Tim Burton re-animates boy-and-dog story ‘Frankenweenie’
EW.com has a cool article about Tim Burton and his “new” stop-motion movie.
Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie is shaping up to be an interesting mix of “Ewwwww!’s” as well as “Awwwww’s.”
His latest stop-motion gothic-fest (rendered in 1950s-style black-and-white as well as 3-D) tells the story of a little boy named Victor, who loves his pet dog Sparky more than anything in the world. Naturally — or rather, unnaturally — Victor decides to use his science kit to bring the pup back from the grave after an accident claims the pooch’s life.
As with Mary Shelley’s original 1818 tale of men playing god and science run amok, pandemonium follows the creation of the “monster,” who in this case is just a stitched-up, resurrected undead buddy.
Many know that Burton lost his job as an artist at The Walt Disney Co. for making this dark comedy as a live-action short in 1984, but few know the true story from Burton’s past that inspired it. As Halloween approaches, EW reveals that long-ago tale, along with first-look stills from the movie.
Well, I think I am looking very forward to this movie!
Brilliant Animation Short: The Kinematograph
Check out Tomek Baginski’s short animated movie The Kinematograph. This is a very touching and well animated short movie.
Thought of You Animation
Ryan Woodward has really impressed me, and a lot of other people based on the feedback from this amazing and emotionally charged animation. My hat is off to you Mr. Woodward! There is also a nice making-of piece here and there will be a DVD release of the animation with a full length making-of in the near future. And to think, this was done in his spare time… people need to stop complaining that they have no spare time!
The drawing style and organic feel of this piece is what does it for me. The choice of music is just the icing on the cake. See for yourselves!
Disney’s Tangled
Well, I am off to see Disney’s Tangled this weekend. The animation style look very appealing to me. Almost like Disney tried to get the style of the computer animation to mimic the style of their traditional animation.
Once again though, I have the feeling that making this movie 3D is another waste of time. Who actually likes wearing those glasses and how many movies have you watched in 3D where it actually made a difference? I’ve seen one… Avatar.
I’m looking forward to the day 3D dies… although when that day comes, it would mean I’ll have to deal with it 20 years from now as it makes it’s way back… mid 50s, 80s, late 2000s and next stop, 2030s…
Must-See Animations: Grave of the Fireflies
You just know an animation is good when you see these quotes about it: “Roger Ebert considers it to be one of the most powerful anti-war movies ever made,” or when animation historian Ernest Rister compares the film to Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List and says, “it is the most profoundly human animated film I’ve ever seen.” I know a lot of people said that the aging sequence from Up was the most emotional they have become watching an animation but they clearly haven’t seen Grave of the Fireflies.
Grave of the Fireflies is about the relationship between two orphaned children, pre-teen Seita and his young sister Setsuko during World War II. Studio Ghibli (best known for movies such as Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro) was hired to to do the animation production work and you can tell. The animation is beautiful looking, like everything else Studio Ghibli makes.
I don’t want to say too much more about this movie but if you have any appreciation for animation, this is a must-see film.
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