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

[filmlover]

The Croods definitely had the best animation of any recent non-Pixar movie. A lot of it looked like actual paintings come to life.

[Spidey Freak]

7 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Kung Fu Panda 3 

 

3 minutes ago, Goffe said:

I was not a fan, but KFP3 got praises for its visuals.

 

There were some beautiful shots but some of that stuff, especially the 2D sequences, was done incredibly well by Samurai Jack more than a decade before so at least for me it didn't have quite the same impact. But ok, I'll give you that. Still besides the norm for DW tho, not the norm.

 

5 minutes ago, tribefan695 said:

I'm just going to disagree there. Haven't seen many DreamWorks films recently but I think Kung Fu Panda 3 is a better film on every standard 

 

It's better than most of their recent stuff, but that's not saying much. It doesn't have the zaniness and breeziness of Illumination's stuff, so it becomes more difficult to overlook the retreads and the more underwhelming aspects. It's pretty subjective but it is telling that Illumination is managing to hook audiences with their movies while even KFP3 was largely a pass.

[Goffe]

Also, Madagascar 3, that was pretty stunning, visually speaking.

[Olive]

Wow, what an awful trailer for animate movie..

[Goffe]

SLOP looks exactly like both DM movies to me, and to a lesser extent, like The Lorax as well.

Edited July 8, 2016 by Goffe

[Wrath]

Saw the trailer before BFG the other day. Huge response from crowd. Seemed to be their favorite trailer of the night (can't recall them all, but there were a ton. At 6 or more).

[MinaTakla]

I loved the trailer. Kudos to Illumination for knowing how to be funny. On my must see list.

It's a bit long trailer though, should have been shorter. 

[AniNate]

What Illumination is really good at is short subjects that are funny enough to rope people into seeing the film they promote. I think a Minions TV series would be huge. 

[Ezen Baklattan]

Heck, this could be a good TV series.

[MinaTakla]

I think the reason why Minions did so well is because it didn't have a TV series so it stayed desirable for people to see.

Dragon's TV series, imo, and Penguins' TV series made seeing the films in cinemas less of a "must".

It was smart of Illumination not to make a DM/Minions TV series to keep demand high for their films.

Once despicable me as a franchise is over, maybe after DM4 or whenever Uni decides to stop making them, a TV series could be very profitable. But not now imo.

[Jonwo]

I hope Sing can handle having a large cast, I get the feeling the German Gaga pig is going to feature very heavily in the marketing. 

 

 

[cannastop]

Does anyone else think they're squandering some buzz by releasing so many trailers this early?

[AniNate]

Or Pets for that matter. Their style is perfect for a fifteen-thirty minute attention span, but patience - trying at ninety

[Jonwo]

Just now, cannastop said:

Does anyone else think they're squandering some buzz by releasing so many trailers this early?

 

Illumination promoted Pets very early on. I think Sing is a tougher sell hence why they're promoting it now. 

[AniNate]

Illumination always promotes early, regardless of how much buzz they really need. And with DM3 coming next year you can be sure the minions have a few more shenanigans coming 

[Fancyarcher]

Early buzz is good buzz though. Illumination is no doubt smart in how they market their films.

[bladels]

They basically show the whole movie in the trailer 

Still gonna watch it because of Tori Kelly

[Jonwo]

4 minutes ago, bladels said:

They basically show the whole movie in the trailer 

Still gonna watch it because of Tori Kelly

 

It's quite a starry cast compared to previous Illumination films. Minions had Sandra Bullock but Pets went for more low key names. 

[Wrath]

56 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Does anyone else think they're squandering some buzz by releasing so many trailers this early?

 

Depends. If they've got good stuff to follow it up with later, then no. If they've shooting their wad now, then yes its a mistake.

[Spidey Freak]

1 hour ago, Jonwo said:

It's quite a starry cast compared to previous Illumination films. Minions had Sandra Bullock but Pets went for more low key names. 

 

Who knew Jenny Slate would become such a breakout voice artist in one single year?