Board 8 > Board 8 Watches and Ranks Animated Movies 4 - The Results Topic

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Outlier:

Inviso: 209
Plasma: 178
Ermine: 155
Evillord: 154
Johnbobb: 145
Suprak: 137
Mythiot: 135
Red: 123
Karo: 108

Yeah, I think what it came down to is the fact that both anthology movies on this list had one story that was really well-done and interesting, and two that were kinda meh...and that led to a more middling ranking for me.

Welp didn't see that one, so I couldn't have predicted where it would fall, but of the ones I've seen, I'm going to guess Encanto next until it's out (and no it's not the lowest in my personal ranking of the ones I've seen left in case you're curious).

If Marona drops next, then I would have accurately predicted the entire top 5.

I DO doubt that now, but Im glad I almost got it exactly correct

Guessing Pinocchio

It is crazy to me though that without Plasmas tanking of this, the movie would have gotten 4th

Gonna guess the bad guys again

Plasma: 27

BURN THE HERATIC

Although I'm not one to talk. I have my top 3 then my 17, 20, and 25. So unless everyone else gave those films 1s and 2s, I know three movies that didn't win. I might be the lowest on all three, actually.

Dang was hoping that one would sneak just a bit further.

Stick with Pinocchio.

Fox dies, and Ermine gets on the board with 6 movies to go!

Vegas Odds on #6:

+600 The House (2022)
+700 The Bad Guys (2022)
+800 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
+900 Encanto (2021)
+1200 Marona's Fantastic Tale (2020)
+2000 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

CORRECTED Vegas Leaderboard:
1) Johnbobb $7000 (The Angry Birds Movie 700, The Hobbit 1000, Yellow Submarine 750, Sing 2 650, Vivo 500, Turning Red 850, Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood 850, Flee 850, The Little Prince 850)
2) Red $4500 (Ne Zha 2000, Yellow Submarine 750, Waltz with Bashir 1250, Ron's Gone Wrong 500)
3) Evillordexdeath $3650 (The Angry Birds Movie 700, Strange World 600, My Father's Dragon 800, Birdboy: The Forgotten Children 700, The Little Prince 850)
4) Inviso $3350 (Ne Zha 2000, Ron's Gone Wrong 500, Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood 850)
5) Mythiot $2000 (Ne Zha 2000)
6) Ermine $800 (The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales 800)
6) GenesisSaga $500 (Ron's Gone Wrong 500)

The House Won On:

• Sita Sings the Blues (+500)
• Lightyear (+1000)
• The Willoughbys (+850)
• DC League of Super-Pets (+2000)
• Early Man (+1000)
• The Girl Without Hands (+850)
• The Sea Beast (+2000)
• Wendell and Wild (+650)

Still sticking with Marona.

Suprak_the_Stud posted...

BURN THE HERATIC

Although I'm not one to talk. I have my top 3 then my 17, 20, and 25. So unless everyone else gave those films 1s and 2s, I know three movies that didn't win. I might be the lowest on all three, actually.

Yeah this is the point of the list we've come to. The lowest films were the ones everyone hated except one or two people who put them in the mid to top range, now we have some that everyone liked except one or two. This will presumably continue until we get to Puss in Boots in the #1 spot. The Johnbob 29 is still in play and I have my 21st left - I was really hoping The Big Bad Fox would at least beat that one :(

This probably ended up being the film I loved most out of the whole project, even if I thought two others were even more impressive as works of animation. It's the one I've gone back and rewatched parts of the most often (I have still yet to watch any of the movies on this list a second time in their entirety though), if I want to cheer myself up or something. Like Ermine I did some fox-related shopping from this project and bought the comic, which tells the same story but is graphic-novel length and includes a few gags that never made it to the film:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/9/1/AAVkPqAAEwZH.jpg

Since it was pretty popular it's also available in English and via Amazon Prime delivery. The other two stories have comic versions too but you'd have to ship them from France so I haven't got my hands on either of those yet. This also inspired me to watch Ernest & Celestine which had a lot of the same creative staff, and that was really good too though I ended up preferring Fox.

Also yeah that British dub is a little sus, since the greatness of the movie is almost entirely in the perfect execution and comic timing some scenes suffer a little, the Stork's VA for example hams it up a lot better in French which goes really well with how they animated him. The weirdest thing about the dub is that they added a soliloquy from the Pig about how pigs are misunderstood and he loves to garden at the start of the first story. In the original he just silently gardens.

Guessing The Bad Guys again.

6. The House

Karo: 3
Evillord: 4
Ermine: 4
Mythiot: 5
Red: 6
Johnbobb: 7
Plasma: 19
Inviso: 20
Suprak: 25

Total: 93

Karo: An anthology film features three different stories that (supposedly) take place in the same house.
The first features a family who strike a deal with a very sus architect to live in a house he builds for the for free which I'm sure is just out of the goodness of his heart and won't come with any dire hidden costs or anything.
The little girl is the only one who seems concerned with the whole situation, and her parents begin acting increasingly weird until they... turn into furniture?
It is creepy and well directed, though it seems really off in style and tone from the other two segments. It's not bad or anything, it just seems like it doesnt fit with the rest of the anthology.
The second is about a house renovator trying to get an old house just perfect, a task that quickly spirals out of control into a Sisyphean battle against an invasion of insects. Mental breakdowns ensue.
This is probably the weakest of the three, and the lack of any characters for the protagonist to interact with for a lot of the segment (other than phone conversations with his 'girlfriend') seem to leave it with a feeling of something being missing.
However it is the third segment that is the main event, in which a landlord struggles to make ends meet in a city flooded by an unspecified catastrophe. They also are all cats because it is fucking cute shut up.
So beleaguered landlord Rosa tries to get rent from her eccentric tenants and we are treated to some of the greatest dialogue ever in an animated movie. From the first interaction between Elias and Rosa you know this is going to be something special. Everything is so perfectly timed for the maximum humor without being overbearing. from shy fishercat Elias to expressive hippie Jen to bohemian drifter Cosmos, each character comes with their own undeniable charm (and unending annoyance to Rosa).
As the movie goes on we realize that Rosa is actually the one who is crazy, as she works fervently to repair a building on the verge of being swallowed by floodwater, and continuously bugs those around her for rent in a world where money has likely lost all intrinsic value. This adds a whole new dimension to the way the other characters relate to her, they aren't just being dicks but rather they are trying to help her. Be it Elias' insistence of the value of fish, or Jen's gentle reminders about the reality of the current world, they gradually chip away at Rosa's stubbornness and let her come to terms with everything.
The message of the story could be interpreted as anything between moving on from the death of a loved one to conservative denial of global warming and neither would be wrong. It is a thought-provoking delight that is probably my favorite thing I watched on this list, and it being shackled to the other two shorts is the only reason the anthology as a whole loses out on the top spot.

Evillord: Netflix calls this anthology black comedy, and while there are definitely some funny parts, like the bizzarre grunting and breathing of the weird contractors in the first part or the delightful musical sequence in part two, I'd really say it's horror, at least until part 3 transitions into a bittersweet drama. They're all tied together by the titular house, an almost eldritch entity with a will of its own, which changes so much in the eras between segments that it's almost unrecognizable. I enjoyed all three episodes a lot but I think they get stronger as they go. The first is a simple, well-paced and unnerving tale of claustrophobia and isolation. The second opens as an all-too-real depiction of a developer trying to sell a house he's put his life into to the utter indifference of everyone around him, then descends into hilarious insanity with the aforementioned music scene, the dentist plot twist, and a great ending. The third examines obssession and letting go of the past with a put-upon landlord named Rosa and her deadbeat tenants living through apocalyptic flooding. I was impressed by how effectively the film held my sympathy to Rosa early in the segment, making her tenants seem incredibly frustrating (one responds to being asked for rent with the words "are we still doing that?"), but shifted my perspective as it became more and more clear that the world is ending, Rosa's dreams are impossible, and money probably isn't even in use any more. The surprisingly happy ending to this segment gave a sweet sense of catharsis to the whole trilogy, wrapping up generations of suffering with a sense of meaning and release.

Ermine: I was almost certain that this film would be my #2 and maybe it really does deserve to be there. The difference between my 2, 3 and 4 are like one point. Some days I might prefer this over the others. I think this will do quite well with everyone else though so I'm not too bothered by putting it slightly lower (4th is still super super high!).
Surprisingly enough, I enjoy all three stories here, I'd rank them Third > Second > First. That's not to say the First is bad in any way, it's just not quite something that is tailored to me, whereas the other two are.
I looove how eerie and spooky the whole thing is and the animation + art style is top notch.
The reason I enjoy the third act the most is because I just enjoy the characters more here as well as their relationships. I would have really enjoyed a full movie with Rosa and the other residents. In particular, I really enjoyed Elias.
The moment when Elias leaves the house to go out on his own and Rosa is checking his room, finally sees that he liked to draw and had drawn Rosa. Jen comes up behind and Rosa comments that she didn't know he could draw and Jen just replies with "Didn't you?". That moment right there is just like damn, man.
It's just cool to see the different effects, life-ruining effects that The House had on these people, and, I'm glad that the tale ended up having a happy ending. Especially after the first two acts definitely did NOT.
Oh yeah! Credits theme is freaking awesome, I love this song.

Mythiot: *no writeup submitted*

Red: This is an oddly dark movie, feels almost twilight-zone esque involving various characters experiences with the house. It can be weird, creepy, but it does a great job of honestly just investing you in what exactly is going on with the weirdness. I was definitely on board for the weirdness, not going to complain about the rats or cats, though perhaps at times it touched just a bit too weird for its own good.

Johnbobb: 3 > 1 > 2, super creepy and I dig that

Plasma: Not sure if this one sucked or if it was just too artsy for me. Either way, each of the three stories felt about 5-10 minutes longer than necessary, as if the writers were stalling to fill 30 minutes.
The first one was the best of the trio. The characters were worth caring about, the disappearing staircases were creepy, and the ending with the father and mother turning into a chair and curtain was the movies standout moment. I couldnt wait to see where things went from there, but then I learned I was watching a story collection.
Second story was meh. Ratman was unlikable, the plot ran in circles, and the dentist twist was a misfire. Ending was good, with the misshapen rats overtaking the house.
Third story was also meh. The landlord has no paying tenants, she accepts fish and lucky rocks for payment, and therefore she cant afford to repair the house. So she sucks at landlording. Then she kicks out Catman to make room for nobody, and the story ends with the house pulling a Balamb Garden and vacating the property.

Inviso: This is an anthology movie, and its very much a case of diminishing returns in terms of the chronological progression of the film. The first story is actually somewhat interesting, as it builds up this weird, horror vibe with a pair of parents slowly going insane as they become overwhelmed by the assumed beauty of their new home. Meanwhile, their children are the only ones who sense that somethings wrong, and yet theyre powerless to do anything about it. The whole story gets more and more sinister, culminating in their parents becoming a chair and curtains, respectively. Its a weird horror story, but it works in a kind of animation makes it more of a Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark sort of way.
Unfortunately, after a strong opening, the other two segments are far worse. The second vignette is about a rat realtor (the anthropomorphization of the second and third segments feels weird and unnecessary, btw), slowly going crazy as he realizes the house he invested his lifes savings into is infested with bugs, and then the few buyers hes able to attract turn out to be weird, rat-oid (as opposed to humanoid) bugs themselves. And after THAT unsettling tale (which Ill give credit for it at least being unsettling), we get a weird story about a house caught in a flood, and the cat landlady is getting increasingly annoyed at her deadbeat tenants, who are also her only friends. And the end result is everyone getting on a boat and sailing out to sea? Its a whole lotta nonsense, IMO, and its just an extremely weak ending to cap of a weak middle, which is disappointing after the strong opener.

Suprak: *no writeup submitted*

Outlier:

Inviso: 223
Plasma: 191
Ermine: 157
Evillord: 156
Suprak: 156
Johnbobb: 146
Mythiot: 136
Red: 123
Karo: 111

When Plasma put The House so early in the Vegas odds, it made it pretty obvious he had it low lol

Got my...

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Remaining.

Going into top 10 was looking great, now it looks less so.

I will say this was the movie I was most surprised to not make the top 5

art film + furries should be a overpowered combination

Yeah, I thought for sure it was a lock for top 5 as well. I only doubted when I saw Plasma put it on Vegas so early. I'm like, welp, that's one person who has it super low.

Having that at 25 blows my mind.

smh Suprak

It's a well known fact that Vis hates anthropomorphic animal characters.

Wait til you see where he ranked Puss smh

I'm going to assume Suprak watched it with kids and then realized there were problems with that

PrinceKaro posted...

I will say this was the movie I was most surprised to not make the top 5

art film + furries should be a overpowered combination

People commented that Sing 2 had animal characters for animal characters sake, but I feel like the anthro characters in House were for more unnecessary. At least Sing 2 is intended as a kids movie, and thus you can justify the animals as appealing to children. House started so strong, then changed to animal characters for some reason, and it was all downhill from there.

Ok Vis

Zigzagoon posted...

Having that at 25 blows my mind.

smh Suprak

Oh hey we agree!

Guessing bad guys one more time

Sticking with Marona once again.

Espeon posted...

Sticking with Marona once again.

Now THIS is a movie with animal characters for animal characters sake

Johnbobb posted...

Oh hey we agree!

Having any of the remaining movies at 29 is even more egregious!

Plasma: Not sure if this one sucked or if it was just too artsy for me. Either way, each of the three stories felt about 5-10 minutes longer than necessary, as if the writers were stalling to fill 30 minutes.

Aw plasma, I can never stay mad at you.

I will admit this was the final movie I marathoned during my due date marathonfest. I still don't know how much higher this could've gone and I still feel like this placement is earned. It is a three part film where 2/3 of the content is just not good. It is one of those movies that thinks being weird is the same as being unsettling and the final two parts here don't even really get that right.

I agree that even in three bite sized chunks, each chunk still felt long and like they were stalling. I also got "Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark" vibes but only the worst parts of that. Like we got the Walmart knockoff "Frightening Anecdotes To Verbalize When The Lights Go Out". The first story was the strongest and even that wasn't all that great. I feel like this might've worked if maybe if they reworked the stories here a little bit and did something like 5 20 minute ones instead of 3 30 minute ones.

1>accidentally bumping the controller and going back to the menu on Netflix for a glorious 15 second respite>3>2

Having Bad Guys at 29th is definitely a take.

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20

Could be worse! I didn't hate 17 and even 20 has some things I like about it.

Yeah I am actually super curious to read Johnbobb's write-up when there are other, similar movies on the list that are much worse in execution and writing imo.

If my 1 and 3 are top 3 then I will be happy.

Otherwise...

I may be less than pleased!

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The House is the only thing I've ever seen that makes a blatant reference to David Lynch's web cartoon "Dumbland" and I madly respect it just for that.

1) ???
2) ???
3) ???
4) ???
5) The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales (2017)
6) The House (2022)
7) Flee (2021)
8) Vivo (2021)
9) DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
10) My Father's Dragon (2022)
11) Turning Red (2022)
12) Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood (2022)
13) Sing 2 (2021)
14) The Sea Beast (2022)
15) Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)
16) Early Man (2018)
17) Wendell and Wild (2022)
18) ???
19) The Little Prince (2015)
20) The Girl Without Hands (2016)
21) Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
22) Lightyear (2022)
23) Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2017)
24) The Willoughbys (2020)
25) Ne Zha (2019)
26) Strange World (2022)
27) The Hobbit (1977)
28) The Angry Birds Movie
29) Yellow Submarine (1968)
30) Waltz with Bashir (2008)

Still gonna guess Encanto next

1. ???
2. ???
3. ???
4. The House
5. The Sea Beast
6. ???
7. DC League of Super-Pets
8. Turning Red
9. Ron's Gone Wrong
10. Sing 2
11. The Willoughbys
12. The Angry Birds Movie
13. Lightyear
14. Vivo
15. Strange World

4/15

High five, Ziggy

Though in retrospect I may have overrated this considering I only really loved the second story in this anthology. I had such high hopes for the first act and it ended up just being... there. The most horror-themed of the three was far and away my least favorite, and it's kind of a tough sell to have that one open the film. As I already implied before, I loved the story of the delusional rat realtor attempting to sell the carpet beetle-invested house he's toiled to renovate only to have all his efforts blow up in his face, but the third and final act is where all the heart is. I'm not going to say it's my favorite act, but if I had to name an objective best Rosa's tale would be it. My only issue is that the protagonist becomes fairly unlikable over the course of the plot. At first I sympathized with her because it seemed like her roommates were kind of taking advantage of her friendship. I mean come on, my guy, paying with fish is never an acceptable form of payment. Once it becomes apparent that the house is essentially doomed and Rosa is stubbornly clinging to the past my opinion of her did an about face, and then I couldn't really root for anyone because by this point pretty much everyone in this story had proven themselves to be at least a bit of an awful person- erm... cat. Despite not liking any of the characters it still told a wonderful heartwarming story that I did fall asleep on at one point.

Yeah...

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I think I'd like this top ten better if we turned it upside-down! I was worried for The House from pretty early, but I guess that turned out to be trauma from the Great Art Movie Massacre of 2022. I think the point of the animal characters was to drive home just how much time had passed between each short, as in the dominant species on Earth had died off and a new one replaced it, but the harmful temptations of The House still remained the same. I think you can criticize it for a lack of animal related gags or character actions similar to Sing 2 if you want though, the only thing that comes to mind is the Developer Rat reverting to feral rat-hood at the end of part 2.

Damn, if I had swapped The House with Birdboy, which I would genuinely do if I remade my list today, both Birdboy and Big Bad Fox would've gone up a spot as a result. Guess I should actually watch the movies before the last two weeks next time I participate in one of these show I have time to reflect on the movies and rank them more accurately.

If The Bad Guys really is Johnbobb's 29 that will be a funny looking spread, I dub this an Inverted Hertzfeldt. I was wondering which of you fuckers let that shit into the top 5 but I guess it was everyone? I honestly really tried to get behind that movie but like... it's the kind of film where the opening scene has a piranha blasting out a gigantic green fart to escape the police by choking them with the stank and then like 15 minutes later you watch the piranha's fart gas fill up an entire room for like 5 whole minutes while the spider tries to type and hold her breath. Not sure how I feel about Girl Without Hands getting raked over the coals for showing milk squirting from a breast for about three seconds twice in its runtime or Waltz With Bashir getting blasted for showing normally-proportioned penises while The Bad Guys gets away with this shit. I mean go ahead and use fart jokes, that's all well and fine, but these scenes just show a lack of proper comedic restraint.

Guessing The Bad Guys again.

PrinceKaro posted...

Inviso: Its a whole lotta nonsense, IMO

Here, let me make it easy for you:
https://collider.com/the-house-netflix-ending-explained/

Let me know if you need this for Minions 2.

Zigzagoon posted...

When Plasma put The House so early in the Vegas odds, it made it pretty obvious he had it low lol

I'm stunned it lasted this long. Anthologies can be hit-and-miss, and I thought the 2nd story would sink this one. However, I vastly underestimated the Art Snob Brigade.

THE HOUSE wins thanks to THE HOUSE!!! My life is complete now.

Vegas Odds on #5:

+500 The Bad Guys (2022)
+600 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
+700 Encanto (2021)
+1000 Marona's Fantastic Tale (2020)
+2000 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

CORRECTED Vegas Leaderboard:
1) Johnbobb $7000 (The Angry Birds Movie 700, The Hobbit 1000, Yellow Submarine 750, Sing 2 650, Vivo 500, Turning Red 850, Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood 850, Flee 850, The Little Prince 850)
2) Red $4500 (Ne Zha 2000, Yellow Submarine 750, Waltz with Bashir 1250, Ron's Gone Wrong 500)
3) Evillordexdeath $3650 (The Angry Birds Movie 700, Strange World 600, My Father's Dragon 800, Birdboy: The Forgotten Children 700, The Little Prince 850)
4) Inviso $3350 (Ne Zha 2000, Ron's Gone Wrong 500, Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood 850)
5) Mythiot $2000 (Ne Zha 2000)
6) Ermine $800 (The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales 800)
6) GenesisSaga $500 (Ron's Gone Wrong 500)

The House Won On:

• Sita Sings the Blues (+500)
• Lightyear (+1000)
• The Willoughbys (+850)
• DC League of Super-Pets (+2000)
• Early Man (+1000)
• The Girl Without Hands (+850)
• The Sea Beast (+2000)
• Wendell and Wild (+650)
• The House (+600)

I stick with Pinocchio dropping.

I stick with Pinocchio dropping first.

Pinocchio is a stick

I'll go with The Bad Guys.

New topic: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80539188

Bad Guys deserved better. Yeah I said that shit.

And 500!