Sing | Dec. 21, 2016 | Illumination | Beats Moana domestic. The McConaissance Continues

[Captain H]

Just gotta say, this is a solid film. Fun and entertaining, but I made a mistake by watching Your Name. first before this, since the emotional rollercoaster that is Your Name's third act made this film a lot less impactful 

[MovieMan89]

Seems like all the reactions boil down to "worthwhile last half an hour but have fun trying to get there." 

Edited December 13, 2016 by MovieMan89

[Jason]

So I saw this FYC ad today:

 

 

The quote caught my attention. Is it common to use a quote on FYC ads that is credited to a website rather than to a specific critic or writer? For what it's worth, I can't even find that quote on IMDb. (Although it's possible I don't know where to look. Thought IMDb only had user reviews.)

[WrathOfHan]

4 minutes ago, Jason said:

So I saw this FYC ad today:

 

 

The quote caught my attention. Is it common to use a quote on FYC ads that is credited to a website rather than to a specific critic or writer? For what it's worth, I can't even find that quote on IMDb. (Although it's possible I don't know where to look. Thought IMDb only had user reviews.)

It's either Keith Simanton (which would explain why he's predicting it to win at the Oscars) or a random user. Either way, it's funny as hell  

Edited December 14, 2016 by WrathOfHan

[elcaballero]

6 minutes ago, Jason said:

So I saw this FYC ad today:

 

 

The quote caught my attention. Is it common to use a quote on FYC ads that is credited to a website rather than to a specific critic or writer? For what it's worth, I can't even find that quote on IMDb. (Although it's possible I don't know where to look. Thought IMDb only had user reviews.)

IMDb? Wow... might as well just use Twitter reactions.

Edited December 14, 2016 by elcaballero

[cannastop]

On 12/12/2016 at 8:13 PM, MovieMan89 said:

Seems like all the reactions boil down to "worthwhile last half an hour but have fun trying to get there." 

Ending strong = great WOM.

[WrathOfHan]

2 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Ending strong = great WOM.

Take note for Rogue One, MovieMan  

[Jonwo]

Illumination don't have a hope at winning at the Oscars against much stronger competition from Zootopia, Moana, Your Name etc 

 

 

[elcaballero]

1 minute ago, Jonwo said:

Illumination don't have a hope at winning at the Oscars against much stronger competition from Zootopia, Moana, Your Name etc 

 

 

Judging by the FYC ad above, they know that.

[cannastop]

53 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

Illumination don't have a hope at winning at the Oscars against much stronger competition from Zootopia, Moana, Your Name etc 

 

 

I have a feeling that they also don't care.

[Morieris]

2 hours ago, Jason said:

So I saw this FYC ad today:

 

 

The quote caught my attention. Is it common to use a quote on FYC ads that is credited to a website rather than to a specific critic or writer? For what it's worth, I can't even find that quote on IMDb. (Although it's possible I don't know where to look. Thought IMDb only had user reviews.)

 

How much would you like to bet that quote came from someone inside the studio on their lunch break.

[bangbingchan]

 

On 2016/12/14 at 10:09 AM, Jonwo said:

Illumination don't have a hope at winning at the Oscars against much stronger competition from Zootopia, Moana, Your Name etc 

 

 

Your Name has less chance to nominate.funimation is too weak to do Oscar campaign.But YN deserves a nomination.It's one of best animations of the year

Sing？Best song is a right choice.illumination also don't care much about Oscar.Sing Already has two golden globe nomination,including best animated feature.That's enough.

Edited December 15, 2016 by bangbingchan

[Jason]

11 minutes ago, bangbingchan said:

Your Name has less chance to nominate.funimation is too weak to do Oscar campaign.

 

Strength of an Oscar campaign is likely less important than for other nominations because the Animation Branch rules for nomination require that all submitted films be assigned a rating, and that the highest-rated films are placed for nomination. Also, members participating in the nomination process must have watched at least two-thirds of the submissions.

 

It's possible that fewer of the Animation Branch members will have watched Your Name compared to Sing given Funimation's lack of a campaign, but there is absolutely no way they are going to assign Sing a higher rating than Your Name.

 

In fact, there's no way Sing is going to be among the Animation Branch's top five most highly rated submissions, so its chances of a nomination are zero.

[babz06]

David Ehrlich hated this. He sounds pressed though, knowing its going to make a shitload of money.

Quote

 

So hear this: “Sing” is a film that’s designed to placate children rather than enrich or inspire them. Illumination’s target audience may be too young to know how awful their latest movie is, but they’ll never watch it when they grow older, they’ll never cherish it as a source of nostalgia. They’ll simply grow up expecting less of the movies, less of the world around them, and less of themselves. No big deal.

 

http://www.indiewire.com/2016/12/sing-review-matthew-mcconaughey-illumination-1201728515/

Edited December 16, 2016 by babz06

[RandomCat]

3 minutes ago, babz06 said:

David Ehrlich hated this. He sounds pressed though, knowing its going to make a shitload of money.

http://www.indiewire.com/2016/12/sing-review-matthew-mcconaughey-illumination-1201728515/

 

Well, that certainly was passive aggressive.

[Jonwo]

I find Illumination hit and miss but I do think the review of Sing above does raise some good points about the studio's approach to their films.

 

 

[cannastop]

Guys, I've been thinking. What is this is just another Moana gross-wise?

[The Panda]

On 12/13/2016 at 7:12 PM, Jason said:

So I saw this FYC ad today:

 

 

The quote caught my attention. Is it common to use a quote on FYC ads that is credited to a website rather than to a specific critic or writer? For what it's worth, I can't even find that quote on IMDb. (Although it's possible I don't know where to look. Thought IMDb only had user reviews.)

 

Lolololol, that's one of the most sad FYC posters I've ever seen.

[AniNate]

I think Ehrlich's a bit of a hardass but his review definitely reads as a reflection of my feelings on Illumination, and nothing he said about this movie sounded the least bit surprising.

 

Might just be me but it feels like buzz has kind of flamed out for this. I don't know if maybe less than enthusiastic reactions to the November screenings hurt, but it feels like Moana and Rogue One are lapping up the attention

[BadAtGender]

On 12/16/2016 at 1:13 PM, RandomJC said:

 

Well, that certainly was passive aggressive.

I don't think he's being very passive in his aggressiveness.