What was the last movie you've seen?

Post by **Erik_Twice** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:11 am

dsheinem wrote:There's no acting in animation, unless you count voice acting. I thought Pink Panther cartoons were absent of dialogue...

Poses, facial expressions, movement, walks. That is acting in live action so applying it to animation seems fine. I have seen it commonly used by animators but I'm not sure how common the usage is.

When you watch Scooby Doo and they remain static while only their mouth moves and poorly at that. I think that's bad acting, because the image doesn't act like the character would. The drawing is your actor, so as to speak.

Also Pulstar_T is right, he was voiced later on.

Post by **dsheinem** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:32 am

General_Norris wrote: When you watch Scooby Doo and they remain static while only their mouth moves and poorly at that. I think that's bad acting, because the image doesn't act like the character would.

No, it is bad animation. Acting is a conscious action - a drawing cannot consciously "act" like something or someone.

Post by **Erik_Twice** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:40 pm

dsheinem wrote:No, it is bad animation. Acting is a conscious action - a drawing cannot consciously "act" like something or someone.

I'm just using the term like people related to the animation world do. For example, Michael Barrier (Animation historian) talks about acting in Fantasia while John K (Creator of Ren & Stympy) loves to talk about how the acting in Bob Clampett cartoons is the best around and has many entries labelled as "acting" dedicated to the faces Daffy makes.

Post by **GigaPepsiMan** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:26 pm

I joined a film club on another forum som I had to watch Days of Heaven. i had a lot to say at the time. Anyway it was pretty good, I'm waiting for On the Waterfront to be delivered so I can watch that.

Post by **jfe2** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:28 pm

Catfish. GO SEE IT! No spoilers, it will totally ruin the movie if I go into any sort of detail, but I'll just say that its a documentary film about relationships on Facebook. It really blew my mind!

Post by **Beak** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:52 pm

Just saw The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.

Post by **BurningDoom** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:13 pm

The Invisible Invaders (1959). Black and white 50s sci-fi movie. Great cheesy fun. The aliens are radioactive and invisible. However they can also inhabit dead human bodies, which cannot be killed.

Post by **PixelPixii** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:16 pm

BurningDoom wrote:The Invisible Invaders (1959). Black and white 50s sci-fi movie. Great cheesy fun. The aliens are radioactive and invisible. However they can also inhabit dead human bodies, which cannot be killed.

Sounds like a movie with some really good quotes!

Post by **Pulsar_t** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:41 am

Cargo

Considering this is the Swiss' first foray into 'serious' scifi filmmaking I am more lenient when it comes to judging this. Too bad they didn't go for an original storyline while they were at it. On the plus side the transfer is awesome.

Post by **Bradtemple87** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:10 am

Beak wrote:Just saw The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.

I have heard a lot about that trilogy, I need to give it a watch.

I watched the A-Team finally today and it was actually better than I thought it would be.

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