Archive for 'Animation' Category

Wall-E written and directed by Andrew Stanton (2008)

29 June 2008

I always at least enjoy Pixar films (even Cars, which was pretty mediocre, though most are damn good), but this is them back in Top form. I had been excited to see it, not only for the science fiction elements, but also to see a film with very little dialogue that is completely compelling, and [...]

Ultimate Avengers 2 by Will Meugniot and Dick Sebast and Bob Richardson (2006)

8 June 2008

An enjoyable follow up to Ultimate Avengers, this time dealing with the Black Panther, and with the return of the evil Aliens. The same good animation, and slightly more violent story than you would get on TV with more adult themes and deaths. Worth checking out, I hope they do more.
This film starts out with [...]

Ultimate Avengers the Movie by Will Meugniot and Dick Sebast and Bob Richardson (2006)

7 June 2008

An enjoyable if short (71 minute) take on the alternate universe Avengers as chronicled in the 1990’s comic series The Ultimates. I never read the book (though I am going to at Marvel Online) but it is an enjoyable alternative universe tale with a black Colonel Nick Fury (here based on Samuel Jackson) and also [...]

The Invincible Iron Man by Frank D. Paur (2007)

5 June 2008

I was really looking forward to this after not only the excellent Iron Man feature film (which has caused me to go back and start reading all the old Iron Man Comics) and having watched these guys Doctor Strange, which I enjoyed. Unfortunately it seems that I may have liked the film more because I [...]

Doctor Strange by Frank D. Paur (2007)

2 June 2008

I was not a huge fan of the Sorcerer Supreme, though being an extensive Marvel comics reader I of course read some of his books, and many of his crossovers, but lately I have been really into comic characters so something drew me to this film, and I am glad I watched it, because this [...]

Futurama: Bender’s Big Score by Dwayne Carey-Hill (2007)

4 December 2007

After it’s untimely cancellation amazingly Futurama has returned from cancellation and started with a joke about the network idiots that cancelled the show. And it is back in all of it’s glory. This is a movie that will be broken down into 4 episodes fro the cartoon network, but this is it in all it’s [...]

Enchanted by Kevin Lima (2007)

2 December 2007

I had seen the trailer and had thought that this was a film that I did not want to see, but Kelly did, and with all the hype, and how well it is doing at the box office, I expected quite a bit, and was unfortunately disappointed. Sure it has it’s funny moments as you [...]

The Simpsons Movie by David Silverman (2007)

12 August 2007

18 years in the making, and it really only feels like a TV episode. Sure it has better animation, with computer animation thrown in, and it is raunchier and has more inside jokes, but it still feels like more of the same, which isn’t bad, I was just expecting more out of this. Still it [...]

Ratatouille written and directed by Brad Bird (2007)

15 July 2007

I really do think that Brad Bird is one of the best animation directors the US has ever seen, and the Iron Giant and The Incredibles are amazing, and Ratatouille is destined to be another classic. Not only a hysterical film that children will love, but a film that adults will enjoy, and foodies the [...]

Disney’s TaleSpin Volume 1 (1990)

25 April 2007

One of the classic cartoons I grew up on, this one filled with high adventure and excitement. This is just a great show and it still holds up. And this DVD is higher quality than the gummy bears discs, even though each episode is still a single chapter on this 3 disc set.

I have no [...]

Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985-1991)

2 April 2007

I grew up watching this animation on Saturday mornings as a kid and enjoyed it a great deal. Sure the animation is not as good, the stories are simple and the opening song will stick in your head forever, but I am sure any kids will love this show. The characters are enjoyable and fun [...]