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Meet the Robinsons — Please!
First, read Syd's post.
Now, go see it.
Seen it yet?
Well, if you can't be persuaded ...
ANIMATION WOW. I wasn't overly won over by it at the beginning... some of it was the stiff rigs of the characters as we don't meet any of the 'main' ones (besides Louis) right off the bat, but WOW did it ever get good. And Dick Zondag needs an Annie for that Bowler Hat Guy. Holy smokes. He wins. I think I might have to join Syd's church.
The story ... well, the story is good. It's rather frenetic and I kind of lost track of where I was once or twice, but it kept me so entertained I didn't notice. And it was genuinely entertaining, not just gag-to-gag-to-gag ... I mean, it was that too, but somehow it worked, just like it was totally random and absurd but worked. How did it work? Why does this not work in other movies? They try, but it fails! But the Robinsons can do it! How?! I don't know! But I do know that the Piñata directors need to watch it because THAT is zany yet fulfilling entertainment, dangit.
And: 2DBB203 ... is this a secret code? 2D Be Back..... what? Am I totally off track? What else can 2D stand for?
AND AND AND: THE NEW DISNEY ANIMATION TITLE CARD THINGY ... YES. YES. omg yes. Together with the quote at the end... I love you, Lasseter. It might not have looked like it for a while but you win. Along with Dick Zondag.
Ok, I'm crashing. Uhhh... yeah. Roughly 15 pages of sketchbook today, but not scanning them tonight, oh no.
Now, go see it.
Seen it yet?
Well, if you can't be persuaded ...
ANIMATION WOW. I wasn't overly won over by it at the beginning... some of it was the stiff rigs of the characters as we don't meet any of the 'main' ones (besides Louis) right off the bat, but WOW did it ever get good. And Dick Zondag needs an Annie for that Bowler Hat Guy. Holy smokes. He wins. I think I might have to join Syd's church.
The story ... well, the story is good. It's rather frenetic and I kind of lost track of where I was once or twice, but it kept me so entertained I didn't notice. And it was genuinely entertaining, not just gag-to-gag-to-gag ... I mean, it was that too, but somehow it worked, just like it was totally random and absurd but worked. How did it work? Why does this not work in other movies? They try, but it fails! But the Robinsons can do it! How?! I don't know! But I do know that the Piñata directors need to watch it because THAT is zany yet fulfilling entertainment, dangit.
And: 2DBB203 ... is this a secret code? 2D Be Back..... what? Am I totally off track? What else can 2D stand for?
AND AND AND: THE NEW DISNEY ANIMATION TITLE CARD THINGY ... YES. YES. omg yes. Together with the quote at the end... I love you, Lasseter. It might not have looked like it for a while but you win. Along with Dick Zondag.
Ok, I'm crashing. Uhhh... yeah. Roughly 15 pages of sketchbook today, but not scanning them tonight, oh no.
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Hmm, perhaps you should wait a bit to see Robinsons ... nothing worse than having a movie oversold to you, because then you go in thinking 'okay, prove yourself' rather than 'let's see how little you can suck.'
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Too late — I saw it last night. (Besides, I always go in thinking, “Okay, prove yourself.”) I am pleased to say, I was not disappointed (except, a bit, in Bowler Hat Guy, who really was built way up in my expectations), though I still think I would give The Incredibles a slight preference. I also fear that Robinsons is not a movie that the general public will appreciate. (I had the whole theater to myself.) Like Iron Giant, too subtle. Wilbur is an awesome character. (He reminds me oddly of Bruce Campbell.) I want a son or best friend like that. (Have you ever had the random hope that God will bring the really likeable fictional characters to life in Heaven? I wanna meet Wilbur there.)
Definitely one I will look for on DVD.
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You call Carl's pyrotechnic KEEP MOVING FORWARD song-and-dance routine subtle?
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