In which CK talks about Marvel

Heck with it, let’s make this.

The Comprehensive Rankings of the Marvel Cinematic Universe As We Know It*

Cartoon Corner- Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse

So why haven’t y’all watched this yet?
There’s some visual elements in the film I don’t want to give away to an unawares audience, but almost all my impressions of it are really based on them, so between that and the movie being out a mere weekend as I’m putting this up… yeah.  Go catch it on the big screen now, then come back to me.  It’s good, 8/10 stuff, but with plenty of bonuses.  Go!

Cartoon Corner- Ralph Breaks the Internet

This sequel feels more like a Disney movie than the original.  The Pixar-ian emphasis on creating the world of the original forms the backbone of that story, and having that in place is the only reason this film can have an entirely new setting but have the conflict it does.
Although I guess in a way the saturation of reference humor maybe makes this the Dreamworksiest of Disney films.

Cartoon Corner- Coraline

The first time I watched Coraline, I hadn’t really read any Neil Gaiman.  And while I still haven’t read Coraline, I’ve read some of his other work, I’ve seen some of his work on Doctor Who, I have a pretty solid grasp of Neil Gaiman’s quirks and the stamps he puts on his work.

Cartoon Corner- Chicken Little

So I watched this a couple days ago and mostly forgot it.  Rather than do the simple thing of watching it again, I think writing things out to remember them will more accurately capture what this movie is about.  Chicken Little is in the running for worst film of the Disney Animation Studios canon, and while the other two most-cited contenders aren’t movies I’ve seen, that’s definitely a fair statement.  And the reasons why it fails are best illustrated by this lack of memorability.

Cartoon Corner- Incredibles 2

So, after chewing on this a few hours this morning, I started coming up with crazy theories.  Buuuut it’s also out in theaters now, so let’s talk some basics first before we get down to that.

Cartoon Corner- Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F

I think I’m kinda bored.

Cartoon Corner- DuckTales: Treasure of the Lost Lamp

So when I sat down to watch this, it’d been many a year since I’d actually seen the film.  I was immediately struck by the fact that the villain was unmistakably Christopher Lloyd, and I somehow didn’t know this fact.  Clearly my memory and insights will be impeccable for this outing.

Cartoon Corner- Castle in the Sky

My first temptation is to just pick out all the Miyazaki-isms and talk about how this fits in the Ghibli canon.  Except this is the first time I’ve covered one, and also I found something more specific to talk about with it anyways.

Star Wars- The Last Jedi

This is less a blog entry and more a cross-post for people who want my thoughts on the movie unfiltered.  In other words, this is where the SPOILERS are.  So like... you're gonna see it, it's Star Wars, I do like it overall.  On with the show.

Cartoon Corner- Anastasia

Let’s return to Don Bluth, in this, his final surrender.

Cartoon Corner- My Little Pony The Movie

For this one, I feel the need to issue a reminder: these are not really reviews and are much more interested in discussing why a work is the way it is (and, on occasion, delving into picking out themes and very very rarely what is probably actual critical analysis, although that’s rare and amateur at best), both in terms of analyzing emotional response and in looking for evidence of production history within the work because we are in fact nerds here and trivia is fun.

See, I don’t know how to feel about this one, and I’m gonna have to discuss in detail a critical plot point of the movie to figure it out.  Sorry folks, I don’t have an easy up/down is this worth watching note this time.

The Little Prince

I usually take more to the ends of films than the beginning.  So it's taking a bit to process how to talk about this one: an utterly striking start that really carries through the rest of the piece.

Cartoon Corner- Alice in Wonderland

We live in a world Alice created.  The Internet is the entire world, right?

Cartoon Corner- Despicable Me 3

Yes yes, I know, I’ll go back and cover Minions eventually.

Cartoon Corner- Bolt

So this is a new one for us, a Disney film from the dark times, before Princess and the Frog.

Cartoon Corner- South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

Cartoon Corner- My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Legend of Everfree

Originally posted at the DL November 2016

I feel utterly out of practice on this.  But hey.  Fuck it.  Music time!

Cartoon Corner- Kubo and the Two Strings

Originally posted at the DL August 2016

Everything about this has such personality.  The puppets, the characters, the cast, the nature of the tale and the form gods and magic take.  It has this distinct feel of authenticity, in a way I don't think I've gotten out of many stories over the years, while still being unmistakably itself.

Cartoon Corner- Sausage Party

Originally posted at the DL August 2016

In which Alan Menkin did the opening song number.