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baw · Nov 17, 2005, 08:38 AM

http://www.apple.com/trailers/weinst...inked/trailer/

Wow, is that some crappy animation or what? The Pixar shorts from the 80's looked better than this.

MindFad · Nov 17, 2005, 08:51 AM

It's almost so bad, I get the feeling they're ... going for that look of bad, stiff animation. Well, rock on.

DeathToWindows · Nov 17, 2005, 09:19 AM

It looks so bad, its funny.

I might have to take my 9yr old brother to it when it comes out... he'd get a kick out of it.

ghporter · Nov 17, 2005, 10:29 AM

After films like The Incredibles, like Ice Age, and all the other recent computer animated features that have come out recently, the animation sure does look bad. But the story may be actually more important than the visuals. Or the trailer may be from incomplete work... Whatever, it looks funny and I may actually go see it.

turtle777 · Nov 17, 2005, 10:34 AM

The animation suxxors, but the story has potential.

-t

andreas_g4 · Nov 17, 2005, 10:41 AM

It actually made me laugh. The animation is simple, but not crappy as a whole. It's just not what we are used to doe to Pixar etc. What is crappy and really annoying is the mouth synchronisation, which is like 1995… As ghporter said, this might be pre-release material. I'm looking foreward to it's release!

Chuckmcd · Nov 17, 2005, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

The animation suxxors, but the story has potential.

-t

The story is what matters. I think the animation is rough, very rough.

I'd read of some groups trying to reduce the cost of producing 3D CG films, maybe they cut too many corners. All in all, if the animation doesn't keep you from getting into the story (and assuming the story is better tan chicken little) it'll be alright.

ReggieX · Nov 17, 2005, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

Or the trailer may be from incomplete work... Whatever, it looks funny and I may actually go see it.

In which case, they shouldn't be showing it!

starman · Nov 17, 2005, 10:47 AM

It's not THAT bad.

If you want to see some kickass computer animation, check out Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.

Mike

andreas_g4 · Nov 17, 2005, 10:51 AM

On a sidenote - H.264 is just plain f***ing awesome. The trailer is only 13.5 MB!

ghporter · Nov 17, 2005, 12:06 PM

Reggie, I agree that they shouldn't show incompletely rendered animation as part of a trailer. It definitely looks like it's two steps short of completely rendered, though. It's on a par with kids' TV show computer animation, and it could be the producers were going for that look, too. I'm going to be interested in seeing how this develops.

Dark Helmet · Nov 17, 2005, 12:08 PM

I actually find the voice acting worse.

::maroma:: · Nov 17, 2005, 12:28 PM

Hey, Southpark is crappy animation, but its still great to watch. Give the flick a chance.

tooki · Nov 17, 2005, 01:59 PM

This looks like some of the junky 3D-animated cartoons they make for daytime kids shows. Yeesh!

On the bright side, it can't have cost much money to make! (Which is good, considering it pribably won't win an Academy Award or anything.)

tooki

spatterson · Nov 18, 2005, 11:35 AM

Our 3D animation school can do better than that... jesus that sucked... Toy Story was 10 times better

RGB · Nov 18, 2005, 12:07 PM

Stupid quick reply...

RGB · Nov 18, 2005, 12:07 PM

The animation in South Park can't be considered crappy if it's appropriate to the content and story it presents. It's actually come to be rather well done.

I wouldn't enjoy South Park as much if it looked like a Pixar movie

::maroma:: · Nov 18, 2005, 01:00 PM

I agree, but when I first saw Southpark I thought "wow, what crappy animation." Now I love it. All I'm saying is the old adage "don't judge a book by its cover."

Weyland-Yutani · Nov 18, 2005, 02:21 PM

Ice Age had pretty crappy animation. And a bad story. And it wasn't funny.

And they had Ray Romano doing one of the main parts. *shiver*

cheers

W-Y

Lancer409 · Nov 18, 2005, 03:17 PM

that wasnt too bad...

lavar78 · Nov 18, 2005, 05:38 PM

I liked it.

greenamp · Nov 18, 2005, 05:48 PM

It looks almost like claymation, I wonder if that's the look they were going after?

The story looks to have potential though.

JoshuaZ · Nov 19, 2005, 12:47 AM

I thought it was funny. Not all animation has to be 'ultra life like'.

Cadaver · Nov 19, 2005, 01:36 AM

Looks like they're trying to merge the old claymation like from those late '60s films like Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer with modern computed animation.

Railroader · Nov 19, 2005, 02:33 AM

Looks bad.

Story looks OK.

I predict a 92.719% chance that I will not be seeing the finished movie.

production_coordinator · Nov 19, 2005, 02:57 AM

I made better animations on my TRS-80

ShortcutToMoncton · Nov 19, 2005, 02:58 AM

That was pretty damn funny. Plus, listen to the wolf! It's KRONK! From The Emperor's New Groove!!

I've decided I like it. Rock.

greg

baw · Nov 19, 2005, 03:54 AM

I didn't say it wasn't funny. But the animation looks like a Saturday morning cartoon.

ShortcutToMoncton · Nov 19, 2005, 04:25 AM

...and? It's an animation – whether it's Shrek2-like detail or Beauty and the Beast doesn't matter either way as far as I'm concerned. It's still animation, and a good animated movie is made by its story, not by the level of graphic detail.

That's just my opinion. But you can have amazing animation in a totally crap movie – see Final Fantasy for that. A great movie is great no matter who rendered it.

greg

brutal · Nov 19, 2005, 10:09 AM

Looks like a Shrek-ripoff to me..

Peter · Nov 19, 2005, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani

Ice Age had pretty crappy animation. And a bad story. And it wasn't funny.

And they had Ray Romano doing one of the main parts. *shiver*

cheers

W-Y

Ice Age was awesome!

Peter · Nov 19, 2005, 10:37 AM

Just watched this trailer - this movie looks really really cool!!
Animation wasn't that bad.

ryaxnb · Nov 19, 2005, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by baw

I didn't say it wasn't funny. But the animation looks like a Saturday morning cartoon.

Jimmy Neutron looks better (that's a made for TV flick)

Insurgent · Nov 19, 2005, 04:32 PM

The animation is quite good for the style of animaton they are going for. Liked it.

Kerrigan · Nov 19, 2005, 05:25 PM

In that case, Gigli was quite good considering that they were probably going for the "B-Movie" style.

Insurgent · Nov 19, 2005, 05:41 PM

Probably

gradient · Nov 19, 2005, 05:48 PM

I like it - it looks pretty funny. As far as the animation I agree it looks intentional, more like a CG version of a comic book then CG trying to look like reality.

Insurgent · Nov 19, 2005, 05:52 PM

^^^ Definitely. Hints of stop-motion animation going on, especially in regards to lip movements.

Hope it's a good story.

- - e r i k - - · Aug 14, 2006, 02:45 AM

Saw this one today, found it hilarious. Much funnier than Shrek! Love the style of humor here. Dry, witty, sarcastic and self-referencing. Totally not what I expected at all. Didn't even think once about the animation - it fit perfectly for what they were going for.

phantomdragonz · Aug 14, 2006, 03:10 AM

when I saw it I almost walked out.... it was slow, stupid, the animation SUCKED... seemed like they wanted better, but this is all they could afford. jokes were stupid...

I would put it on my worst movies list...

but thats just me...

Zach

baw · Aug 14, 2006, 07:32 AM

Zombie alert!

imitchellg5 · Aug 14, 2006, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani

Ice Age had pretty crappy animation. And a bad story. And it wasn't funny.

And they had Ray Romano doing one of the main parts. *shiver*

cheers

W-Y

I thought Ice Age was pretty good, I haven't seen the second one though.

Gossamer · Aug 14, 2006, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

Saw this one today, found it hilarious. Much funnier than Shrek! Love the style of humor here. Dry, witty, sarcastic and self-referencing. Totally not what I expected at all. Didn't even think once about the animation - it fit perfectly for what they were going for.

I was kind of bored during parts, but it definitely had its moments, and the self-referencing jokes were great!

Landos Mustache · Aug 14, 2006, 02:17 PM

I thought the same about shrek. The modeling was good but the animation was horrible.

imitchellg5 · Aug 14, 2006, 03:22 PM

I loved both Shreks, I want more.

davesimondotcom · Aug 14, 2006, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani

And they had Ray Romano doing one of the main parts. *shiver*

Proving, yet again, that not everybody loves Raymond.

imitchellg5 · Aug 14, 2006, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

Proving, yet again, that not everybody loves Raymond.

Everybody Loves Raymond is just an evil advertising plot to by Ray to make everyone love him.