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  • SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDERVERSE

    From Bill Anderson@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 12 04:17:59 2023
    It’s a cartoon, it’s a superhero movie, I am 76 years old, and it wasn’t made for me. But I kept seeing comments on the artwork that made me think
    it might be worth a look. I have to say the animation is astonishing. I didn’t care a thing about the Spider-Man story, but I was blown away by the style of the animation. I have never seen anything like it except maybe in
    the comic book medium which I stopped looking at around 1963 give or take a year or two. About 20 minutes into the movie I realized I did not have to
    care about the plot or the characters in order to enjoy the riot of art
    pouring onto me from the screen. This movie will win an Academy award for animation. You read it here first.

    --
    Bill Anderson

    I am the Mighty Favog

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to billanderson@my-deja.com on Mon Jun 12 05:17:44 2023
    In article <3LydnY9QBdDqARv5nZ2dnZfqlJxh4p2d@giganews.com>,
    Bill Anderson <billanderson@my-deja.com> wrote:
    It’s a cartoon, it’s a superhero movie, I am 76 years old, and it wasn’t >made for me. But I kept seeing comments on the artwork that made me think
    it might be worth a look. I have to say the animation is astonishing. I >didn’t care a thing about the Spider-Man story, but I was blown away by the >style of the animation. I have never seen anything like it except maybe in >the comic book medium which I stopped looking at around 1963 give or take a >year or two. About 20 minutes into the movie I realized I did not have to >care about the plot or the characters in order to enjoy the riot of art >pouring onto me from the screen. This movie will win an Academy award for >animation. You read it here first.

    --
    Bill Anderson

    I am the Mighty Favog

    I tried to see it Friday night and they gave me a Transformers ticket
    (Sheesh, this trailer for the new Transformers movie is running way long...)

    Finally saw it Sunday. Great movie if a bit long. I would say that Spider-Gwen is the co-lead in this one, and she earns it. The only other
    issue was just when I'm thinkiing "How are they going to bring this in
    for a landing with so much going on?", we get a To Be Continued.

    I'm in.
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    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to Bill Anderson on Mon Jun 12 10:17:10 2023
    On 6/12/2023 12:17 AM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    It’s a cartoon, it’s a superhero movie, I am 76 years old, and it wasn’t
    made for me. But I kept seeing comments on the artwork that made me think
    it might be worth a look. I have to say the animation is astonishing. I didn’t care a thing about the Spider-Man story, but I was blown away by the style of the animation. I have never seen anything like it except maybe in the comic book medium which I stopped looking at around 1963 give or take a year or two. About 20 minutes into the movie I realized I did not have to care about the plot or the characters in order to enjoy the riot of art pouring onto me from the screen. This movie will win an Academy award for animation. You read it here first.

    Okay, I went and watched this trailer:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shW9i6k8cB0

    Have I "seen" the movie?

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  • From Bill Anderson@21:1/5 to moviePig on Mon Jun 12 15:11:35 2023
    moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote:
    On 6/12/2023 12:17 AM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    It’s a cartoon, it’s a superhero movie, I am 76 years old, and it wasn’t
    made for me. But I kept seeing comments on the artwork that made me think
    it might be worth a look. I have to say the animation is astonishing. I
    didn’t care a thing about the Spider-Man story, but I was blown away by the
    style of the animation. I have never seen anything like it except maybe in >> the comic book medium which I stopped looking at around 1963 give or take a >> year or two. About 20 minutes into the movie I realized I did not have to
    care about the plot or the characters in order to enjoy the riot of art
    pouring onto me from the screen. This movie will win an Academy award for >> animation. You read it here first.

    Okay, I went and watched this trailer:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shW9i6k8cB0

    Have I "seen" the movie?




    Pretty much, I guess.

    --
    Bill Anderson

    I am the Mighty Favog

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  • From Bill Anderson@21:1/5 to william ahearn on Mon Jun 12 15:59:06 2023
    william ahearn <wlahearn@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Monday, June 12, 2023 at 11:11:48 AM UTC-4, Bill Anderson wrote:

    Pretty much, I guess.

    Thanks, porkpie. I was tempted. Now I'm not.


    I hate that, as I am glad I overcame my reluctance and just went ahead and watched the thing. I came away pleasantly surprised by how much I admired
    the artistry and the brilliant imagination it took to pull it all off. I haven’t watched much Japanese anime (I considered Howl’s Moving Castle a waste of my time) so maybe I’m just unaware that the look of this movie is derivative of something or other. All I can say is that I bailed at the 20 minute point and then reconsidered and went back and watched it all and I’m glad I did. Maybe the bourbon had something to do with it.

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    Bill Anderson

    I am the Mighty Favog

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to moviePig on Mon Jun 12 11:55:19 2023
    On 6/12/2023 10:17 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 6/12/2023 12:17 AM, Bill Anderson wrote:
    It’s a cartoon, it’s a superhero movie, I am 76 years old, and it wasn’t
    made for me. But I kept seeing comments on the artwork that made me think
    it might be worth a look. I have to say the animation is astonishing. I
    didn’t care a thing about the Spider-Man story, but I was blown away
    by the
    style of the animation. I have never seen anything like it except
    maybe in
    the comic book medium which I stopped looking at around 1963 give or
    take a
    year or two. About 20 minutes into the movie I realized I did not have to
    care about the plot or the characters in order to enjoy the riot of art
    pouring onto me from the screen.  This movie will win an Academy award
    for
    animation. You read it here first.

    Okay, I went and watched this trailer:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shW9i6k8cB0

    Have I "seen" the movie?

    Re animation, I gotta mention my Luddite reservations about
    computer-assisted animation and visual f/x. I've yet to have a modern
    CGI "showcase" scene prompt the same degree of excitement as older
    fantasy movies used to whenever the image shifted to optical-printer
    quality, signaling an imminent "creature" confrontation (...a subliminal
    cue I herewith dub the 'Harryhausen harbinger'.)

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  • From william ahearn@21:1/5 to Bill Anderson on Mon Jun 12 08:15:51 2023
    On Monday, June 12, 2023 at 11:11:48 AM UTC-4, Bill Anderson wrote:

    Pretty much, I guess.

    Thanks, porkpie. I was tempted. Now I'm not.

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