For the Whole Family Rating: 6 Heartstring Tugging Rating: 7.5 Nostalgia Rating: 5 Originality Rating: 8 Comedic Rating: 6.5 Animation Quality: 7.5 Rotten Tomatoes: 83% Notable Achievements: Nominated for 1 Oscar Reasoning: The Corpse Bride brings Burton back to where he is best (at least where his best nowadays) and that's with the undead and animation. The Corpse Bride manages to strangely tug a little at your heartstrings, in a rather strange sort of way, and Burton brings to life and makes you care about a story you would otherwise find a little to strange. The movie does tend to stay tonally down, keeping you at a state of not exact happiness but not exact sadness either. The songs in the film are a little on the underwhelming side, especially coming from somebody like Danny Elfman, and for me at least, the movie still had the hurdle of being a claymation to jump over. I'm not necessarily ragging on claymation, the artists behind it can be brilliant, the visual style just isn't really my cup of tea (although, I'll say, the movie a perfect kind to be a claymation). The Corpse Bride is imaginative and prospers because of it, even if it may be a little to much on dull side for the child audience it aims at.

Cinderella Nonsense, child. If you'd lost all your faith, I couldn't be here. And here I am. Animation Studio: Walt Disney Animation Studios My Letter Grade: B+ Fun For the Whole Family Rating: 4 Heartstring Tugging Rating: 6.5 Nostalgia Rating: 8 Originality Rating: 2 Epitome of Princess Cliche Comedic Rating: 6 Animation Quality: 8 Rotten Tomatoes: 97% Notable Achievements: Nominated for 3 Oscars Reasoning: I have to give Cinderella credit, while it definitely wasn't the first of Disney's princess tales, it's one of the most iconic and saved Disney from near bankruptcy. However, I am not just going to put this so high because of financial success, the movie is also a success quality wise and still is able to stand on its own as magical fairy tale fit for the children. That isn't to say the movie doesn't have problems, it does, it's full of cliches and stereotyping and the cheekiness can be a bit too much at times, but in a way you couldn't expect anything else from a movie called Cinderella. That said, the musical numbers are sweet enough, and it no complaints from anyone would take this away from the classic pedestal it is on.

I heard he's going to direct the sequel to Fantastic Four in order to return to his roots.

Jurassic World Bambi

I think 8 seasons looks good. Feasts and Dance are both very bloated books, so I think the compression was somewhat needed. Depending on how much material is in Winds and Dream of Spring, I don't see how at least 3 more seasons is bad. In fact, if the major problem with Season 5 was rushing (Even if it was rushing through some of the drier parts of grand arc), this should be a good thing.

The Polar Express "The thing about trains... it doesn't matter where they're going. What matters is deciding to get on." Animation Studio: Castle Rock Entertainment My Letter Grade: B Fun For the Whole Family Rating: 4 Heartstring Tugging Rating: 6.5 Nostalgia Rating: 8 Originality Rating: 6 Comedic Rating: 7 Animation Quality: 6.5 Everything is so real... And fake at the same time Rotten Tomatoes: 55% Notable Achievements: Nominated For 3 Oscars Reasoning: Probably one of my most controversial picks for putting this movie so high on my list, but I have to give it credit because it seems to have struck enough of a chord to become a Christmas classic, whether I like it or not. And despite my, somewhat distaste for it, I also find myself actually enjoying myself watching it, even if I notice all of its little and major flaws along the way. It has some fun songs, and some extremely annoying songs, and it manages to instill some of that Christmas magic by the time the credits roll. It'll never be my favorite Christmas film, but it's definitely one worth watching.

Fantasia "Oh save us, mother full of grace, in life, and in our dying hour, Ave Maria!" Animation Studio: Walt Disney Animation Studios My Letter Grade: B+ Fun For the Whole Family Rating: 5.5 Heartstring Tugging Rating: 3 Nostalgia Rating: 7 Disney World Was Better Originality Rating: 7 Comedic Rating: 5 Animation Quality: 8.5 Rotten Tomatoes: 96% Notable Achievements: Won 2 Honorary Academy Awards Reasoning: Obviously this movie is a landmark in many ways and actually helped to create the modern music video, but it doesn't take away from the fact that the movie isn't something I ever really want to watch. Sure, it's creative, has great animation, and creative concept for its time, but it's really not all that interesting or attention holding. I do have some nostalgic memories of this though, however most of those were when I saw the DisneyWorld version (my first exposure to Fantasia). Fantasia is much more commendable than it is watchable.

Lady and the Tramp "Just a cute little bundle... of trouble!" Animation Studio: Walt Disney Animation Studios My Letter Grade: B+ Fun For the Whole Family Rating: 4.8 Heartstring Tugging Rating: 7 Sweet and Sappy Nostalgia Rating: 7.5 Originality Rating: 6.5 Comedic Rating: 6.5 Animation Quality: 7.5 Notable Achievements: Nominated for a BAFTA Reasoning: Lady and the Tramp is a sweet to a whole other degree for Disney, but that over sappiness doesn't stop it from being loveable in any way. The animation quality is on par with the quality of most of Disney's animation, and the songs are memorable enough and enhance the film experience rather than detract from it. There are many iconic and nostalgic moments buried within this film that also help to bolster how well it does for replays and timelessness. My biggest complaint, however, is that the film sometimes overdoes it in about every area and doesn't entirely find that happy medium to stop it from being a little eye rolling at times. Overall, though, it is a very pleasant experience to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nWNXO3CZkU