Went to see Penguins of Madagascar today. Better than expected- my 20 year old daughter and I were concerned after watching some of the TV series, but the movie is well written.
Can't wait for the Minions movie, and the new SpongeBob movie looks good too.
Waiting for a sequel to my favorite, The Incredibles, but I've not heard anything about one being written.
Dude, I still sing all the songs from "The Jungle Book". It's all good.
Lol. You're not alone.
I watched "The Gruffalo" sans-kid yesterday.
I like good animated movies. Actually both my wife and I like watching them and we don't have kids.
And as a friend of mine put it, if you haven't grown up by 50, you don't have to 
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If you haven't seen Big Hero 6, go see it.
++ for "Big Hero 6"
"How to Train Your Dragon 2" is a win.
For lovers of "The Incredibles", if you don't have the DVD (and watched all the extra stuff), you've missed the best part. "Jack-Jack Attack" is awesome!
Smarta$$ McPoopyPants wrote: Lol. You're not alone. I watched "The Gruffalo" sans-kid yesterday.
The Gruffalo is great. If you loked that, then you got to watch these two:
The Gruffalo's Kid
Room on the broom
I've actually been watching "Muppets Most Wanted" while writing this. lol!
My wife and I love old cartoons - she still watches the Flintstones everyday - but neither of us can watch any of the modern stuff.
My sig used to be, "everything I know, I learned from cartoons".
The Missus and I just watched our DVD copies of Despicable Me followed up with The Lego Movie.
We don't have kids. and I'll be 40 this year.
Honestly, I think the humor in the kids movies is better because they don't just resort to the stupid, trashy/sexual humor that's the "go to" in most "non kid" comedies. "I said dart gun!" = classic stuff.
"jack-jack attack" is one of the very funniest bits of all time. It'll make me lol, now and forever...right up there with Young Frankenstein, and the tractor-tippin' scene in "Cars". It seems like Pixar has a near-total lock on the ability to, know know, tell a story these days.
In reply to kazoospec:
I agree.
But I also think now that the technology exists, animators can create more pure characters without the limitations imposed by real actors.
Funny can be purely funny, without the distractions of reality.
Bad guys can be really bad, without limitation.
The movie can focus on great writing, and create whatever character it takes to fully portray.
Zomby Woof wrote: My wife and I love old cartoons - she still watches the Flintstones everyday - but neither of us can watch any of the modern stuff. My sig used to be, "everything I know, I learned from cartoons".
You have to try Pixar stuff. Its brilliant.
Slippery wrote:Smarta$$ McPoopyPants wrote: Lol. You're not alone. I watched "The Gruffalo" sans-kid yesterday.The Gruffalo is great. If you loked that, then you got to watch these two: - The Gruffalo's Kid - Room on the broom
+1 on those, they got the DVR at home shortly after they premiered. Not a movie, but i'm currently binge watching "The Octonauts" with the grandson. He loves sea creatures and if you can excuse the breaks from reality (Polar Bear, Sea Otter, Penguin, Daschund and Pirate kitten cohabitating with an octopus, semi-talking vegetable/animal hybrids and on and on) the show is quite educational about the marine habitat. I found a couple of apps that will allow you to watch the BBC aired episodes on a smartphone or tablet. Now I have to hide my phone from the little guy
The short with the birds at the beginning of Monster Inc is still one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Streetwiseguy wrote:Zomby Woof wrote: My wife and I love old cartoons - she still watches the Flintstones everyday - but neither of us can watch any of the modern stuff. My sig used to be, "everything I know, I learned from cartoons".You have to try Pixar stuff. Its brilliant.
+1. Without exception, Pixar movies are very good (even Cars 2 IMHO) I can't even see many of the old cartoons on cable around here anymore. (no Boomerang in my neck of the woods and Mr. Turner seems to have the rights to everything but old looney tunes and Disney stuff)
The older I get, the more I enjoy animation. I am totally with you on that.
I don't have kids. I'm 31. I watch these regularly. I just got Wreck-It Ralph for xmas... one of my all time favorites.
Haven't seen Big Hero 6 yet, but I'll get to it soon.
My favorite TV shows are mostly animated too, although not for kids (Venture Brothers, Archer, etc.)
Streetwiseguy wrote:Zomby Woof wrote: My wife and I love old cartoons - she still watches the Flintstones everyday - but neither of us can watch any of the modern stuff. My sig used to be, "everything I know, I learned from cartoons".You have to try Pixar stuff. Its brilliant.
Can't stand it. Don't know what it is, but neither of us can watch it.
my love of cartoon movies started and ended in 1986 when i saw Transformers: the Movie in the theater on opening night, then proceeded to rent it on VHS about 30 times in the first 3 months after it appeared in the local video store... i've seen others, but none have come close to the awesomeness contained in that one 90 minute masterpiece..
novaderrik wrote: my love of cartoon movies started and ended in 1986 when i saw Transformers: the Movie in the theater on opening night, then proceeded to rent it on VHS about 30 times in the first 3 months after it appeared in the local video store... i've seen others, but none have come close to the awesomeness contained in that one 90 minute masterpiece..
Bah weep grah nah weep ninny bahn!
In reply to novaderrik:
Sorry Optimus Prime dying traumatized you that badly.
Zomby Woof wrote:Streetwiseguy wrote:Can't stand it. Don't know what it is, but neither of us can watch it.Zomby Woof wrote: My wife and I love old cartoons - she still watches the Flintstones everyday - but neither of us can watch any of the modern stuff. My sig used to be, "everything I know, I learned from cartoons".You have to try Pixar stuff. Its brilliant.
Huh. That's amazing.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 was really good too
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