I don’t even know where to begin. Imagine me staring speechless at a blank text box for several minutes as the prelude to this review.
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The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Best-ever sense of flight and space and size, paired with a fairly serious story and touching dragon-boy bonding. Brilliant score. Transcends some of the dumb YA side characters/points. One of my favorite animated movies ever.
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D.O.A. (1949)
Reviewed and rated on the podcast
Beautiful Girls is a movie I probably would have loved if not for the wart on its ass.
Pixar as the thoughtful and emotional epicenter of animation is back, at least for a film. This is one I really need to see again to rate where it lands in the Pixar pantheon, but I can say for sure I really liked it in spite of its Pete Docter quirks (which don’t seem to bother anyone else, so whatever).
Reviewed on The Goods here
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Scrooge (1970)
Lovely hand-drawn animation style and cute little story. Gotta enjoy these Pixar shorts.
Non-horrible way to revisit the Trolls world. The story is forgettable, but it has some fun trippy stuff going on.