Sentences with phrase «as classic animation»

«The delightful animated film from 1991 plays as classic animation, but if you want to go a level deeper into the story and into the songs and into the emotions, that's what this live - action film delivers: a greater depth of emotions,» says director Bill Condon.

Not exact matches

Critic Consensus: With expressive animation, fun characters, and catchy songs, The Jungle Book endures as a crowd - pleasing Disney classic.

There's no doubt the heart and the politics of this story of sisterly affection are in the right place, and the songs are instantly iconic, the animation crisp and the voice work terrific, so as a children's film it's right up there with a lot of Classic Disney.

As both WDAS and Pixar had recently drifted towards muddled storytelling, «Moana» is a big course correction towards streamlined, classic animation.

From its eye - opening teaser, which brilliantly reintroduces audiences to Donovan's 1966 psychedelic rock classic, «Season Of The Witch», to its incredible visual style and haunting stop - motion animation imagery, ParaNorman immediately stands out as something distinctive, different, and to movie fans — dare we say important.

Disney almost ran its famed animation unit into the ground around the turn of the century with cheap sequels to classic films such as Pocahontas, The Little Mermaid and even Dumbo, leaving its reputation as a creative force in tatters.

A modern classic, the Pixar animation «Toy Story» achieved the rare feat of being equally entertaining for adults as it was for kids.

The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: The Complete Series (DVD - R) Release date: June 28 Details: 1968 - 69, Warner Archive Collection Rated: Not rated The lowdown: This Hanna - Barbera TV series combined live action and animation as it took Mark Twain's classic characters, Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher, on a series of fantastic adventures as they battle their traditional foe, Injun Joe.

It may not go down as an animation classic, but not every animated film needs to have such lofty ambitions.

In theaters now is Disney Animations» latest original story, Wreck - It Ralph, starring the voice of John C. Reilly as Wreck - It Ralph, a bad guy in a classic arcade game (called Fix - It Felix, Jr.) who doesn't want to be a bad guy any more.

Still Early Man is not a complete disaster, and being an Aardman picture, the animation is smooth and colourful; their classic overstylised figures are still as much of a joy as when Wallace & Gromit first hit the screen.

Released in the U.S. in 1993, this instant animation classic about two sisters and their adventures with a goofy - looking forest spirit is the most kid - friendly Studio Ghibli film, as well as one of the most beautiful.

It's still counted as a classic in animation, and its major influence on pop culture seems fitting given how well - regarded it is by critics.

While «Trolls» won't go down as an animated classic on the order of «Frozen,» «Toy Story,» «Fantastic Mr. Fox,» «WALL - E,» or «Inside Out,» it must be said this new offering from DreamWorks Animation is a total delight from start to finish.

If I may pull a few adjectives from the faint - praise playbook, while «Bolt» isn't as funny, memorable or inspired as the animation classic from which it pilfers, it's still beautifully animated, cleanly told, professionally voiced and makes you smile without insulting your intelligence.

Aside from some clever 2D black - and - white sequences meant to show what goes on in Sherlock's head, the overall un-inventive animation doesn't help to pique interest or make this seem anything more original than an excuse to fill the soundtrack with a few Elton John classics, as well as a couple of new tunes written by the musical superstar and his longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin.

Created by the New York animators the Fleischer Brothers (Max, the eldest of the three, produced; Lou animated and later supervised the music; their little brother, Dave, directed), she was, as the animation historian Donald Crafton puts it in his recent study, «Shadow of a Mouse» (University of California Press), «one of the earliest cartoon characters to be a fully fleshed - out human being and the only classic» toon star generated as female (neither Minnie nor Daisy were leading ladies).»

The animation is great; the songs are (largely) better than you've heard, Tarzan himself is quite a decent and intriguing interpretation of the classic character, and while I haven't seen any of the other versions of Jane yet, I bet none of «em were as much of a cutie - pie as this one.

Pixar delivers another winner to add to their already impressive collection of animated classics that will entertain generations to come with a real commitment to depth in characterizations and story above and beyond their gorgeously rendered 3D animation, which is about as photorealistic in WALL - E as I've seen in a film to date.

It comes with a nice booklet too, but is even better when accompanied by the new monograph, Jiří Brdečka: Life — Animation — Magic, likewise issued by a publishing house bearing the name of his classic Western parody, Limonádový Joe, which was a book and play written by Brdečka before he was a party, as co-screenwriter, to its wonderful 1964 adaptation to film (dir.

It's also, for director Wes Anderson, a return to the stop - motion animation style of his 2009 sleeper classic Fantastic Mr. Fox, which has quietly gained a following among some of the director's fans as the auteur's low - key masterpiece.

There's no mistaking that Disney got its start by the art of animation, yet live - action films have been part of the film studio's classic repertoire, as well.

As irresistible as the fresh carrots that grow in Mr. McGregor's garden, Peter Rabbit gives Beatrix Potter's classic a modern makeover, complete with intricate animation, cute quips for older audiences and a sweet - natured journey that has you rooting for a happy ending for all involveAs irresistible as the fresh carrots that grow in Mr. McGregor's garden, Peter Rabbit gives Beatrix Potter's classic a modern makeover, complete with intricate animation, cute quips for older audiences and a sweet - natured journey that has you rooting for a happy ending for all involveas the fresh carrots that grow in Mr. McGregor's garden, Peter Rabbit gives Beatrix Potter's classic a modern makeover, complete with intricate animation, cute quips for older audiences and a sweet - natured journey that has you rooting for a happy ending for all involved.

Not just because it looks as basic as an animation student's project, but the fact that companies are phasing out classic and different forms of entertainment for the quick and easy new ones.

The art is also pretty incredible, and as I mentioned earlier, it's hand drawn art that evokes the classic animation styles, and does a fantastic job at bringing the world of Jotun to life.

Their impact stretches as far back as classic fables and influential literature, having gained special prominence with the advent of modern media animation.

As the internet came into mainstream prominence, the idea would be allowed to grow and spread further, some even creating elaborate animations (Warning: rather Not Safe For Work) based on the classic conflict.

when I watched the trailor im like «this is it hes returning in his own series» but nope heres prokipine man we even gave him a gay running animation and we arnt going to make sence and stamp it sonic 4 as a classic I mean wtf......

Watch as these two perform all the classic Street Fighter II sound effects, from the announcer, to special moves, and we're even treated to a stun animation!

Bringing the aesthetic style of the classic animation to modern gaming, it's time for the Autobots to roll out as -LSB-...]

The second installment in the Banner Saga series (a third, concluding installment is already on the way), The Banner Saga has many of the classic RPG elements, but with some differences: rather than the classic European-esque, medieval setting, The Banner Saga takes place in a Scandinavian, Viking - inspired setting; also, like Darkest Dungeon, The Banner Saga uses beautiful, hand - drawn 2D graphics and animations; and finally, as with many of the best games on this list, The Banner Saga focuses as much on story and character as on combat, leading to a satisfying experience and true investment in the members your party.

The animation and character designs are out of the mind of Yoshiyuki Momose, one of the animators from such classics as Spirited Away and Porco Rosso.

The game is a classic - style, 2D fighting game from the makers of Guilty Gear, and uses the same beautiful cel - shading as said series, which looks as close to hand - drawn animation as possible.

Stop - motion animation is generally associated with fairy - tale naïveté, due to its being used, most famously, for kids» classics like Santa Claus Is Comin'to Town (1970), but, as Nathalie Djurberg shows, this quality is not intrinsic to the medium.

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A naive story, it recalls children's classics such as Tove Jansson's Moomin (1945 — 70) books or Richard Adams's novel Watership Down (1972), which were also made into animations.

Everything seems to fall into place, with classic Alÿs works such as Re-enactment (2001), When Faith Moves Mountains (2002), and Green Line (2004) all present, along with a wide selection of his paintings, drawings, and animations, and yet something doesn't quite click.

Description: Animations of classic fairy tales with words highlighted as they're read to help teach kids to read.

Set to launch sometime in 2015 as an Xbox exclusive, Cuphead pairs 1930 - style animation with the run - and - gun mechanics of»80s classic Contra for a truly compelling video game.