crithon (Level 10)

There's something quite shocking the violence comes out in the early parts of the film, all mixed into this hyper fast surreal bike chase and then later put into these political scenes and then science fiction mumbo jumbo. A lot of what works is how things stumble, break and fall, it's not about beautiful stylish movement like majority of animation but really just those flaws into this madness that the film ends with.

unlike other Disney films what draws me back to this film because it's the first film they reproduced the original pencil lines in the cell. Actually it's a bit of mistake and not cleaned up like they were before and after disney films. Those small little break down of the heads and eyes, and how unclear the black is, it's a charming texture quality that doesn't feel perfection.

I'm more of a sucker for creating atmosphere then just jokes-per-minute. And what Nick Park does well is try super hard to be Hitchcock and then just have delightful joy over how silly these character are.

I'm just a sucker for the music of this series, and one top of that the attention to detail. Although it's clear their inspired by so much pop culture, in fact the original Japanese title is "Knocking of Heaven's Door." And it's amazing just how many different backgrounds they travel in the span of 2 minutes, inspired by NYC, Morocco and France and all of them somewhat related.

simple as this story is it just has amazing amazing design and just beautiful sense of atmosphere

I'm not too much of Formula Disney films, I just love how bold and ambitious from it's watercolor backgrounds to it's unorthodox story it packs one hell of a punch just going out there and being different

I'm such a Mike Mignola fanboy that it's almost unbearable. And how can I not be, it's so beautifully gothic, just lots and lots of black with historical statues while cartoonie characters stand there looking goofy. Probably the only film representation of Mignola without just changing into a completely different style.

within all of the return to form Disney animated films this is a film I keep coming back to and a lot of it is Glenn Keen's animation on Ariel. There's just a lot of acting especially when half the story she doesn't speak, brilliant animation.

I'm a sucker for ANYTHING Anthology, I love seeing multiple styles all intertwine one another. Some stories fail while others are just mind blowing.

Over the top, that's how I love my action, just insane and wonderful fluidity with some amazing set pieces.

Haunting, cold and ethereal.

It's a special film that came at the right time in my life. I don't think it's so much the animation itself, because if it was that, then I'd say "WHY CAN'T THE FILM BE 2D like those closing credits?" Still the message is profound and deeply resonates with me about being a critic and fighting for what you love.