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Reel Rumbles #37: “WALL·E” vs. “Up”
14, Jun 2011
by Nigel Druitt
Almost everybody has their favorite film from Pixar Animation Studios. And it’s not surprising; no other studio has enjoyed Pixar’s mind-boggling brand of success. Of eleven feature films, every single one has been a hit. The master storytellers at Pixar have an uncanny knack for appealing to every demographic, and all of their films are true visual marvels. While at least half of their movies could be considered genuine masterpieces, all of them are at least above average (even Cars, which many might consider their most derivative and predictable work).
For me, the pick of the Pixar crop is Finding Nemo, the first movie I think of when I think of beautiful animation (an art form I’ve always loved, even in its current CGI phase), and a story that resonates for me personally, as a father. But there are two other Pixar masterpieces that vie for second place on my personal chart of the Best Pixar Animation Studios Films, and they are two of the studio’s most daring. Step into the Reel Rumbles ring for a journey into gorgeous visuals, thrilling adventure and powerful emotion as we pit WALL·E vs. Up.
Sucker Punch: A Flickcharter’s Movie Review
29, Mar 2011by Nigel Druitt
You will be unprepared.
That’s a tagline full of promise, all right. Though I have to say, I never felt “unprepared”. There was very little in Zack Snyder‘s Sucker Punch that I didn’t expect in the wake of the trailers promoting this movie. It takes big event movies across multiple genres – a pinch of The Matrix, a heaping helping of Kill Bill, a splash of Terminator, a dose of Rambo, a dash of The Lord of the Rings, a dollop of Fight Club, a touch of Inception – and tosses them in a blender. The result is a movie that certainly looks cool, but with a narrative that may seem as cobbled-together as the visuals if you start to think about it too hard.
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In Search of Best Picture
17, Feb 2011by Nigel Druitt
As the Oscar telecast creeps up on us again, it begs the question: How many times has the Academy really gotten this “Best Picture” thing right, anyway?
Think about it. How many controversial decisions are there in the Academy’s history? How many times is a movie other than Best Picture long remembered as the best of the year?
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The “Unrankables”
3, Feb 2011by Nigel Druitt
There’s been a little controversy over some particular flicks popping up on Flickchart for ranking. Some users seem to figure that Flickchart is a bit too liberal in the material it approves for ranking. WWE wrestling specials? Pixar animated shorts? Television pilot episodes? Looney Tunes? Captain EO?
Well, it all started there, didn’t it? Captain EO is a “4-D” film that debuted in Walt Disney theme parks in 1986 and ran there exclusively through the ’90s. The 17-minute sci-fi film (at the time, the most expensive movie ever made on a per-minute basis) starred Michael Jackson, and was essentially a giant music video with 3-D imagery, flashing lights and plenty of smoke. Following Jackson’s death, the film made a return to Disney parks in 2010, but it has never had a theatrical release.
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by Daniel Rohr
There’s no way I make it out of this week without spending $200 in Blu-rays. The car payment can wait.
Rank November 16th’s Blu-ray and DVD releases against the best films of all-time
A Christmas Carol (DVD and (3D)Blu-ray | PG | 2009)
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How would you rank it amongst the best Christmas movies of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #4836
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What do you fellow Flickcharters have to say?
Charyou_Tree – “A lifeless rendering of a classic Christmas story is no match for Pixar, even if the Pixar film in the other corner just so happens to be the worst they have produced thus far.”
(From Discussion for Cars vs A Christmas Carol)
The Last Airbender (DVD and Blu-ray | PG | 2010)
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How would you rank it amongst the best martial arts movies of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #7862
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What do you fellow Flickcharters have to say?
celticshk – “Two of the worst films ever. Really hard to decide which is worse, but I think The Last Airbender wins by a small margin as it charges higher ticket price for its 3D effects.”
(From Discussion for The Last Airbender vs. Batman & Robin)
The Kids Are All Right (DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2010)
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How would you rank it amongst the best domestic comedy movies of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #5120
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One of those semi-indie movies that comes around every year that white people go crazy for (myself included). This one stars Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore.
Lottery Ticket (DVD and Blu-ray | PG-13 | 2010)
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How would you rank it amongst the best urban comedies of all time?
Flickchart Ranking: #17602
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A movie with Keith David in it should be ranked more than 5 times between theater and DVD release. I’m stunned by that number. It made $4 million more than The Kids Are All Right but was ranked .3% as many times.
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Reel Rumbles #20: “Avatar” vs. “District 9″
15, Sep 2010by Nigel Druitt
In This Corner…
2009 was a banner year for science fiction, one of the best for the genre in recent memory. It brought us franchise resurrections (J.J. Abrams‘ Star Trek, McG‘s Terminator Salvation), critically-heralded indie gems (Duncan Jones‘ Moon), and, indeed, Oscar cred with, not one, but two Best Picture nominations. Which brings us to, arguably, two of the best sci-fi movies of the past decade, and this edition of Reel Rumbles: James Cameron‘s Avatar vs. Neill Blomkamp‘s District 9.
It’s a true David vs. Goliath story: Avatar is both the most expensive movie in film history, and the highest-grossing. District 9 is the little indie that could, proportionately achieving financial success somewhat comparable to Avatar‘s with a much more meager budget. One was directed by one of the most successful directors in cinematic history (who already had the previous highest-grossing film of all time, Titanic [1997], under his belt), and one was helmed by a first-time feature film director whom producer Peter “The Lord of the Rings” Jackson had taken under his belt. And yet, for two films on such opposite ends of the financial and professional spectrum, they actually share a surprising number of similarities.
But which film is superior? Does box office domination translate to better filmmaking? Step into the ring and find out…
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