Spidey Freak Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 I need to check this one out.. Was it successful at the BO as well Spidey freak? Yes, it was Croods-level successful. You really need to watch it, especially if you are a gamer. It is basically Toy Story for video games. Cameos by greats like Sonic, Pac Man and Zangief! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xSabrinax Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Dragon 2 rocks.. I cant see it losing the best animated film category.. After so many pests that have been made from haters just for this film be a fail at box office just because they disliked the first movie. I doubt nothing. They are already using the same pests for the Oscars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyevenstar22 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 everything is awesome!!!!! its the film secret weapon someone will start singing the song and make people vote for it and mail it and then its too late ony to realized they'd been kragled 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBatman Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Dragon 2 rocks.. I cant see it losing the best animated film category.. Only thing I see with a chance is Paddleton. That could be a great film in the works.. I rem the cool toon show. Isn't that a Live action CG Movie IDK if that would count in a Animated Film Category. So Far this year IMO the best Animated movie was HTTYD 2. Lego movie was good but Dragon IMO was better. I don't know if it will win Best Animated but so far I would say yes. We Still have Boxtrolls and Big Hero Six. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 HTTYD2 better win to make up for its lame box office run 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoguy Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 HTTYD2 better win to make up for its lame box office run The Academy doesn't owe Dragon ANYTHING just because it isn't a hit. It will need to win on its own terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 The Academy doesn't owe Dragon ANYTHING just because it isn't a hit. It will need to win on its own terms. It was just a figure of speech, I didn't say the Academy owes it anything, so you can take your hate somewhere else. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcie23 Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 The best animated feature of this year has to be How To Train Your Dragon 2 - one of the best 3D animation movies I have seen till date, and I have seen quite a few. The dragon racing sequences as well as all the characters seem so very real. So is the storyline. Your heart reaches out to Hiccup and even Toothless when Stoick The Vast dies. And the variety of dragons is oh-so-many, all shapes and sizes, all colors, ferocious and friendly, endless... Had been looking forward to Peabody and Sherman also in the first half of the year but it turned out to be a damp squib. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rukaio101 Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 The best animated feature of this year has to be How To Train Your Dragon 2 - one of the best 3D animation movies I have seen till date, and I have seen quite a few. The dragon racing sequences as well as all the characters seem so very real. So is the storyline. Your heart reaches out to Hiccup and even Toothless when Stoick The Vast dies . And the variety of dragons is oh-so-many, all shapes and sizes, all colors, ferocious and friendly, endless... Had been looking forward to Peabody and Sherman also in the first half of the year but it turned out to be a damp squib. May want to put that in spoiler brackets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xSabrinax Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 It was just a figure of speech, I didn't say the Academy owes it anything, so you can take your hate somewhere else. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xSabrinax Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Isn't that a Live action CG Movie IDK if that would count in a Animated Film Category. So Far this year IMO the best Animated movie was HTTYD 2. Lego movie was good but Dragon IMO was better. I don't know if it will win Best Animated but so far I would say yes. We Still have Boxtrolls and Big Hero Six. I'd love to see a Laika movie win an Oscar someday. Loved Coraline much more than Up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXtacy Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Lego did better with the critics, its more likely to win then How To Train Your Dragon at this point. Just saying 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXtacy Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Wolf Children should've won that year. And it wasn't even nominated... Out of the nominations we did get, however, I'd have preferred to have seen Paranorman win. THIS ^ Completely snubbed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenUnicorn Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I haven't seen Lego yet... but I actually hope it or BH6 wins over HTTYD2. Maybe it's because I went into it with the foreknowledge that one major character is killed by another major character thanks to a magazine article (though it didn't say which characters were involved), but I just... didn't really feel much of an emotional impact. HTTYD1, TS3, and Frozen were much better at that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Yeah, I didn't feel the gut punch of THAT moment in HTTYD2 either. But I don't think being vaguely spoilt about it was the reason. It was just the execution. I was similarly spoiled about there being a twist in Frozen relating to "true love". But the actual moment in the film with Anna taking one last painful look at Kristoff and at what could've been for them but still deciding to jump in front of Hans' sword for Elsa was devastating anyway. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenUnicorn Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Yeah, I didn't feel the gut punch of THAT moment in HTTYD2 either. But I don't think being vaguely spoilt about it was the reason. It was just the execution. I was similarly spoiled about there being a twist in Frozen relating to "true love". But the actual moment in the film with Anna taking one last painful look at Kristoff and at what could've been for them but still deciding to jump in front of Hans' sword for Elsa was devastating anyway. Agreed 100% 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorschach Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Wolf Children should've won that year. And it wasn't even nominated... Out of the nominations we did get, however, I'd have preferred to have seen Paranorman win.I'm not quite sure if it made the pre-nomination ballot or not. I haven't checked but I wouldn't be surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xSabrinax Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 (edited) I haven't seen Lego yet... but I actually hope it or BH6 wins over HTTYD2. Maybe it's because I went into it with the foreknowledge that one major character is killed by another major character thanks to a magazine article (though it didn't say which characters were involved), but I just... didn't really feel much of an emotional impact. HTTYD1, TS3, and Frozen were much better at that. What? So... "Dragons 2 wans't what I expect, so I hope those movies that I've never seen in my life win from it" ?? Edited July 7, 2014 by xSabrinax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 It is very tough for sequels to win, unless it is truly exceptional like Toy Story 3. Toy Story 3 is still the ONLY animated sequel to win the BAF Oscar after 13 years.Not even the pop cultural phenomenon and blockbuster Shrek 2 could get the win! Dragon is showing early signs of being neither. Toy Story 3 also got a BP nom and it was a sequel to one of the most acclaimed franchise of all time, plus monster box office.Dragon is a good movie and that's about it.LEGO deserves the win and is the front runner for the win currently. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Deserves the win? Geez, what if one, two, three or all four of The Boxtrolls, The Book of Life, Big Hero 6 and Song of the Sea turn out to be better than both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
