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I made this stamp because often I get told that animation is something solely meant for children.
I, personally, still see animated films in theaters more often than I see live action ones. Some people fail to see that it's just another way of telling a story, not a dumbed down version for children.
Animated movies can tackle very real issues as seriously as any medium. Furthermore, the conflicts can be taken very seriously. Films like The Secret of NIMH, Watership down, Grave of the fireflies, Felidae and more recently Pixar's Up are very serious movies, clearly not meant solely for children.
How to train your dragon was produced by Dreamworks animation. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Cressida Cowell
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I remember watching it as a kid. I don't get all the crap about kids wanting funny movies, because when I was a kid I loved it when a movie treated me like an adult. xD
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Yay for darkness, eh?
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It's so true D: ! I hate when people think It's immature or something like that ¬¬
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I never saw what was so immature about it xD
Especially when a lot of comedy movies are a lot more immature
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As an older audience, the masterpieces of animation can now be fully appreciated, then as opposed when we were younger and did not perceive the entire concepts and fully appreciate the art work these works held.
Much of the Disney Renaissance tackled controversial issues such as racism, social justice. tolerance and acceptance, women rights, children's rights, religious and moral hypocrisy, lust, greed, environmental conservation familial and supernatural upheavals. Let us also not forget the great work of Bluth and other independent animation studios, who likewise forged such a path for innovation in animation, art and expression. Recently, Russian animation has taken such innovation, as with the film, "Kynaz Vladimir" which explicitly had gory battle scene, murder, occult, slavery and destruction of villages and cities.
My mother, who is 44, is perhaps the most ardent fanatic over Miyazaki films!
She has seen each film of Miyazaki's at least several times or more!
The true question here is whether animators will realize that animation has the potential to venture in level and planes that live action film cannot attain. Animation should also tackle issues and do not flinch to show battles or even familial abuse in order to communicate the message to the audience.
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Admittedly, I'm still only in High school. That being said, my mind seems to be different from others my age. I wouldn't say smarter. I just enjoy more serious movies, books, and so on than most people my age. I have a greater appreciation for animation as a medium than anybody I've talked to, again, in my age group. I myself notice details in Disney's works, as you mentioned.
Studio Ghibli films are fantastic. (I say that rather than Miyazaki because one of my favorite films, Grave of the fireflies was a studio Ghibli film, but wasn't made by Miyazki.)
I know that if I were ever to direct an animated film, I wouldn't hesitate to give it a dark setting. Animation could surpass live-action so easily if more directors realized what animation could be.
Grave of the Fireflies is always a fantastic example of this. It takes place in World war II. It follows a twelve year old boy and his younger sister in Japan during this time. Their mother is killed in a bombing, and they are sent to live with their aunt. Displeased with how they are treated there, they resolve to live in an abandoned bomb shelter (I think it was a bomb shelter, I may be wrong) near a river. It's heart breaking to see these two children stick together till the bitter end.
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Do other kids give you a hard time because of your interests, and if so, how do you deal with it?
Answering this question will help others who are like you stay who they are and not yield to peer pressure.
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They never really give me a hard time about my interest in animation as much as they do in other things. But if they did I would just ignore it and continue liking what I like. Changing my opinion simply because others disagree with it would only serve to make me seem weak. C:
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I will admit I am also remaining in high school, I am in the 12th grade.
You impress one as a someone with a greater appreciation of quality and meaning.
I too have the every same ardent conviction you hold regarding the impact animation can have on others. Seldom is that realized that animation could surpass live action, for what would cost millions of dollars is costumes, sets and extras could all be achieved for one fourth the cost by animating in the highest form and quality and still achieved the same affect, if not more so, as this art being brought to life,hence the very term animation.
Thank you immensely for sharing and concisely explaining the "Grave of the Fireflies . I have recently, upon your suggestion, watched the film, and was affected resonantly by the film's gravity, the poignancy and the tragedy of these children. It clearly illustrates what heel war holds for children, for they are the ones who suffer the most.
The part where his sister is dying and eating dirt while delirious is the most haunting scene I have seen in an movie, regardless of genre.
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I never would have guessed. You strike me as someone older. In a good way, of course.
Precisely, it is much easier money wise to make a movie look perfect animated. In live action you have to pay so much for everything, as mentioned, and while animation isn't all all inexpensive, you can get the perfect costume much easier because it's drawn and can be easily edited.
I've never met anyone to know cry watching that movie, or at least tear up. That's what they've said, but I suspect those are just guys not wanting to admit they cried. It was so sad. I don't think I would ever watch the movie again, or maybe only once more in my lifetime, as it's just one of those movies, but I still call it one of the best films of all time, especially for showing what war is like.
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Thank you, but I am merely a logophile, a lover of words.
Precisely, yet animation continues to be dismissed as an art form that is exceedingly puerile. So much powerful messages, messages that could move the world could be told with animation, yet animator and directors fail to visualize this reality that could be.
Being the eldest sister of three young siblings, I empathize with Setsuko caring for his little sister. It wrenched me while I watched this movie.
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Hopefully in time people will start to open their minds more to animation.
Although by then I'll probably be explaining to my grandkids what lolcats were.
I have a little brother, and after watching the movie, I went out to talk to him.
He told me to stop bugging him.
It kind of hurt
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Yes, and people with your vision will be the ones to accomplish this herculean feat.
What is an lolcat? Is that an artistic genre?
Yes, at times there are dissension between my sister and I, but we, truthfully, each other's best friends.
Perhaps he was vexed at the time you spoke to him, Boys prefer to have their own space and time.
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Heh, if I could ever get a mature animated movie released. It may take some forethought and strategy if I ever want to get something like that made. I make it sound like I'm arranging some brilliant scheme.
Well, kiddies, they are pictures of cats with stupid captions that people found amusing.
Kids: That's lame, grandma
Me: Yeah...
He was playing his video game at the time, so I suppose pausing was impossible
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Even Uncle Walt faced impossible odds, and look how he had succeeded.
I see! Thank you for the explanation, I know so little about the web culture.
Boy and video games are a sacred thing..
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How far animation's come already ^^
Ah, it's okay. It's not exactly very interesting stuff, anyway.
Very sacred. I rarely play video games, but when I do I get really competitive.
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Indeed it has!
Thank you anyway!
Yes, my sister becomes quite determined when playing video games.
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You should see my friends and I play Dance Dance Revolution. It's funny stuff. It's even better when my friend's dad joins in. He's not very good, but he's funny. Singing along to Lady Gaga songs and such.
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My father always does wacky imitation of pop stars!
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I'm sure your father and my friend's father would get along well then. They could dance and we could film it and put it on youtube. I'm sure the video would have millions of views in no time.
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Yes, they would! And to add ,Dad can dance in ridiculous fashion!
It would be those videos that appear on the trending list on the homepage!
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We may ever have our video reviewed by Raywilliamjohnson, oh joy~
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Please excuse my ignorance, but who is Ray William Johnson?
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He comments on the most viewed videos of the week. He can be a bit stupid and sexist, but I still watch his videos. It's all in good fun, and I really don't mind.
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I agree with this so much! I had to make my mom watch HTTYD and Toy Story with me (because she looked at me funny when i said i wanted to see them), before i could convince her to take me to the theater to see Megamind (which i agree is awesome). A lot of G rated movies/animated movies are thought of being just for kids. I'm a teenager and i still love Disney movies and things like that.
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Awww, my parents both loved HTTYD, and liked Toy story 3. I would think things like The Secret and NIMH and more recently, Up would prove that animation can be very much for adults.
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Well, they like them now that they've seen em, and i guess i'm exaggerating a bit. I didn't have to force them just persuade them. Me and my mom loved Up! Actually when we went in the theater there was more adults than children. There were even two old lady's there to see the movie! The Secret of NIMH is awesome too, but i like the 2nd better. I don't know why, compared to the first it's probably mediocre, but i still love it. It's very nostalgic and i know alot of the song words. Blargh, sorry for the ramble. Anyways, animations rocks! Whoo! (just finished watching HTTYD again!)
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Up was amazing. I seriously cried at the beggining. And when was the last time you watched NIMH and the sequel? Because, no offense, but the sequel was quite terrible. I mean, Timmy kind of just ignored the fact that his brother had been captured like WTF dude!?
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Oy, same, i felt so sad at the beginning of Up, i wanted to cry, but i didn't.
None taken, it has been awhile since i've seen the original NIMH, i only have the sequel. Even if i had the original, which was great and powerful,(God, i hated when Nicodemus died!) i would still like the sequel. Anyways, you can have your opinion and i can have mine. The book was better though.
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Hmmm, I don't know. I actually haven't read the book, though I plan to. I can't make my judgement until then x3
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i read it a long time ago, but i enjoyed it a lot. i remember one interesting scene that was in the book but not in the movie.
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I see. Hmmm, well, most books are better than their movies. One exception being, in my opinion, Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets
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Eh, i've never bother'd reading the Harry Potter books. Mostly because i was young when the first Harry Potter movies came out and i always wanted Harry to be with Hermione and when i heard about the epilouge to the seventh i didn't want to read it. Dumb, i know, but i just never got into the Potter books.
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That's a shame. The movies are good, regardless, though. Some of the best book-to movie adaptations out there.
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Yeah, the movie are pretty awesome.
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Everyone thinks that if a movie is animated then its for kids! Dreamworks and Pixar films are made for everyone so everyone can enjoy them!
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Indeed they are < 3
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And then you look at stuff like Family Guy and the Simpsons. Hello! That's animation!
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I love animation and will always no matter the age.
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lol I watched Megamind (pure awesomeness) last Sunday and they were almost only 20 years old people XD
I was the yougest and I am 14 ^^
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Yeah. It wasn't a kid's movie at all, really. XD
It was very much for adults. And it was awesome.
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I agree. I was watching it last Sutrday. It was full of epic scenes, it was sweet and hilarious (in fact, I've heard more perent's laugh than children's). And the idea was actually pretty original. I can count the movies from villain's perspective on fingers of one hand.
Besides, there is a lot of animated series and movies with mature issues. And my dad still adores old Disney movies like "Snow White" because the animation itself is on pretty high level.
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I know, right? It was awesome
I love old Disney movies < 3
My friend and I watch them when I go over sometimes.
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