Here’s my thing about 3D: other than Avatar, no feature length film I’ve seen has benefited from it. (Sadly I never got around to seeing Jackass 3D, which I assume did benefit.) But not all 3D outright annoys me. Toy Story 3 didn’t need the “third dimension” but I didn’t mind it - it helped that it was animated.The Green Hornet’s 3D didn’t annoy me so much as it just looked awful. Pixar’s short “Day & Night” was fantastic in 3D. And the reboot “Roadrunner” shorts from Warner Bros. are pretty cool. So, for me at least, I tend to enjoy animated 3D shorts with all the over-the-top in-your-face gags. But features, especially live action ones - it’s almost always crap.
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Here’s my thing about 3D: other than Avatar, no feature length film I’ve seen has benefited from it. (Sadly I never got around to seeing Jackass 3D, which I assume did benefit.)

But not all 3D outright annoys me. Toy Story 3 didn’t need the “third dimension” but I didn’t mind it - it helped that it was animated.The Green Hornet’s 3D didn’t annoy me so much as it just looked awful.

Pixar’s short “Day & Night” was fantastic in 3D. And the reboot “Roadrunner” shorts from Warner Bros. are pretty cool. So, for me at least, I tend to enjoy animated 3D shorts with all the over-the-top in-your-face gags. But features, especially live action ones - it’s almost always crap.

“Heartbeats” - The Knife (Unofficial animated video) by Guy Collins

via atencio c/o hipsterdiet & ardenashley

Q&A by StoryCorps

“Joshua Littman, a 12-year-old boy with Asperger’s syndrome, interviews his mother, Sarah. Joshua’s unique questions and Sarah’s loving, unguarded answers reveal a beautiful relationship that reminds us of the best—and the most challenging—parts of being a parent.”

(via imsvsims)

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I really love animated documentaries.

Also, I miss my mom. 

I’m pretty excited about and hopeful for Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Jonathan Demme To Turn Dave Eggers Hurricane Katrina Story Into Animated Film

Zeitoun is a non-fiction story written by Dave Eggers about a Syrian-American resident of New Orleans named Abdulrahman Zeitoun. When Hurricane Katrina struck, the Zeitoun family stayed in the city, and Abdulrahman paddled through the flooded streets in a canoe, offering help and supplies to fellow residents in need. But days after the storm hit, Zeitoun abruptly disappeared, and his family eventually discovered that he had been arrested without a trial. Eggers spent three years researching and writing this book, which chronicles what happened to Zeitoun in the context of the political and cultural atmosphere of New Orleans and the U.S. in the aftermath of Katrina.

Inspired by the cover art, a line drawing of Zeitoun in his canoe, Demme told the New York Times that he wanted to create Zeitoun in a hand-drawn animated style…No word yet if Eggers will pen the script.

(via Paste)