My list.
Incendies > Prisoners >> Sicario > Arrival >>> Enemy
Next on the list is Polytechnique. And then Maelstrom if I can get it.
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My list.
Incendies > Prisoners >> Sicario > Arrival >>> Enemy
Next on the list is Polytechnique. And then Maelstrom if I can get it.
Admiral Woofington
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I think I'll always rank Sicario higher because the drug wars is a topic very well known to folks from my home country and the whole film was just depressing beyond words.
ThatChairMan
Member
Finally got around to doing my AOTY list. I wish I had a chance to watch the more critically acclaimed movies, but whatever.
LMAO. That franchise movie trinity.
Bungou Stray Dogs S2 8
fucking lol @ lovecraft's lesson in madness and Steinbeck's sadism in telling a powerful deranged child "God exists but he doesn't love you." Stuff's moving along at such a steady clip that I'm convinced the plot is secondary to the thematic exploration of self-worth and redemption going on everywhere at the moment. I wish I'd started the second season earlier yet at the same time I think being freed up to tackle it all in a short time has helped me appreciate what it's attempting to do better than I would have otherwise.
fucking lol @ lovecraft's lesson in madness and Steinbeck's sadism in telling a powerful deranged child "God exists but he doesn't love you." Stuff's moving along at such a steady clip that I'm convinced the plot is secondary to the thematic exploration of self-worth and redemption going on everywhere at the moment. I wish I'd started the second season earlier yet at the same time I think being freed up to tackle it all in a short time has helped me appreciate what it's attempting to do better than I would have otherwise.
hosannainexcelsis
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Bungou Stray Dogs S2 10
My boy Rampo put in some damn fine work against Edgar Allen Poe who inexplicably had a pet raccoon for some reason. That reason apparently being a John Cusack movie called the Raven that was only memorable for him playing a version of Poe who inexplicably had a pet raccoon for some reason.
My boy Rampo put in some damn fine work against Edgar Allen Poe who inexplicably had a pet raccoon for some reason. That reason apparently being a John Cusack movie called the Raven that was only memorable for him playing a version of Poe who inexplicably had a pet raccoon for some reason.
Theonik
Member
No bully Aquabutt.
I bet Incendies is not even half good as Fata Morgana anyway.
OniBarubary
Banned
I found the best trick for saving money and getting the best deals on figures in Japan; just be a fan of garbage shows no one else liked or wait 5 years to buy a side character from a more popular anime.
Made out like a bandit. Too bad the stuff I liked from popular shows cost way too much
Made out like a bandit. Too bad the stuff I liked from popular shows cost way too much
Little Witch Academia #3
Ye gods, best episode by a landslide. This was just 20 minutes of pure fun. Basically reworked Akkos first broom riding class and expanded upon her inability to fly in the most perfect way possible.
It already started good from the beginning but then Sucy decided to mix some more fun into the fun and Amanda and co also appeared and had their fair share of activity.
Continues to have loads of great animation as well.
There was also an Inferno Cop cameo in the episode, praise Trigger. Now waiting for the Luluco episode.
I like how last episodes butterflies made it into the newspapers, even if it was only shown in passing.
Ye gods, best episode by a landslide. This was just 20 minutes of pure fun. Basically reworked Akkos first broom riding class and expanded upon her inability to fly in the most perfect way possible.
It already started good from the beginning but then Sucy decided to mix some more fun into the fun and Amanda and co also appeared and had their fair share of activity.
Continues to have loads of great animation as well.
There was also an Inferno Cop cameo in the episode, praise Trigger. Now waiting for the Luluco episode.
I like how last episodes butterflies made it into the newspapers, even if it was only shown in passing.
OniBarubary
Banned
I think it's at least a little better written, right?
It's better directed I guess.
Go play Fata Morgana.
Nah she needs to suffer far far worse.
What if I wasn't all that enamored by Sicario or Arrival?
Jex
Member
What if they want to have fun though?
i didn't see this posted so I thought this would be something you guys would be interested in seeing. As we all know that ufotable is one of the premier animation studios and they love to heavily integrate CG. They did a commercial for Fate Grand Order a while back that was a collaboration event with Kara no Kyoukai. Here's the breakdown for the animation layers for that commercial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3R6cf6njz4
Here is the original commercial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92YMDisG1OU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3R6cf6njz4
Here is the original commercial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92YMDisG1OU
Cornbread78
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Narag, post smilies if you are alright:
Neko Atsume Kitty Collector getting live action movie adaptation
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1312506
Neko Atsume Kitty Collector getting live action movie adaptation
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1312506
KharmaPolice
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Kizumonogatari I - III
I've previously seen Kizumonogatari I, but the other two films were new to me. Part 1 was still as good as I remembered, so I'll focus on the other two films. I will only spoiler tag the most crucial parts, so if you are sensible to that tread lightly
Visually and from a directorial style the three parts a very coherent and it does feel like one long film that has been split up. Backgrounds are still CG (that mesh very well with the 2d elements), character art is very expressive and attractive and action scenes are incredibly dynamic with lots and lots of impressive cuts (and a lot of delicious smears).
Monologues are still absent and the film instead conveys emotions though character expressions and imagery. A welcome deviation from the very wordy tv series.
Plot wise Part 2 moves quickly and mainly focuses on the three combat encounters.Typical of Monogatari these combat encounters aren't your typical shonen action battles (the fight against Episode probably comes closest) and instead try to create unique situations (paired with tons of gore). Paired with the fact that fights are rather short this circumvents the risk of Part 2 feeling tedious. Hanekawa also helps the narrative in this respect, being not only responsible for some drama but also most of the comedy.
Overall this makes for a very successful middle part which avoids the typical trappings of part twos of a trilogy of feeling inconsequential or too slow. Oh, and the final scene with the tree was a visual stunner!
Part 3 then brings the focus back to Kiss-Shot. The attentive viewer will have noticed by now that
Araragi, being his usual dumb self, of course doesn't and so ends up being played until almost the end. So after some shocking revelations we have one last quiet scene with Araragi and Hanekawa, which starts out dumb but then gets increasingly more hilarious (
).
After that we move to the climax and unfortunately I think it is here that the film stumbles pretty hard by falling victim to its own indulgences. While lavishly animated, the final fight is just too goofy. This takes away a lot of the gravitas this confrontation should have had. Even the Dramaturgy fight was less goofy than this. It also didn't help that the football stadium made for an ugly backdrop with its garish colors and uninteresting architecture. The aftermath scene is a lot better but can't fully right the ship. Ideally some dialogue from the aftermath and the rooftop conversation from the start of Part 3 about
should have been implemented into the fight proper. Overall its still a good finale to Kizumonogatari, but it is my least favorite part.
I've previously seen Kizumonogatari I, but the other two films were new to me. Part 1 was still as good as I remembered, so I'll focus on the other two films. I will only spoiler tag the most crucial parts, so if you are sensible to that tread lightly
Visually and from a directorial style the three parts a very coherent and it does feel like one long film that has been split up. Backgrounds are still CG (that mesh very well with the 2d elements), character art is very expressive and attractive and action scenes are incredibly dynamic with lots and lots of impressive cuts (and a lot of delicious smears).
Monologues are still absent and the film instead conveys emotions though character expressions and imagery. A welcome deviation from the very wordy tv series.
Plot wise Part 2 moves quickly and mainly focuses on the three combat encounters.Typical of Monogatari these combat encounters aren't your typical shonen action battles (the fight against Episode probably comes closest) and instead try to create unique situations (paired with tons of gore). Paired with the fact that fights are rather short this circumvents the risk of Part 2 feeling tedious. Hanekawa also helps the narrative in this respect, being not only responsible for some drama but also most of the comedy.
Overall this makes for a very successful middle part which avoids the typical trappings of part twos of a trilogy of feeling inconsequential or too slow. Oh, and the final scene with the tree was a visual stunner!
Part 3 then brings the focus back to Kiss-Shot. The attentive viewer will have noticed by now that
Kiss-Shot is suicidal and what her endgame is.
and exposes Araragi as a gigantic coward
After that we move to the climax and unfortunately I think it is here that the film stumbles pretty hard by falling victim to its own indulgences. While lavishly animated, the final fight is just too goofy. This takes away a lot of the gravitas this confrontation should have had. Even the Dramaturgy fight was less goofy than this. It also didn't help that the football stadium made for an ugly backdrop with its garish colors and uninteresting architecture. The aftermath scene is a lot better but can't fully right the ship. Ideally some dialogue from the aftermath and the rooftop conversation from the start of Part 3 about
Kiss-Shots past
Anyone seen this show called Gabriel Dropout? I haven't seen anyone posting at least. I saw a clip on fb, it seems fun.
In terms of the atmosphere, I feel Arrival and Sicario did a more compelling job. It's something I admire more in general I suppose.
I ought to watch Prisoners next.
The back and forth between her mother's story and her own journey was bloody genius, I was taken aback at first but it all came together eventually. The shot where we see her mother sitting on the ground in front of the burning bus was phenomenal.
In terms of the atmosphere, I feel Arrival and Sicario did a more compelling job. It's something I admire more in general I suppose.
I ought to watch Prisoners next.
Joe Molotov
Member
Sicario is anime now? I'm okay with this.
So...did Del Toro rape that guy or not? I was always a little unclear on that part. I thought he was just gonna waterboard him, but then he shoves his crotch right in that guy's face and I'm thinking "Uh oh, where is this going?" and then it cuts away and there's some...sounds?
So...did Del Toro rape that guy or not? I was always a little unclear on that part. I thought he was just gonna waterboard him, but then he shoves his crotch right in that guy's face and I'm thinking "Uh oh, where is this going?" and then it cuts away and there's some...sounds?
Little Witch Academia 3
Akko the Passionate. I guess it's best to have something? Nice to see Amanda doing her thing. Not sure how much we should be rooting for our trio when they're cheating every step of the way, and Akko has to luck out with another legendary magic item that somehow doesn't kill her. Best girl Diana goes out of her way to save her and still takes a clean victory. If Akko recognizes Chariot from her school photo, there's probably some records of her somewhere. Which means she should be able to research and find her name. But I doubt she'll ever think of that.
Akko the Passionate. I guess it's best to have something? Nice to see Amanda doing her thing. Not sure how much we should be rooting for our trio when they're cheating every step of the way, and Akko has to luck out with another legendary magic item that somehow doesn't kill her. Best girl Diana goes out of her way to save her and still takes a clean victory. If Akko recognizes Chariot from her school photo, there's probably some records of her somewhere. Which means she should be able to research and find her name. But I doubt she'll ever think of that.
Valdfellgar
Banned
It's okay. The actual, laugh out loud, comedy is really few and far between in my experience. I don't think the music helps either, often giving it a more slow, plodding, slice of life feel when things are clearly meant to be more comedic on screen. The comedy can also be terribly obvious/basic, despite the fact that the premise has a lot of promise.
So yeah, it's okay, especially considering this season seems so comparatively weak to Fall.
GoldCrusader
Member
I used it just now and it worked perfectly for me. And aside from a bad UI, the streamong works.
Speaking of which
Drifters 12
A little bit of a weird place to stop since it was getting so great, but the show was still awesome. Much better then Hellsing which imo had the most boring of action. Here we had tactics and more then like 1 good character. Yoichi more or less drove me to watch the show, but the rest of the cast was fairly good. And yes as much of a uncommon opinion as it here I actually liked the comedy and I thought that it actually did not detract me from the show. The english dub is clearly the way to watch this though since it makes the show much much better. Also Yoichi shares the same VA as Deku from MHA so 11/10.
Puzzle and Dragon X 16 eng dub
So after putting this on hold due to college last season, I got back to it. Fun episode! The toyceratops is one hell of a cute monster. Also I had Charo name wrong all along :O Always thought it was Charles. Sorry Charo.
Hoping we get to see Ace's cool armor from the OP soon or aby of the armor he had in the mobilr game anime crossover event.
CR shared a chopsticks scene on their FB page, I liked it, was wondering if it is consistently good.
ThatChairMan
Member
And they're all CG! Truly, the future of franchise sequel movies lies on big flashy CG battles that don't move the plot forward.
Valdfellgar
Banned
That's one of the few really funny scenes. You get, maybe, 2 moments like that an episode so far?
Ok, now I have to watch this.
Will watch episode 1 a few hours later.
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
Why though?
Doesn't feel like there'd be a viewing order to appreciate either better.
SliceSabre
Banned
All I know about Utena is that gif of that Sanetoshi clone guy riding on the hood of a car.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Just watch all of Ikuhara's shows in any order. It's not really important which way you start.
What if I wasn't all that enamored by Sicario or Arrival?
Something something bad taste, etc.
But Prisoners and Incendies are on a whole other level.
Ah, I see, thanks.
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu S2 03
Yotaro gets straight to the point, that was really bold but necessary nonetheless. I appreciate that the amount of time it took to deal with this particular narrative point, it could've gone longer than it did but that's not what I'm here for.
godisntheradio
Neo Member
Interviews with Monster Girls 1-3
funny and cute, the vampire is the best. Only thing i have mixed feelings about is it always look like they will cross the line of the teacher-student relationship, but they never do. It's obvious he has no interest, so i hope it continues like this.
i finally finished my aoty votes, i liked a lot of things from 2016, here's to a good 2017.
funny and cute, the vampire is the best. Only thing i have mixed feelings about is it always look like they will cross the line of the teacher-student relationship, but they never do. It's obvious he has no interest, so i hope it continues like this.
i finally finished my aoty votes, i liked a lot of things from 2016, here's to a good 2017.
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