Man you could spend days, weeks, months combing through the frames of this thing and still be turning up whole new universes of visual invention.
More aesthetic originality and sheer effort in throwaway shots than any other animated feature going, including all the films released in the wake of the first Spider-Verse that have followed its lead in pushing past the ingrained visual orthodoxies of mainstream computer animation.
And I love most of those movies. But while every other studio was…
As a Mario fan I can’t really imagine what a better Mario movie would be. Pretty thin characters and story, but it’s-a Mario, waddya gonna do. I think Nintendo probably had em on a tight leash (like the fabled Chain Chomp himself) in terms of how deep or irreverent it could be
Case in point, it really isn't very funny at all, bar some Jack Black musical antics, and doesn't really try to be. By far the worst problem is…
Was nowhere near prepared for how good this would be. The story was fun and pacey, the themes were surprisingly mature, the action was among the best I’ve ever seen in an animated movie
The post-Spiderverse diversification of style in Hollywood animation continues apace. After years of samey CGI, it’s such a thrill to see what the talent at these studios can achieve when they move even slightly outside of the industry’s decades old comfort zone
Didn’t think we’d ever see a new contender for ‘Best Shrek Movie’, and yet…
