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9 - It's a movie not a number

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    Muse Among MenMuse Among Men Suburban Bunny Princess? Its time for a new shtick Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    if my friend is up for it then, I will go.

    And I saw the preview for A Christmas Carol. Not sure. Maybe?

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    Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    pretty much

    it was an excellent concept, mediocre execution

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I am tired of adaptations of A Christmas Carol

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    CorporateLogoCorporateLogo The toilet knows how I feelRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I don't know why Disney is bothering with another Christmas Carol movie. Nothing will ever top The Muppet Christmas Carol.

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    AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I think we've reached the point where major studios can easily put out a good-looking animated movie, so I guess I shouldn't be so surprised that A Christmas Carol looks nice, but there it is. Some 3-D animation is all about bright colors and clear, smooth shapes, so I think it's more impressive when a movie pulls off dim firelight like that.

    Also I am the Jew who likes A Christmas Carol the most, so I am 100% for an adaptation of it that isn't "A Very Flintstones Christmas Carol"
    The Flintstones Christmas Carol is great

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    CorporateLogoCorporateLogo The toilet knows how I feelRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Also the new Disney Christmas Carol looks like it's back in the Uncanny Valley that derailed The Polar Express.

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    earthwormadamearthwormadam ancient crust Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Fuck you guys, there is no other Xmas movie but Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas.

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I have nothing against A Christmas Carol but it's become one of the most retold stories in Western culture and it's pretty much saturated that whole market and... I just can't get interested in new versions any more

    Alt post: Bah! Humbug!

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Also the new Disney Christmas Carol looks like it's back in the Uncanny Valley that derailed The Polar Express.

    Yes

    Zemeckis loves this look but I think it's creepy

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    DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2009
    Fuck you guys, there is no other Xmas movie but Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas.
    FUCK
    YES

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    lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Saw this earlier today. Pretty good, though its no pixar movie. some of the action was really great stuff. loved how all the characters moved and there were some really scary, tense moments all through the movie. stupid humans, alwasy gettin taken over by robots

    I too, thought the ending would be
    hey, lets let the big robot suck up our soul and we'll turn the big robot good and hooray everyone's alive again

    glad it wasn't though.

    also, it felt really short. but yeah, i'd give it a watch again.

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    Fire TruckFire Truck I love my SELFRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I don't think I can really add much here. I agree with most of what's been said with the exception that I really didn't care for the voice acting.

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    Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    hrm.

    you could really tell this is basically the plot of the short film but with exposition

    and i believe the end implies
    that the rain is coming back to the earth as a catalyst for life

    as the world is desolate and the only things living there are animated inanimate objects

    i mean, if you were going to go out of your way to try to create life after the end of everything one woulda assumed automating some sort of noah's arc shit with embryos or something

    but it ain't that. so earth is possibly coming back from square one?

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    GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I caught this today with a friend, and enjoyed it quite a bit.


    lostwords wrote: »
    Saw this earlier today. Pretty good, though its no pixar movie. some of the action was really great stuff. loved how all the characters moved and there were some really scary, tense moments all through the movie.
    That snake robot, using 2's dead body to hypnotise the others while it attacked them, is some serious nightmare fuel. D:

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    Frank BrakFrank Brak Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    The way this movie made me feel it was like catching the second part of a two part episode without having seen the first.

    I wonder if the movie's short run time is because they cut out a bunch at the beginning.

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    The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2009
    Druhim wrote: »
    Fuck you guys, there is no other Xmas movie but Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas.
    FUCK
    YES

    The best part about Henson outtakes is how they stay in character.

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    earthwormadamearthwormadam ancient crust Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    sweet jesus!!

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    RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    aaahahaha


    sweet jesus

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    MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Yeah so I saw this and I dunno what the hell is up with some of the textures in that movie.

    Having the material become more dense in certain areas doesn't make any sense when it comes to a little sackrobot with skin made from a single material. If it did change in density anywhere there would be a visible seam and wharlglglkg it just bothered me.

    The character designs were awesome and the story was incredibly bland.

    The animation was by far the best part of it.

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    GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    hubba whaaa?

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    BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Just saw this and thought it was pretty great!

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    ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Yeah I enjoyed it

    not much else to say, really

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    BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Actually I was curious about the final scene
    Did the green parts in the raindrops suggest that the souls were reborn as single celled organisms?

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    Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Bedlam wrote: »
    Actually I was curious about the final scene
    Did the green parts in the raindrops suggest that the souls were reborn as single celled organisms?

    I think so, yes

    all in all I can't say I liked this movie. The story was kind of dumb and even the animation and visuals had faults so

    eh disappointing

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    VestyVesty Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I thought the animation and visuals were great. story and dialogue, not so much. I think it worked much better in the short form

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    Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    the faults I had with the visuals centered mainly around the sackboys (and girl). for creatures supposed
    to contain the essence of life,
    their animations could be a bit stiff. Add on to that the texture trouble that popped up whenever you had a close up on their faces

    so yeah I mean it looked decent, but close inspection reveals some issues

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