#kids movie

[chaoticdesertdweller]

Harmony Korine and Chloë Sevigny photographed on the set of KIDS, 1995.

[scribblegoblin]

HELP

Okay so I have a distinct childhood memory of a movie I used to watch that was on netflix, but I can't find it for the life of me! It was about this girl who was made to perform at a circus by her parents but didn't want to and then travelled to this other world to defeat an evil queen who was also her mother, and she met this greedy guy who started travelling with her, but then when she gets there she's brainwashed by the queen to think that she's her daughter and is only broken out of it by the greedy guy. THEN I think she finds out that the other world is actually a mirror dimension and the version of her from that world WAS the daughter of the evil queen who figured out a way to switch bodies with her because she also didn't like her role and she has to figure out how to get her body back and stuff. If any of you know what it's called PLEASE tell me the visuals were really cool and surreal and I WANNA WATCH IT AGAIN PLEASE

[helloglitterland]

Barbie as Rapunzel

[grlsbian]

Chloe Sevigny being an it girl

[theomenmedia]

Dog Man Trailer

Bark at the moon, because #DogMan is coming to theaters! The trailer's out, and it's a tail-wagging adventure!

Link to the full story: https://www.theomenmedia.com/post/dog-man-unleashes-chaos-and-charm-in-first-ever-animated-adventure

[spinnenpfote6]

I've been watching Disney's Oliver Twist from 1997 (totally not because it has Elijah Wood) and Dodger is making me lose my mind, like, his life is shit and he keeps smiling in a happy-go-lucky attitude like he's been paying his local opium den a daily visit

At the end he's literally incarcerated and celebrates that!

BOY STOP, I NEED YOU TO SHOW ME SOME NEGATIVE EMOTIONS-

YOU NEED TO STEAL STUFF TO EVEN SURVIVE! YOU ARE AN ORPHANED TEEN LIVING ON THE DIRTY STREETS OF THE 19. TH CENTURY! WITHOUT ANY NECESSARY VACCINATIONS!

Ain't no way that guy isn't perpetually on drugs

but I love him

[christmasnostalgiagirl]

[zipper-neck]

YouTube is very good at predicting my taste in movies... I've just seen The Phantom Tollbooth and I'm surprised I haven't heard of it before! The animation is classic Warner Brothers-style hand-drawn with gorgeous visuals. It was released in 1970 and SHOWS, especially in the soundtrack. The plot reminds me of Pilgrim's Progress but, like, not religious. It's free on Youtube.

[pretentious-art-love]

Film Reviews #8 - Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate

When I heard that the reception for this movie was bad I decided to still keep going and watch it, people mentioned only the animation errors from the trailer, and well, nobody has Peacock, it's not like anybody actually watched the thing itself. The animation is indeed more cheaply looking and it can feel uncanny if you are used to the fluid animation of the Hollywood-tier film, but I love, love, the character of Megamind so I decided to give it a shot. The first Megamind itself is my favorite movie ever made by Dreamworks! I think it has some interesting plots,! Seriously! The purpose of villains, the need for conflict in life, and even topics present to today's internet bubbles like Incel culture! It was witty, it was funny, and it had something to tell. Even Megamind: The Button of Doom had something good talking about being authentic to yourself and what not!

Anyway, I thought that if you can get into the animation, you could enjoy the story. There structure of the story is good, having Megamind struggle with his new role as a hero with his self sabotaging, having Megamind pretend he is still a bad guy along other villains to not be destroyed, having Megamind to deal with his arrogance still. All these ideas have lots of possibilities for character progression and growth, but aside that, there is very little else for the original public.

In short, this is now a kids franchise. I see the love in the heartwarming performances and writing. Voice actors and writers for children's shows have a knack for simplicity and clarity. They are always vibrant and expressive making sure that complex ideas are presented in a simple way so the kids can get it. It works for them and it can be really charming when you get into it, but for the rest of the public this will not work. The humor will feel too obvious and dry, the characters will feel standardized. The music and design is very evident and in your face, there is no mood setting or build up, the music is used in short spurts to set up a punchline. The jokes set up are very obvious and simple. With kids there is very little space for subtext, so you set up things at plain sight. Sure, there are shows and movies that can talk to both children, and adults, true, but there is only so much you can do trying to gather both audiences. Sure you remember jokes and parts in Pixar classic movies that you didn't understand, or jokes that you didn't get or plot bits that bored you, I remember I couldn't watch Nemo when I was 6 because that bit where Nemo gets kidnapped absolutely terrified me, the niece of the dentist, she terrified me, Sid in Toys Story was way too scary. Maybe once you get a little bit older as a kid, you can then enjoy Pixar films. Disney films… well, I don't know, I never enjoyed Disney films so I can't comment about them. But anyway, yes, Pixar films can be enjoyed by both kids and adults, but you can only go so far with kids while still trying to talk to adults at the same time. If there is a scary villain without a face, showing him holding a teddy bear is a must go, if there is a bunch of bad guys attempting to destroy the city, if they are bickering with each other and being silly, that will help to see them as less threatening for a kid. With this movie and the TV show, there is a clear target audience, little kids.

I know that new productions are always rebranded as sequels for old properties to have a better chance to succeed, but for the people who enjoyed the first Megamind, this is not it. If Peacock management wanted to bring the kids to the platform, it might help, I'm not sure, a lot of kids around this decade aren't focused on feature length films exclusive for Streaming but in self made content and Indie Animation or also YouTube Shorts, they have a little kid character in the movie who manages to get more audience than Roxane through the internet and that constantly helps the main characters, the writers aren't oblivious about how the youth works, there are still famous and successful TV shows for kids nowadays as well, but I don't know really any of them. There is a dance scene and also some silly pop music numbers (the ending scene theme is actually very catchy). With the animation budget cut in, the movement is a lot less fluid, there are more frequent animations errors, the lighting is a lot simpler and the characters just look… different. But again, this is a kids show exclusive for Streaming TV, not a Hollywood-tier movie with a 130 million dollar budget.

It makes me a bit sad that their crew and cast got their work trashed by the internet like this because of another case of faux sequel and rebranding, it also makes me a bit sad for Megamind fans that were looking for a true sequel, but this is not what the movie is. As for the TV show, I don't think it will be my coup of tea.

Quick Chum or the city is gonna have a new ZIP code!

Hehehe, okay, that one was kinda funny.

4/10

[hollywoodoutbreak]

Pixar seems to have dominated the animation conversation lately, and yes, the studio has a style all its own that is certainly worth celebrating. But DreamWorks is back in the discussion with a new film, The Wild Robot. While the animation is done with computers, as is the industry standard these days, Catherine O'Hara -- who voices the character Pinktail in the film -- says she was amazed by how the finished product looks, because it looks like it was done the old-fashioned way.

The Wild Robot opens in theaters on September 27.

[whimseysthrone]

Megamind (2010)

I’ve now seen this movie a second time. I liked it the first time I saw it, and had fond memories of the movie. I don’t remember where I was the first time I watched it, though I don’t think I saw it in theaters. Regardless, it was years ago. I just watched it again this last week with my niblings. I’m unsettled. Megamind is a good, fun movie. Mostly. It’s so painfully close to just being a…

[pluffpluff]

The Little Princess

Now matter how bad things get, something good is out there, over the horizon.

Comfort movie

[nvraln]

in Kung Fu Panda 3 one of the lessons Po learn from Shifu is "I'm trying to turn you into you". I think that's a great example of any teaching and the meaning of "take what resonates and leave the rest". All of the teachings, readings, practices that you are taught or encounter are meant to be a guide to unlock your personal practice and way of connecting with whatever it is you want to connect with.. others, crystals, deities, the earth, animals. It's all about figuring it our for yourself not copying or doing what others have done. Hope that makes sense

[helloglitterland]

a little fairy dust

[grlsbian]

[nostalgiagirlie]

Tinkerbell And The Lost Treasure (2009)