Need an animated double header-Rango and Emperor's New Groove or Ratatouille

Well now I definitely want you to do one.

We don't do it to be mean.  We do it to show that it's wrong to like things.

Haven't suggested Synecdoche in a couple years. So I will again.

It's not so much bravery, as....insatiable uncontrollable curiosity mixed with a dash of pure refined bafflement.

...also bravery.

Last edited by BigDamnArtist (2013-02-10 00:57:40)

I like Rango quite a bit, but not enough to really fight for it. It wins on amazing visual design, a kickass score, and being generally darker and weirder than I would ever expect that kind of movie to be. The story and pacing is a mess, but when that movie is working (apocalypse weasels, raising arizona crow chase, crossing the road into david lynchville), it's REALLY fucking good.

Blade 2 would be even better. I mean it's only the most awesome Comic Book movie of all time. Would be good to get some positive Del Toro talk after the hatred of Pans Labyrinth.

Though I admit that Blade 1 probably makes more sense for DIF from a historical context, as it largely kicked off the modern day Comic Book movie as we know it.

"Dropped the ball?"

I strongly disagree, and I think you mistake what DIF is, and always has been about.

DIF has, past the first 20 episodes or so, been primarily about the story structure, plot mechanics, and directorial choices that make a film work or not work. There have certainly been digressions about how particular things were filmed, but that has never been the core of the commentaries, except for some specific episodes where Trey had worked on the movies.

DIF isn't typically in a position to talk about how something was made, because more often then not they have had no involvement in a film. VFX talk will get mentioned as that is the primary field of the commentators, but is never really a primary focus.

The thing that separates DIF from most film podcasts is not necessarily what they're doing (providing opinions on whether they like or dislike a film), but that they're able to very specifically articulate why that's the case, citing specific evidence from the films, and offering suggestions on what may have worked better.

In this regard I think Looper and Prometheus are some of the best episodes DIF has done. Can't comment on Pans Labyrinth as I haven't seen the film or listened to the DIF for it.

Last edited by bullet3 (2013-02-10 07:29:07)

I'm starting to wonder if you actually listen to the show very much. Not as an attack or anything, just... I'm not sure where you're getting this impression of what the show is.

At any rate, we've got an episode coming up  (already recorded) all about where we see ourselves in the context of storytelling and criticism, so we can debate it in the release thread whenever that goes up if we feel the need, and let this thread go back to movie suggestions.