The Red Turtle | Jan. 20, 2017 Limited - Expanding Jan. 27 | Best Animated Feature Nominee

[Jason]

Wild Bunch, Studio Ghibli's The Red Turtle Film Slated for January 20 in N. America

 

 

Initial release on Jan. 20 will only be New York and Los Angeles. It will expand on Jan. 27, might still be very limited. But as one of the more likely nominees for Best Animated Feature, thought I'd make a thread for it.

 

Update, nominees announced:

 

Edited January 24, 2017 by Jason

[aabattery]

I don't think this will make very much at all. Like you said, even after it expands it'll still be on very few screens. It'll be lucky to cross 1M total IMO.

[AniNate]

The sad truth is 90% of this forum doesn't care about this movie, so can't blame the GA for following suit.

[eXtacy]

Not sure this even did much in Japan despite having Ghibli's name attached. Probably a bit to artsy to sell to mainstream.

[Jake Gittes]

I saw it and was shocked by how uninvolving and draggy I found it. Visually lovely but otherwise it didn't connect at all. 

[SchumacherFTW]

It's an ambitious movie, but I never really felt anything other than depressed when watching it. 

[Jason]

30 minutes ago, Arlborn said:

Red Turtle's trailer looks so unappealing, I really can't bring myself to watch it.

 

Not going to lie, I'm a bit apprehensive about this one. Going to watch it anyway, but only because it's a Best Animated Feature nominee. Helps that living in downtown Toronto means I won't have to go out of my way to see it.

 

P.S. I completely forgot I made this thread until your comment in the Your Name thread. Took the excuse to bump it. 

Edited January 24, 2017 by Jason

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