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NEWS: No Anime Nominated for Golden Globes

Out of the list of nominees, fingers crossed for Rise of the Guardians. Out of the two on the list I actually watched (the other being Brave), I think Dreamworks really deserves the award.

Sacred Blood wrote:

Well the thing is, i rarely watch movies nowadays, the ones i do watch are because my friends' insistence. [...] One reason why i ve become so hardcore in my viewership of anime is because i ve grown quite tired of hollywood movies in the last few years and instead of wasting my time on the new blockbuster which i would probably find dissappointing, i would just watch some anime.

Blockbusters are obviously the only films that come out of the big Hollywood studios. And no independent films are ever made, including ones associated with big Hollywood studios. The Master, Moonrise Kingdom, Argo, Bernie, Magic Mike, Cosmopolis, Django Unchained, etc. don't exist to you, because its easier to be lazy and talk about something you don't actually have familiar with, and go to an industry that is even more insular.

God.

I understand people being disappointed that anime is not as visible as it could be here in the United States. But it's ridiculous to use the lack of nominations as a means to get on a soapbox to rail against an industry you seem to have little to no real knowledge of. It's like saying that television sucks because of reality shows when we're actually living in the golden age.

An American-based award so it would make sense that they would favour American movies over foreign ones. I don't find these American animated films to be "bad" per se; indeed they are generally quite competent at what they do, but in general I simply cannot stand their aesthetics and find engagement with the storylines. Now, based on previous comments, I will state that I also have little knowledge of the North American animation scene outside of the mainstream stuff, so I can't give an opinion on anything but the mainstream. What can I say? I've never really cared all that much about American animation or movies in general. I simply find that movies are so often too short to really engage me or to make me care about the characters enough to even remember their names. And that's that. The reality is that these awards mean very little in the grand scheme of things.

It's like saying that television sucks because of reality shows when we're actually living in the golden age.

To hell with hollywood, their movies are the epitome of over the top cheesiness nowadays and reek of unorignality and mediocrity. The fact that movies like the iron man series, avengers, transformers, avatar and the batman movies among others have grossed so high in recent years just disgusts me, all these movies have been sub par at best.

Well the thing is, i rarely watch movies nowadays, the ones i do watch are because my friends' insistence. Lets see now.... the amazing spider man, avengers, the dark knight rises, 21st jump street, the bourne legacy, skyfall and a few others were all the new movies i watched this year and the only one i somewhat enjoyed was the amazing spiderman which was basically because i was a huge fan of the old spiderman movies, all the others were forgettable. So basically, i don't really have any ''top picks of film'' for this year. One reason why i ve become so hardcore in my viewership of anime is because i ve grown quite tired of hollywood movies in the last few years and instead of wasting my time on the new blockbuster which i would probably find dissappointing, i would just watch some anime.

Television is pretty bad though...... what makes you call this the Golden Age? All I hear is people talking bout stuff like Walking Dead or Game of Thrones which is definitely not golden age material. What obscure shows did you have in mind?

walw6pK4Alo wrote:

But I am curious as to what your top picks of film were this year. And "none, because they all suck" is in unacceptable answer.

Word on the internet seems to be Evangelion 3.0. Can't say I disagree.

Ugh... no offence to western animation, but this list is horrible. All 3D family comedies. I'm starting to lose faith here.

As for the argument. Eh, only been to the movies a few times this year. Against my will, usually with family or other people. Nothing really "wow'd" me. I can't really get into these Disney/Dreamworks things anymore at my age, not since I was a kid in the 90s anyway. I find the Japanese moves offer more in their arsenal every year.

Ugh... no offence to western animation, but this list is horrible. All 3D family comedies. I'm starting to lose faith here.

Im surprised by Frankenweenie and Hotel though...mostly because I never heard ANY feedback on those, good or bad. Were they notable at all?

And just as I mentioned above, because they're family-fare films doesn't mean they can't be good. Our club is perfectly fine watching Pokemon or magical girl films and other so-called children's anime. Can be good or can be bad, but the fun is in the journey of watching 'em. We all have a kid in us no matter the age.

Generally though definitely needs more variety in NA animation films, especially disconcerting when it's existing side-by-side with NA live-action industries which have great variety, even more so than anime.