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HERETIC! BURN THE WITCH!
I concur. Also, Hans. There was no reason for him to be evil. I can't think of a single thing that was gained from having him be an attempted usurper that couldn't have been fulfilled just as easily if he were a good guy.
Seconded. I think the love triangle, the way the story flowed and how well the music fit with the setting were the three big problems I had with Frozen, and all of them were more or less fixed here. As were the three big problems I had with HTTYD 2.
edited 21st Oct '14 1:28:52 PM by Mort08
Looking for some stories?I forgot to mention this earlier, but this was the first animated movie I've seen since Secret of Kells where I got all emotional; specifically for the characters.
The first 10 minutes with the main characters in their youth reminded me a lot of my younger years. When it got to the part where Maria had to move away from San Angel for a long time, it hit me hard. Not to get too personal with details of my life, but I knew this girl from elementary school who had to move away to another state at a very young age after we already knew each other for several years....except I never saw her again.
Just pick any character (other than Chakal or Maria's dad). Chances are I had some sort of varying level of connection with. Manolo and Maria I identified with the most, and I think Jorge's cutesy art style really helps that. Hell, I was about ready to cry at the moments where Manolo is apologizing to the spirit of the Toros, and Maria breaking down and sobbing at the "death" of Malano. Though I thought the movie could have lingered on the emotional scenes a little longer, especially the death of Carlos.
edited 21st Oct '14 4:05:25 PM by TheLemsterPju
Good thing I wasn't the only one thinking that, especially since they had a chorus of nuns.
Looking for some stories?I really loved this movie. I totally ship Grave Painters now ^^ Xibalba and La Muerte are adorable XD
Manolo/Maria is my OTP, but I ended up getting a lot more invested in Gravepainters than I thought I would. If Gutierrez does decide to do an anthology series, I hope that at least those two get carried over into the new story.
Looking for some stories?Since Xibalba is seemingly Aztec but his design is a bit inspired by the conquistadors, maybe that'll be important for the next film. Especially since the animators had some designs they wanted to render in the film but couldn't, so they just slapped them in the beginning parts that explained the land of remembering.
You haven't seen Star Trek Nemesis, then.
Of course, don't you know anything about ALCHEMY?!- Twin clones of Ivan the Great-must resist urge to go watch Star Trek Nemesis-
...Too late, I looked up some clips. Almost no lines, all that terrible makeup and he still looks like one of the more interesting parts of that movie.
edited 21st Oct '14 11:12:17 PM by Mort08
Looking for some stories?So he's wasted. That doesn't surprise me.
We need to get this back on topic. Um...have some of my crappy fanart!
And then good fanart!
edited 22nd Oct '14 10:23:17 AM by Mort08
Looking for some stories?It's already made back over half its budget, and it hasn't opened in most countries yet. Plus, there's only one good movie coming out this week, so it may not drop that much.
edited 23rd Oct '14 1:14:09 PM by Mort08
Looking for some stories?This is a movie not coming from any of the 6 big corporate hollywood studios, and they only have one previous film before this one which was only fair/mediocre, so it's not like they can market it as "from the studio that brought you..." in the trailers. Plus, the unconventional art style may drive people away.
I don't think the art style has been a problem. In fact, it's been the one thing that nearly everyone has consistently praised.
Looking for some stories?Interestingly, I read somewhere that the original plan was to release Book of Life first. Probably best that they didn't do that in the long run.
Looking for some stories?
