Kubo and the Two Strings

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Like most things that Laika does, this'll probably be stunning.




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[Flare]

This looks interesting; I don't think I've ever seen any of their films, what else do they make?

 

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The were contracted for Corpse Bride, and they made Coraline, ParaNorman, & The Boxtrolls.




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[jazzflower92]

KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS

Here is the official trailer of Kubo of Two Strings from Laika. Anyone interested in a non-European setting, and stopmotion should check out this movie.

 

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*Merged threads*

Don't forget to search for existing threads before making a new one.




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[Octo]

Looks awesome. If I had my way everything would be stop motion. Even the news.

 

[Ghost X]

Is it stop motion though? Those wavy ocean scenes especially .

 

[Octo]

Nah they'll be cgi. But the characters look stop motion. Though it wouldn't surprise me if they touch it up post production (or whatever the phrase is)

 

[Cthulhu]

Everything is CGI there, I'm sure; the stop-motion effect is just an animation tweak for idk, artistic reasons. I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shoops in my time.

For a tr00 stop motion video, watch movies and shows like Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit. It involves more clay.

 

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Simply because the aftercredit of Boxtrolls (another of their films) is to damn good not to use as a response:

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[HylianMogget]

The trailer looks absolutely gorgeous. I hope the story measures up to the visuals.

Everything is CGI there, I'm sure; the stop-motion effect is just an animation tweak for idk, artistic reasons. I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shoops in my time.

For a tr00 stop motion video, watch movies and shows like Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit. It involves more clay.

Not sure what you mean here about stop motion as an animation tweak? From what I understand Laika uses CG for effects and things that are difficult to do with stop motion/practical effects alone, but they do use actual physical puppets that they move around from pose to pose in hand constructed sets (as the video X posted shows), as well as the digital stuff. They 3D print the faces/expressions and such and swap them out, so the designs do tend to look closer to CG than other films', but it's still stop motion - just with a lot of modern technology mixed in. The Boxtrolls trailers, iirc, heavily emphasized the handcrafted aspect, but I'm glad they focused on the story more for this one.

 

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[Octo]

Is that music an orchestral 'While my guitar gently weeps?' Cos thats kinda awesome.

 

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[Interslicery]

Damn, this opens soon. Kinda snuck up on me

 

[Interslicery]

Please go see this movie... It's fantastic. Beautiful, the stop motion is amazing, story's good. There were only 5 people total in my theatre. Opening weekend. This deserves so, so much more than that.

 

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I loved it, too. The animation is just plain stunning.




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[AvecAloes]

A friend of mine who saw it this weekend said that most of it was really good, but the ending was just ok. Thoughts? I haven't seen it yet, but would like to.

 

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A friend of mine who saw it this weekend said that most of it was really good, but the ending was just ok. Thoughts? I haven't seen it yet, but would like to.

I think that that's a valid opinion. I liked the ending, but it might not be what you think.




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[Cthulhu]

 

[HylianMogget]

It's crazy how Laika outdo themselves with the visuals for every film they put out. The whole movie was super gorgeous, but the skeleton was my favorite part. It must have been difficult to animate all the action-y parts with stop motion. The credits were fantastic, too.

However, I felt the same way about how the story was handled as I did with the other Laika films that I've seen - that the plot doesn't quite live up to its potential. It's still a good story, but it kind of feels like it's not all that it could be. Sort of like something's missing. I think part of it may be that

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there's never a sense that Kubo would be at all tempted by the Moon King's offer of immortality. (I mean, all of Kubo's misfortunes are in some way due to his supernatural relatives' actions.) The idea of an imperfect world vs immortality doesn't really feel fully developed, and that's a pretty big theme to just leave hanging.

More generally, while the movie definitely had its emotional moments and deals with some heavy stuff, it also really hits you over the head with the messages at times (particularly the confrontation at the ending).

 

[Ite]

Beautiful, emotionally rich movie! Some stunning sequences.

 

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Some more really cool BTS on things they built: http://io9.gizmodo.com/a-bowling-ball-was-integral-in-making-kubo-and-the-two-1788660396




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