I meant to say 100% awesome

I think the Oscars are a bit overrated I just watch them sometimes for the Best Animated Feature category.

Glad you enjoyed it then

Of the animated movies I’ve seen this year, I would rank mine as 1. Shaun the Sheep, 2. The Peanuts Movie, and 3. Inside Out.

I’m going to have to disagree. Yes, the movie’s plot was simple but so are most Peanuts specials and I think you would lose the Peanuts magic if you tried to make it too complex. It perfectly recreated the classic Peanuts magic while being able to reach a new generation of kids and that to me is the sign of a successful movie. I thought there were plenty of fresh scenes in the movie too. For example, I loved the scene where Charlie Brown sacrifices his chance at popularity to help his sister in the talent show and the scene where Lucy apologizes to Charlie Brown for all the times she was mean to him and she admitted he had a lot of good qualities. Those are moments you didn’t see in the specials but is still true to these characters at the same time. And personally I think the Oscars are vastly over-rated but that’s just my opinion.

I’m not sure what the problem is with the Peanuts movie having a simple plot. Most Peanuts specials have simple plots. The Halloween special is about Linus trying to see an imaginary pumpkin, the Christmas special is about Charlie Brown putting on a Christmas play to find the meaning of Christmas, the Thanksgiving special was about Charlie Brown putting on a Thanksgiving dinner for his friends. Perhaps some of the older movies like Snoopy Come Home were a little more serious but generally speaking, Peanuts is well known and beloved because of its simplicity and I remember lots of people complaining that the movie was in fact making things too complicated before everyone actually saw the film. Whether it’s a masterpiece or not, I think it hit all the right notes. It had the classic Peanuts feeling, it had all the classic jokes, it updated the animation but kept the classic vibe, but I personally thought there was plenty of fresh content too. Like I loved the scene where Charlie Brown sacrifices his chance at popularity to help his sister in the talent show, the scene where Charlie Brown helped the boy with his kite, and even Lucy had some touching moments where she was kind and apologetic to Charlie Brown which was something you never saw in the specials. And I thought the ending was very heart warming and well done. The humor was funny and had everyone in the audience laughing when we went without relying on crude humor or pop culture references. To fault the Peanuts movie for not being complex to me is to miss the point of Peanuts. I mean, it is a series of specials based on a newspaper comic strip, not some complex anime. And personally I think the Oscars are over-rated in terms of judging the quality of the movies and I don’t need an Oscar to tell me if I should love a movie or not.

Visually, however, Spectre has high points. The cold open, for example, partly comprises of an uninterrupted steadicam shot, which was fantastic. The cinematography by Hoyte Van Hoytema was quite gorgeous. That alone just puts it at the bottom of the upper half of Bond films.

I think see what your saying and where your coming from, but personally I thought it was fantastic. Sorry that you were disappointed. But like I said before I think it’s definitely one of the years best animated films along with Inside Out and Shaun The Sheep. Also, I have heard some good things about Anomalisa, but if I were to rank some best animated films of 2015 it would probably be (as of now) these three: 1. Inside Out, 2. Shaun The Sheep, 3. The Peanuts Movie.

That’s great to know you enjoyed it Baymax!