This is horse !@#$. Pure !@#$ horse !@#$.
In no real competition of film making merits could Big Hero 6 and the Boxtrolls every objectively stand up to the LEGO Movie in terms of originality, story, technical expertise, and just FUN. It can be assumed that Big Hero 6 was picked because DIDNEY WORL, but I think most can agree that it's a pretty disappointing and underdeveloped film, especially when compared to what Disney's been doing the past couple of years. It's to short for the story it should tell, it has two kind of interesting characters paired with several who COULD be interesting, but they just get pushed to side comic relief. Yeah, the particle, nanobot things are MILDLY impressive animation-wise, but the simulation of lots of small complex thingies in a CGI movie is something I've already seen done before and in a more interesting way this year. 3 GUESSES WHAT FILM IT WAS, C'MON THIS IS A HARD ONE.
And as for the BoxTrolls, well, it was just so horribly meh. Like, seriously, I think being terribly average is the absolute worst thing a film could be. I adore Coraline and ParaNorman. They both have likable lead and supporting characters, and their story, universes, and animation is flawlessly amazing. But the BoxTrolls fails to capture that spirit for me. Mr. Oliver Twist sendup #452 was boring/annoying, along with the rest of his supporting armatures. The story was cliche and predictable. And I just found the general art style of this film a lot less appealing than its predecessors. The Box Trolls themselves are just so ugly. Like, there's a fine line between endearingly ugly and a beached blobfish, and this movie crossed into the latter for me with the trolls and a lot of the characters.
And can I just say that I'm shocked that a SIMULATION of stop motion animation has transfixed and captivated me more than the real thing? Cause that's mostly true. And this is mostly stupid and their opinion is bad and they should feel bad.
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