(Archive) Animated movie of the day: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Originally posted: January 10th, 2022
Few animators have contributed so much to the craft as Richard Williams. Writer of The Animator's Survival Kit(an absolute, utter MUST read for any aspiring animator), his dominance of perspective is the stuff of legends. Things you see nowadays animated through the assistance of 3D imagery such as camera shifts in moving environments he could animate by hand. And this exceptional capability was put to the test in one of the most complex animated features ever.
While technically a live action film, this movie has as much if not more animated footage given cartoons are integral to the very plot. Rather loosely based on the much darker "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" novel, this movie is as much of a classic cartoons fan's biggest fantasy as it was a production nightmare, involving characters from classic Fleischer studios, Tex Avery(aka MGM), Warner Brothers and Disney. And it incorporates them in the real world interacting with humans. With a moving camera and scene appropriate lighting. Even with today's technology that is one daunting task, let alone with traditional compositing techniques(Jessica Rabbit's dress was one particular headache).
But of course, impeccable animation and fanservice to animation enthusiasts can only do so much for a film. Fortunately, this movie does have a backbone to it's zany antics. Playing half a buddy cop film, half a noir film, it presents a compelling enough crime mystery that also involves a surprisingly human protagonist in Eddie(and not just because he's an actual person). Bob Hoskins manages to thread the balance between the comedy and the genuinely tragic backstory of his character, making the seemingly absurd premise work. Same goes for Cristopher Lloyd. He's a lovable goofball as Emmet Brown, but here he's genuinely terrifying.
While a resounding success, given that stars had to align to even make this film possible at all, we'll never see something like it again.
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True, but gotta stay hopeful! :) And it’s Pixar, so I’m sure tons of families with their kids are going to go see it and it’ll probably do well because of that.
Istg, every Pixar movie since 2019 has gone through some controversy
Toy Story 4 - conservatives boycotting the movie because of an extremely brief scene with lesbian parents of a kid in Bonnie’s daycare (I honestly forgot about this one)
Onward - the lesbian cyclops cop is “Disney’s first gay character”
Soul - controversy over turning people of color into nonhumans (this one was understandable though), some hate towards the character designs
Luca - More hate towards the “CalArts” character designs, accusations of queerbaiting
Turning Red - “wahhh the movie is cringe, how dare teenage girls have fun,” “oh no how dare they talk about periods,” even more hate towards the character designs
Lightyear - conservatives throwing tantrums over a split-second gay kiss
Elemental - the movie is homophobic because it’s about a m/f couple being persecuted! It’s not like interracial couples, straight or not, have been persecuted! Oh wait now the movie is a bad allegory for racism, even though the director and lead cast members are POC, lalalala I’m not listening! The movie is ugly and looks like a PS2 cutscene!1!1!1!
Y’all are just looking for excuses to hate on Disney’s works at this point (their business practices are another story though). I swear, some people can’t praise Puss in Boots, Spider-Verse, and Mario on their own merits without resorting to dunking on Disney and Pixar. It’s even spread to Ruby Gillman, as people said that the antagonist of the movie being a red haired mermaid is Dreamworks revenge against the Little Mermaid remake or whatever.
Most of the hate towards the previous movies was just conservatives being conservatives, but Elemental seems to get a ton of hate just for existing. Grow the fuck up.
Thank you for saying this fr there’s already been so many people saying that they already hate Elemental for example despite the fact that it hasn’t even officially premiered for everyone yet!
Honestly, Pixar itself has always put so much love and effort into their films & shorts since they first began back in the 90s. It’s saddening to see their recent production be hated on for little to no reason. A majority of people are blinded by nostalgia from the classic movies, to where they don’t allow the new ones a try because of either their small positive, genuine inclusions or stylistic choices.
All in all, the film will do great during its theatrical release, especially since it’ll run for much longer than Lightyear did. The director is sharing his experience in a unique way and I think that should be given a chance.
Istg, every Pixar movie since 2019 has gone through some controversy
Toy Story 4 - conservatives boycotting the movie because of an extremely brief scene with lesbian parents of a kid in Bonnie’s daycare (I honestly forgot about this one)
Onward - the lesbian cyclops cop is “Disney’s first gay character”
Soul - controversy over turning people of color into nonhumans (this one was understandable though), some hate towards the character designs
Luca - More hate towards the “CalArts” character designs, accusations of queerbaiting
Turning Red - “wahhh the movie is cringe, how dare teenage girls have fun,” “oh no how dare they talk about periods,” even more hate towards the character designs
Lightyear - conservatives throwing tantrums over a split-second gay kiss
Elemental - the movie is homophobic because it’s about a m/f couple being persecuted! It’s not like interracial couples, straight or not, have been persecuted! Oh wait now the movie is a bad allegory for racism, even though the director and lead cast members are POC, lalalala I’m not listening! The movie is ugly and looks like a PS2 cutscene!1!1!1!
Y’all are just looking for excuses to hate on Disney’s works at this point (their business practices are another story though). I swear, some people can’t praise Puss in Boots, Spider-Verse, and Mario on their own merits without resorting to dunking on Disney and Pixar. It’s even spread to Ruby Gillman, as people said that the antagonist of the movie being a red haired mermaid is Dreamworks revenge against the Little Mermaid remake or whatever.
Most of the hate towards the previous movies was just conservatives being conservatives, but Elemental seems to get a ton of hate just for existing. Grow the fuck up.