Episode 75:
That Fellow In The Coat: A Look Back at the Animated Features of 2009 That Fellow In The Coat takes a look at the impressive roster of animated films released in the prior year.
Date And Time: 2012-06-19 02:22:19
Comment: I was a bit disappointed when you didn't mention Shane Acker's 9, but you did a wonderful job with the rest of the animated films mentioned in the list :)
Name: gabe snyder
Date And Time: 2010-12-27 22:56:59
Comment: fellow my are you gonna a video on and what are your thoughts on the upcoming oscars and how tangled will preform at those oscars
Name: Ebalance
Date And Time: 2010-10-15 23:01:42
Comment: Personally I also prefered "The Princess & the Frog" to "Up," but both are very good films, and 2009 was a very strong year for animation... despite a few hiccups... the only thing I wanted from "The Princess & the Frog" was MORE!!! I wanted more of Dr. Facilier, especially. I think if we had had a 2 hour flick that played up "the good Dr." a bit more, we would have had a total box office smash!!! Well, hopefully hand drawn will continue in the US... even though Princess was just shy of being as much as we all wanted. I disagree with you, I think Ponyo was really poorly dubbed, which is dissappointing as I think Disney usually does a good job... I blame too many "celebrities"/non-voice actors... also the story was... unfocused... Coraline was all right, but the book was way better, and I read the book before I saw the film... it was too scary for kids under about 8 I think... Fun Facts about "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" ... well the first one isn't a fact... but... I gotta say of all the Dahl adaptations this one FEELS the most like Dahl... and now... 2 Disney songs were used in the film... I wonder how they managed that? The 2 are: Love, from Disney's Robinhood (the animated one), and "The Davy Crockett Theme Song" Seeing "Astro Boy" movie made me wonder about the original more... it also made me realize how much Steven Spielberg ripped off Astro Boy when he made A.I. ... they're practically the same story... and I don't care that they are both based on Pinocchio... they still look too similar for comfort... I feel the Toy Story films seem to get better each time... by that I mean I think Toy Story 3 is the best, followed by Toy Story 2, and then the original... unusual for a series, which usually gets worse over the course of more films... I gotta say... I HATE 3D!!!!!!!!! I think you might have missed one or two movies on this list...
Name: danparkerstudios
Date And Time: 2010-07-23 15:22:56
Comment: Here are the animated movies I've seen in theatres of 2009. Up, Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaur, and of course, The Princess And The Frog. Like I said, there should be more movies like it! I have watched Ponyo on DVD a few months ago and I am planning on watching Fantastic Mr. Fox soon.
Name: Yoshi4love
Date And Time: 2010-05-28 22:19:10
Comment: I loved the Princess and the Frog very much. Mostly cause I'm a old fashioned Disney fan-and I'm from Louisiana! *Big fan of Ponyo*
Name: Robert Larsson
Date And Time: 2010-05-05 03:47:26
Comment: funn to know. I agree that the design is very similar in P&F, Bambi, L&T but the animation is also very similar to Treasure Planet in my opinion.
Name: Meg
Date And Time: 2010-04-28 10:29:22
Comment: I love The Princess and the Frog. Any chance, did Glen Keane work on the movie, too? He's one of my favorite Disney animators.
Name: robert
Date And Time: 2010-04-26 04:06:35
Comment: The animation in The Princess & the Frog was very similar to Bambi in my opinion. That Fellow: Not surprising, considering the animators took a lot of inspiration from Bambi for the bayou scenes (and "Lady and the Tramp" for the city). :-)
Name: villains are awsome
Date And Time: 2010-04-16 17:24:35
Comment: you forgot 9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 That Fellow: I didn't see 9. Sorry.
Name: Robert Larsson
Date And Time: 2010-03-23 17:01:17
Comment: I was also wery impresst by the variation in animated movies in 2009. there were dark-edge movies(like "Coraline" and "9"),handdrawn animated musicals (The Princess & the Frog) and CGI comedies ("Ice Age 3" & "Cloud with a Chance of Meatballs"). Usuly just one genera dominates the media eche year & mabe it will come a new era soon. I personly hop it will be much darker movies like in the early 80s. what do you think?
Name: gabe snyder
Date And Time: 2010-03-08 15:31:37
Comment: well my friend in case you did'nt watch last night the princess and the frog lost to up i'm heartbroken about it personally but what about you That Fellow: I knew Up would win, so I'm not upset about it. It's a terrific film that one (even if I prefer Princess and the Frog).
Name: Robert Larsson
Date And Time: 2010-02-10 10:50:36
Comment: The Princess & the Frog was a fantastic film! Every carachter are so likebull and just like the outher great disney films it gave me alot of lauth and tears(I almost cry in the end). I am glad to have seen it on cinema. Didīt you see "Ice Age 3"?.personly I think it was an ok film.
Name: Kaleb Korger
Date And Time: 2010-01-16 20:31:47
Comment: I love the video alot, Mr.Coat. But my mom did'nt like your choice for number 1.
Name: gabe snyder
Date And Time: 2010-01-12 22:01:38
Comment: well then my friend try listening to the song then watch the movie if you own it on dvd and tell me what you found simaliar but no preesure
Name: That Fellow
Date And Time: 2010-01-12 21:21:14
Comment: Gabe: It is nice to see somebody else who has an appreciation for the people behind the pencils and drawing desks. As for Hotel California, never heard that song, so I can't comment on that.
Name: gabe snyder
Date And Time: 2010-01-12 21:03:25
Comment: amigo i seriously need an answer on the fact that we have the same favorite disney animators including Andreas Deja and the simalarites between hotel california and coraline so please write me back with your thoughts on both of those
Name: Andrew
Date And Time: 2010-01-12 01:43:41
Comment: Princess and The Frog is better than Ponyo????? Does. Not. Compute.
Name:
Date And Time: 2010-01-10 12:58:11
Comment: I thought Monsters vs Ailens was a great movie!
Name: Mardok
Date And Time: 2010-01-10 02:21:51
Comment: Good list but no 9!
Name: gabe
Date And Time: 2010-01-09 23:17:39
Comment: but what about coraline being compared to hotel california and my favorite disney animators that you and i have in common tell what you think of both of those please
Name: That Fellow
Date And Time: 2010-01-09 22:06:27
Comment: Gabe: I've seen bits and pieces of Phineas and Ferb, but not enough of the series to do a video on it.
Name: gabe snyder
Date And Time: 2010-01-09 21:42:32
Comment: how ya doing old friend you know for some reason coraline reminds me of hotel californa by the eagles but i do'nt know why i think you just listed all my favorite disney animators including Andreas Deja and remember that comment i left you about phineas and ferb what was the straight answer you gave me please give me an answer on all that anyway
Name: Niffiwan
Date And Time: 2010-01-09 21:10:25
Comment: Ok, fair enough. I really hate how this commenting system doesn't allow for paragraphs by the way; it made my list of films look rather messy. Sorry about that.
Name: That Fellow
Date And Time: 2010-01-09 20:58:20
Comment: Niffiwan: I don't recall saying that it was dead, just that Disney had abandoned the format and they managed to successfully bring their old style back with The Princess and the Frog.
Name: Niffiwan
Date And Time: 2010-01-09 20:40:47
Comment: Thanks for the video. Ponyo looks fantastic. I've got to see it sometime. Mr. Fox wasn't just a case of American accents making it lack Britishness - the whole film had a sort of American hipster sensibility to it. Someone unfamiliar with the original would have no way of knowing that it was supposed to be British. I thought it was still a pretty good film. Here is a list of the 2009 animated features I saw in theatres and my ratings for them (most of them at the Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema in November): Coraline (2009, USA) - 8 Up (2009. USA) - 8 Mary and Max (2009, Australia) - 9 Den rozhdeniya Alisy (2009, Russia) - 7 First Squad: The Moment of Truth (2009, Russia/Japan/Canada) - 6/7 Fedot the Hunter (2009, Russia) - 7/8 Metropia (2009, Scandinavia) - 6/7 Technotise: Edit and I (2009, Serbia) - 8 L.A. Dolce Vita (Immigrants) (2009, USA) - 6/7 Brendan and the Secret of Kells (2009, Ireland/France/Belgium) - 7/8 Panique au village (2009, France) - 8/9 Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai (2009, Japan) - 6/7 Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009, USA) - 7 The one I most enjoyed was actually "Panique au village", which is an absolutely insane ride. I would like to see it nominated, but it's almost certainly too obscure to stand a chance. The Serbian film "Technotise" also really surprised me, being not just well-made technically but also having a smart, futuristic story. I take issue with your statement that 2D animation was dead. It never was, except in American theatrical animated features (even then, there were one or two exceptions every year). And it was certainly not only alive in Japan.
Name: Lauren
Date And Time: 2010-01-09 20:33:59
Comment: Very well done, you captured every single movie in it's complete package. Especially "Monsters VS Aliens", I just didn't really feel any emotion towards any of the characters; it felt like eyecandy with characters just talking...no plot. I did enjoy Seth Rogen's lines though. I haven't had a chance to see "Cloud with a Chance of Meatballs" yet, I only heard the best things about it. The trailer kind of turned me off. "Planet 51" is not something I'll ever plan on seeing though. I'd really like to see "Astro Boy", I like how they kept some of the elements from the original manga and Anime, but took their chance to alter it; most directors and screenplay writers don't do that. I was turned off by "Fantasic Mr.Fox" but after hearing some great reviews, I will most definetly give it a try. I've never heard of "Mary and Max", you would have figured I'd see a couple trailers? The story sounds intriguing.
Name:
Date And Time: 2010-01-09 19:28:20
Comment: I'm glad you love PATF!
Name: That Fellow
Date And Time: 2010-01-09 18:49:13
Comment: I didn't see Planet 51.
Name:
Date And Time: 2010-01-09 18:34:38
Comment: You forgotten Planet 51. That's one of the worst animated movies I've ever seen in my entire life!