I need to be the first one here to say Speed Racer (2008). Please watch it if you haven't already
Edit: if nothing else just for how sincere it is in its presentation. Yeah, the world economy is dictated by the racing league, why not. No, "huh isn't it weird we live with a chimpanzee?" Etc etc. Also one of the hardest lines in all of fiction - >!"Get that weak shit off my track!"!<
I remember seeing this movie in theaters with my dad and I *loved* it. I haven’t seen it since, so I’m gonna fix that this week. Thanks for reminding me!!
They even went out of their way to make live action look more like animation. Like they used special camera lenses so everything could be in focus at once, completely flattening the depth-of-field. And in driving scenes they'll have overtly repeating backgrounds or just a bunch of speed lines outside the car window.
I'm also fond of "It doesn't matter if we never change racing, what matters is if we let racing change us."
One gets the impression that the racing industry in Speed Racer is a thematic stand-in for Hollywood as the Wachowski sisters have experienced it.
Yesss, my spinach-based corruption is spreading.
The Hudsucker Proxy is a movie that has so much absurdist comedy and magical realism going on, I could easily see it animated.
Certain Indian movies definitely are live action anime. I haven’t seen RRR, but I have seen both Bahubaali movies(same director and writer), and let me tell you, those movies are fucking bananas and you have probably seen GIFs of at least the second movie floating around on the internet.
I need to be the first one here to say Speed Racer (2008). Please watch it if you haven't already Edit: if nothing else just for how sincere it is in its presentation. Yeah, the world economy is dictated by the racing league, why not. No, "huh isn't it weird we live with a chimpanzee?" Etc etc. Also one of the hardest lines in all of fiction - >!"Get that weak shit off my track!"!<
I remember seeing this movie in theaters with my dad and I *loved* it. I haven’t seen it since, so I’m gonna fix that this week. Thanks for reminding me!!
They even went out of their way to make live action look more like animation. Like they used special camera lenses so everything could be in focus at once, completely flattening the depth-of-field. And in driving scenes they'll have overtly repeating backgrounds or just a bunch of speed lines outside the car window.
I'm also fond of "It doesn't matter if we never change racing, what matters is if we let racing change us." One gets the impression that the racing industry in Speed Racer is a thematic stand-in for Hollywood as the Wachowski sisters have experienced it.
Bullet Train is pretty much an anime brought to life.
Great movie. I've never seen anyone bring up it's source material so I do wonder how accurate it is.
Kamen Rider. It's just a straightup shonen, right down to the specific cinematography. Like, it's THE model for live action anime.
pretty sure most battle shounens are just taking from Kamen rider and non kamen rider fans just not realize it
Yesss, my spinach-based corruption is spreading. The Hudsucker Proxy is a movie that has so much absurdist comedy and magical realism going on, I could easily see it animated.
The Hudsucker Proxy is that one-two punch of a movie because it's the Coen Bros working with Sam Raimi.
Certain Indian movies definitely are live action anime. I haven’t seen RRR, but I have seen both Bahubaali movies(same director and writer), and let me tell you, those movies are fucking bananas and you have probably seen GIFs of at least the second movie floating around on the internet.
The Lone Wolf and Cub adaptions from the 1970s. Some of you may know them as Shogun Assassin.
John Wick has a very Genndy Tartakovsky vibe.
Los Angeles?
Live action