It was a great concept for a ten-minute-short, but there wasn't enough to sustain a two hour feature.
The movie kind of lost sight on what made the short so compelling. I think the movie would have been fantastic if the dolls were completely silent, and all you had to go on were snippets of human recordings and writing. Just focus on the atmosphere and communicating through body language for an animation tour-de-force. But a pitch like that probably would never get funding in the first place.
As other have said, its not a good enough story for a whole move. Would've worked much better as a videogame; I can see it succeding as an early Little Nightmares deal.
Why the frick did 9 reactivate the Fabrication machine? After they killed the cat beast the war was basically over had he not been so curious, 2 even warned him but was too late
despite the weak story, i don't think it's a film that misses the mark. The characters are endearing and you root for their survival (which is their sole objective, to survive) and the action scenes are fun to watch, especially due to the machines' designs and animation
Gee, I wonder who could be behind this post regurgitating the same kind of information you would get from a quick google search except it's completely unprompted...
It's kinda dark and has a lot of allegories that flies over kids' heads, and adults who would appreciate this more don't like seeing animated movies in theaters.
Reminds me of this kino series, which wasn't popular with kids for the same reason.
too weird and aesthetically unappealing to parents deciding what movies to take their kids to
Somewhat
It didn't have enough rape. It was almost there but not enough.
It couldn't find an audience. Too gritty for kids yet too shallow for teens and adults.
Other then the monster designs, it wasn't very interesting.
because seven ate it
What would be the title for an hypotetical sequel?
99
92.
Based and Italian design pilled.
999 no wait
Cloud 9
11
It's a decent short that shouldn't have been stretched out into a feature length movie.
The movie kind of lost sight on what made the short so compelling. I think the movie would have been fantastic if the dolls were completely silent, and all you had to go on were snippets of human recordings and writing. Just focus on the atmosphere and communicating through body language for an animation tour-de-force. But a pitch like that probably would never get funding in the first place.
there isn't much dialogue to begin with
>seven guys raping one female
They pushed it with 3 and 4 but no kid's going to watch 9 mute characters for over an hour. Sick idea though. Maybe watch it on mute
That would not work for a feature film, dumb autist.
Maybe for 30 minutes at most, but not an hour and a half, let alone 79 minutes.
well then maybe making this into a film was just a bad idea.
72 mins without credits. Still not quite enough story tho
>That would not work for a feature film, dumb autist. You must think of the poor studio and their profit margins!
Why don't you have a nice day?
It worked for Fantasia, but also this
Fantasia was a compilation of 10 minute music videos put into one movie
It wasn't very good, fell deeply short of what it could have been.
It sucked.
It was a great concept for a ten-minute-short, but there wasn't enough to sustain a two hour feature.
still did better than Astro Boy film next month
Saw it in theater as a teenager, thought it was lame as hell
wholesome film despite the gritty setting. Tons of cute moments
As other have said, its not a good enough story for a whole move. Would've worked much better as a videogame; I can see it succeding as an early Little Nightmares deal.
Why the frick did 9 reactivate the Fabrication machine? After they killed the cat beast the war was basically over had he not been so curious, 2 even warned him but was too late
he awoke that day and curiosity got him, especially since the talisman was one of the very first things he saw
What happened to ambitious independent animated movies like this? They were everywhere in the early 2010s
No one supported them and all we have now is Disney and Illumination crap. We did this to ourselves.
You know when you have that Autist who builds his own universe but has no sense of making it appeal to anyone but himself? This is a great example.
>You know when you have that Autist who builds his own universe but has no sense of making it appeal to anyone but himself?
based
The robot designs are the best thing to come out of this movie
The action was pretty kino too.
despite the weak story, i don't think it's a film that misses the mark. The characters are endearing and you root for their survival (which is their sole objective, to survive) and the action scenes are fun to watch, especially due to the machines' designs and animation
Pamela Pettler wrote the script. She was a writer on Corpse Bride
Gee, I wonder who could be behind this post regurgitating the same kind of information you would get from a quick google search except it's completely unprompted...
I love this movie and i have no idea why so many people think its mediocre online
Wasn't a remake of an old IP.
we need more CG films like Antz, 9 and Rango
It's more we need you to stop posting, sharkgay
It has some cool designs and that's kinda it.
It's kinda dark and has a lot of allegories that flies over kids' heads, and adults who would appreciate this more don't like seeing animated movies in theaters.
Reminds me of this kino series, which wasn't popular with kids for the same reason.
Shane Acker should make another animation film. 9 has enough good things to make me wish of more from him
Deborah Lurie and Danny Elfman' score is quite good