How to Train Your Dragon sequel set for 2013

Well, I hope you all enjoyed How to Train Your Dragon a lot, because a sequel has just officially been announced for 2013. Hopefully it will retain the quality of the first.

I suppose we shall get a good idea if that will be or not when Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom is released next year.

Thoughts on the sequel? Remember, the film was based on a book, and there are more in the series, but it was heavily adapted for the big screen.

Follow Up: Kung Fu Gecko

This post is a follow up to the previous post about movie rip-offs from a few days ago (See: 'Spot The Difference' 8/18/08), where I spoke about out-of-country studios that pump out weird, low-quality knockoff's of already popular or soon to be released movies.

This is Kung Fu Gecko. A amazing LOOKING movie (Background and Rendering-wise), but the story seems to make no sense and the actual movement and animation sucks. However, the art is fantastic and near the same quality as that of a big budget studio film.

http://www.kungfugeckothemovie.com/

Spot The Difference

Remember back in the 90's when you would go to the video store to rent Aladdin, and you would come out with Aladdin, but it would be a crummy knock off about a guy named Aladdin but not the same story at all... and the animation sucked. This is the result of studios like "Video Brinquedo", a Brazilian based company that takes every good Pixar and Dreamworks movie, and pumps out a really sh***y version two or three days later.

Please... for your consideration... here are the looser trailers and the trailers for the real Dreamworks / Pixar movies. Tell me if you can spot the differences.

NOTE*** Everytime I am at a store that is selling this insult to film, I take it off the shelf and hide it. I expect you to do the same. Even if you work for the company that made this.


TINY ROBOTS / WALL-E (I had to use a user posted trailer, because the company does not have embed code for this one)






LITTLE CARS / CARS (Here is just a clip from 'Little Cars'






LITTLE PANDA FIGHTER / KUNG FU PANDA





LITTLE BEE / BEE MOVIE (The trailer is kinda dubbed cause the company won't allow me to embed it)






and the best one...

RATATOING / RATATOUILLE









Read more about Vídeo Brinquedo here!

Film Review: KUNG FU PANDA

This is the first film since Road to El Dorado and Prince of Egypt that has been made by Dreamworks animation Studios that has been 100% original and that I have thoroughly enjoyed.

The art of the film is beautiful and one can see that much more effort has been put into each shot than ever has been put before in a Dreamworks animated film. Each shot is finely crafted with a delightful depth of field that adds to the realism, and for once there are no blatant fart jokes or obnoxious sexual innuendos. Good job.