New Tim Burton movie: 9

[rocklobster]

Is anyone seeing 9?

[Etoh*the*Greato]

Love to. Not actually Tim Burton, though. He's not directing this time.

[Radical Dreamer]

Love to. Not actually Tim Burton, though. He's not directing this time.

This, he's only producing. It's actually based on a short film by Shane Acker, who is the visual director for this one, I think. I forget the name of the guy who's actually directing; it's really long. XD

ANYWAYS YES I AM VERY STOKED TO SEE THIS MOVIE. I'm going on Friday. XD

[Mr. Hat'n'Clogs]

I'm going as soon as I can. Maybe this movie can really help break down the Animation Age Ghetto! I've probably got to wait until Sunday though, since I can't drive and the closest movie theatre is a half hour away. At least it's in the same city we go to church in.

[Roy Mustang]

[quote="Radical Dreamer"]I forget the name of the guy who's actually directing]

Timur Bekmambetov, but they only show him as a producer as well. Shane Acker is listed as director.


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[chibiphonebooth]

[quote="Radical Dreamer (post: 1344909)"]This, he's only producing. It's actually based on a short film by Shane Acker, who is the visual director for this one, I think. I forget the name of the guy who's actually directing]

its funny because i saw that short film like moooooooonnntthhss/a year before i heard it was being made into a movie! XD

[Etoh*the*Greato]

My room mate had too. I told her about it and she said "Man, that sounds like a ripoff of this short film I saw awhile back... Gosh, I can't remember the name of it though." lol

[~darkelfgirl~]

I don't know. I want to see it, but then I don't want to see it. I feel like I'm going to be disappointed. I read the reviews and it seems 'so and so'. I don't want to sit through another Transformers 2 (I mean, $7, man!).

[ich1990]

I wasn't terribly impressed, but I don't consider it a waste of money. Its best if you go watch it for the pretty visuals and don't expect much from the characters and story.

[Radical Dreamer]

Just got back from seeing it a few minutes ago. Overall, I thought it was pretty cool, and definitely fun to watch. Unfortunately, it does seem like story and character development took a back seat to the neat visuals. I felt like the story was pretty vague and mostly implied, even though I never felt like I didn't know what was happening. Chunks of the story definitely went unexplained, though I'm not sure how much of it they really intended to explain in the first place. I also felt like the dialogue was mostly unnecessary. It was pretty bare bones, and really only there to provide further motivation to the characters, which I believe could have been done using a different vehicle (Wall-E did that quite successfully).

As for the characters, they were flat and just as vague, although I think there might be reason for this, given that [SPOILER]each of them holds a fraction of the Scientist's soul, so maybe each of them got a different personality trait? That would at least explain why all of them were pretty much one-trick ponies, though I'm not sure it excuses it 100%.[/SPOILER]

So overall, I enjoyed watching it and I'd probably see it again. It fell short of my expectations, simply because I was expecting a far deeper storyline. It was more like an elongated and varied version of the short film upon which it was based. Not necessarily a bad thing, I just wish they'd taken it further with more dialogue and story.

[Etoh*the*Greato]

I enjoyed watching the movie, I'll admit, but it wasn't the greatest film I've seen in my life. One thing I'll definitely put down is that this was a flick obviously conceived by someone who was an animator and designer first and story writer second.

[wildpurplechild]

I liked it, but agree that the plot was a little shaky and I think it my have been a better short film. I was surpised that, even though it seems like a kids movie it would have been scary for 6 year olds and under.
[SPOILER] The skeleton cat, bird robot, and snake/spider thing made of 2 were really creepy. O.o [/SPOILER] Over all I liked it. 7 was my favorite.

[Davidizer13]

I liked it, but agree that the plot was a little shaky and I think it my have been a better short film. I was surpised that, even though it seems like a kids movie it would have been scary for 6 year olds and under.

Since when do you take 6-year-olds to a PG-13-rated movie? That rating should theoretically prevent something like that.

[Radical Dreamer]

Since when do you take 6-year-olds to a PG-13-rated movie? That rating should theoretically prevent something like that.

Thiiissssss. 9 is rated PG-13; not all animated movies are for children. XD I was really hoping this movie would bring that concept back to America. XD

[Mr. Hat'n'Clogs]

Since when do you take 6-year-olds to a PG-13-rated movie? That rating should theoretically prevent something like that.

Exactly! I was hoping the same as RD on this.

I still need to go see this, but I can't drive or bike 13 miles and back. Darn.

[wildpurplechild]

Since when do you take 6-year-olds to a PG-13-rated movie? That rating should theoretically prevent something like that.

Eh? My bad I thought it was PG. I was the only person there over 13. The other people were kids, exept one parent, but the theatre was really empty.

[Lil_Ninja]

The movie was pretty decent, but it fell short of my expectations story wise also. I loved the dolls though, especially 9's design.
I'm totally 7 =D

[Blitzkrieg1701]

Definitely a triumph of style over substance. As others have already said, the characters are really flat, and I also really didn't like the ending.

But MAN this movie is pretty. I really dig the post-apocalyptic Toy Story approach (you know, everything is consistently REALLY BIG) and the designs for all the machines are fantastic. Too bad there couldn't be put into service for a better plot.

[That Dude]

I want to watch this one. I'll probably wait till it's either in the dollar theater or on DVD though.