The Boy and the Heron | Hayao Miyazaki | Studio Ghibli | GKIDS | NA Debut at TIFF | WINNER OF THE OSCAR FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

[MovieMan89]

88% seems fantastic for RT audience for a movie like this, hope it can stay around that. 

[Danhjpn]

23 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

88% seems fantastic for RT audience for a movie like this, hope it can stay around that. 

There are some other movies which are in nom for best picture but have lower audience score (around 80%) 

[Morieris]

I would be extremely surprised if this won anything on the NA award circuit. It's too abstract.

 

Spoiler

Even knowing the background of 'it's something like a surrealist autobiography', I was still "ok we need to get on firmer footing" at points, it doesn't have to be 100% story driven, but I would have appreciated if maybe another 20 minutes had more story.

 

I still like it more than Spider-verse 2 because at least there's more time to breathe here and just enjoy the visuals.

Edited December 8, 2023 by Morieris

[Danhjpn]

On 12/7/2023 at 8:49 AM, harrisonisdead said:

It probably doesn't have many more Metacritic reviews left in the tank, so it should stay in the 90s for the foreseeable future. That's wild. After those early rave festival reviews I expected it to go down at least a little, but if anything it's gone up.

Metacritics 44 reviews so far, still at 92

I think this film will end up with higher than 50 total reviews..... that is big on that side considering this film doesn't have very wide opening locations (only 2200, not yet 3000)

[harrisonisdead]

45 minutes ago, Morieris said:

I would be extremely surprised if this won anything on the NA award circuit. It's too abstract.

That clearly hasn't deterred American critics, so idk why it would deter every awards body.

[Morieris]

1 hour ago, harrisonisdead said:

That clearly hasn't deterred American critics, so idk why it would deter every awards body.

 

I'm looking at how city and state precursors are starting out:

 

I'm not sure if they would be HFPA / Academy voters as well.

Edited December 9, 2023 by Morieris

[Issac Newton]

VA now upto 89%. RT 95% (150) ~ Top Critics - 9.1 / 10

 

7 Rotten (1 Top Critics)

[harrisonisdead]

10 minutes ago, Morieris said:

 

I'm looking at how city and state precursors are starting out:

 

I'm not sure if they would be HFPA / Academy voters as well.

Unlikely considering those are critics circles. If you're including those, your prediction already holds false because the NYFCC (which is orders of magnitude more influential than the two you've cited -- the Michigan one has never even given out awards before, this is their first year) already awarded it to The Boy and the Heron.

[Danhjpn]

20 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

VA now upto 89%. RT 95% (150) ~ Top Critics - 9.1 / 10

 

7 Rotten (1 Top Critics)

I think for a film with lots of surreal "difficult to understand stuffs", getting a VA around 90% is already great 

[Morieris]

14 minutes ago, harrisonisdead said:

Unlikely considering those are critics circles. If you're including those, your prediction already holds false because the NYFCC (which is orders of magnitude more influential than the two you've cited -- the Michigan one has never even given out awards before, this is their first year) already awarded it to The Boy and the Heron.

 

I stand corrected.

[MovieMan89]

Omg 90s now for RT audience, can it possibly stay there? Phenomenal if so, hope this bodes well for legs DOM. 

[Issac Newton]

BOY AND THE HERON, THE (2023)

[Borobudur]

4 hours ago, MovieMan89 said:

Omg 90s now for RT audience, can it possibly stay there? Phenomenal if so, hope this bodes well for legs DOM. 

91% now

[Issac Newton]

$5.56M Friday (incl $2.39M Previews)

 

The Boy and the Heron is standing on high marks with an A- Cinemascore, 4 1/2 stars, and a 65% definite recommend. Mostly guys, not all, at 54% with 80% of those who watched between 18-34 and the largest demo being 25-34 at 44%. Diversity demos are 43% Caucasian, 22% Latino and Hispanic, 7% Black, and 27% Asian/other. PLF and Imax are driving 38% of the gross so far. While the West is strong for the Hayao Miyazaki movie, the AMC Boston Commons is the highest grossing cinema in the nation at $39K. We don’t see them often in the lead.

Edited December 9, 2023 by Issac Newton

[Issac Newton]

 

 

I did think about Best Picture but Best Director &Best Score (⁠゜⁠o⁠゜⁠;

[harrisonisdead]

2 hours ago, Issac Newton said:

I did think about Best Picture but Best Director &Best Score (⁠゜⁠o⁠゜⁠;

It'd be nice to honor Joe Hisaishi's career. One of the best, most iconic and influential composers around, yet he has never been recognized by the Oscars.

 

I don't expect anything outside Animated Feature but that would be a good one to dream about. I'd at least consider it more of a possibility than Picture or Director. 

[MovieMan89]

Director was an outside shot with a real “farewell movie” marketing slant for this, but I give it no chance now sadly. As y’all know, will continue to believe in its BP dark horse possibilities. If the score doesn’t get nominated for sure, they are beyond biased as hell. 

[Issac Newton]

 

96% RT!!

[The Panda]

As the academy is anti-cool, I assume this will not win Animated Feature because it’s 100x cooler than Spider-Verse 2

[Bob Train]

19 minutes ago, The Panda said:

As the academy is anti-cool, I assume this will not win Animated Feature because it’s 100x cooler than Spider-Verse 2

Spider-Verse 2 chances were killed the moment that story about overworked animators broke. There is no way the academy would go for that in a year consumed by the historic dual strikes. 

 

Heron is the frontrunner, no matter how unwilling some are to accept that reality.