In February , I was lucky enough to be at Animex animation festival where the infamous James Baxter, who has worked on pretty much everything since being an animator on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, was giving a speech/presentation. He was there to talk through his experiences in the industry and to talk about his new film 'How To Train Your Dragon'. We were even lucky enough to watch about 12 minutes of the film. Everyone seemed very impressed and there was even a big communal 'Awwww' when the clip stopped.
He went on to say that 'HTTYD' was probably the best film he has ever worked on. Now, for someone who worked on such films as The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast etc. thats a big call, and I thought he was just doing what every Tom, Dick and Harry do when they have something to promote. Needless to say I took it with a pinch of salt.
However, that all changed when I went to see the film at the IMAX screen on Saturday. Without doubt, that was the best cinema experience I have ever had. I knew it was going to be good, but I wasn't prepared for how good it would be. I'm not going to blabber on about the best bits etc etc because loads of people have posted blogs and journals saying how good it is. But I think that says something, that people are coming out of the film and feeling inspired, and want to write about it, I know I did. I would even go so far to say that its my favourite animated film ever, better than anything Pixar have done, and maybe even Disney as a whole.
Soooo to sum up, if you have any interest in art, film, games, dragons, pretty much anything, then go and see this film, if you don't like it I'll give you you're money back, well, James Baxter will.
He went on to say that 'HTTYD' was probably the best film he has ever worked on. Now, for someone who worked on such films as The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast etc. thats a big call, and I thought he was just doing what every Tom, Dick and Harry do when they have something to promote. Needless to say I took it with a pinch of salt.
However, that all changed when I went to see the film at the IMAX screen on Saturday. Without doubt, that was the best cinema experience I have ever had. I knew it was going to be good, but I wasn't prepared for how good it would be. I'm not going to blabber on about the best bits etc etc because loads of people have posted blogs and journals saying how good it is. But I think that says something, that people are coming out of the film and feeling inspired, and want to write about it, I know I did. I would even go so far to say that its my favourite animated film ever, better than anything Pixar have done, and maybe even Disney as a whole.
Soooo to sum up, if you have any interest in art, film, games, dragons, pretty much anything, then go and see this film, if you don't like it I'll give you you're money back, well, James Baxter will.
