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Re: But it was the good kind of sad. callandor1000 Send a noteboard - 20/01/2010 07:42:24 PM
What was the best movie of the year then? And please don't say Dragonball. :P


I would have to say Sherlock Holmes. Good action and effects without them taking over the film, good script, nice overall story, funny as hell.

And there were definitely parts of Up that were funny. I totally saw you laughing. Don't even deny it. ;)


But it was totally the saddest movie ever. I mean, the humor in it was just comic relief. It was by no way a comedy. The funny parts were made so that you could stop feeling like you were gonna cry.


It wasn't like "life sucks we live in a hopeless wasteland ravages of war in a cruel world" kind of sad. It was like, real life kind of sad. And then it was happy in the end too. But even for all the flying houses and talking dogs, the emotions in Up were as real as, well, any other movie I can think of. Certainly more real than Avatar. 8} This is why I kind of struggled on where to put Up in Drama or Comedy, because I think you're right, it wasn't totally a comedy. But it wasn't totally a Drama either. I would definitely put it in Best Picture, but we didn't have one of those. ;) Up is kind of a weird movie ... straddling the line between happy and sad, drama and comedy, fantasy and reality.

The saddest part of Up, in my opinion anyway, was that if it were real life, Carl would have just gone to the nursing home the same as any number of real old people ...


But, we're talking cartoon characters. They're not supposed to be real. It just adds a level of creepiness to it. It's why I hate Toy Story, or The Incredibles, or even the Nightmare Before Christmas. They creep me out first of all, I tend to become bias against them because they're not real people but they act like real people and try to make them that way and when I go to see something animated, I go to see something not real. I'm not interested in seeing how lifelike animation can be come. I like animation that is obviously fake and makes weak attempts at trying to appear lifelike.

I don't like things that aren't human acting or trying to be humans. It's why I'm deathly afraid of aliens, space, and most of sci-fi. It's also why I'm so scared of robots. :P

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RAFO-TV&M Awards 2009: Voting closed, counting - 15/01/2010 01:38:44 PM 1317 Views
Is it possible to give one movie more than one place/points? like 4 points for example? *NM* - 15/01/2010 03:02:44 PM 581 Views
3 points is the most you can give one movie/name - 15/01/2010 04:58:33 PM 864 Views
Ok. *NM* - 15/01/2010 07:12:34 PM 561 Views
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Man, I did not see very many movies this year. - 15/01/2010 08:34:27 PM 946 Views
I just saw Zombieland; I need to edit my votes! - 24/01/2010 05:14:06 AM 860 Views
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I went with only one choice for most categories...easier that way. - 16/01/2010 03:46:43 AM 853 Views
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My picks in points, not ranks - 16/01/2010 10:33:05 AM 980 Views
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My votes will be fairly limited, I'm afraid, but oh well... - 17/01/2010 12:54:25 AM 813 Views
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My favorite kind of people: The "comic book guy"! - 18/01/2010 09:23:14 PM 906 Views
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But it was the good kind of sad. - 20/01/2010 03:25:50 PM 809 Views
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I didn't know you had a crippling fear of robots. - 20/01/2010 11:59:39 PM 959 Views
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