Brave is the only one of that bunch that doesn't look like a giant bag of suck.

/I've learned better than to get excited over a Dr. Seuss film adaptation. Someone somewhere along the line in production will fark it up.

If you weight the movies by how much box office traffic they will generate, it will almost certainly be a terrible year for animated movies.

Snapper Carr: Brave is the only one of that bunch that doesn't look like a giant bag of suck.

/I've learned better than to get excited over a Dr. Seuss film adaptation. Someone somewhere along the line in production will fark it up.

You're dead to me. Brave is the only one of the bunch (Well, and the Lorax) that *does* look like a giant ball of suck. In large part because discussion seems to suggest they neutered the original concept and turned it back into a stereotypically Disney-esque girlpower adventure.

Ice Age: Why are they making these movies?
Madagascar: WTF?

Unless there's a Miyazaki movie coming out, then it's a silver year at best.

I'd like it if they would just drop the Ice Age characters and focus solely on Scrat. I'm not sure he can carry his own two hour movie, but either a half hour TV show or cgi-shorts would be great. He was pretty much the only thing that made the third Ice Age even remotely memorable, but then again, Ice Age 3 made ridiculous amounts of money, so I'm sure we'll be subjected to several more of them in the years to come.

To this day one of the funniest things I've seen in a movie was when he got stuck in the ice in Ice Age 2.

Please no.

Electriclectic: Unless there's a Miyazaki movie coming out, then it's a silver year at best.

It's not Miyazaki, but Studio Ghibli is going to do their take on The Borrowers. It's called Arrietty's Big Adventure, I believe.

i'm going to try to get my daughter and myself to the cinema for "puss in boots" this weekend. i work 7 days a week so it's hard to find time...but i do have 4 amc passes i need to find a use for

i only wish my 23 month old son was ready for going to the movies...not quite yet...maybe another 6 months or a year

gunga galunga: Electriclectic: Unless there's a Miyazaki movie coming out, then it's a silver year at best.

It's not Miyazaki, but Studio Ghibli is going to do their take on The Borrowers. It's called Arrietty's Big Adventure, I believe.

I think its The Secret World of Arriety, and it is probably the only one I'll take my daughter to next year, if I can help it. The Brave looks good, but I will probably pass on the rest.

I am convinced that Dr. Seuss is unadaptable by people who are not Chuck Jones. For that matter, the only "celebrity" voice in a Dr. Seuss production should be Boris Karloff.

Celebrity voice casting is generally awful.

gunga galunga: Electriclectic: Unless there's a Miyazaki movie coming out, then it's a silver year at best.

It's not Miyazaki, but Studio Ghibli is going to do their take on The Borrowers. It's called Arrietty's Big Adventure, I believe.

That was actually a 2010 movie. I thought it was pretty good.

As someone who played a lot of 8-bit video games as a kid, Wreck-It Ralph sounds intriguing to me. The fact that it's being directed by a guy who used to work on the Simpsons and Futurama makes me even more excited.

Whar is Incredibles 2? Whar?

Whar is Evangelion 3.0 US release? Whar?

Everybody in this thread demanding more Miyazaki has farking well better purchase "Welcome to the Space Show" when it comes out on DVD/BluRay on December 5th, and had better keep an eye out for the eventual release of "Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below" when it comes out next year.

It's a goddamn shame that these movies can't see a theatrical release because they were wonderful on a big screen. Both of them were very clearly made in Ghibli fashion, and both of them were definitely better than Ponyo. Where they fall amongst other Ghibli movies for you will vary on personal taste, but they were both fantastic. The first is by the director of "Read or Die", the second is by the director of "5cm/sec"

The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists hell yea!!!

Snapper Carr: Brave is the only one of that bunch that doesn't look like a giant bag of suck.

/I've learned better than to get excited over a Dr. Seuss film adaptation. Someone somewhere along the line in production will fark it up.

It's releasing, next September, Hotel Transylvania, a film directed by Genndy Tartakovsky.

This guy will deliver

I'm intrigued by all of these, except for the Madagascar and Ice Age sequels.

I love the Aardman movies. I'm also a video game junkie, so Wreck-It Ralph sounds excellent, especially with the pedigree of the director. I also like Tartakovsky, and Pixar is Pixar. I've been hoping to see Tim Burton return to his animation roots for a while now. The others look interesting, but maybe a little less so.

Electriclectic: Unless there's a Miyazaki movie coming out, then it's a silver year at best.

While another Miyazaki / Ghibli would be nice, I'm wondering what ever happened to Makoto Shinkai (5 cm Per Second, Place Promised In Our Early Days, Voices of a Distant Star). Something from that direction would be welcomed as well. Actually anything at least 'good' that's aimed higher that the tween/preteen market would be nice. It's been decades since 'Heavy Metal' and 'Fire and Ice' came out. Props to WB for 'The Iron Giant' but even that was 12 years ago and aimed primarily at tweens.

DigitalCoffee: While another Miyazaki / Ghibli would be nice, I'm wondering what ever happened to Makoto Shinkai (5 cm Per Second, Place Promised In Our Early Days, Voices of a Distant Star).

"Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below" hits Jap DVD next week. We'll hopefully get it by next Christmas.

Electriclectic: Unless there's a Miyazaki movie coming out, then it's a silver year at best.

Part of me is hoping Dream Machine finally sees completion in 2012. Would be great to finally see a release of Satoshi Kon's swan song.

evilmrsock: DigitalCoffee: While another Miyazaki / Ghibli would be nice, I'm wondering what ever happened to Makoto Shinkai (5 cm Per Second, Place Promised In Our Early Days, Voices of a Distant Star).

"Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below" hits Jap DVD next week. We'll hopefully get it by next Christmas.

Thanks for that (saw the post above after I posed mine). Unfortunately, if it does get released, it will probably be through some generally unheard of distributor and most likely available on line only. The only people that will ever know of it will be the 0.1% that keep up with places like ANN. I'm waiting for the day when I can see something like 'Princess Mononoke' on the big screen in 5.1 Dolby. And not just some 'art house' theater in NYC or San Francisco.

/heh, I own more Ghibli films on DVD released through Disney than I own Disney films released by Disney!

LowbrowDeluxe: Snapper Carr: Brave is the only one of that bunch that doesn't look like a giant bag of suck.

/I've learned better than to get excited over a Dr. Seuss film adaptation. Someone somewhere along the line in production will fark it up.

You're dead to me. Brave is the only one of the bunch (Well, and the Lorax) that *does* look like a giant ball of suck. In large part because discussion seems to suggest they neutered the original concept and turned it back into a stereotypically Disney-esque girlpower adventure.

In all fairness (and I say this as a Pixar fan), Pixar movies aren't terribly inventive in terms of story. Never have been (Monsters Inc is probably the closest to something like an original story...check out what the original story was supposed to have been on the MI DVD...you'd be surprised how far they actually go from a treatment to a finished product, and it's almost disappointing how much they throw away for a more 'simplistic' approach).

What Pixar does exceptionally well is create engaging characters and beautiful visuals. And that's perfectly okay. I don't care if I've seen the same story a million times before as long as you entertain me with the way you tell it this time.

Cyno01: Hey, a Dr Seuss movie gave us one of the most beloved TV characters ever.

Why? Was he based on a Star-Bellied Sneetch? (It's what he reminds me of...)

gunga galunga: Electriclectic: Unless there's a Miyazaki movie coming out, then it's a silver year at best.

It's not Miyazaki, but Studio Ghibli is going to do their take on The Borrowers. It's called Arrietty's Big Adventure, I believe.

Miyazaki does have one coming out,
Porco Rosso

Rozotorical: Miyazaki does have one coming out, Porco Rosso

Porco Rosso came out in Japan in 1992 and was released through Disney in 2005.

DigitalCoffee: Rozotorical: Miyazaki does have one coming out, Porco Rosso

Porco Rosso came out in Japan in 1992 and was released through Disney in 2005.
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Porco Rosso: The Last Sortie. Sorry I figured it was implied that i was referring to the sequel and not the first....

Rozotorical: DigitalCoffee: Rozotorical: Miyazaki does have one coming out, Porco Rosso

Porco Rosso came out in Japan in 1992 and was released through Disney in 2005.
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Porco Rosso: The Last Sortie. Sorry I figured it was implied that i was referring to the sequel and not the first....

Ah, OK, wasn't aware of a sequel. I think that that may be their first direct sequel. There have been a couple cross-over characters before (such as in The Cat Returns & Whisper of the Heart) but no sequels that I'm aware of. Interesting.

DigitalCoffee: Rozotorical: DigitalCoffee: Rozotorical: Miyazaki does have one coming out, Porco Rosso

Porco Rosso came out in Japan in 1992 and was released through Disney in 2005.
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Porco Rosso: The Last Sortie. Sorry I figured it was implied that i was referring to the sequel and not the first....

Ah, OK, wasn't aware of a sequel. I think that that may be their first direct sequel. There have been a couple cross-over characters before (such as in The Cat Returns & Whisper of the Heart) but no sequels that I'm aware of. Interesting.

I watched The Cat Returns first, maybe the best English dub of anything ever. Cary Elwes vs Tim Curry? Dear lord, so good.

I then put in Whisper of the Heart a few weeks later and spent FOURTEEN HOURS LISTENING TO "COUNTRY ROAD" AND NOT WONDERFUL CAT ADVENTURES AT ALL.

Ugh.

I am more excited that Alma (new window) is being turned into a full-length feature directed by Guillermo del Torro. I hope they get Neil Gaiman to expand the script.

DeaH: I am more excited that Alma (new window) is being turned into a full-length feature directed by Guillermo del Torro. I hope they get Neil Gaiman to expand the script.

Whoops, link issue. Here's the link to the short. (new window)Guillermo del Torro will make a kick-ass feature-length animation!

I would see some of those movies. ParaNorman and Frankenweenie in particular....The Hotel Transylvania movie would probably be worth a look too...

2011 is going to start 2012 off on the right foot though with:



/Can't wait for this

wasn't 2011 supposed to be the year of the Superhero movie, just because a whole bunch of recognizable properties where coming out? Look how that ended up.

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: I would see some of those movies. ParaNorman and Frankenweenie in particular....The Hotel Transylvania movie would probably be worth a look too...

2011 is going to start 2012 off on the right foot though with:

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/Can't wait for this

I was surprised Tin Tin wasn't mentioned in the list. Maybe they're considering it a 2011 movie? I think it's already been released in Europe.

fusillade762: TeddyRooseveltsMustache: I would see some of those movies. ParaNorman and Frankenweenie in particular....The Hotel Transylvania movie would probably be worth a look too...

2011 is going to start 2012 off on the right foot though with:

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/Can't wait for this

I was surprised Tin Tin wasn't mentioned in the list. Maybe they're considering it a 2011 movie? I think it's already been released in Europe.

Well it's being released here in December.

Jonathan Hohensee: wasn't 2011 supposed to be the year of the Superhero movie, just because a whole bunch of recognizable properties where coming out? Look how that ended up.

Reporters need a narrative.

Really, they had to rename the Pirates movie?

Are they scared Americans won't go to a movie with 'scientists' in the title? I suppose there is a quite sizeable cadre of anti-science Christians with kids whose business they don't want to lose.

As if changing 'Philosopher's Stone' to 'Sorcerer's Stone' for Harry Potter wasn't bad enough (for which the explanation from the American publishers was essentially "Americans are too pussy to read a book with a big brainy word in the title, and too stupid to be able to cope with a concept they aren't already totally familiar with, even though it's fully explained in the actual book").

If it were the British doing it to Americans, they'd be being condescending jerks. Americans doing it to themselves is just depressing.