Thursday, July 26, 2007

A banner year. . .


This must be one of the most interesting years for animated feature releases in the history of the medium. We saw the Simpsons Movie last night- it's thankfully brief, after an hour of non-stop gags it becomes slightly wearisome-like a long episode of the TV show. However it's very funny & the feature format allows the film-makers to break many TV restrictions; nudity, mild swearing & even sex!

7 comments:

Elliot Cowan said...

"This must be one of the most interesting years for animated feature releases in the history of the medium."

Interesting in what respect please, Matthew.

Matt Jones said...

Well, in the 'animation community' there are always so many boring naysayers who lambast the state of 'animation today' but just look at what's on offer this year; the B&W story of a girl's life growing up in Iran, surreal Japanese thriller dealing with dream logic, stylish Japanese street punks direted by a Westerner, a satire of American family life & culture, a French set cooking rat, a Korean flick about poo & wee & surfing penguins.
That's not even mentioning the more suspect releases; Meet the Robinsons, Bee Movie, Shrek 3, Beowulf etc.
I feel that's a pretty interesting slate of movies in ONE year with a broad range of interesting subject matter.

Oscar Grillo said...

Even Sex!!!!!!!!!

Matt Jones said...

Yeah, you remember that don't you?

Elliot Cowan said...

I find it interesting that you find it interesting.
Isn't that interesting?

Jeroen said...

i'm looking forward to a lot of them, except 'Surf's up'. I'm all penguined out this year

Elliot Cowan said...

Surf's Up is the poo and wee movie, yes?