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by **AVERY GUERRA** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:17 pm

If you haven't seen "Frankenweenie" then get to it right away!! There's a homage to 'Gamera' and Japanese daikaiju with a giant [stop-motion] monster turtle named 'Shelly' rampaging through the town and a fairgrounds plus other homages to everything from "Rodan" to 'Gremlins' to 'Dracula vs. Frankenstein' and you name it. The film is an absolute blast and the giant turtle monster's rampage is simply brilliant!! Here's a set of character posters which reveal some of the creatures including 'Shelly':

by **MekaGojira3k** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:18 pm

The pterodactyl toy in the beginning has an armored belly strangely similar to Rodan's

by **jellydonut25** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:40 am

by **Gwangi** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:53 am

by **msweets13** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:26 am

by **MekaGojira3k** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 10:25 am

by **Gwangi** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 1:08 am

by **MekaGojira3k** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 9:26 am

by **The Giant Pacific Octopus** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:32 pm

by **MekaGojira3k** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 3:18 pm

by **The Giant Pacific Octopus** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 3:59 pm

by **MekaGojira3k** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 4:01 pm

by **Gwangi** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 10:39 am

I don't think it will put an end to stop-motion either (and I certainly don't think Tim Burton will stray away from that medium), but box-office results can have an effect. One looks at that CGI "Transylvania" movie, and that is doing quite well, which of course, will warrent a meaningless sequel.

I never saw "Pirates! Band of Misfits", but I understand it was well made and well received by the majority of critics (and recall one of them saying it was better than any of the bloated "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies from Disney). I will be sure to check it out.

by **MekaGojira3k** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 11:29 am

I've not seen Pirates yet, but I loved the book it was based on.

by **mr.negativity** » Fri Nov 09, 2012 8:33 pm

by **Gwangi** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 11:51 am

Real glad to see this was nominated for Best Animated Feature. And in reading the LA Times on Friday, they had a story on how stop-motion is still alive (at least in this aspect as opposed to combining it with live action). Plus, three of the five nominees were stop-motion features.

Finally saw â€œPirates: Band of Misfitsâ€

by **canofhumdingers** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:14 pm

Saw both Frankenweenie and Paranorman when they came out. I liked them both but I actually think Paranorman was the better film. Don't know if I'd consider either "best animated" material though. They were fun, but neither was anything spectacular. But then, I can't think of any animated film this year that I think really deserves an award...

by **MekaGojira3k** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:31 pm

Paranorman was better, and I'd argue it being much better than Frankenweenie.

by **jellydonut25** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:20 am

Just watched this yesterday.
I thought it was fun. It felt like Tim Burton making a Tim Burton film and not a Tim Burton Parody film, if that makes sense. It feels like it could fall right in line with his late 80s, early 90s stuff.
The homages were cool, and many of them done in a well-thought out way, especially the general story progression.

It's amazing to think that in just 80-some minutes, Tim Burton has created a more cohesive, gripping, entertaining film, than in many of his other recent efforts, which had much longer running times.

All in all not a bad movie to watch randomly on a Wednesday night.

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