Animation Hall of Fame

You're right. I was just saying that since other people were able to find Bashu, a film that a few of us thought would be too obscure at the start of the HoF, you shouldn't worry about your nomination just yet - at least until we've had the chance to take a look as well.

That's a bit of a relief because I wasn't quite sure where you were coming from with your previous post. Like Topsy, the joke went over my head haha.

Yeah I saw that.

I hope you're serious about this being your nom. I love Anastasia, and I have this DVD, but I haven't watched it in years. It would be great to rewatch it for this HoF.

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You might want to rethink that comment after you read what I just wrote in the TV Character Tournament thread.

Sent. Seeing the discussion about nominating favorites or obscure movies I just picked one that covered both and is kind of a risky choice, but whatever. Let's see how it goes.

love your av jal.watch it every christmas morning

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Thanks! I watched it last year, it was a very cute movie

ah,its a christmas tradition over here-they air it every year wouldnt be christmas without it (or the horrible dubbing)

No, it's the best animated film I watched this year. I nominate it because of its artistic qualities. Now, your attitude needs improving, first because it's not really obscure at all, for example, I first watched it on TV when I was 9 years old and yes, it's a personal favorite and a childhood favorite. There are other great animation besides Miyazaki and Takahata.

Second, but nonetheless important: It's very arrogant and disrespectful to judge nominations that you have not watched nor have any idea of its reputation. Now just because you never heard of it doesn't meant it's obscure: the world is vast, most of it is obscure to an individual mind, we have to be humble and understand that we know little and hence try to understand what we don't know and not just judge it without having formed an opinion based on a well intentioned watch. Enjoyment of movies depends heavily on how much you invest yourself into it and how humble you are in accepting that maybe it doesn't need to fit into the stylistic straight jacket used in most Hollywood movies.

Guap you are the worst! I'm close to backing out because of you and i don't think i'm the only one; please stop being so terrible.

You can't back out. I want to watch Bartok the Magnificent.

I'm not part of this Hof.....But I did read the controversy about Guap's nomination and I've seen this problem with Guap's direct to video nominations come up in other Hofs.

Perhaps the rule should be no direct to video movies. As always it's totally up to the host. I'm just floating that idea.

Some direct to video movies are easy to find. The rule should only be about how hard it is to find, not whether or not it's a direct to video movie.

Well, usually direct to video is crap. And in almost every Hof there's complaints about Guaps direct to video nominations. Yet, there are plenty of theatrical release animes for him to nominate. Like I said, just floating the idea for future host.

haha. Yeah, the empty threat works better when it isn't exposed

I'm not bashing the direct to video aspect. I'm bashing that he has nominated something he has never talked about in his millions of animation threads before.

This. Is. Getting. Ridiculous. What about waiting till the nominations are set, watching the films, and then having an opinion.

Raul, i'm not joining unless you force jal90 to nominate Bartok The Magnificent.

Nope. I'm in with The return of Jafar though

Might we heed our host and not spill the porverbial beans on the rest of the noms? I'm sure he's put in some work on presentation and I for one would like to see the fruits of that labour unspoiled.

And yes, I know the hypocrisy of repping jal's post and then say this, but that was only because it's a very good nom.

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I thought the Return of Jafar comment was a joke. Was it serious?