Kubo & The Two Strings | 8/19/16 | LAIKA | Early Reviews are Very Positive

[AniNate]

Win all the awards, I say. Beyond happy that I can fully endorse it

[The Futurist]

Ok, you ve convinced me, I ll try to catch this.

 

 

[MovieMan89]

I remember that first trailer gave me a lot of hope. It looked like it could be something really special right off the bat.

 

Do you think WOM will be there tribe?

[AniNate]

8 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

I remember that first trailer gave me a lot of hope. It looked like it could be something really special right off the bat.

 

Do you think WOM will be there tribe?

 

I think so. It's pretty much a Pixar movie through the mid-section, even overdoing it a bit. Definitely their most accessible film.

[RandomCat]

5 hours ago, tribefan695 said:

 

I think so. It's pretty much a Pixar movie through the mid-section, even overdoing it a bit. Definitely their most accessible film.

 

Yes, but I'm still glad it had some of that horror element to the movie. But, I don't see the Pixar comparison though.

[AniNate]

24 minutes ago, RandomJC said:

 

Yes, but I'm still glad it had some of that horror element to the movie. But, I don't see the Pixar comparison though.

 

The character dynamic there reminded me of Up

Edited August 19, 2016 by tribefan695

[Fullbuster]

I wasn't interested in Boxtrolls and Paranorman was good but this Kubo seems really interesting and fascinating, I'll try to watch this

[RandomCat]

1 hour ago, tribefan695 said:

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The character dynamic there reminded me of Up

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I can kind of see it, since the character arcs are different, I don't think it's that much like it. Thought the ending was brave for the film.

[cannastop]

I can watch this free of charge at my University once December comes. I guess I'll do that.

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[JohnnyGossamer]

By the way, liking this to win the Best Animated Feature at the Oscars next year. Thinking Disney like Zootopia, Dory and Moana will splinter the vote allowing for  Kubo to take it.

[Jason]

7 minutes ago, cannastop said:

I can watch this free of charge at my University once December comes. I guess I'll do that.

How's that work? That's one perk of being a student I don't recall having!

[cannastop]

56 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

By the way, liking this to win the Best Animated Feature at the Oscars next year. Thinking Disney like Zootopia, Dory and Moana will splinter the vote allowing for  Kubo to take it.

I'm obviously biased, as you can see by my avatar, but I don't think that's likely.

 

Academy voters aren't obligated to prove they've watched all of the nominees. And we know that the voters sometimes choose based on shallow reasons, as seen here:

 

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/award-season-focus/proof-that-oscar-voters-are-clueless-about-animation-109456.html

 

So Kubo has a lot going against it if it's not commercially successful.

Edited August 19, 2016 by cannastop

[RandomCat]

2 minutes ago, Jason said:

How's that work? That's one perk of being a student I don't recall having!

My college usually had movie nights, but don't recall recent flicks being common.

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, Jason said:

How's that work? That's one perk of being a student I don't recall having!

Obviously, it depends on what school you go to. My school just so happens to have a big auditorium that shows movies.

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, RandomJC said:

My college usually had movie nights, but don't recall recent flicks being common.

My college has movie nights every week. Older and newer movies. The newer movies are at least 3 months old, of course.

[Jason]

5 minutes ago, RandomJC said:

My college usually had movie nights, but don't recall recent flicks being common.

 

2 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Obviously, it depends on what school you go to. My school just so happens to have a big auditorium that shows movies.

 

Mhmm, there were free film screenings at an auditorium that was actually very close to my residence. But it was never anything recent unless it was a niche film.

[RandomCat]

3 minutes ago, cannastop said:

My college has movie nights every week. Older and newer movies. The newer movies are at least 3 months old, of course.

 

Cool. Still say you should see it in theaters. but that's pretty cool, and don't blame you for taking advantage of it.

[AniNate]

My college had $3 weekend late night admission

 

While I can see Kubo winning at this point, I think it has the reception that enough people would legitimately vote for it over the Disney movies. Think it just depends on if it sells enough tickets to convince them to actually check it out.

[cannastop]

40 minutes ago, RandomJC said:

 

Cool. Still say you should see it in theaters. but that's pretty cool, and don't blame you for taking advantage of it.

The auditorium in my school is better than both of the multiplexes in town lol.

[RandomCat]

Just now, cannastop said:

The auditorium in my school is better than both of the multiplexes in town lol.

I'm sure.  I just want Kubo to make more money.