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Scott Norwood
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From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99


 - posted 12-26-2003 01:05 AM      Profile for Scott Norwood   Author's Homepage   Email Scott Norwood   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
This would have made a great short. Unfortunatley, it's a full feature. It's definitely interesting and I'm glad that I saw it, but I can't think of any reason to want to see it again. The animation and sound editing are pretty amazing at times, but the story itself is rather thin and feels like it was stretched out to fit the 80 minute running time.

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Ian Price
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From: Denver, CO
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 - posted 12-26-2003 01:35 PM      Profile for Ian Price   Email Ian Price   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I loved this film. But I have heard Scott's critisisms before. A friend of mine said it would make a great 54 minute film. I'm looking forward to seeing it again. The art of the animation is fresh and I haven't seen it before. The story is simple, but then I like simple stories.

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Elena N. Solovyova
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From: Voronezh, Russia
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 - posted 12-27-2003 12:35 AM      Profile for Elena N. Solovyova   Email Elena N. Solovyova   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
The particular style of animation has a lot of simularities to David Cherkassky films of 80's like "Captain Wroungel" and "Theasure Island" -- unfortunately they were made for Soviet televisiion (although the "TI" feature was shot with theatrical-level budget and theatrical-level animation quality), making them not available for booking.

The art director of "Belleville", Evgeniy Tomov, positively seen those films in his childhood and recreated their unique style on big screen. The resulting visuals manage to cure all problems of direction and pacing some way. I think the film is worth of "animation Oscar" this year (though "Finding Nemo" will win anyway [Roll Eyes] ).

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Lionel Fouillen
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 - posted 01-06-2004 01:23 AM      Profile for Lionel Fouillen   Email Lionel Fouillen   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
quote:
feels like it was stretched out to fit the 80 minute running time.
Loved it but had the same feeling as Scott.

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Mike Olpin
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 - posted 01-06-2004 03:29 AM      Profile for Mike Olpin   Email Mike Olpin   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
quote:
I think the film is worth of "animation Oscar" this year (though "Finding Nemo" will win anyway ).
Having seen both, I can say Finding Nemo will win because it's a better movie.

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Scott Norwood
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 - posted 01-06-2004 05:56 AM      Profile for Scott Norwood   Author's Homepage   Email Scott Norwood   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Since when did the Academy start giving the award to the best movie nominated? [Roll Eyes]

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Stephen Furley
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 - posted 01-06-2004 06:26 AM      Profile for Stephen Furley   Email Stephen Furley   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Mike wrote:

quote:

Having seen both, I can say Finding Nemo will win because it's a better movie.

I haven't seen Nemo, so I can't judge, but better in what way?

How do you compare two very different styles of film, which would probably appeal to very different audiences?

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Peter Mork
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 - posted 01-31-2004 02:29 PM      Profile for Peter Mork   Email Peter Mork   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I hope the Disney people see this and have second thoughts about doing another feature driven by celebrity voices and Phil Collins songs. (That would be Brother Bear - a film that is well amde but you never get the feeling anyone who worked on it had any fun whatsoever.)

I reckon Richard Williams and his masterpiece-that-wasn't, The Thief and the Cobber, was a BIG influence on the Triplets.

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Paul Mayer
Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under!

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Registered: Feb 2000


 - posted 04-24-2004 11:38 PM      Profile for Paul Mayer   Author's Homepage   Email Paul Mayer   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Century Suncoast, screen #1, Saturday, 5:40pm showing, $5.75 USD matinee price. Approx. 150 seat theater, slightly curved common width screen (adjustable top mask). Approx. 15 people in attendance. Very pleasant non-sync music playing in this dedicated Century CineArts house. Very nice compared to the usual loud and obnoxious Movietunes crap.

Screen was set for 'scope height for the slides. At start of show, the 1.85 THX snipe (Tex) came up with aperture and mask still set for 'scope--could see what looked like timecode and frame count numbers running at the bottom of the matte until someone manually punched in the correct aperture and mask setting.

No trailers, just an ad for Fandango and the Century CineArts Feature Presentation snipe. Sound was at a satisfying level for me. Focus slightly out, as it always is at this theater. Main feature looked excessively cropped and misframed--the English title at the bottom of the frame was mostly in the mask. But frame any higher, and eyes would have been cut off on close ups. First reel join very badly made--caused a digital mute. Second reel join had visible emulsion scratches all around. Other reel joins looked OK. Picture tailed out on the screen, another consistent problem at this theater. Fortunately, the sound switched to non-sync just fine, thus saving our ears from the tail-out noises.

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What a nutty little film! Enjoyed the gallic character designs very much. And one certainly won't see Citroen 2CV's (I think that's what they were) drive like that in the real world. [Smile] Belleville will be out on R1 DVD next month--and more than likely on my collection shelf sometime soon thereafter.

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