Main section News The Guardian Todayspaper. Waltz-with-Bashir-images-449a7436-2ccf-47d4-bf47-9d1185c4b32.jpg' alt='2010 Blockbuster Movies Waltz With Bashir Graphic Novel' title='2010 Blockbuster Movies Waltz With Bashir Graphic Novel' />The 5. Best Animated Films Of The 2. Century So Far. 40. Sita Sings The Blues 2. Most animated films require literally thousands upon thousands of people working for years and years, at the cost of millions and millions of dollars. But it doesnt necessarily have to be that way. Animator Nina Paley made Sita Sings The Blues entirely on her own, and then released it online free, and the film became a word of mouth hit despite the lack of backing of a Disney or a Dream. Works. A deeply personal film that contrasts the break up of Paleys marriage with an adaptation of the story from the Ramayana, as Sita fights for her beloved Rama despite him continuing to doubt her, while the songs of jazz legend Annette Hanshaw score proceedings. Blockbuster Movies Waltz With Bashir FullYou could perhaps raise questions about cultural appropriation over Paleys approach, but theres mostly a mix of respectfulness and irreverence that walks the line right, and the playfulness and personal force here is overwhelming. It feels at time like a sort of outsider art, in the best possible sense. Sita Sings The Blues 2008 Most animated films require literally thousands upon thousands of people working for years and years, at the cost of millions. TrollHunter Norway, 2010 The antiHollywood blockbuster. One of the latest and, for my money, superior entries in the found footage genre, TrollHunter manages. Retailer removes claim that Willow Farm chicken is reared exclusively for Tesco after Guardian investigation finds otherwise. Rango 2011 Even when the original Pirates of the Caribbean movies werent working, they were still admirably weird. So its unsurprising in. Boy The World 2. Its incredibly exciting to see great animation emerging not just from its traditional homes, but from new countries scattered around the world, and if the Brazilian pic Boy The World is any indication, theres some extraordinary work to be found from there in the near future. Initially premiering in 2. U. S. release last year, nominated for an Oscar earlier this year and hitting home video this very week, its the fable like story of a young boy whos swept away on an adventure when his father leaves to go and find work. Told without dialogue any speech is delivered in a nonsense language, and without much in the way of narrative, its a blunt political allegory about industrialization, globalization and the exploitation of the worker. But lest it sound too much like everyones favorite Soviet Itchy Scratchy substitute Worker Parasite, its an utterly charming and gorgeously realized fantasy that doesnt feel preachy in the least, and that marks director Al Abreu as a serious talent to watch. April And The Extraordinary World 2. Aside from Heavy Metal and, actually, our next entry, the long, fine tradition of the European comic bookgraphic novel hasnt had much success in being translated to the screen, but the recent sleeper April And The Extraordinary World bodes well for the future. Directed by Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci, its actually an original rather than an adaptation though created by Adele Blanc Sec writer Jacques Tardi, set in an alternate world where the French Empire continued to grow across the late 1. April Marion Cotillard embroiled in a hunt for her long thought dead parents, and a serum that could make people invulnerable. A simple but beautiful art style brings to life a thrillingly realized steampunk world, but the storytelling know how is just as impressive, with a potentially convoluted story coming across effortlessly. Its basically the film that Brad Birds Tomorrowland could and should have been, and worth seeking out once it hits home video. The Adventures of Tintin 2. Speaking of Euro comics, Steven Spielbergs The Adventures Of Tintin finally brought Hergs boy detective a key influence on April And The Extraordinary World to Hollywood. Or more accurately, to New Zealand the film was brought to life, surprisingly, through performance capture at Peter Jacksons WETA. Spielbergs first animated movie underwhelmed some at the time, but anyone who knows whats up knows that its something of a delight. The script by the heavyweight trio of Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish amalgamates three Tintin adventures into one and becomes a sort of origin story for the hero Jamie Bells friendship with Captain Haddock a phenomenal Andy Serkis. The result was the most energized movie that Spielberg had made in years, the director palpably giddy with the possibilities of the medium, and turning out something thats both a faithful homage to its source material, and at long last a great new Indiana Jones movie. Ponyo 2. 00. 8After the over busy, and to our mind rather disappointing, Howls Moving Castle, Hayao Miyazaki stripped things right back with the young skewing, sweet Ponyo. A riff on the story of the Little Mermaid, it sees Brunhilde Yuria Nara, a young fishgirl hybrid, become separated from her family and end up being found by a young boy named Sosuke Hiroki Doi and his mother Tomoko Yamaguchi, who name her Ponyo. Its a gentle film, one without much in the way of conflict, and surprisingly small in scope and scale after Miyazakis last few films got increasingly epic. And yet theres still a huge amount to uncover here, particularly its utterly lovable lead character, who Miyazaki is careful to keep as something alien rather than a human with some more water y elements. And the visual splendor when it comes, mostly at the behest of Ponyos father Fujimoto George Tokoro, is stunning. It takes a lot to find a new way of telling this particular story luckily, Ponyo was in the hands of a master. The Wind Rises 2013 Hayao Miyazaki has retired before hed suggested he was done with filmmaking as early as a decade ago, but with Studio Ghibli. Latest breaking news, including politics, crime and celebrity. Find stories, updates and expert opinion. This is a list of banned films. For nearly the entire history of film production, certain films have been banned by film censorship or review organizations for. The Illusionist 2. From Steamboat Willy and Looney Tunes through to Pixar shorts and Shaun The Sheep, silent comedy has long been a major influence on animation, but rarely as directly as on the work of director Sylvain Chomet. And with the utterly lovely 2. The Illusionist, he paid tribute to one of his heroes, adapting an unproduced script by Gallic legend Jacques Tati. The film sees a Tati like magician move from Paris to Scotland, where he befriends a young girl named Alice. The film was supposedly written as an apology and plea for reconciliation by Tati to his estranged daughter, and Chomet never lets that melancholy slide away, with the films misty, muted tones and mid century style evoking a deep sadness and longing. But Tatis spirit is also thoroughly present in the physical comedy, the immaculate framing, the subtle details, that Chomet includes. Its an utterly fitting tribute to a figure who isnt talked about enough today. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 2. With Satoshi Kon passing, and Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata retiring, Japanese animations been in serious need of some new blood, and the most promising name to emerge in the last decade is Mamoru Hosoda, who first found fame with his nominal feature debut The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Based loosely on, and technically sequelizing, a 1. Watch Ocean Odyssey Online For Free. Makoto Riisa Naka, a Tokyo teenager who discovers that shes able to travel back in time, albeit only for a limited number of times. More teen movie than science fiction, it proves witty and inventive in its early stages, neatly capturing a take on adolescent life that not many animated movies would dare to try, before tipping into melodrama slightly less successfully in its second half. Hosoda would make more visually resplendent films in the years to come see the recent The Boy The Bear, but few as assured as this one. Ernest Celestine 2. The directors of the wonderful A Town Called Panic see below, Stphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, took a major left turn for their follow up, leaving behind the stop motion, mash up vibe for a more classical, childrens picture book feel. But the results were just as impressive. Co directed with Benjamin Renner and based on a series of books by Gabrielle Vincent, it follows the friendship between a brave young mouse Pauline Brunner who wants to do something other than be a dentist which is what all mice become, obviously, and a homeless bear Lambert Wilson who turned his back on being a lawyer to become an entertainer. Its as eccentric as it sounds, but spun around a lovely, universal story of friendship overcoming suspicion, and told in some striking hand painted animation, across a spry, 8.