tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542254453206136875.post5489794233782382488..comments2024-03-19T07:27:27.530-06:00Comments on A Slice of Movie Zen: Animation: an evolving mediumJoe Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290373919018115443noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542254453206136875.post-17361250025013848102009-10-25T10:16:42.583-06:002009-10-25T10:16:42.583-06:00Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies were indeed rele...Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies were indeed released as a double feature; I can't imagine what terrible, evil film executive decided to do that to all the poor kiddies. You make good points, though I agree in your statement about Tekkon Kinkreet being too outlandish--I imagine people who are more conservative about this medium would file it under "wierd anime crap" and move on. Sad, but true.Joe Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08290373919018115443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542254453206136875.post-68779402566846936392009-10-24T12:29:45.944-06:002009-10-24T12:29:45.944-06:00Thank you for this post! Of course, I'm sure y...Thank you for this post! Of course, I'm sure you knew I would find this one particularly interesting. I'm not going to spend much time pointing out why I agree with you on this topic, because I'd mostly be reiterating what you already said. I would, however, like to address Tekkon Kinkreet. I definitely think this movie works as a great example for adult-worthy animation. Afterall, stories about orphaned children and gangs definitely don't belong in the children's section. However, I think that more people would be inclined to disagree with its legitimacy than they would with, say, Grave of the Fireflies. There's something about the way the lives of Black and White are portrayed, especially in the beginning, that some might see as childish. And the weird trippy part at the end might scare people off from the medium of animation in general--it may be a bit too outlandish. I don't know if that makes any sense, what I said...<br /><br />Anyway, I would also like to point out another advantage animation has over live-action. It has access to certain images that live-action doesn't, particularly images inside or between things. For example, in the anime series Hellsing there's a shot where you see inside the mouths of two people kissing. Although this shot is kind of gross, the point is you couldn't do that with live-action. Drawings have the ability to show you an image from any location, no matter how close, and give you a wide frame so that you can still see the image. Live-action could never get a focus being that close. I guess CG could pull it off, but so far I haven't seen that happen.<br /><br />I think it's sort of funny that Grave of the Fireflies and My Neighbor Totoro were produced in the same year. I've heard that they were released a double-feature, Totoro followed by Fireflies. It just makes me laugh because they're polar opposites. Can you imagine being in the movie theater, "Awww that was cute," and then "Wow. Now I'm depressed." I also don't understand why adult-worthy animation always seems to have to have something heavy in it. Why are love stories in live-action considered "for adults" but the same doesn't apply to animation?Candacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14895817735318693143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542254453206136875.post-73152109015815606882009-10-23T23:23:29.011-06:002009-10-23T23:23:29.011-06:00Good! I can understand your point, but must respec...Good! I can understand your point, but must respectfully disagree. We'll watch Waltz With Bashir--I hereby challenge you to not find yourself at least somewhat moved by that.Joe Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08290373919018115443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542254453206136875.post-54563000523408381082009-10-23T19:21:56.947-06:002009-10-23T19:21:56.947-06:00I am not a fan of animated movies. They simply are...I am not a fan of animated movies. They simply are not real and that takes something away from the potential impact of the movie. For me, if what I am watching are not actual people it is hard to get involved and interested in the movie. I am however willing to give the genre a more sincere try and watch Waltz with Bashir with you someday.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13638004063048522585noreply@blogger.com