As opposed to...?
Un-snarkily for a moment, a lot of truly great European animation has little or no dialogue at all. And a hell of a lot more stylistic variety than the nothing but Disney/Pixar list that AFI came up with.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
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amych - Jun 18, 2008 7:54:50 am PDT #6537 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
§ ita § - Jun 18, 2008 8:04:58 am PDT #6538 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Un-snarkily for a moment, a lot of truly great European animation has little or no dialogue at all. And a hell of a lot more stylistic variety than the nothing but Disney/Pixar list that AFI came up with.
But it's still animation, no?
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 18, 2008 8:10:14 am PDT #6539 of 10000
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Crikey, that was some chattiness...
Genndy is now working on a Dark Crystal sequel for Henson.
Last I heard this project's development had slowed to a crawl. That may be old news, I'm not sure.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 18, 2008 8:11:35 am PDT #6540 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
What the hell makes Titanic an epic?!
The number of teenage girls who wrote about Leonardo DiCaprio in their diaries after seeing it?
amych - Jun 18, 2008 8:19:11 am PDT #6541 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
But it's still animation, no?
I certainly think so. AFI's definition says otherwise.
Fred Pete - Jun 18, 2008 9:07:21 am PDT #6542 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
What the hell makes Titanic an epic?!
Big budget?
As to the list as a whole, some breathtakingly right choices (It Happened One Night, Laura) and some breathtakingly ordinary choices.
DavidS - Jun 18, 2008 9:18:06 am PDT #6543 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Mediocrity so banal it will take your breath away!
P.M. Marc - Jun 18, 2008 9:28:50 am PDT #6544 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Titanic is the tragic love story of a dude (SPY DADDY DODD EX!) and a ship. There's some B plot about whiny kids in star crossed love or some crap, and it takes up way too much time, but the dude and ship parts are weep-worthy.
P.M. Marc - Jun 18, 2008 9:29:23 am PDT #6545 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
P.M. Marc - Jun 18, 2008 9:29:34 am PDT #6546 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear