And here's the list of the scenes;

Sir Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: The Next Generation - "Hide and Q" - 1987)
Jeff Daniels (Gettysburg - 1993)
Iain Glen (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - 1990)
Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French (Coraline - 2009)
Frank Grimes (Britannia Hospital - 1982)
Robin Atkin Downes (Babylon 5 - "The Paragon of Animals" - 1998)
Richard E. Grant (Withnail & I - 1986)
Mitchell Ryan (Grosse Pointe Blank)

>> ^BoneyD:

A lot of chick flicks would fail the Bechdel Test as well, btw...
This video goes towards confirming what I've felt in my gut about films for a few years now. More specifically, the lack of female role models in them. For example, try to think of the last kids film that had a female as the protagonist. The last I can think of is Labyrinth (though I'll concede there's probably also been a few since then).
Take this list of kids films for instance and try to count 'em out:
http://www.criticker.com/?fl&view=all&filter=gy10zp5x4x3x2zod



Alice in wonderland, Princess and the frog, Little Mermaid, Coraline, Hanna Montanna the movie, Bratz the movie, The Golden Compass, Nim's island, Nancy Drew, Mulan, Flicka, The Princess Diaries, then any disney movie princess sequel ect... Just to name a few.

Just saw Coraline again, great film.

Having not seen coraline yet I got very little from this video

If you heart Coraline, you owe it to yourself to listen to Neil narrate the audio-book. It's better than the movie.

I <3 Coraline

>> ^ReverendTed:

Have you seen Coraline? I thought the 3D there was subtle, yet effective.


As much as I wanted to like that movie, it violated the 3D abuse rule within the first 5 seconds of the movie by poking that needle through the fabric towards the viewer. It was not a bad movie overall, but they seemed to abuse the effect compared to Up. I also forgot to mention I saw Toy Story 1&2 re-release in 3D and both of these were fine as well.

Pixar as usual focuses more on story and depth than worrying about effects and technical aspects. *shrug* But I'm probably the minority here in that view.

>> ^Croccydile:
I think this sequence is one of the quickest happy to sad transitions ever... hell barely 10 minutes into the movie you feel pretty bummed after this.

I knew it was coming. As soon as they started the sequence, I thought, "Aw, hell naw. She's not in any of the previews. She's no character - she's an emotional sledgehammer."
And I still got a little misty-eyed. Bastards. Played us like a damn fiddle. (Then we see what's in the Adventure book for a second kick in the junk.)

Also, the only good 3D movie made so far to me. None of that deliberate "HEY! Lets point something at the camera!" crap you see in every other 3D film lately. (If you were unlucky enough to see say, Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D like I was, you know what I'm talking about)

Have you seen Coraline? I thought the 3D there was subtle, yet effective.

>> ^demon_ix:
Wow. The point flew right past you, didn't it?


No, it shows what you can do with legos, stop motion techniques and 1500 hours of time. I like stop motion, from feature films like Coraline to shorts like Madame Tutli-Putli. They require insane patience, dedication and skill to pull off, and create the kinds of surreal gorgeous visuals that CG simply cannot match.

This video demonstrates that the creators do indeed have the skill and dedication to pull off great stop motion art. However, the simple geometry and texture of lego blocks is something easily replicated by CG. The creators did not take advantage of the uniqueness of stop-motion video, except in the beginning where the lego interacts with the humans. So in the end this is merely an impressive (but unnecessary) exercise in stop motion techniques.

So, yes, I do consider this to be a colossal waste of time because they could have better showcased and taken advantage of the uniqueness of stop-motion animation, instead of creating a series of effects that can be easily duplicated for a fraction of the time and effort spent. To put things into perspective, 1500 hrs is about 4 years at 1 hours a day, or ~3 months (waking hours). With that time, they could have learned an instrument, wrote a book, took a semester of college, worked out and become very fit, done some humanitarian work in Africa, etc. But hey, at least they managed to impress some people like you and reach #1 on videosift. Well done.

>> ^NeuralNoise:
CORALINE: Misfit discovers she is special person in a secret world just beside our own.
MIRRORMASK: Misfit discovers she is special person in secret world just beside our own.
NEVERWHERE: Misfit discovers he is special person in secret world just beside our own.
STARDUST: Misfit discovers he is special person in secret world just beside our own.
SOPHIE’S CHOICE: Mom loves one of her kids way more than the other one.

Heh, you can add:
SANDMAN: Neil Gaiman thinks he is a special person in a secret world just beside our own that he just made up.

Seriously, he looks so much like morpheous from sandman! Which he also wrote. about himself. and his secret world. also i'm joking.

*sigh* jokes don't work when you have to explain them.

CORALINE: Misfit discovers she is special person in a secret world just beside our own.
MIRRORMASK: Misfit discovers she is special person in secret world just beside our own.
NEVERWHERE: Misfit discovers he is special person in secret world just beside our own.
STARDUST: Misfit discovers he is special person in secret world just beside our own.
SOPHIE’S CHOICE: Mom loves one of her kids way more than the other one.

And Coraline WAS a lot of fun.

In reply to this comment by CaptainPlanet:
>> ^K0MMIE:
you're all fucking bonkers, this looks like a lot of fun.


coraline looked like a lot of fun. as much as i'd like to be optimistic about this one, it has a lot of room to be shit. lets just cross our fingers

"P" was your probationary status.

You're a probie until you get a video sifted (meaning 10+ votes). And now you're a REAL sifter, so welcome to the fold!!



In reply to this comment by id49606:
Wow, I'm surprised anyone looked at this. Thanks.

dag- Yep, I'm ID, secret sifter. Still haven't the slightest idea what the P, or lack there of, means.

>> ^K0MMIE:
you're all fucking bonkers, this looks like a lot of fun.


coraline looked like a lot of fun. as much as i'd like to be optimistic about this one, it has a lot of room to be shit. lets just cross our fingers

The budget for Coraline was around one hundred million dollars.* This isn't just art anymore

The people making that investment seem to be wasting their money and wasting society's resources if they're not cutting inefficiency out of their organization.