Kubo and the Two Strings

[electric indigo]

The new movie from studio Laika (Coraline) has an asian ghosts theme

What they do with physical models is absolutely stunning, here's a BTS from Paranorman:

[areaseven]

"Awesometacular"

"A"

"90% and 95%"

"3 1/2 out of 4 Stars"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 96% - "Kubo and the Two Strings matches its incredible animation with an absorbing -- and bravely melancholy -- story that has something to offer audiences of all ages."

Metacritic Score: 83 out of 100

Edited September 10, 2016 by areaseven

[Dobber]

Taking my kids to see this tonight. We have been looking forward to this movie for months.

Chris

[Dobber]

Just finished the movie......what a beautiful work of art. Easily now one of my favorite movies, ever.

[Big s]

This was a real sad weekend at the boxoffice. For a kids cg film with a fairly good rating to only make $12milion is kinda sad😢

[electric indigo]

It's not (much) CGI!

[areaseven]

At least it made more money than the Ben-Hur reboot.

[renegadeleader1]

This was a real sad weekend at the boxoffice. For a kids cg film with a fairly good rating to only make $12milion is kinda sad😢

The marketing for this movie has been atrocious. Aside from the talk in this thread I've only seen the trailer in theaters once and maybe the tv spots 3 or 4 times during the Olympics coverage and that's it.

[Big s]

Sorry, I saw the trailer on a cell phone a few months ago and didn't realize it was stop motion.

[Dobber]

It's been marketed pretty heavily on Nickolodeon, CN ect where kids would see it. I'm extremely disappointed more people haven't seen it. It is such an awesome movie.

Chris

[peter]

I haven't seen a single trailer, and the ads at the local bustops were pulled today. I may try to find a trailer today and watch it after work.

[Big s]

If you do watch the trailer see it on a big screen. I made the mistake of seeing it on a phone and thought it was just another cg film.