tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post102548711535764185..comments2023-08-01T09:20:49.475-04:00Comments on Wide Screen World: The argument for 'Toy Story 3'Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-36284691930228046322011-02-13T11:31:12.224-05:002011-02-13T11:31:12.224-05:00Well, that's why I emphasized the fact that TS...Well, that's why I emphasized the fact that TS3 is the perfect storm for animated films that may not come again for awhile. It's certainly possible, of course, but TS3 hits on so many cylinders that it's unique.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-77788334307327300052011-02-11T15:16:21.151-05:002011-02-11T15:16:21.151-05:00Animations that resonate like Toy Story 3 are rare...Animations that resonate like Toy Story 3 are rare. To admire an animation is to praise a different art to 'live action'. For animation to go above that, to hit you somewhere universal, takes a tremendous amount of skill. I think that deserves to be recognised with the others, but only occasionally. If there wasn't an animation category, most would never get a look in.Chris David Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02042114431864864898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-49701048860781602612011-02-10T16:57:24.134-05:002011-02-10T16:57:24.134-05:00Yours was one of several blogs I'd seen talkin...Yours was one of several blogs I'd seen talking about this (some were LAMB blogs), but for the life of me, I couldn't remember what the others were.<br /><br />One could argue that 'Wall-E' upped the ante when it won the LA Critics award, which was very unexpected. Not even TS3 did that. A lot of people were crying that year over 'The Dark Knight' not making the cut, but as far as I'm concerned, the real crime was 'Wall-E' missing out.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-19321155662325292712011-02-10T16:02:58.412-05:002011-02-10T16:02:58.412-05:00When I started reading this post, I thought "...When I started reading this post, I thought "Cripes those words seem familiar"...and then I realized what you'd done.<br /><br />Many thanks sir, I'm not the sort that people quote.<br /><br />I can't remember what I said last week (hell, I can't remember what I ate for dinner last night), but the more I think about this, the more I want to see it happen.<br /><br />I did a post a few days back reassessing ten films Oscar dubbed Best Picture, and I had to crack a grin when I glanced at the eleventh. For a moment I was thinking about 1995, where BRAVEHEART took the big prize, slightly upsetting APOLLO 13 which was the presumptive favorite.<br /><br />The funny thing? Neither film has aged as well, or had the lasting legacy of another 1995 film - a film left entirely on the sidelines...<br /><br />TOY STORY.<br /><br />What will it take for Oscar to recognize that? Not to sound cliche, but lightning in a bottle. If these films can stay in the conversation, they have a chance...but it will have to be that animated film that comes along once in a blue moon and really ups the ante.<br /><br />Think SNOW WHITE, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, TOY STORY, or SHREK.<br /><br />TS3 is a special film, and in many other years it could make a serious case for best-in-show...but sadly not this year.<br /><br />While the onus will be on voters to recognize when animators do something special, the onus is just as heavily - perhaps more so - on animators not to rest on the laurels, and for them to continue to push the artform towards "something special".Ryan McNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00440134802928893661noreply@blogger.com