9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnoJecu9e7c&feature=fvw
... looks like it'll be awesome.
And we're talking about a movie featuring sentient ragdolls in a post-apocalypse landscape: [link]
I mean... on first look, one almost think "for kids" with the look of the ragdolls yet on the other hand the movie has... something I can't define when I look at that trailer. Something that seriously make it looking to be more than just a "children's movie". I dunno if it's the more serious look, the awesome metal-ish soundtrack used in the trailer... the eeringly post-apocalypse landscape... whatever it is, it makes the trailer almost mesmerizing to watch. Then maybe it's how it somehow cannot help but remind me of some asian epics like "The 7 Warriors/Samurai" or even some of the more western stuff like the Lord of the Ring's "fellowship of the ring"... 9's numbered group somehow cannot help but to remind me of something akin to this. And it's good.
In a way, thinking about it, I think that's the thing. When was the last time we a movie(aimed at kids) seemingly trying to aim for a "grand quest" epic, rather than just slapstick comedy trying to present "morals of life" or such? And Narnia doesn't count because it's just remakes.
I mean, we did have Pirates of the Caribean... but beyond that, what did we got? And especially in animated movies... the last time I can think of anything trying to reach "epic tale" status of sort for a western animated movie was... well, Titan After Earth. I mean, what happened to "Grand Adventure/Quest" movies that could be appealing to kids? To the Willow? The Titan: After Earth? Les Maîtres du Temps(european, but one of my favorite and probably quite an example of a "grand adventure" in a way, since the main characters tries to save a kid stranded on a planet during all the movies' length... with quite a bit of a twist at the end)?
Damn, so many looking at pre-2000(I can't even name most of them) yet now every movies nowdays all seems like they want to be the next "morals of life" Shrek.
Not to say it's a bad genre(Shrek was great as that kind of movie), but with how many seems to be fully aimed at this, something like 9 is a breath of fresh air.
Though recalling that reminds me of Stardust... which I seriously need to watch again, as one of those few movies of the "grand adventure" type that's been released post-2000.
People have seemingly so focused on the "telling stories of real-life with humor" that it sometimes that stories "only" about some adventure or grand quest like the stories we used to tell our kids before they go dreaming don't get told anymore...
I hope 9 can be one such story.
... looks like it'll be awesome.
And we're talking about a movie featuring sentient ragdolls in a post-apocalypse landscape: [link]
I mean... on first look, one almost think "for kids" with the look of the ragdolls yet on the other hand the movie has... something I can't define when I look at that trailer. Something that seriously make it looking to be more than just a "children's movie". I dunno if it's the more serious look, the awesome metal-ish soundtrack used in the trailer... the eeringly post-apocalypse landscape... whatever it is, it makes the trailer almost mesmerizing to watch. Then maybe it's how it somehow cannot help but remind me of some asian epics like "The 7 Warriors/Samurai" or even some of the more western stuff like the Lord of the Ring's "fellowship of the ring"... 9's numbered group somehow cannot help but to remind me of something akin to this. And it's good.
In a way, thinking about it, I think that's the thing. When was the last time we a movie(aimed at kids) seemingly trying to aim for a "grand quest" epic, rather than just slapstick comedy trying to present "morals of life" or such? And Narnia doesn't count because it's just remakes.
I mean, we did have Pirates of the Caribean... but beyond that, what did we got? And especially in animated movies... the last time I can think of anything trying to reach "epic tale" status of sort for a western animated movie was... well, Titan After Earth. I mean, what happened to "Grand Adventure/Quest" movies that could be appealing to kids? To the Willow? The Titan: After Earth? Les Maîtres du Temps(european, but one of my favorite and probably quite an example of a "grand adventure" in a way, since the main characters tries to save a kid stranded on a planet during all the movies' length... with quite a bit of a twist at the end)?
Damn, so many looking at pre-2000(I can't even name most of them) yet now every movies nowdays all seems like they want to be the next "morals of life" Shrek.
Not to say it's a bad genre(Shrek was great as that kind of movie), but with how many seems to be fully aimed at this, something like 9 is a breath of fresh air.
Though recalling that reminds me of Stardust... which I seriously need to watch again, as one of those few movies of the "grand adventure" type that's been released post-2000.
People have seemingly so focused on the "telling stories of real-life with humor" that it sometimes that stories "only" about some adventure or grand quest like the stories we used to tell our kids before they go dreaming don't get told anymore...
I hope 9 can be one such story.