I know this is off-topic, BUT....
I just saw "Iron Giant" this afternoon and it SERIOUSLY KICKED ASS.
It'll be in "select theatres" in the US on Wednesday and open Nationwide on Friday. I don't know when it'll hit Britain or Australia or Germany but GO SEE IT when it comes out where you are.
Don't worry...they didn't rip off "Gigantor". This is an important film and an antidote to the wretched Disney Formula.
Trust me on this. --.\\<-H--
In article , [email] (Michelle Klein-Hass) wrote:
Visited a 'site (can't remember which one) to have a look at the character designs (and followed a link to the spoilerific trailer). Still got a few reservations; I daren't post this in rec.arts.animation, as it's possibly heretical, but:
It seems to me the chara designs aren't that different, new, or groundbreaking. Then again, that's prolly not the point (anything too weird might drive the public away)(countering my own argument).
There's no singing, right? That's always a plus... Can I trouble you for a swift rundown of the (non-spoiling) ways that this film is different to/the same as bog-standard Disneyesque musicals?
I dunno if I want to see it or not. It seemed very Roald Dahl-esque, and that's not neccessarily good or bad.
On Mon, 02 Aug 1999 12:34:26 GMT, Bear wrote:
Kyle He complained when I hit him. All my friends do. Wusses.
In article , Bear wrote:
They are very rooted in the UPA style. Admirably they didn't stoop to using toon shading and whatnot to make the characters "pop"...the character design was "in period" with its flatness and obviously Xerographed look. A lot of angularity and caricature. Remember, this is set in the 1950s. They even showed the Marky Maypo "I Want My Maypo!" commercial, done by Faith and John Hubley in this period, on a TV set in one of the scenes.
No musical numbers, however music, both Michael Kamen's excellent score which draws from Be-Bop Jazz and Sci-Fi movie soundtracks and the well-chosen '50s-era songs that show up here and there, is very well used.
Instead of advancing a bland, "everyone is beautiful in their own way, except for the Thoroughly Evil Bad Guy" moral stance, there is a lot of moral shading involved. The major antagonist truly and totally believes he is saving the world from the Red Menace, so much so that he does things without thinking them through. Hogarth is the Sweet Widdle Kid, but he's also got a mischievious streak and an overactive imagination. Mom isn't perfect...would Disney show a mother leaving her kid home alone because she has to work a double shift at the Diner?
There is a very strong sense of period in this movie...it really does scream 1950s Middle America and owes a great deal to 1950s-era film classics like "The Day The Earth Stood Still". I doubt that Disney would be able to make an anachronism-free movie. I saw absolutely *nothing* that was out of period.
The action is real. People use guns in this movie. The Army does open fire on the eponymous Giant, and I would doubt that Disney would do such a realistic battle sequence. The reticence to depict gunplay in modern Disney features would mean a very important message in the story would be lost: that the Giant was built by an alien civilization as a weapon, and the Giant consciously rejects this purpose.
Take care, --.\\<-H--
On Sun, 01 Aug 1999 19:35:43 -0700, some letters randomly coalesced from individual pixels, claiming to be from [email] (Michelle Klein-Hass), and it said:
You know, I thought it looked stupid on the commercials, but now I'm going to have to go see it.
Michelle Klein-Hass wrote in message ...
It seems like a good movie, but I'm going to hold out for Titan A.E.
Michelle Klein-Hass wrote in message ...
I'd love to! Would you come over and babysit while we're at the movie?
-just kidding I don't know you well enough to let you babysit.:>}