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EvanBenner said:
Just wrapped up Nimona a bit ago. Super cute!

It's surprising to hear that this almost never made it to release after Disney shuttered Blue Sky, but super glad someone swooped in and rescued it.

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A ★★★★ review of Nimona (2023)

Super cute. Nimona is a surprisingly true adaptation of the original graphic novel, so consider me pleased! The movie swaps the anachronistic technology in a fantasy realm of the comic for seemingly misplaced magic in a futuristic sci-fi setting, but I think this decision works well in helping...
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I think its a toss-up as to whether this or the new Spiderverse film is my favorite animated film of the year so far.
 
Bull Shannon said:

I trust the director of Paddington and the Mighty Boosh.

I trust the director of Paddington and the Mighty Boosh.

I trust the director of Paddington and the Mighty Boosh.

But I’ll admit I’m feeling slightly unsure.
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I'm on the exact same page. I like the production design, and the trailer definitely has hints of Paul King in it, but I don't know how I feel about Timmy in the role. And this is from the perspective of someone who quite likes Timmy.
 
Bull Shannon said:

I trust the director of Paddington and the Mighty Boosh.

I trust the director of Paddington and the Mighty Boosh.

I trust the director of Paddington and the Mighty Boosh.

But I’ll admit I’m feeling slightly unsure.
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kvetcha said:
I'm on the exact same page. I like the production design, and the trailer definitely has hints of Paul King in it, but I don't know how I feel about Timmy in the role. And this is from the perspective of someone who quite likes Timmy.
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Feeling a bit of the same. I think Wonka feels too young here. He's more powerful as the middle-aged weirdo who defies the loss of imagination and creativity associated with maturity.
 
Bull Shannon said:

I trust the director of Paddington and the Mighty Boosh.

I trust the director of Paddington and the Mighty Boosh.

I trust the director of Paddington and the Mighty Boosh.

But I’ll admit I’m feeling slightly unsure.
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It all seems like Willie Wonka and The Sorcerer’s Stone. I am sure children will all love it and anyone over 40 will remember how amazing Gene Wilder was.
 
Bull Shannon said:

I trust the director of Paddington and the Mighty Boosh.

I trust the director of Paddington and the Mighty Boosh.

I trust the director of Paddington and the Mighty Boosh.

But I’ll admit I’m feeling slightly unsure.
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Paddington 1 & 2 are two of the best family/children's films of the last decade (2 maybe ever), so I'm actually very excited for and have a lot of faith in this. Looks like a lot of fun. Gene Wilder is of course iconic in the original but I don't think it's a sacred role that nobody else can do.
 
ayayrawn said:
Paddington 1 & 2 are two of the best family/children's films of the last decade (2 maybe ever), so I'm actually very excited for and have a lot of faith in this. Looks like a lot of fun. Gene Wilder is of course iconic in the original but I don't think it's a sacred role that nobody else can do.
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I had less way interest in seeing this before the trailer dropped. Now I think I'm firmly in.
 
This was fun to finally watch. Great comedy horror.
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we went and saw when marnie was here last night at one of the special alamo showings. didn't know anything about this other than it was a ghibli film. looking through this thread afterward, the few comments about it didn't seem overly positive, either. but i came away finding it a really beautiful story with excellent character animation that strongly accentuated what was being told. it certainly lacked much of the whimsy present in many ghibli movies, and its pace didn't elicit much feeling of excitement or awe. it's a raw, emotional movie, though, that i personally found easy to identify with main character anna's withdrawn nature and struggles for acceptance and love. it's not a movie i would put on to feel good, that's for sure, so that probably limits its rewatchability, but i give it a very positive recommendation if you haven't seen it and feel up to a somewhat challenging film, especially compared to other studio ghibli output.
 
AndySlash said:
we went and saw when marnie was here last night at one of the special alamo showings. didn't know anything about this other than it was a ghibli film. looking through this thread afterward, the few comments about it didn't seem overly positive, either. but i came away finding it a really beautiful story with excellent character animation that strongly accentuated what was being told. it certainly lacked much of the whimsy present in many ghibli movies, and its pace didn't elicit much feeling of excitement or awe. it's a raw, emotional movie, though, that i personally found easy to identify with main character anna's withdrawn nature and struggles for acceptance and love. it's not a movie i would put on to feel good, that's for sure, so that probably limits its rewatchability, but i give it a very positive recommendation if you haven't seen it and feel up to a somewhat challenging film, especially compared to other studio ghibli output.
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It’s a good movie, but faces the uphill battle of being a non-Miyazaki, non-Takahata film and one of the final releases from the studio. I remember enjoying Yonebayashi’s Arietty a bit more, but that one benefited from a Miyazaki-penned screenplay.
 
ayayrawn said:
Paddington 1 & 2 are two of the best family/children's films of the last decade (2 maybe ever), so I'm actually very excited for and have a lot of faith in this. Looks like a lot of fun. Gene Wilder is of course iconic in the original but I don't think it's a sacred role that nobody else can do.
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The original was my favorite movie as a kid and I hated the Depp remake with a passion when it came out. I will say I’m not exactly excited about this, and I don’t love Chalamet in general (though I think he’s in quite a few good movie), so hoping this is good. To me it feels like a sacred role, but interested to see what happens
 
MattS said:
The original was my favorite movie as a kid and I hated the Depp remake with a passion when it came out. I will say I’m not exactly excited about this, and I don’t love Chalamet in general (though I think he’s in quite a few good movie), so hoping this is good. To me it feels like a sacred role, but interested to see what happens
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I was the same, which is interesting considering the Depp remake is more faithful to the book.
 
Melt Face Molly Drop said:
I need to rewatch some of those King 90s miniseries. This one, Storm of the Century, The Stand.
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Ha! Storm of the Century, starred Tim Daly, Steven Weber’s Wings Co-Star.

I remember The Stand being way too long.

The Langoliers was fun (though the special effects were super sus) good cast though Dean Stockwell, David Morse and Bronson Pinchot.

I recall enjoying Jimmy Smits in The Tommyknockers too.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Ha! Storm of the Century, starred Tim Daly, Steven Weber’s Wings Co-Star.

I remember The Stand being way too long.

The Langoliers was fun (though the special effects were super sus) good cast though Dean Stockwell, David Morse and Bronson Pinchot.

I recall enjoying Jimmy Smits in The Tommyknockers too.
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Ah yes, The Langoliers I enjoyed, but yeah those "creatures" were awful CGI. I liked the atmosphere it created though. Colm Feore scared the crap outta me in Storm of the Century.
 
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