Blankments Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I hope Despicable Me 2 gets a nom over the Croods, for the pure fact that Despicable Me was robbed of a nomination 2011 when they could only nominate 3 (and Tangled and Despicable Me both really deserved a spot to make 5). Honestly, this year could use just 3 noms. uhhh no, Croods>>>>>>>>>>>>>>DM2 Also, as I said in another thread, these projections aren't my actual predicts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I have a feeling that The Croods will be more to the academy's taste than Despicable Me 2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Ahhh Escape from Planet Earth is not on the list 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) I have a feeling that The Croods will be more to the academy's taste than Despicable Me 2. I dunno, Croods is more a VFX showcase than a real story. A well-done one, but a showcase nonetheless. DM2 tries to have a real emotional arc. Only thing Croods might have over it is that it's an original. Edited December 10, 2013 by tribefan695 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I admit I'm going off the marketing for both. (I've yet to see either one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Personally I thought DM2 was a dull slog, but I accept I'm in the minority. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Personally I thought DM2 was a dull slog, but I accept I'm in the minority. I'm with you there. Awful movie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I didn't love Despicable Me 2, but I did enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolifofo Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) I didn't love or see anything special with DM2 either. It deserves the 75% rating on RT. Croods is my second favorite of the year behind Frozen. Edited December 10, 2013 by lolifofo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I loved DM2 I can't pick between that, Frozen and MU for top animated flick so far. A friend of mine seems baffled that I want to wait to say I have a favourite animated film of the year until I've seen The Wind Rises. He's a film buff that hasn't seen any Miyazaki so his opinion needs to be declared invalid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rukaio101 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I thought both DM2 and Croods were both okay. But, while I enjoyed them, they were nothing special or fantastic. Cloudy 2's my favourite animated flick of the year so far, narrowly topping Frozen, but that's more down to personal taste and I accept Frozen is the superior film. Honestly, it's not been a particularly strong year for animated films overall though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyla Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I dont see DM2 making it in the field of 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 But it's a field of five this year, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yjs Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 (edited) I've talked about this somewhere else, but the Wind Rises is honestly an uncomfortable picture for many of the East Asians. I know the protagonist of the film only intended to craft beautiful planes and he didn't want them to be war machines but that was in fact what they were. the war machines. Even though the movie was about more personal kind of story accidentally happened to be staged in such a crazy time, it could have been more careful depicting the historical settings. Given that countless people from Korea or other East Asian countries under the Japanese colonial regime were in fact dragged and forced to die in those particular planes fighting for Japan altho for one man it was just about his romantic dreams and fantasies about making amazing planes and he couldn't do anything about those planes becoming war machines. I don't know for western critics but for many of the Asian GA it's way too unnecessarily beautiful and romantic and personal thus irresponsible. It could have shown more ugly sides of the crazy time's nature. Some may think it's one uber political way of seeing the movie but you can't entirely leave out the political nature of some stuff like war and genocide. Edited December 12, 2013 by yjs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Blank's Projections If Critics Were Perfect Precursors The Croods Despicable Me 2 Frozen Monsters University The Wind Rises Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I've talked about this somewhere else, but the Wind Rises is honestly an uncomfortable picture for many of the East Asians. I know the protagonist of the film only intended to craft beautiful planes and he didn't want them to be war machines but that was in fact what they were. the war machines. Even though the movie was about more personal kind of story accidentally happened to be staged in such a crazy time, it could have been more careful depicting the historical settings. Given that countless people from Korea or other East Asian countries under the Japanese colonial regime were in fact dragged and forced to die in those particular planes fighting for Japan altho for one man it was just about his romantic dreams and fantasies about making amazing planes and he couldn't do anything about those planes becoming war machines. I don't know for western critics but for many of the Asian GA it's way too unnecessarily beautiful and romantic and personal thus irresponsible. It could have shown more ugly sides of the crazy time's nature. Some may think it's one uber political way of seeing the movie but you can't entirely leave out the political nature of some stuff like war and genocide. I do think politics could play a factor when American voters view the film since he was also indirectly responsible for Pearl Harbor. No doubt they hurt Zero Dark Thirty's chances last year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Hopefully pressure from Walt Disney will lead to improved Pixar movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) Well the Japanese did many bad things during WW2 for sure also. Anyway-too bad there is no Pixar film next year. Monsters U was not as good as Monsters Inc, but still it was not a bad film. (Remember also MI would of been a shock if it won, as Shrek was even nominated at the Globes) (And I really only see any anti Pixar stuff on here) Edited December 16, 2013 by Impact 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Have not seen Frozen yet-not sure when I will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) Frozen Wind Rises Monster UDespicable me 2E&C Edited December 16, 2013 by Dexter of Suburbia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
