#TOI Rating of Spider-Verse

[bobbinfire]

Transformers One - Animation Student Analysis

(Aka why TFHypeGuy is right and you need to make this a #TFWeekend)

Disclaimer: This is a Review by an animation student based on the first viewing alone. I will not be giving the same quality of analysis of a film like a seasoned animation professional. However, I still have tons of knowledge by the years I have spent personally studying animated films and the new information learned through my academics. If you are still here, with that out of the way let’s begin.

(As requested by @serotoninisheldinkiwis)

((Spoilers below- quick non spoiler version here))

Transformers one is the peak example of what a brand such as the transformers franchise could accomplish when fans and talented artists work together to make a piece of art. The phrase of “could accomplish” is even over written as they “have accomplished” this. Both seasoned and newly furnished transformers fans seem to concur this as a fact.

All animation fans (you could even get the same from any of my fellow animation classmates) agree the Spider-Man Into/Across the Spider-verse movies are the best amongst the vast pool of the animated film medium. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (2022) was my favorite animated film, for both story and animation. But when compared to the artistry that is the Spider-verse, I knew that it still couldn’t compare in terms of mastery. No matter how much a film has your love, you are more likely than not to agree with the concept that Spider-verse saga is the best. And I used to agree. That was until the night of Friday September 20, when Transformers One single handily took the scepter of victory and waved it high for the awaiting crowds to see. The controversy I may get from this will probably be immense, but the statement I am willing to scream from the rooftops is that Transformers One has officially surpassed Spider-Verse movies as the top animated film. 

But what actually makes an animated film the “best” when compared to the variety of competitors flooding the market on a bi-monthly basis? What makes this film so better when it could be just the current hyper fixation coded bias of a long time transformers kid who just got handed a shiny new toy to play with and will eventually forget about once the next film releases. Well my friends…and random people of the internet, here is an analysis made by an animation student (me *cough *cough) that breaks down the answer to that question. 

Animation

As with any quality animated film, the animation itself will make or break a film as it is the core part of the film. Transformers One’s animation was handled by the company Industrial Lights and Magic. While not a large competitor in terms of feature film animation, they have produced films that have pushed past known boundaries of both animation and story as seen in their few animated feature films: Rango (2011), Strange Magic (2015), and Ultraman Rising (2024). Their work in the industry is primarily known in reference to their special effects work with Jurassic Park (1993) and Star Wars (1977). ILM’s animation in Transformers One manages to bring to life a world many have tried to do before, but not as elegantly or dare I say brilliant as this. The animation itself seems to stay on a constant frame rate, the beauty of special movements or actions being more defined by hard cuts or continuously moving shots. Each movement has purpose even ones that seem more throw away because it adds to the personality of the characters/environment. Specialty/new techniques are not as important for this film, which is perfectly okay considering they managed to hit each one of the 12 principles of animation when it counted most. An animation coming from a special effects studio in general is very good because they tend to pay major attention to any animation related to special effects, even if it’s just for a cartoon. Details can range from giant Quintesson ship slowly descending to the tiny sparks cause from a hit to a metal face. The animation in general is smooth as well as robotic only when it needs to be.

Environments

There have been a variety of environments in both animated and live action films that have help suck the audience into the story. When an animated pulls it off successfully it is even more noteworthy worthy. However, one must note the limited use of environments when it comes to how much we see past the establishing shots. Most times the best of environmental shots are primarily used to help set up a location or scene, then the rest of that is limited to a small corner (more often than not for budgetary reasons). Transformers One leans into the almost constant use of environments, not only for location, but for story as well. There is a variety of scenes that are carried through meticulously crafted sets and allow for you to not only finally get to know the world of Cybertron, but we travel through the environments almost fully as we progress the story alongside the characters. Minor details play a large role in the environment. Between the polished textures, the detailed individual blades of alien vegetation, the different background characters, and the hidden easter eggs within the framework of the designs themselves allow for a new thing for you eyes to feast upon with each viewing.

Textures

The use of textures in both environment and character design is on another level when compared to other 3D animated films. Speaking from experience the process of applying basic textures to a 3D model already requires hours of hard work, dedication, and patience that you will be very low on by the end of the whole ordeal. So when you analyze the detail and complexity of the work the team at ILM brought to the table it is truly extraordinary, even more so when you realize the time it would take to fight the UV layout and unwrap the mesh of a complicated figure like a cybertronian, especially one that has to transform. If you are confused on my alien language look up basic uv layout and texturing tutorial for maya on YouTube and generate a heart attack for yourself. Good luck sleeping tonight. Transformers one works itself down to the individual grains in the sand, the cracks in the ground, the glitter speckled plating on Elita-One’s head; even the length and deepness of scratches in armor can be measured. The effort put forth creates an effect of feeling you can touch the textures just by looking at them. Of course textures can only go so far without the correct use of the next subject. 

Lighting

When used to its fullest extent lighting not only lights the cast and their environment but it helps extend storytelling capabilities. Things such as mood, emotions, atmosphere, movement and location are brought out through simple artificial particles. The darkness of the mines contrast with the bright fantasy lighting of Iacon, which in its own way contrast the calm natural lighting of the surface. The carefully crafted textures of a surface could not be fully realized without the full use of directed light bouncing off it. During the final sequence of fights the change of D-16 to Megatron is not only conveyed through the change in the lighted color of his eyes but the waves of light flowing from them as he battles his way through opponents. The trail of light allows our eyes to not only follow Megaton’s movements but his descent into his dark path, with his blood red rage clouding his vision and being all that he can see.

And finally the most important point to cover with any animated film besides animation:

Story

Recently Dreamworks employee Rick  Rickdel gave a lecture on my campus. Out of all he talked about one of my major takeaways was when he said: “a story only connects with the felt needs of your audience”. Transformers fans have been wanting a movie like Transformers One for a long time. Even the smallest fans wanted to know what happens between Optimus and Megatron. And that’s the true beauty of this movie. We already know basically what happened between them, we know the overall story. Going into the theater we already knew how it was going to officially end and based on the lore we knew how it was going to start even. So the most important thing for Transformers One was how they connected the two and carried out the main part of the story. And what they did not only managed to meet expectations, but surprised us multiple points along the way. Voice actors poured their souls into these characters, leaving behind their celebrity personalities and bringing the characters to life. Each character themselves that had a relatively good chunk of screen time had a role in the story and were not just throw away side characters. With each one it’s set up for an almost domino like effect for the plot. Bee is not just a goofy side character, he assists in the journey, helps them get to new locations, and even provides relief from the typical dark undertones. Darkwing is a side character that ends through one quick mean spirited action kicks off the rising action at break neck speed. The quintessions show briefly, but provide enough of a threat without overstepping the plot’s boundaries that it is okay they are not there for long, but there may be a chance they can come again. Sentinel is at first glance a stereotypical egocentric villain, but take away his power and status and he will crumble in your hands (quite literally). He is not designed to be redeemable, but he is also not evil just for the sake of being evil. He has goals, he has factors that push him to evil things, but he very clearly has gone far enough that he no longer cares. His overall actions that are not super specifically targeted end up affecting what were originally minor threats to the point it results in his demise. And because of how his character was designed we rejoice even if actual justice wasn’t delivered. For a film have good storytelling it needs to have two factors: the story (the lore and information the audience receives in order to understand the film’s world) and plot (the events that play out in the films timeframe). The movie uses both of these to their proper extent allowing people like my friend was never watched any Transformers media before to watch it with understanding and enjoy it. It plays out what we expect of transformers media while taking on its own persona. What I find most enjoyable about the movies plot is the fact it is similar to a slow burn romance, but in reverse. We take this strongly built brotherly bond that can be shaken, yet once the match gets struck we can do nothing but watch as all these ties melt to heartache before our very eyes. And the audience’s vision eats it up without blinking once. We watch as D-16 goes to catch Orion, only to slowly realize he can’t undo what he’s done to the point of of diluting his mind to making it Orion’s’ on fault. We watch orions spark break through the emotions in his eyes as he begs D-16 not to…but it’s not about not dropping him, it’s about not becoming what he has watched him slowly come into to the point a flip is switch and D-16 is gone. @sephirose explained the summary of this movie best:

“D-16 reached out and caught Orion.

Megatron dropped him.

Orion Pax held onto D-16.

Optimus Prime let him go.”

Even the soundtrack tells a story. “The Fall” it only plays an emotional heartstrings of former Transformers Prime fans, but encapsulates “the actual physical fall of Orion and the metaphorical one of D-16 as he kills Sentinel” (@firebunnylover). Even if the end of the film is just a quick hit of Megatron being banished and forming the Deceptioncons while Orion ascends and becomes robot Jesus, it is what we were expecting. 

And that is the culmination of these factors. It manages to astound and amaze, but in the end it was a Transformers movie meant to be satisfactory. It is satisfying to the transformers soul, and in turn we should do our part like TFOneGuy says and give it the appreciation it deserves.

Anyways, sorry this took so long (I say to the single person who asked for this) to get out but in order to be able to give an in-depth animation student analysis I have to do well in my animation classes.

[achillesmonochrome]

Broken doesn't mean Unlovable

Chapter 19: The best night of her life

Series: Misfit Toys.

Rating: Teen audiences and Up.

Pairing: Prowler!Miles Morales/Gwenom!Gwen Stacy.

Fandom: Across the Spider-Verse.

Genre: Romance/Comedy/Fluff/Angst.

Summary:

With a foot on the frame of the window, he extended a hand. "Ready for a night you will never forget?" Chuckling, she almost wanted to tease him for using that cliche, but he was already right. He coming like this with a dress was already enough for her to be sure she would never forget this night. So taking his hand, she just answered, "Let's see what else you have up your sleeve, clever boy." . . . In Earth-65, Prom Night was the worst night of Gwen's life. In Earth-42, Homecoming was the best night of this Gwen.

Art by: @pokemon-ash-aus !

[ao3feed-superbat]

Poolverine Kinktober 2024 (Plus Specials)

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/NMqiFXW by Viyella_Mozzarella Introduction: This is my list for Kinktober 2024. I made this list myself, but feel free to use whatever prompts you’d like. Fandoms/Ships I write for: DeadPool Movie-verse mainly | Deadclaws (Poolverine) | DC Universe | SuperBats | SpideyPool | Rules: No age play | Scat | P1ss Play | Non-con or R@pe | extreme cock and balls torture. | Foot Fetish | Underage. (This goes specifically for Spideypool. Peter will always be 21+ in my fics | Genes (Inculding by not limited to) : Fluff | Smut (obv) | Angst | Hurt/Comfort | Hurt no Comfort | Fic-lect (Under one thousand words | Sometimes OOC | Plus some more. ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ First Fic Will be Up On Oct. 1st. Please Stand By. Words: 11, Chapters: 1/31, Language: English Series: Part 6 of ✨Deadpool and Wolverine✨ Fandoms: Deadpool (Movieverse), Deadpool - All Media Types, DCU, MC2 (Marvel) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Wade Wilson, Logan | Worst Wolverine (Deadpool Movies), Spider-man (Andrew Garfield ver), Blind Al (Deadpool), Dogpool | Mary Puppins (Deadpool Movies), Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent Relationships: Logan | Worst Wolverine (Deadpool Movies)/Wade Wilson, Logan | Worst Wolverine (Deadpool Movies) & Wade Wilson, Peter Parker/Wade Wilson, Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: kinktober 2024, Fluff and Smut, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Breast Fucking, Hate Sex, Sex Toys, Breeding, Knife Kink, Blow Jobs, Omegaverse, Power Play, Power Bottom, Service Top, Crossdressing, Bondage, Scent Kink, Phone Sex, Other Additional Tags to Be Added read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/NMqiFXW

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Poolverine Kinktober 2024 (Plus Specials)

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/6Ul1nME by Viyella_Mozzarella Introduction: This is my list for Kinktober 2024. I made this list myself, but feel free to use whatever prompts you’d like. Fandoms/Ships I write for: DeadPool Movie-verse mainly | Deadclaws (Poolverine) | DC Universe | SuperBats | SpideyPool | Rules: No age play | Scat | P1ss Play | Non-con or R@pe | extreme cock and balls torture. | Foot Fetish | Underage. (This goes specifically for Spideypool. Peter will always be 21+ in my fics | Genes (Inculding by not limited to) : Fluff | Smut (obv) | Angst | Hurt/Comfort | Hurt no Comfort | Fic-lect (Under one thousand words | Sometimes OOC | Plus some more. ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ First Fic Will be Up On Oct. 1st. Please Stand By. Words: 11, Chapters: 1/31, Language: English Series: Part 6 of ✨Deadpool and Wolverine✨ Fandoms: Deadpool (Movieverse), Deadpool - All Media Types, DCU, MC2 (Marvel) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Wade Wilson, Logan | Worst Wolverine (Deadpool Movies), Spider-man (Andrew Garfield ver), Blind Al (Deadpool), Dogpool | Mary Puppins (Deadpool Movies), Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent Relationships: Logan | Worst Wolverine (Deadpool Movies)/Wade Wilson, Logan | Worst Wolverine (Deadpool Movies) & Wade Wilson, Peter Parker/Wade Wilson, Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: kinktober 2024, Fluff and Smut, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Breast Fucking, Hate Sex, Sex Toys, Breeding, Knife Kink, Blow Jobs, Omegaverse, Power Play, Power Bottom, Service Top, Crossdressing, Bondage, Scent Kink, Phone Sex, Other Additional Tags to Be Added read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/6Ul1nME

[321spongebolt]

"What if Spyro the Dragon was adapted into a movie?". Well, we technically did get a "Spyro" TV series through "Skylanders", so this will be about if Spyro had a theatrical film.

For starters, if Universal, Illumination, and DreamWorks can make Nintendo’s “Super Mario Bros.” into a hit movie like with “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”, then I don’t see why they can’t do the same for Toys for Bob and Activision (the current owners of “Crash Bandicoot” and “Spyro”).

PRODUCTION COMPANIES

Illumination

DreamWorks Animation

Activision Blizzard Studios

Toys for Bob

DISTRIBUTOR

Universal Pictures

RATING

Obviously, PG, moving on.

ANIMATION

The film's computer animation would be done by the same animators who worked on the "Spyro Reignited Trilogy", including the sequels to this "Spyro" movie.

OPTIONS FOR STORY DIRECTIONS

On one hand, you could have the movie franchise be based on their respective games. You know, the first movie’s villain having Gnasty Gnorc, the second movie having Ripto, and the third film having The Sorceress.

On the other hand, you can do what “Sonic the Hedgehog” and “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” did by telling an original story that is still faithful to the games, with easter eggs and references thrown in between.

CASTING CHOICES

I personally think Tom Holland would be a great Spyro. His performance as Spider-Man in the MCU, as well as voice roles like Ian Lightfoot ("Onward") and Walter Beckett ("Spies in Disguise") prove that he could tackle that kind of a role.

On the villain side of things, I would pick someone like Liev Schreiber as the voice of Gnasty Gnorc, given his villainous performances as The Storm King ("My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: The Movie") and the animated MCU version of Kingpin ("Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse")

MUSIC

I personally would want Stewart Copeland of The Police to compose all the musical score in the movie, even going as far as reviving the musical arrangements he made 25 years ago. Or if he's not available, Stephan Vankov can do the job in his place, just like in the "Spyro Reignited Trilogy".

[ryttu3k]

100 Strange Chests opened! Here are some statistics:

New familiars: 19%

New apparel: 14%

New other items: 5%

Old familiars: 31%

Old apparel: 25%

Old other items: 6%

Egg drop rate: 7%

Scroll drop rate: 0% 😔 (Although I still have like five from last year, so...)

All items under the cut!

New - Familiars

Afternoon Tea x2

Book Hoard x2

Formal Tea Set x2

Nutcracker x2

Salt and Pepper x5

Snapper Nutcracker x3

Undertide Fidget Toy x3

Total: 19

New - Apparel

Candle Cascade x4

Enchanted Cat Necklace x3

Enchanted Orca Necklace

Enchanted Owl Necklace

Enchanted Raven Necklace x3

Enchanted Stag Necklace x2

Total: 14

New - Other

Primary Gene: Fern x2

Secondary Gene: Paisley

Scene: Witch's Kitchen x2

Total: 5

Eggs/Scrolls

Egg x7

Old - Familiars

Animated Statue

Ball-Jointed Bogsneak

Bouncy Broiler

Brass Knocker

Colubrid Column

Crooked Hatchet

Curious Parasol

Dancing Chalice

Deadly Reflection x2

Decision Maker

Dirge Fiddlefiend

Four-Eyed Phylactery

Glowing Globe

Guest Greeter

Jawlocker

Magic Carpet x2

Manticore's Might

Raucous Runner

Scroll Stealer

Smoldering Sconce

Snarling Mimic x2

Sorcerous Arms

Spidered Seat

Unlikely Alliance

Veilspun Verse

Vigilant Spear

Wooden Marionette x2

Total: 31

Old: Apparel

Basic Book Collection x2

Conjurer's Staff

Golden Starswirl x2

Ghost Flame Cloak

Ghost Flame Headpiece

Haunting Amber Forejewels

Haunting Amber Ghastcrown

Haunting Amber Grasp

Haunting Amber Nightshroud

Jolly Jester's Stockings

Plasmpool Armet

Plasmpool Grimplate

Plasmpool Spikescarf

Plasmpool Tailspine

Sky Crystal x3

Woeful Gambeson

Woeful Gloves

Woeful Hood

Woeful Presence

Woeful Tools

Woeful Vial

Total: 25

Old - Other

Scene: Enchanted Dungeon x4

Vista: Spectral Shroud x2

Total: 6

...uh, if anyone wants any of the old items (aside from the Conjurer’s Staff, Ghost Flame, or Haunting Amber pieces), HMU my username is ryttu3k.

[ao3feed-moonknight]

In The Night

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/qT7MY5p by bigbadripley What if... mortal consequences didn't apply to the Sandbattle of Hell's Kitchen? What if Simone had not been arrested and was allowed to go home? What if she got one last chance to spend some quality time with Miguel? This is the alternate ending to "Normal People" the third and final work (of this universe) in my series "Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios)" so you're welcome to read this as it is, there's just a lot of missing context. Words: 5312, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 5 of Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, Marvel (Comics), Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Comicverse), Spider-Man: Spider-Verse (Sony Animated Movies), Moon Knight (TV 2022), Moon Knight (Comics) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: Multi Characters: Marc Spector, Miguel O'Hara, Original Female Character(s) of Color Relationships: Marc Spector/Original Female Character(s), Miguel O'Hara/Original Female Character(s), Miguel O'Hara/Marc Spector Additional Tags: Alternate Ending, Top Marc Spector, Top Miguel O'Hara, brat tamer, Threesome - F/M/M, Threesome, Polyamory, Established Relationship, Happy Ending, Sex Toys, Oral Sex read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/qT7MY5p

[thestellarsage]

Best of the highest-rated American animated movies from each media company?

Sorry, Despicable Me doesn’t make the cut.

[esfpsproject]

3D Animations

Shrek is a witty and highly unique style of animation and comedy, by walking a fine line between childish and adult humor it has become a cult classic, a long with its uniquely funny animation style and its beautiful scenery and world.

Toy story 3 is one of the most famous animated movies of all time for good reason it is a funny with an incredible cast of characters, along with its highly unique Pixar style along with the cartoonish animation style on the toys it is beautiful movie with amazing character design.

Steve Ralph is a very sad story about a test rabbit who works in a lab where he is experimented on the animation brings out the sadness of ralphs life despite his positive attitude while also trying and succeeding to appear as a stop motion this animation is a very sad representation of our real world but also a beautiful one both emotionally and visually.

The super Mario bros movie is a beautifully animated movie that is based off arguably the most video game character of all time Mario himself, while successfully being animated to look exactly like the games the movie is based on it is truly an incredibly animated movie with constant full background which gives all scenes a breathtaking scenery and feel to it

Spider man into the spider verse has probably the most unique animation style out of all of the animation movies I've ever seen its attempts to in a style similar to how a comic book is made and Absolutely nails it, It is incredibly well animated being using different frame rates for different characters to express the comic book style with incredible scenery and scenes.

[drew-mga2022mi5016]

Research | Food for Thought; A Brief Recap of 3D Animation in Film

Toy Story is widely known as the first fully CG animated feature film, which set into motion the trend of 3D animated movies as a whole, most of which were spearheaded by PIXAR themselves. PIXAR was originally formed by an offshoot of Lucasfilms, who created Star Wars, to handle all the animated/visual effects in movies. This unintentionally also set the "boundaries" of what good 3D animation could look like. Over time, this style evolved into a sort of uncanny fusion between hyper realistic textures and backgrounds juxtaposed against stylized characters. This would be the trend in modern animation until 2018, when Into The Spider-verse released.

However, to say Into The Spider-verse was the movie that pioneered this new style would be a lie. There were several movies that did it much before this, such as The LEGO Movie. Since then, movies that have been released have differed vastly in style, sans those made by the Mouse and the Lamp (Disney and PIXAR) themselves. Could one consider this evolution in art a movement in and itself? What made Spider-verse the figure head of this type of animation which utilised different frame rates, textures, and 2D FX? Was it to do with the time this film was released? These are things that I'm pondering on as I continue to research this topic.

[greenstudies]

Movie recommendations

This is a list of movies I’ve seen with scores!. Used to be a part of my To Watch list, but it got too long. If you’re looking for films to watch, welcome!:

Before we start... Movies with rating 9/10 and higher are highlighted. Movies I didn’t finish have 0/10

🎦 Action

Kingsman: Golden circle  2/10

Spy who dumped me  6/10

John Wick  9/10

John Wick 2  8/10

John Wick 3  5/10

Blade Runer  0/10

Central intelligence  6/10

The Hitman’s Bodyguard  7/10

Constantine  9/10

Point Break  9/10

Charlie’s Angels  5/10

Speed 5/10

Mad Max: Fury Road 8/10

Murder on the Orient Express 6/10

The Old Guard 6/10

🎦 Animated

The Fox and the Hound  7/10

Kubo and the two strings  8/10

Sing  8/10

Sinbad  7/10

Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse  10/10

Toy Story 4  8/10

How to Train Your Dragon 3  6/10

Whisper of the Heart  7/10

Castle in the sky  6/10

Ponyo  6/10

Arriety  9/10

From Up on a poppy Hill 5/10

Tales From Earthsea 5/10

Raya and the Last Dragon 7/10

Mitchels and the Machines 7/10

Soul 8/10

Only Yesterday 5/10

Klaus 8/10

🎦 Comedy

Devil wears Prada  5/10

Bad moms  6/10

Clueless  0/10

Ibiza 4/10

Isn’t it romantic  8/10

Crazy Rich Asians  8/10

Dirty 30  couldn’t find it :(

The Perfect Date  5/10

Someone Great  7/10

Unicorn Store  5/10

Tootsie  7/10

Mortdecai  7/10

I Love You Phillip Morris  7/10

Always Be My Maybe  7/10

Knives Out  8/10

9 to 5 7/10

Fried Green Tomatoes 4/10

Love and Monsters 7/10

Bo Burnham: INSIDE 9/10

Little Miss Sunshine 7/10

The Intern 6/10

🎦 Drama

Passengers  6/10

Joy  9/10

Inferno  8/10

Catch me if you can  7/10

Rush  5/10

Leon  7/10

Bohemian Rhapsody  7/10

The Game  8/10

Alpha  3/10

The Breakfast Club  3/10

Burlesque 7/10

The Judge  7/10

The Godfather  5/10

One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest  7/10

To the Bone 8/10

My Own Private Idaho  4/10

Little Women  0/10

1984  6/10

Devil’s Advocate  10/10

Her  5/10

Walk the line 5/10

Lady Bird 4/10

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood  0/10

Mindscape 9/10

Seven  10/10

Unbreakable  7/10

Split  7/10

Glass  4/10

Much Ado About Nothing 5/10

47 Ronin  5/10

Bend It Like Beckham 3/10

Brokeback Mountain  8/10

JoJo Rabbit 10/10

The Colour Purple 4/10

Now and Then 5/10

Marriage Story 7/10

The Master 0/10

The Truman Show 9/10

The Yards 0/10 

Stay 8/10

The Snowman 4/10

Parasite 7/10

I Care a Lot 4/10

Primal Fear 9/10

🎦 Documentary

Minimalism  6/10

What the Health  0/10

The Social Dilemma 8/10

🎦 Horror

Train to Busan  4/10

The Woman in Black  5/10

Bird Box 7/10

Silent hill  0/10

Doctor Sleep  7/10

Jennifer’s Body  3/10

The Quiet Place 6/10

The Witch 2/10

American Psycho 1/10

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2/10

🎦 Thriller

Red Sparrow  0/10 (didn’t even finish it, I’m too pure)

Ocean’s 8  7/10

Bad Times at the El Royale  4/10

A Simple Favour  8/10

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch  9/10

Joker 10/10

Chain Reaction  6/10

Widows  0/10

Prisoners  10/10

Zodiac 8/10

Our Kind of Traitor 6/10

The Girl on the Train 6/10

🎦 Fantasy

The Huntsman: Winter’s War  6/10

Beauty and the Beast (life action)  6/10

Red Riding Hood  5/10

Tomb Rider  2/10

Pete’s Dragon  6/10

Upside Down  2/10

Sleepy Hollow  6/10

The House with a Clock in its Walls  7/10

Fantastic Beasts: Grindenwald’s Crimes  8/10

Mary Popins returns  6/10

Big Fish  6/10

Jack the Giant Slayer  5/10

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey  8/10

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe  7/10

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug  8/10

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring 7/10

Christopher Robin 6/10

Into the Woods 3/10

Beetlejuice 6/10

Robin Hood 3/10

Horns 4/10

🎦 Sci-fi

Ghostbusters: Answer the Call  7/10

Fahrenheit 451  0/10

Ex Machina  6/10

Looper  8/10

The X Files: I Want To Believe 4/10

The Island  7/10

The Matrix  6/10

The Butterfly Effect  8/10

Star Wars I: Phantom Menace 7/10

Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones 7/10

Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith 7/10

What Happened to Monday 5/10

🎦 Superhero

Ant-Man and Wasp  5/10

Deadpool 2  9/10

Aquaman  8/10

Captain Marvel  8/10

Spiderman: Far from Home  8/10

Iron man 3  7/10

X-Men: Dark Phoenix  7/10

Birds of Prey (And the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)  8/10

Venom 8/10

Venom: Let There Be Carnage 6/10

🎦 Romance

How to lose a guy in 10 days  6/10

Love Actually  6/10

The Kissing Booth 4/10

The first time  4/10

Pretty Woman  7/10

Dirty Dancing  9/10

The Notebook  5/10

Just Friends  3/10

Moulin Rouge!  8/10

Call Me By Your Name  6/10

The Lake House  5/10

Carol 7/10

Playing by Heart 2/10

Hope you like some of these!

[achillesmonochrome]

Broken doesn’t mean Unlovable

Chapter 35: Dashing Across the Streetlights

Series: Misfit Toys.

Rating: Mature.

Pairing: Prowler!Miles Morales/Gwenom!Gwen Stacy.

Fandom: Across the Spider-Verse.

Genre: Romance/Comedy/Fluff/Angst.

Summary:

Which is why Miles has never forgotten what his dad told him; if you don’t take that step, you will never know what you are truly capable of. "Miles- you are too close to the ledge." Gwen warned him, hearing her get closer. Turning his head back to face her, he smiled at her. "Don't worry, is going to be fine. Sometimes-" Miles said while putting a foot on the air, still looking confident "Is just a leap of faith." And with that, he went down.

[luckywatersao3]

Ahhhh I can’t believe I haven’t asked you this but!!! Do you have any fic recommendations (I’ll read any ship honestly and either marvel or hp)? I feel like you most definitely have top tier taste 😋💘✨

“top tier taste” heck yeah 💅

Sorry this took a week to respond to! I kept getting distracted when I was looking through my bookmarks being like "oh wow I forgot about this story" or "why haven't I bookmarked this story?"

Small disclaimer: I only really started using bookmarks in the last year, so a lot of fics that I read before than have fallen through the cracks here, especially in the HP fandom. But here are some that I really like!

Harry Potter

Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

The Man Who Lived (253826 words) by sebastianL Chapters: 42/42 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Characters: Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter Additional Tags: Original Characters - Freeform, Sexual Content, Violence, Slow Burn, First Person, Character Study, Enemies to Friends, Friends to Lovers Summary:Draco breaks a cup, and one thing leads to another. A story of redemption, tattoos, dreams, mistakes, green eyes, long conversations, and copious amounts of coffee.Set in New York twelve years after the war.

The Bucket List (32393 words) by GallaPlacidia Chapters: 17/17 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Characters: Pansy Parkinson, Teddy Lupin Additional Tags: Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, contrived love curses, terminal illness but in kind of a light hearted way?, Draco Malfoy living his best life, Bucket List, Secret Identities, Sickfic Summary:Draco will die in six months if he can't get Harry Potter to fall in love with him. Since that's not going to happen, he might as well spend his last days working through his Bucket List. Tap-dancing lessons? Rock climbing? Poetry-writing? Threesomes? Cocaine? Getting to know his adorable cousin, Teddy Lupin? Draco will try them all!Feat. Cheerily pessimistic Draco, devoted bitch queen Pansy Parkinson, and a Harry who can't help but notice that something seems DIFFERENT about Draco, these days.Inspired by a lovely piece by khasael called Somebody To Love. Also indebted to You've Got The Antidote For Me by Kandakicksass and IDK My BFF Hermione? by lettered

The Moon Looks Lovely Tonight (35723 words) by Omi_Ohmy Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Characters: Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Gregory Goyle Additional Tags: Board Games, Owls, Potions, Sharing a Bed, Grimmauld Place, HP: EWE, Pining Summary:When Harry moves into the damp and empty Black house, it doesn’t quite feel like home. And then the first owl moves in. After that, it’s a steep slope leading to bed-sharing, more owls, assorted housemates, strange potions experiments, and terrible cooking. And a bit of waltzing, too.

Harry Potter/Severus Snape

Between the Lines (22816 words) by Dementordelta Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Harry Potter/Severus Snape Characters: Harry Potter, Severus Snape Summary:Harry discovers a secret in his Potions text and a friend in the Half-Blood Prince.

Final Examination (22807 words) by asecretchord Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Harry Potter/Severus Snape Characters: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Minerva McGonagall Additional Tags: Pre-Slash, Snarry-A-Thon Challenge Summary:"Is this some sort of test?""Everything that doesn't kill you is.""Mind you," he added, "surviving doesn't always mean you passed."― Michelle Sagara West

Marvel

Peter Parker/Tony Stark

Stipulations (70043 words) by Anonymous Chapters: 11/11 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Iron Man (Movies) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Peter Parker/Tony Stark Characters: Peter Parker, Tony Stark, Michelle Jones, Pepper Potts, Aunt May, Ned Leeds, Steve Rogers, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Wanda Maximoff, Vision (Marvel), James "Bucky" Barnes, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), T'Challa (Marvel), Nakia (Black Panther), Happy Hogan Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Age Difference, Peter is 18, POV Alternating, Explicit Sexual Content, Power Imbalance, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, author has already arranged a ride to church trust me Summary:Peter Parker’s longterm dream recently went from ‘get into MIT’ to ‘afford going to MIT’. As the time approaches, it’s dawning on him that he won’t be able to pay his tuition and afford the move to Cambridge all at once: he’s out of money, his secrets are beginning to pile up, and desperation has started creeping in...And then one night, he saves Tony Stark’s life.

Wouldn't Be The Worst Thing (7729 words) by deltorafray Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Peter Parker/Tony Stark Characters: Peter Parker, Tony Stark, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Sam Wilson (Marvel) Additional Tags: Getting Together, First Time, Underage Drinking, (in the US), 20-year-old Peter Parker, Fluff, Smut, Fluff and Smut, Light-Hearted, drama-free, Daddy Kink, Panty Kink, Anal Sex, Oral Sex, Rimming, Anal Fingering, Riding, Sugar Daddy Tony Stark, Sugar Baby Peter Parker, Graphic Sex Summary:In which Peter somehow finds himself having a sugar daddy in Tony Stark without either of them meaning to, but neither really do anything to stop it. It’s not like anyone else bats an eye either, so it just … happens.

Refraction (16300 words) by chelicerata Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man (Movies), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Peter Parker/Tony Stark Characters: Peter Parker, Tony Stark Additional Tags: Post-Avengers: Endgame (Movie), Avengers: Endgame (Movie) Compliant, But also, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Tony Stark is not Iron Man, (...Yet), Dimension Travel, Multiverse fuckery Summary:In which Tony Stark gets kidnapped (again), meets a real life superhero, and has a long-delayed midlife crisis.

Gift of Choice (11744 words) by tuesday Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man (Movies), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Peter Parker/Tony Stark Characters: Peter Parker, Tony Stark Additional Tags: College Student Peter Parker, Sugar Daddy, Sugar Daddy Tony Stark, College, Explicit Sexual Content, Stealth Crossover, Multiple Orgasms, POV Peter Parker, Lingerie, Sex Toys, Age Difference, Canon-Typical Violence, Sounding, Romance, Flirting, Adult Peter Parker Series: Part 15 of Author's Favorites Summary:Tony Stark had a thing about giving Peter stuff.

Raising Hybrid Puppies (158269 words) by JayPendragon Chapters: 33/33 Fandom: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Iron Man (Movies) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Underage Relationships: Peter Parker/Tony Stark Characters: May Parker (Spider-Man), Pepper Potts, Bruce Banner, Ned Leeds, Michelle (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Jarvis (Iron Man movies), Adrian Toomes, Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes, Phil Coulson Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Slow Build, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Tony Stark Has A Heart, Age Difference, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Tony Stark vs. The Media, jarvis disapproves, Consensual Underage Sex, Last Week Tonight as plot point, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Eventual Happy Ending, Humor, Angst Series: Part 1 of Hybrid Puppy Verse Summary:When Tony saunters into the coffee shop, he never expected to meet Peter Parker, the incredibly hot barista with a brilliant mind and a passion for engineering only rivaled by Tony’s own. Tony always gets what he wants – which is pushing Peter up against the counter and making sure he forgets his own name.But he can’t.Because Peter’s sixteen.~*~A non-powered Tony/Peter coffee shop AU with billionaire Tony and working-class, teenage Peter. Also, Toomes has a bakery and somehow Last Week Tonight is a genuine plot point.Translations: Korean | Russian | ItalianFANART by plavkivie | COLLAGE by 1r0n5p1d3r

Revelations (126830 words) by Anonymous Chapters: 19/19 Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Iron Man (Movies) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Peter Parker/Tony Stark Characters: Peter Parker, Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Pepper Potts, Ned Leeds, Michelle Jones, Happy Hogan, May Parker (Spider-Man), James "Bucky" Barnes, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Bruce Banner, Thor (Marvel), Stephen Strange, Wanda Maximoff, Vision (Marvel), James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Maria Hill, Nick Fury, Natasha Romanov (Marvel) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Power Imbalance, Age Difference, Peter is 18, Found Family, Slow Burn, Explicit Sexual Content, author has already arranged a ride to church trust me Summary:“I still don’t get it,” Ned says. “How you just... keep being ordinary in spite of all the craziness you’ve lived through. You were in space. You helped Iron Man save the universe. And nobody knows it was you.” His tone softens, becomes almost sad. As though he realizes that what he’s saying is so completely alien to him that he will never be able to understand this part of Peter’s life. “Peter, don’t you want people to know you for who you are?”An AU where they get the Gauntlet off of Thanos that first time, on Titan.

Left Hand Free (7836 words) by tuesday Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man (Movies), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Peter Parker/Tony Stark Characters: Peter Parker, Tony Stark Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Aged-Up Peter Parker, Canon-Typical Violence, Explicit Sexual Content, Multiple Orgasms, POV Peter Parker, College Student Peter Parker, Flirting, Romance, Banter, Blow Jobs, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Civil War Team Iron Man, Adult Peter Parker Summary:Peter and Tony's first meeting is both the same and very, very different. In which Civil War happens when Peter is a college sophomore, and Peter catches Tony on the rebound.—"Are you—are you hitting on me right now?"Tony looked up. "Do you want me to be? Because normally I'd start with how impressive this is—" He gestured with his free hand at where he was stuck to the door. "—but I'm afraid you might take it as encouragement to leave me here."

James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers

Steve Rogers Versus the Classics (34078 words) by thecommodore_squid Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers Characters: Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton, Tony Stark, Thor (Marvel), Lucky (Hawkeye), Rebecca Barnes, Winifred Barnes Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Modern Bucky, Bucky is a History Professor, Steve is still Captain America, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Literature, cinema, Steve's Therapists are a Bunch of Dead Authors, Steve is so Uncultured, Steve Has Issues, Bucky has issues, Healing Through Books and Movies, Amputee Bucky Barnes, Angst, Fluff, Happy Ending, Discussion of Past/Minor Character Death, Discussion of Suicidal Idealation, Drunk Steve is in Love With Thor, Clint Ships It, Violence, Injuries are Definitely Inaccurate, Glorified Movie Marathon and Chill Series: Part 2 of A Historical Relic and a History Professor Walk into a Bar- Summary:Steve narrowed his eyes. “I’m beginning to suspect I’ve been set up.”“I would never,” Natasha said, feigning shock.Steve sighed.“God fucking dammit,” he heard someone say and looked up.AKA An AU in which Steve is still Captain America and Bucky is the unfortunate history professor selected to help him understand those references.

Slide To Answer (6326 words) by relenafanel Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Captain America (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers Characters: Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Wrong Number AU, Romantic Comedy, Phone Calls & Telephones, Dating, One Night Stands, Steve accidentally calls Bucky for dating advice, Bucky gives good advice, Meet-Cute, Misunderstandings Series: Part 1 of Slide to Answer Summary:"What do I do?” Steve appealed into the phone. “I’m freaking out.”There was silence on the other end of the line. It lasted so long that Steve pulled the receiver away from his ear and frowned at it. Pay phones were old. Maybe this one wasn’t working despite the obvious dial tone when he picked up.“Ok,” a stranger’s voice said over the phone. “First acknowledge the fact that you dialed the wrong number, but be quick about it because my cab is a few blocks away from my own plans and I’m about to drop some truth bombs on you.”

Etc or Multi pairings

Astronomy In Reverse (184785 words) by pansley Chapters: 25/25 Fandom: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Peter Parker & Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes & Tony Stark Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Peter Parker, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, T'Challa (Marvel), James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Baron Zemo Additional Tags: Gratuitous Superfamily, Becoming a family, Hydra being a dick, Peter is canonly adorkable, Protective Bucky Barnes, Protective Peter Parker, unfair representation of the foster care system, Fluff, canon amount of angst, amateur (but effective) equine therapy, Civil War Fix-It, bucky is a good dad, Peter is a good kid, Steve is a good boyfriend, Tony is a good friend, and also kind of a sugar daddy, without benefits, Hero Worship, Peter is majorly stanning everybody in this fic and it's cute, world's most adorable basketball Series: Part 1 of Winter!Dad Summary:A year after the Winter Soldier failed his mission in DC, Bucky Barnes is doing his best to stay under the radar from both Hydra and Steve Rogers. His hope for a peaceful day-to-day life in limbo goes awry, however, when he meets Queens’ newest hero; a pure-hearted kid with a death wish and a ridiculous pair of red and blue pajamas.The last thing Steve expects when he finally tracks Bucky down is that, not only has the man been living in Queens all this time, right under his nose, but also that, in the two years since they last saw each other, Bucky somehow acquired a kid.Alternatively: How Peter Parker effectively fucks over Bucky Barnes, and also totally saves him.Dramatic reenactment by fanfictionbookclub on tiktok (WARNING: contains spoilers) LuckyWaters note: This is technically stucky, but it's more of a genfic IMHO

I've Found a New Baby (17756 words) by TellMeNoAgain Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Harley Keener/Tony Stark, Harley Keener/Steve Rogers, Harley Keener/Bucky, Peter Parker/Tony Stark, Peter Parker/Steve Rogers, Peter Parker/Bucky, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, Tony Stark/Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov Characters: Peter Parker, Harley Keener, Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Noir, Alternate Universe - Mob, Alternate Universe - 1920s, Period Typical Attitudes, Mob Boss Tony Stark, Mob-Type Violence, Dark Tony, dark bucky, Dark Harley, Dubious Consent, Mental Instability, Mild Kidnapping, Polyamory, Everyone Is Poly Because Avengers Series: Part 1 of Roaring Hot Summary:This is the first story in the "Tony Stark is an insane 1920's Mob Boss and there's sex everywhere" fic that literally no one asked for but that kept me up nights until I wrote it.I'm sorry.But at least we'll be in that handbasket to hell TOGETHER, friends. LuckyWaters note: This is me recommending the entirety of the Roaring Hot series, I just thought it would be excessive to list all 13 parts lol

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Poolverine Kinktober 2024 (Plus Specials)

by Viyella_Mozzarella Introduction: This is my list for Kinktober 2024. I made this list myself, but feel free to use whatever prompts you’d like. Fandoms/Ships I write for: DeadPool Movie-verse mainly | Deadclaws (Poolverine) | DC Universe | SuperBats | SpideyPool | Rules: No age play | Scat | P1ss Play | Non-con or R@pe | extreme cock and balls torture. | Foot Fetish | Underage. (This goes specifically for Spideypool. Peter will always be 21+ in my fics | Genes (Inculding by not limited to) : Fluff | Smut (obv) | Angst | Hurt/Comfort | Hurt no Comfort | Fic-lect (Under one thousand words | Sometimes OOC | Plus some more. ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ First Fic Will be Up On Oct. 1st. Please Stand By. Words: 11, Chapters: 1/31, Language: English Series: Part 6 of ✨Deadpool and Wolverine✨ Fandoms: Deadpool (Movieverse), Deadpool - All Media Types, DCU, MC2 (Marvel) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Wade Wilson, Logan | Worst Wolverine (Deadpool Movies), Spider-man (Andrew Garfield ver), Blind Al (Deadpool), Dogpool | Mary Puppins (Deadpool Movies), Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent Relationships: Logan | Worst Wolverine (Deadpool Movies)/Wade Wilson, Logan | Worst Wolverine (Deadpool Movies) & Wade Wilson, Peter Parker/Wade Wilson, Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: kinktober 2024, Fluff and Smut, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Breast Fucking, Hate Sex, Sex Toys, Breeding, Knife Kink, Blow Jobs, Omegaverse, Power Play, Power Bottom, Service Top, Crossdressing, Bondage, Scent Kink, Phone Sex, Other Additional Tags to Be Added via https://ift.tt/6Ul1nME

[sabertoothwalrus]

the technology of modern 3D animation has improved so much over the years, yet most of the time characters in the newer movies look really doughy and weightless. I find myself preferring the way older movies look to the newer ones of the same franchise, even though they’re better made in every technical aspect. For example, I find Toy Story 2 more visually appealing than 3 & 4, or Incredibles over Incredibles 2. 

Think about Robots, Surf’s Up, Ice Age, or Madagascar. They’re all very stylized, but they still feel grounded. It might be partially because those movies don’t focus on human characters, and the doughiness is often more obvious on human characters. But movies have rendered human characters nicely before.

Like, compare How to Train Your Dragon (2010) to How to Train Your Dragon 3 (2019):

It’s really hard to explain?? Like,,, it’s lacking something. The new one seems so soft and smooth and clean and perfect. All the hard edges are gone and texture less gritty. They seem floaty and ungrounded, like they’d blow away in the wind. And then look at the first one again:

The only example I can think of of a recent 3D animated film with human characters that doesn’t have the weightless doughiness is Into the Spider-Verse (which I think was achieved with a combination of crisp edges, matte surfaces, and a stylized frame rate). I kinda wish animation studios would experiment more with this.

this post didn’t really have a point I just wanted to vent

[darkmasterofcupcakes]

A big project that I’m going to do is ranking/rating all of the movies I currently own...which considering how many movies that is, is quite the task. It will take a while, because I need to watch/rewatch all of them, but I am determined to eventually do it. 

For reference, these are all the movies I have to watch:

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballah

Hetalia: Paint It White

My Hero Academia: Two Heroes

Howl’s Moving Castle

Princess Monoke

Spirited Away

The Secret World of Arietty

Ponyo

My Neighbor Totoro

Kiki’s Delivery Service 

Castle in the Sky

The Cat Returns

Summer Wars

Wolf Children

The Boy and the Beast

Mirai

My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)

WALL-E

Toy Story

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 4

Inside Out

Incredibles

Incredible 2

Coco

Brave

The Good Dinosaur

Monsters University 

Monsters, Inc.

Ratatouille

Finding Nemo

Finding Dory

A Bug’s Life

Pooh’s Grand Adventure

Piglet’s Big Movie

Doctor Strange

Peter Pan (Animated)

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride

Mary and Max

Pocahontas

Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World

Maleficent

Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo

Sleeping Beauty

Shazam!

Hocus Pocus

Saving Mr. Banks

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Song of the Sea

The Breadwinner

The Jungle Book (Animated)

Robin Hood

The Aristocats

Christopher Robin

Pinocchio

Snow White

Into the Spider-Verse

Deadpool

Deadpool 2

Scott Pilgram vs The World

Tangled

Meet the Robinsons

Frozen

Wreck It Ralph

Lilo and Stitch

Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

Big Hero 6

Mulan

Mulan 2

Tarzan

The Little Mermaid

Treasure Planet

Oliver and Company

Bambi

Bambi 2

Brother Bear

Dumbo

Beauty and the Beast (Animated)

101 Dalmatians

Aladdin

Cinderella (1950)

Lady and the Tramp

The Lion King (1994)

The Princess and the Frog

Emperor’s New Groove

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh

The Tigger Movie

Zootopia

Moana

The Muppet Movie

The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppets

Muppets Most Wanted

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Enchanted

Beauty and the Beast (Live Action)

The Jungle Book (2016)

Cinderella (2015)

Into the Woods

Pete’s Dragon (2016)

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon 2

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Rise of the Guardians

Logan

Iron Man

Captain America: The First Avenger

Thor

The Avengers

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Thor: The Dark World

Guardians of the Galaxy

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Ant-Man

Captain America: Civil War

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 

Thor Ragnarok

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Black Panther

Captain Marvel

Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Endgame

The Glass Castle

Over the Hedge

Batman Begins

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight Rises

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman 1984

Coraline

ParaNorman

The Boxtrolls

Kubo and the Two Strings

Missing Link

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Prince of Egypt

The Croods

The Croods: A New Age

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

The Boss Baby

Mr. Peabody and Sherman

Megamind

The Iron Giant

The Day of the Doctor

A Monster Calls

Paddington

Paddington 2

Peter Pan (2003)

The Karate Kid (2010)

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

Hugo

Love, Simon

Star Trek 2009

Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Trek Beyond

Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee Returns

Goodbye Christopher Robin

Room

Now You See Me

Now You See Me 2

The Peanuts Movie

Storks

The Lego Movie

The Lego Batman Movie

The Lego Ninjago Movie

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

The Princess Bride

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Where the Wild Things Are

The Sixth Sense

Once Upon a Forest

Annie (2015)

Steven Universe: The Movie

Saban’s Power Rangers

Soul

Arthur Christmas

Pitch Perfect

Pitch Perfect 2

Elf

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Halloweentown

Halloweentown 2: Kalabar’s Revenge

Home Alone

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Double Double Toil and Trouble

Murder on the Orient Express

A Quiet Place’

X-Men

X2: X-Men Unite

X-Men The Last Stand

X-Men First Class

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men Apocalypse

Anastasia

Pokemon: The First Movie

Pokemon the Movie 2000

Pokemon 3: The Movie

Pokemon 4-Ever

Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys

Wakko’s Wish

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

War for the Planet of the Apes

Princess Diaries

Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Ant-Man and the Wasp

The Wind Rises

Venom

Spider-Man

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 3

A Dog’s Purpose

A Dog’s Way Home

A Dog’s Journey

101 Dalmatians 2: Patch’s London Adventure

Jumanji

Hotel Transylvania 2

Hotel Transylvania 3

Lion King 1 1/2

My Life as a Zucchini 

Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas

Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas

The Little Prince

The Rescuers

The Rescuers Down Under

Cinderella 2: Dreams Comes True

Cinderella 3: A Twist in Time

Kronk’s New Groove

Frozen 2

Joker

The Lion King (2019)

The Little Prince

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

The Great Mouse Detective

Babe 

The Life and Adventures of Santa Clause

Balto

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

Homeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco

Jetsons: The Movie

We Bare Bears: The Movie

Mean Girls

Clueless

She’s The Man

Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle

The Greatest Showman

Chicken Run

Scooby-Doo

Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstine

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman

The Persuit of Happyness

Indian in the Cupboard

Hook

Alice in Wonderland (Disney Animated)

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

Arrival

The Ultimate Warrior Jiang Ziya

The Legend of Hei, Protector of Spirits

Ne Zha

Aquaman

The Road to El Dorado

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension

Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel

Phineas and Ferb Star Wars

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins Returns

The House with a Clock in It’s Walls

Inception

Les Miserables (2012)

Forrest Gump

Night at the Museum

Spaceballs

The Blind Side

Scoob!

Knives Out

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Two Towers

The Return of the King

Jumanji: The Next Level

Ice Age

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Aladdin (2019)

Cheaper by the Dozen

The Dark Crystal

Downton Abbey the Movie

Dr. Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Dragon Ball Super: Broly

The Fantastic Mr. Fox

The Flintstones: Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby

Ghostbusters (2016)

Good Boys

Happy Feet

Happy Feet Two

The Grinch

Isle of Dogs

Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park 3

Jurassic World

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda 2

Kung Fu Panda 3

The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea

The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning

Man of Steel

Mickey, Donald, and Goofy: The Three Musketeers

Mulan (2020)

The New Mutants

Planes: Fire and Rescue

The Santa Clause

The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island

Son of Batman

Sonic the Hedgehog

Suicide Squad

Trolls

Trolls World Tour

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Yours Mine and Ours 

Rio

Rio 2

Ferdinand

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

The Addams Family (Animated)

Tokyo Godfathers

The Secret Life of Pets

The Secret Life of Pets 2

The Addams Family

The Addams Family Values

The Secret of Kells

Fantasia

Fantasia 2000

The Fox and the Hound

The Fox and the Hound 2

Turbo

The Bee Movie

Antz

Batman Gotham Knight

Batman Year One

Batman: Under the Red Hood

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Batman Beyond: The Movie

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Atlantis: Milo’s Return

Brother Bear 2

The Parent Trap

The Wizard of Oz

Charlotte’s Web (Animated)

Charlotte’s Web (Live Action)

Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost 

Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders

The Rugrats Movie

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Rugrats Go Wild

Madeline

Annie

Matilda

A Boy Named Charlie Brown

Snoopy, Come Home

Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown

Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don’t Come Back!)

The Land Before Time

The Great Valley Adventure

Time of the Great Giving

Journey Through the Mists

ET: The Extra-Terrestrial 

South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

In the Heights

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Beetlejuice

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure

Corpse Bride

Boss Baby: Family Business

Black Widow

Twilight

Twilight: New Moon

Twilight: Eclipse

Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1

Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2

Small Foot

Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde

Pokemon: Jirachi Wish Maker

Pokemon Heroes

The Man Called Flintstone

I Yabba-Dabba Do

Cruella

Luca

Hotel Transylvania

Tales from the Crib: Snow White

Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks and a Beanstalk

Lucario and the Mystery of Mew

Zoroark - Master of Illusion

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

Raya and the Last Dragon

To Grandmother’s House We Go

Our Lips are Sealed

It Takes Two

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Star Wars: A New Hope

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Zack Snyder’s Justice League

Spies in Disguise

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

Onward

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Batman vs. Robin

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Dear Evan Hansen

Wonder

Mitchells vs. The Machines

Disney’s Christmas Carol

Porco Rosso

Mickey’s Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse

Twelve Angry Men

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Encanto

Freedom Writers

Eternals

Balto II: Wolf Quest

Balto III: Wings of Change

Detective Pikachu

The Book of Life

Ender’s Game

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Belle

Turning Red

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Pompo the Cinephile

The Batman

5 Centimeters Per Second

The Place Promised in Our Younger Years