Good Animation

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[mechajay]

_Animation is not a Genre, It's a _*_MEDIUM_*

[flytrapYTP]

Rango is missing on your list. That movie is so interesting in the way they made it. It's almost real but it's not real. It's almost live-action but it's not live-action. (And I know that Tintin kind of fills that role but come ahn).

[TheApoke]

Something you should know is that animators don't do everything in animated films. Animators create character's movements, but if a character looks ugly, it's due to either the character designers, or the character modelers. If the environment is unappealing or beautiful, it's the environment modeler's doing. The lighting is done by the lighters and compositers, and textures are done by the texture artists.

[samwallaceart]

That time when you think a video’s alright, but someone else points out that Karsten didn’t actually say anything, and you realise how impressionable you are that your opinion was swayed by a block of text.

[averagefilmbro]

I was worried you weren't gonna mention Robots. I am content.

[Alec.V.]

Good animation depends on how many arm hairs I can see on a character.

[curiokryptic]

Thank you for mentioning Loving Vincent. That movie is way too underrated. It's probably one of the most visually stunning movies I've ever watched

[lavender]

i can’t believe you went an ENTIRE video about animated films and didn’t mention fantastic mr. fox. the self control karsten, i applaud you.

[jillustration]

When someone actually working in the animation industry watches and can’t stop cringing at the way “animation” is used as a catch all term for a combination of story telling, visual development, visual effects, cinematography, editing, character design and development, lighting, rendering, tech anim, compositing, directing, and many other disciplines involved in the creation of a feature film, all of which influence the way a movie looks and feels and depend heavily on the creative decisions of a handful of people at the head of the project. Your definition of “good animation” is the definition of “good filmmaking” or “good storytelling” if you will, and has absolutely nothing to do with the discipline of animation. All of your examples in fact, whether you consider them good or bad, have, what we in the industry would call “good animation”. Whether or not the piece speaks to you or represents a significant advancement in the art form
/ technological advancement in visual story telling is a totally different question, and you’re absolutely welcome and entitled to your opinions.
Just please.... don’t confuse animation - the art of believably creating movement and breathe life into characters (among a shitton of other less noticeable things) with the art of filmmaking...
I already have a hard enough job trying to explain to non-cinephiles what the hell I do for a living.
Ps: this is just side info in case you’re interested but technically the remake of The Lion King is an “Animation movie” and not “live action” because it’s a full cg movie and the characters are key animated by hand. There’s no “live action” (no “live” actors, backgrounds, animals or other) involved. Hence not live action. Though I realise that nowadays the term most commonly is used to refer to what in the end comes down to a stylistic choice: namely “highly realistic”. To make Happy Feet for example a “live action” hybrid they would have had to film either the backgrounds or penguins at a live location, which would be a bit pointless for a movie like this. The dancing penguins would still have to be animated, because real penguins don’t dance (or have facial expressions) the only difference then, would be that they’d look like realistic penguins and not cartoon-ish penguins. And there’s nothing “they could have just” about that... it’s the same amount of work.

(And yeah I know, I should know better than to engage in the YouTube comment section, but this was kinda painful to listen to. I do love how it turned into a love letter to animation at the end though 😏❤️)
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Uh... one more thing 😅 animation is not a it’s a medium - which you also call it, but dude, most of the movies you mention are different “genres” but they’re all in the medium of animation.. don’t call it a genre, you clearly know better! 😅

[nerdcorner]

“Uses it’s medium to it’s fullest potential”
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[micasso]

stop-motion is my favourite animation style, I think it just looks amazing and great and and and, I can't describe it, they just give me a special feeling I don't have when I watch a pixar movie or something like that.

[jeromealday]

Realistic animations is predefined by standards that is constantly getting higher. Stylized animation is subjective.

Give it a few years and the "NEW" Lion King would look old and tainted by time.

[resurrectthenight]

The Lion King looks boring in live action.

[stanconnorstan]

Can we just talk about how Ponyo emotionally ruined me as a child

[DrShaym]

The entire point of animation is to do things you can't do in real life.

[pulpfan]

honestly, the best use of cgi I've seen recently was how to train your dragon 3. the facial expressions, the lightning, movement, everything had so much detail. i could actually see what the thought process of the characters was

[BlinksAwakening]

I personally find Kubo and the Two Strings to be the most visually appealing stop motion film.

[lgrace]

I'm gonna need to see a video on your thoughts about The Emperor's New Groove sir

[mythnyx]

I adore Studio Ghibli! It’s beautiful work, and honestly the way you put it is probably the best way to.

[trevorroddy]

Akira is the best imo. 24 fps of handpainted animation with lighting effects that are on par with spiderverse, its the most expensive hand painted movie ever