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Sunday, August 31, 2014

Frozen vs The Wind Rises: You Decide

Frozen and The Wind Rises, the two most highly regarded animated features of last year, and at the Oscars this past March, they dueled for the Best Animated Feature Award. While Frozen might have won the Oscar, is it really the best animated film of last year? Today you, the reader, will decide which film you think should have won the Oscar, and on Monday and Tuesday I will post my full review of both films so that you will know what my opinion of which film should have won. Of course, many readers probably have yet to see The Wind Rises, and if that is the case, just vote for Frozen, or go watch The Wind Rises. Now let the battle begin!
In this corner we have the fourth highest grossing film of all-time, Frozen! From Disney Animation and directors, Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, Frozen is a fantasy musical, and since I am sure almost everyone has seen the film, a plot summary is unnecessary. 
Across the ring we have the final film from legendary director Hayao Miyazaki, and one of Studio Ghibli's most recent features, The Wind Rises! The Wind Rises follows Jiro Horikoshi, the man responsible for designing several of Japan's airplanes used during World War II, most notably the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter. It follows Jiro from his childhood to the role he played in designing the machines of war.

Which do you prefer? Is there another animated film from last year that you think should have won? Or do you abstain? Please comment and check back tomorrow for my review of Frozen followed by my Wind Rises review on Tuesday.


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12 comments:

  1. I prefer The Wind Rise and though I never actually saw the whole anime product. I guess it's a really interesting film and Frozen is just overhyped.

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    1. Agreed, The Wind Rises is better, and Frozen is overhyped.

      -James

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  2. We talked a bit about this after the podcasts, and while I loved Frozen, my vote would go to The Wind Rises, which had some astonishing animated sequences (the earthquake in particular) as well as a thoughtful film about how something created for beauty could be used for death & destruction.

    Of course, I also think Happy should have won Best Song over Let It Go, but that's another conversation...

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    1. Yes, that earthquake sequence is just amazing, and of course, we agree that The Wind Rises was definitely better.

      I need to listen to Happy again. I don't really remember it.

      -James

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  3. THE WIND RISES. But you knew I was going to vote for it already. :P

    Character realization, the animation, the sweet romance, the evolution of plane craft: this movie was beyond amazing. I'm still so mad it didn't win the Oscar! (It also ranks as one of several Ghibli films to make me cry!)

    I would not have minded at all if The Croods had won the Oscar as well; I thought it was a much deeper story than Frozen for sure.

    (Also, your post says please comment tomorrow but I think you mean today. lol!)

    ~Jamie

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    1. Haha, yes, I knew you would go with that. :) Thanks for letting me know about the mistake, I fixed it!

      -James

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  4. I didn't know that The Wind Rises has gained significant recognition! I should check it out soon.

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    1. Oh yeah, being his last film, it was big, and I'd say that it is one of his best.

      -James

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  5. I've never heard of the second movie!!! Which is a shame because I LOVE the few Japanese animated movies I have seen.

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    1. Just curious, which Japanese animated movies have you seen? There are some really great ones.

      -James

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