![]() ![]() He made some great points about Frankenweenie and had a lot of great background information from his article on Tim Burton, but I found myself on the opposing side of the debate for one of the only times this year. Gabe: Probably Anthony Breznican from EW. ![]() I don’t know if I’d have checked out this film so soon without it. It’s movies like this that make me happy to be doing the podcast. The fantastical elements are excellently integrated into the story, and the action scenes are truly remarkable. Josh: Princess Mononoke – Lot of good choices here, and while I’m tempted to choose something older that I’ve seen many times, like WALL-E, I’m going with Princess Mononoke, a truly expansive, intelligent, and mature war film that also happens to be animated. The only thing that changes in Ginny’s life for the better from the start of the film to the end is that at the end of the film she has the Christmas spirit, i.e. I love it for exactly the same reasons that Josh dislikes it, for not waving a magic wand and saving the day. Mike: One Magic Christmas – My favourite Christmas film of all time is a mixture of It’s a Wonderful Life and the spirit behind the “ Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus” editorial. Gabe: Bambi – One of my favorites of all time. The film is a haunting elegy about a core struggle of humanity.įavourite film we watched for the podcast (old or new) Josh: The Master – The Master may not be the film some people expect or want its effect is such that it proves why we should kick our expectations to the curb, though. Mike: Wreck-It Ralph – At the heart of Wreck-It Ralph is a Taoist parable about the usefulness of uselessness that adds unexpected depth to what at first blush could appear to be a simple, funny animated film trading on nostalgia for old video games. The film starts with the Gettysburg Address and finishes with Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address begins in war and ends in peace opens with a sleepy Tad Lincoln clutching his father and closes with a grieving Tad clamped to a theatre railing. Mike: Lincoln – The genius of Lincoln begins with its script, constructed like a series of ellipses. Josh: Frankenweenie – Much of the look, feel, and design of Frankenweenie will remind many people why they flocked to the films of Tim Burton in the first place. To mark the end of 2012 and a year of the Mousterpiece Cinema Podcast on Sound on Sight, Josh, Gabe and I thought that we should talk a little about our favourite films and moments from 2012. podcast, I said that it would be up at the same time.) As an example, I am getting this column done largely because when we recorded the Monsters Inc. (On a more personal note, doing the podcast more or less 3 weeks out of every 4, has forced me to be more consistent in my writing – to write for the site more often and more regularly and this, in turn, has made me a better writer and I am very grateful to Josh for the incentive and the example. And if you don’t like the podcast, direct all complaints to Josh! ![]() So if you like the Mousterpiece Cinema podcast, Gabe and I are quite willing to steal the credit, but we would be stealing the credit from Josh. ![]() We show up on Skype, flap our jaws and let Josh do the rest. What makes it work for both Gabe and I, is that Josh does ALL the work. I first joined Josh on the 2nd podcast of 2012 about The Mighty Ducks to test if we would work well together and we immediately clicked clashed over Josh’s pro-mouse, anti-duck bias which has become one of the podcast’s running gags. I volunteered to be a more regular co-host, taking the opportunity of Gabe being around to boycott films I had no interest in watching or re-watching like say the Disney Direct to Video Sequels, Midquels and Prequels, or films I couldn’t get my hands on, or allow me to take a week off to tend to my job at the YoungCuts Film Festival. Since Gabe actually works in Hollywood (an experience he discussed during the podcast on the cinematic atrocity Disney Animated classic Fox and the Hound 2) he is not regularly available to do the podcast. One of Ricky D‘s constructive criticisms for Josh on joining the site was that his best podcasts were the ones where he was joined by a guest like Gabriel Bucsko for their podcast on The Muppets film. Josh brought his Mousterpiece Cinema podcast to Sound on Sight this time last year, starting by reposting his older podcasts beginning with his very first podcast about Cars 2. ![]()
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