Tarantino Movies and Hollywood 1969

I just gave Once Upon a Time in Hollywood another whirl, and it's such a love letter to the 60s aesthetic, hippies, Manson shit, drugs, real estate, stunts, filmmaking, spaghetti westerns, and all kinds of other necessary shit for a good period piece.

I feel that Tarantino must have a blast making these movies. Most producers give him free reign to do whatever he wants, so he basically just rambles through character development and dialogue for a chunk of his movies, then gets violent with things.

In this movie, there were a lot of fake movies being made and shown on tv. The look and tone of these movies and shows is pretty spot-on. Tarantino is a man who likes to acknowledge his influences, and there's a lot of nods in this movie. To all sorts of things.

I happen to think that the Bruce Lee controversy is bullshit. They're presenting Bruce as an egotistical knob, but there are also times where he's genuine. Plus, as the ending shows, this movie isn't true. Also, who cares. It was funny.


These kinds of movies are all about attention to detail. Sure, they can deviate from the detail, but they at least need to initiate it properly to give the movie an authentic vibe, but this one felt pretty 60s to me. At almost 3 hours long, this movie just isn't long enough.

Animation: Character Edition! Final Round

Homer Simpson vs. Sylvester

Animation: Character Edition! Round 4

1.) Homer vs. Woody
2.) Daffy Duck vs. Sylvester

Animation: Character Edition! Round 3

1.) Bugs Bunny vs. Sylvester

2.) Homer Simpson vs. Genie

3.) Wile E. Coyote vs. Woody

4.) Daffy Duck vs. Donald Duck

Animation: Character Edition! Round 2

1.) Homer Simpson vs. Mickey Mouse
2.) Tweety vs Woody
3.) Daffy Duck vs Elmer Fudd
4.) Remy vs Sylvester
5.) Timon vs Wile E. Coyote
6.) Genie vs WALL-E
7.) Sebastian vs Bugs Bunny
8.) Tow Mater vs. Donald Duck

Official 2020 Animation draft sign up/rules 

Hey guys. I know I posted earlier about trying out an Animtion draft, so here are the rules I have for it.

This will be an Animated Charcater Draft, so we will all take turns picking our favorite animated characters. Any animated character from Movies, Tv Shows, and Video Games will count. But if someone, has picked a character you wanted to pick, you will have to pick another!

So for this draft, I am hoping to get at least 8 participants, but more is definitely better! I, as the Host would not be participating, unless it's absolutely necessary. This way I can be a tie breaker if need be.

In the draft, we will be picking 10 characters each, and then of course we will have match-ups during the knock out round. The order we pick will be randomized.

I do have a couple of rules:
1.) During the drafting stage, you will have 12 hours to make your pick, or you will be skipped until we have gone through the line. This is to keep the draft running in a timely manner.
2.) During the voting rounds, each round will last 12 hours.
3.) Everyone on the site gets to vote, even if they are not participating in the draft. The only exception is if your list is one of the list in the round. No one is allowed to vote in their own KO round.

I know sometimes structure can be not as fun, honestly I am just trying to organize a bit since I have never hosted a draft.

Now, I know before that the drafts on this site usually end in drama. In an attempt to make this year less dramatic there are a couple behavior rules I would like to implement.




1.) No one can call out a person because of how they vote.

2.) No acting like a sore loser because someone didn't vote for you
3.) No assuming you know how someone is going to vote, and then upset because they didn't vote the way you wanted.

4.) If you truly have a problem, or what to question why someone voted the way they did, then PM them.
5.) Lastly, this is supposed to be fun, so have fun!

I know a couple people have said they would participate, but I will let them sign up here officially!


Participants:
Ballz
Gymnopedie
OnyxHades
Tromafreak
Box_a_Hair
Johan_WoW
Snowy_Owl
Bambithedeer

Animation: Character Edition! 

Okay guys, this is the last Knockout vote game I have for the month. @johan has an awesome idea of a dark animation vote and I can't wait to see what he comes up with. This one will be all characters from animated movies and shows. Kids and Adult animation. Hope y'all have fun! I used a randomizer to create the pairs. If you have any questions just ask.


1.) Genie(Aladdin) Vs. Stan Smith(American Dad)

2.)Bugs Bunny Vs Fritz the Cat

3.)Taz vs. Sebastian(The Little Mermaid)

4.) Goofy vs. Daffy Duck

5.) Flik(A bug's life) vs. WALL-E

6.) Hank Hill Vs. Tweety

7.) Homer Simpson vs.Roger Rabbit

8.) Eric Cartman Vs. Wile E.Coyote

9.) Sylvester vs. Dory(Finding Nemo)

10.)Woody vs. Peter Griffin

11.)Rick Sanchez vs. Tow Mater

12.)Donald Duck Vs. Jack Skellington

13.)Timon Vs. James P. Sullivan (Sulley)

14.)Jack-Jack Parr Vs. Mickey Mouse

15.)Bender Vs. Remy(Ratatouille)

16.)Elmer Fudd Vs. Road Runner

V-Wars

Has anyone on here watched V-Wars on Netflix? I just finished the first season, and I actually thought it was really good. I loved the story, and loved how it was a different take on Vampires. Now I knew going into this that I was going to be biased because 1.) I used be, and still am I guess, obsessed with Vampires. And 2.) I love the actor who portrays the main character. Anyway, I don't want to give too much away, in case you all decide to watch it. But I hope there is a season 2, because I was left wanting more after the finale!

Send in your dark animated movies

Well everyone gets a chance to send in a list of dark animated movies so we can have a KO later on. Hopefully we can compile a list of 32.


1) The Black Cauldron (1985)
2) The Secret of NIMH (1982)
3) The Last Unicorn (1982)
4) The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
5) Fire and Ice (1983)
6) Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
7) Coraline (2009)
8) Watership Down (1978)
9) Perfect Blue (1997)
10) 9 (2009)
11) Waking Life (2001)
12) Fantastic Planet (1973)
13) Ghost in the Shell (1995)
14) Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
15) A Scanner Darkly (2006)
16) Rock and Rule (1983)
17) Heavy Metal (1981)
18) Vampire Hunter D (1985)
19) The Plague Dogs (1982)
20) When the Wind Blows (1986)
21) Ringing Bell (1978)
22) Seoul Station (2016)
23) Anastasia (1997)
24) Vampires in Havana (1985)
25) The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)
26) Barefoot Gen (1983)
27) Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)
28) ParaNorman (2012)
29) Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend (1989)
30) One Night in A City (2007)
31) American Pop (1981)
32) Fritz the Cat (1972)
33) The Nine Lives Of Fritz The Cat (1974)
34) Coonskin (1975)
35) Wizards (1977)
36) Terror Toons (2002)
37) Where The Dead Go To Die (2012)
38) Felidae (1994)
39) When Black Birds Fly (2015)
40) City of Rott (2006)
41) The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (1979)
42) Animal Farm (1954)
43) Extraordinary Tales (2013)
44) Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
45) Wicked City (1987)
46) Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
47) Cool World (1992)
48) Corpse Bride (2005)
49) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
50) Monster House (2006)
51) The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1978)
52) The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
53) Frankenweenie (2012)



https://letterboxd.com/johan_wow/list/dark-animated-movies-ko/

Joker

I wanted to see this in theaters, but I had no window for it. I was never too keen on the casting of Joaquin Phoenix from the start, but I found it promising when they announced that Robert De Niro would be in it and that Scorsese would be producing. Apparently, Scorsese was more of a consultant as he isn't listed in the credits, but damn if he isn't an inspiration. This film was heavily inspired by Taxi Driver, so it makes sense.

This movie will make you wonder about its continuity a lot, but that's part of the game. Here, we watch a man with a bad string of luck and he is definitely unraveling. It's a very well thought out effort and it provides a few ideas that I surprisingly never thought about before. Weird shit that plays with your mind about the entire mythology of Joker and why he does what he does, and why he likes to toy with Batman so much.

As it's own stand alone movie, it's an experience. I feel it would be a disservice to talk more in depth about the plot, but Joaquin really pulled it off. His life is hilarious.