/co/ - Comics & Cartoons

>>963388

>LEGO got snubbed again despite making one of the best animated movies of the year.

Which one?

Boss Baby got in probably as some 'hilarious' Trump jab, because it was one of the most forgettable movies I've ever seen.

>>963400

Batman probably. It wasn't perfect, but it was miles ahead of Ferdinand.

>>963388

I just realized that I haven't seen a single thread for Loving Vincent despite how good it is, it really is an incredible achievement in animation on a technical level.

>>963662

Make a thread then, dude. I hadn't even heard of it until now.

>>963662

>Never heard of it

>Decide to look into it after being mentioned in this thread

Fuck, just from the trailer alone it really is something. I don't even get how they made it. I need a documentary on the making of.

>>963712

>>963696

>>963662

I can't claim to have seen it, but it looks incredible from the trailers.

I can't help but draw a comparison to Cuphead though. Both seem to follow a similar thought process.

>Hey, remember *old art thing*?

>Man, that stuff was really primitive but it also looked amazing, especially given the tools that were used

>The stylized look of it was really amazing, and it remains as a cultural icon even though it's ridiculously old

>We should try taking the lessons from that, and apply them to a different medium

I wonder if this will become a trend. I hope so, because it actually takes effort, unlike most trends, which means that garbage will be weeded out by sheer process of "trying to make this low-effort just can't and won't work"

I torrented Loving Vincent a few weeks ago, but it looked weirdly cropped for some reason. Does anyone have a link for a normal looking version?

>>963724

>Loving Vincent

So this trend won't suffer from having a bunch of cheap knock offs trying to ape it then?

IMO 'Loving Vincent' should not be counted as an animated film, because technically speaking, it hasn't been animated, It's basically been put through a laborious and expensive visual effects filter made of human hands. It's not like they couldn't have made an actual animation using paint and in the style of Van Gogh. It would likely have been less expensive, less time consuming, and more visually appealing.

>>963787

Rotoscoping still counts as animation.

Cell shading filters probably don't.

>>963786

Hopefully no, because if anyone tried to do a cheap knockoff of it, it'd be really, really obvious that they put no effort into it and no one would buy it.

>>963662

>Loving Vincent

>watch trailer

how is that possible?

>>964664 (checked)

>Why is animation such a fucking joke to these people?

For some bullshit reason the Academy has NEVER regard animation as being more difficult/longer to make compared to live action film (think about the fact with animation, you are basically sculpting a lifeless set of lines into a character and then bringing them to "life" on screen unlike just having real actors acting in front of a camera. Also most people don't even know the processes behind animation.)

Animation is basically separated it into it's own categories so it doesn't have to "touch" the live action films, and itfwhat info has been revealed over the years, most members of judging committee don't even bother watching the animated movies (or shorts) and just abstain from voting (or if they do, only watch the Disney/Pixar movie and just blatantly vote for that).

The only way this is going to change is if more of the older judging members stop judging/die off and more of the younger generation of voters get in the judging committee (who might be more inclined to watch animation) start voting.

>>964720

Reading those is goddamn infuriating. I know whoever wins doesn't matter, but knowing these idiots think like this just makes me mad.

>>964720

>>964723

What gets me is how hard he lays on the "I don't give a fuck, all of this is stupid, I fucking walked out of the theater and did some boring shit instead, because I thought that was better" and then flips to "Frozen is intelligent, empowering, and inspiring!"

>>964725

Half of them say Frozen is some masterpiece and the other half say they didn't even see any of the other movies. If that happened with any other category, people would be pissed off.

>>964720

>no archive link

fake news.

>>964728

Frozen is mediocre at best, Mona was better mostly due to the Rock.

>>964731

>fake news

You apear to be lost friend, this is not 4chan.

How is The Boss Baby in that category at all?

>>964776

They probably just put on google animated movies 2017 and take the first things they see

>>964664

Animation has less of a celebrity circle jerk. You can't bribe a young starlet with a role in an animated picture so that you can fuck her. You don't have to make a film in or around California. You don't even need a single big name to make a good animated film. Sure you can advertise a film on the basis that it stars the Rock but they show up for a day to read lines and are never seen again.

>>964779

Apparently to be considered you have to submit a few forms and show the film in most of California for about a month. Then you will be considered.

I'm honestly surprised Vincent got on the list with how limited it's run was, gotta put an indie film on the list I guess.

>>964725

>What gets me is how hard he lays on the "I don't give a fuck, all of this is stupid, I fucking walked out of the theater and did some boring shit instead, because I thought that was better" and then flips to "Frozen is intelligent, empowering, and inspiring!"

Those were two different people

>>964728

>If that happened with any other category, people would be pissed off

But that's exactly what happens with every other category. Awards generally and the Oscars specifically are just one massive circlejerk, nothing more. Knowing Disney, they probably stacked the jury pool.

>>964793

>You can't bribe a young starlet with a role in an animated picture so that you can fuck her.

Tara Strong

>>964801

She's 45.

Loving Vincent whilst great was pretty clearly rotoscoped. I can see how that could cut down on costs. Amazing technique but essentially tracing.

OR those artists had the skills of freakin gods if they could do it off memory.

>>963662

Fug man, I remember setting a mental note for when this came out months ago but I forgot about it. I'll go watch it now.

>>968948

They did use live-action reference, but every frame literally was an individual painting.

>>968911

Yeah? Your point?

>>969378

That is not young, especially by the standards of trading sex for favors.

>>969425

A) She was young once

B) It doesn't mean she's not up for a roll if it will get her a role

>>969446

You're either missing the point really badly or just baiting.

>>969466

You're missing the point