The Animation Commendation

Indexes

Hey readers,

Just wanted to point out that I’ve, in the past week or so, put up a new page entitled “My Thoughts Index” (You can find the button at the top of the page). Basically it’s an alphabetical index of all the animated films that I’ve done a “My Thoughts” on. Hopefully, this will provide for easier searching for past reviews and a more organized site.

I also have the “Disney Canon-Forgotten/Minor Characters Index” button at the top of the page, in case you’ve never noticed it before. There you can find all the movies of the Disney Canon in chronological order as well as find my forgotten/minor character posts that I’ve done for each film till date for my project.

Hope this helps keep things more organized!

Disney Canon-Forgotten/Minor Characters #47: The College Professor

We are at the 47th film in the animated Disney Canon, “Meet the Robinsons”. Released in 2007, the film wasn’t a huge mega-hit, and I guess it wasn’t really an embarrassing flop either. But in terms of Disney Canon quality, many people put this one pretty low on the list! And…yeah, it’s definitely no masterpiece, but I really enjoy this movie! Maybe, it’s the family element, maybe it’s the time travel element, maybe it’s the overall fun, I dunno!

Oh, let me talk about the film for those of you who haven’t seen it or have no idea what I’m talking about. Continue reading “Disney Canon-Forgotten/Minor Characters #47: The College Professor”

New Blog is Up!

Ok, the day is finally here! My new blog in which I review all the theatrically released live-action Disney films, “My Live Action Disney Project”, is finally up and running and can be found here:

http://myliveactiondisneyproject.wordpress.com

Please check it out, subscribe, leave comments, and have fun with it! Thanks!

Actor Michael Ansara Dies at 91!

Actor Michael Ansara (1922-2013) has died at the age of 91! Once married to Barbara Eden of “I Dream of Jeannie” fame, the actor was famously known as Commander Kang on three “Star Trek” series,

Cochise in “Broken Arrow”,

and Abu Sufyan in “The Message”, a film about the story of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad.

In terms of animation, Mr. Ansara has lent his voice many time. His most famous animated role would probably be Mr. Freeze in “Batman: The Animated Series” and its many spinoffs.

This is an actor that many of us will be remembering, and I’m no exception!

Disney Canon-Forgotten/Minor Characters #46: The Alien Cop

So after Disney made the horrifying announcement that “Home on the Range” would be their last traditionally animated feature, we were anxiously waiting to see what their new fully CGI films would be like. And the first fully CGI film to be released was none other than “Chicken Little”.

Released in 2005, the film wasn’t a financial disappointment; but it definitely didn’t do that well with critics. A majority of people hates this movie or at least considers it to be amongst Disney’s weakest. I (as I’ve explained in an earlier post) actually enjoy this film. Sure, it’s stupid and the characters aren’t likable for the most part, but I just can’t help enjoying this movie every time I see it (which has been only twice, so far). So what’s the movie about? Continue reading “Disney Canon-Forgotten/Minor Characters #46: The Alien Cop”

“Turbo” Doesn’t Show Speed At All!

Well, Dreamworks Animation’s latest animated film, “Turbo” (a film about a snail who races in the Indianapolis 500), has shown itself to not be a run-away hit at all! Hmm, who’d have known? The film only grossed about $30 million in the domestic weekend box office. I myself have had NO interest in seeing this, although I’m sure I will see it when it comes to DVD. Have you seen it? If so, what did you think? If not, do you plan on seeing it?

Disney Canon-Forgotten/Minor Characters #45: The Chinese Man

I apologize for the lateness of this post; it took me a while to obtain a copy of today’s film, “Home on the Range”.

Released in 2004, the 45th film in the Disney Canon frightened many of us because it was meant to be the last traditionally animated film in the Disney Canon!

And thank God that it wasn't! — And thank God that it wasn’t!

So, without further ado, let’s get right to talking about the film! Continue reading “Disney Canon-Forgotten/Minor Characters #45: The Chinese Man”

Surprise Puzzle Revealed!

Well, it’s finally happened! Somebody has figured out the surprise puzzle and that somebody is a frequent visitor to this blog, Ophiuchus! So, a big hand for him!

Now, what’s the answer to the surprise puzzle? Well, it’s: Continue reading “Surprise Puzzle Revealed!”

Surprise Puzzle Update: July 14, 2013

Well, on my last update, the nigh unanimous guessed letter was “T”, so the new updated puzzle is:

__ __ __ E / A __ T __ __ N / __ __ __ N E __ / __ __ __ __ E __ / R E __ __ E __ __

Keep guessing letters! The letters guessed so far have been “R”, “E”, “N”, “A”, and “T”.

Surprise Puzzle Update: July 12, 2013

Well, there were no letters guessed multiple times in the last update, so I get to choose which letter to include. And I chose “A”. So the updated puzzle is now:

__ __ __ E / A __ __ __ __ N / __ __ __ N E __ / __ __ __ __ E __ / R E __ __ E __ __

Keep guessing letters! The only ones guessed so far have been “R”, “E”, “N”, and “A”.