Set in Medieval England, Quest for Camelot is an animated telling of what happened following the classic tale of King Arthur and his knights of the round table. As a Warner Bros animated feature, it had the similar styling, visually and musically of many Disney features, though the animation is much less clean. That said,… Read More "1998 in Review: …
Category: Animation
1998 in Review: ‘A Bug’s Life’ is Now Underrated Despite Jumpstarting Pixar
In the echelons of great Pixar movies, it is sometimes easy to be forgotten, particularly when your stars are the size of, well, bugs. That is the problem that faces A Bug’s Life, Pixar’s sophomore feature. It is a fantastically original movie, simply released at the wrong time. More on that later. As a reminder,… Read More "1998 in Review: …
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We Bought a Pod Episode 40: Back in the 90’s…
HELLO and welcome to another episode of We Bought a Pod! Today, AJ and Aaron talk about BoJack Horseman, Captain Marvel, news about The Joker starring Jaoquin Phoenix and more! Check out the timestamps below! Sorry if some of the things we talk about sound like they were from weeks ago. They were! We recorded on September 21st, but… Read More "We Bought a …
It’s Best Picture Time! Ahead of “A Star Is Born” Releasing This Weekend, Let’s Check In (10/4)
We've looked over a couple of the fun categories that we here at We Bought a Blog love to check in on. Documentary Feature is very deep. Animated Feature is not. However, this year has set itself up as a really strong year overall, even if it is a top-heavy one. This ranking is still… Read More "It’s Best Picture …
Can ‘Into the Spider-Verse’ Be the First Marvel Oscar? The First Animated Feature Predictions (10/3)
It's been a sadly weak year for one of my favorite genres. That's not to say I haven't enjoyed some features this year, but it also feels...underwhelming? There are still films to check out, and that's why we're beginning the discussion for Best Animated Feature today. Another trailer dropped for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, an… Read More "Can ‘Into the …
We Miss VHS: ‘James and the Giant Peach’
On We've Bought a Blog, we've covered how Aaron and I remain suckers for animated films. There's something about the genre that gets me excited every time I go to see one of these films. Perhaps it has something to do with the creativity these films require. It could be the amount of time an… Read More "We Miss VHS: …
We Miss VHS! A Retrospective Series from We Bought a Blog
As a kid I was spoiled. I’ll admit it. During family vacations, before having an overhead TV and DVD player in your family car was mainstream, my dad had jerry-rigged a portable TV and VCR that allowed me to while away the long hours on car rides. During these trips, I had my go-to movies.… Read More "We Miss VHS! …
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