The people have spoken! The top requested film in 2013 was The Lion King<\/em><\/strong>! Go along with Mason, Morgan, and Chelsea as they talk about the iconic film from their childhood!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:html -->\r\n<p><strong style=\"color: #212121; font-size: 1.563em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;\">Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>\u25a0 First impressions and stats: <em>The Lion King<\/em> vs. <em>Frozen.<\/em><br \/>\u25a0 Story: was this REALLY based on <em>Hamlet<\/em>? A Mason theory.<br \/><strong>\u25a0<\/strong>\u00a0How can you go wrong with Hans Zimmer, Elton John, and Tim Rice?<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>How does \"The Baboon Priesthood\" actually work?<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>Scar vs. Mufasa.\u00a0Why Scar is the prototype of a child predator.<br \/>\u25a0 Two thumbs WAY way up for the voice acting!<br \/>\u25a0 \"This is worse than when Zazu and Iago took over the Tiki Room!\"<br \/>\u25a0 They should have a deleted scene with \"The Birdie Boiler\".<br \/>\u25a0 More reasons why Mufasa is so great.<br \/>\u25a0 Scar: The lame Pokemon trainer.<br \/>\u25a0 \"Hey look it's Jim Cummings!\"<br \/>\u25a0 The Stampede. Hans Zimmer is the master of mood.<br \/><strong>\u25a0 <\/strong>Scar should have waited it out and stayed in the lion senate.<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>Mason voices\u00a0Matthew\u00a0Broderick.<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>Special bonus Zelda episode coming at you.<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>All of us need a\u00a0\"Remember who you are\" moment.<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>The Disney vulture reunion.<br \/><strong>\u25a0 <\/strong>All this controversy, the\u00a0merchandise, and our ratings!<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>Voicemail, Twitter question, and mail bag.<strong><br \/><strong>\u25a0 <\/strong><\/strong>Bloopers: AKA a bunch of random quotes you thought we missed.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Runtime:\u00a0<\/strong>1:39:17, 50.8 MB<\/p>\r\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Watch\u00a0<em>The Lion King<\/em><em>:<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004WDRT1Y\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004WDRT1Y&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\">4-disc\u00a0Blu-ray\/DVD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0036TGT3E\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0036TGT3E&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\">2-Disc Blu-ray\/DVD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001AQR3JY\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001AQR3JY&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\">DVD<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Buy <em>The Lion King<\/em> soundtrack: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0000CABJ2\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0000CABJ2&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=UVBH5O35PSMTB7OZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CD<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00JQHOEAU\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00JQHOEAU&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=Q3KXOP2MXOCBBJUG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Legacy Collection<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002YICN6U\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002YICN6U&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=4RDMCRXGMYAPJWKI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Broadway<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0013JVHA4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0013JVHA4&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=M3HT5V42SNE7VYH6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/lion-king-original-motion\/id156089366?uo=4&at=1l3v4eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=06RYS5pnPvU\">The kissing Nala and Simba, anyone?! Eh, eh?<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6zf3DcjfpL0\">SNES Lion King full game walkthrough<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Pump-up Week articles:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/02\/13\/is-the-lion-king-disneys-greatest-movie\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Is 'The Lion King Disney' Greatest Movie?<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/02\/11\/why-the-lion-king-has-the-best-music-in-a-disney-movie-ever\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why 'The Lion King' Has the Best Music in Any Disney Movie. Ever.<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/02\/10\/ive-never-seen-the-lion-king\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\"I've Never Seen \u2018The Lion King\"\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/02\/13\/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-lion-king\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">5 Things You Didn't Know About 'The Lion King<\/a>'.<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneyquotes.com\/the-lion-king-quotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Lion King<\/em> quotes | DisneyQuotes.com<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><strong>The Rotoscopers<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:therotoscopers@gmail.com\">therotoscopers@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<li>Send us a voicemail at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/voicemail\">rotoscopers.com\/voicemail<\/a>\u00a0or call\u00a0<strong>(406) 646-6575<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n<li>Find us on the web:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/\">rotoscopers.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/rotoscopers\">twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebok.com\/rotoscopers\">facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/therotoscopers\">YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/\">tumblr<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/therotoscopers\">instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypable.com\/podcasts\/the-rotoscopers\/\">hypable<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/animatedviews.com\/category\/the-rotoscopers\/\">Animated Views<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<li>Visit our sponsors:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audibletrial.com\/therotoscopers\">Audible<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/amazon\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><strong>The Hosts<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Mason Smith:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thisanimatedlife.blogspot.com\/\">This Animated Life Blog<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Morgan Stradling:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/morganstradling\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/morganstradling\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Chelsea Robson:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/chelsearobson\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chelsearobson.com\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Join the <a href=\"https:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/newsletter\">Newsletter<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","post_title":"Animation Addicts Podcast #60: 'The Lion King' - It's SFX!","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"animation-addicts-podcast-60-the-lion-king-its-sfx","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-26 16:09:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-26 23:09:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12482","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"15","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12943,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-12 16:59:02","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-12 23:59:02","post_content":"<i>Blue Sky Studios<\/i> is capitalizing on romantic notion of Brazilian romance in two new marketing pieces for <em>Rio 2<\/em>, including a Valentine's Day movie poster and a telenovela-inspired clip.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/rio-2-valentines-poster.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12944\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/rio-2-valentines-poster.jpg\" alt=\"rio-2-valentine's-poster\" width=\"441\" height=\"654\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The new poster is characteristic of what a lot of movies and brands are doing nowadays: capitalizing on any and every holiday by tying it back to their product (sometimes it's quite a stretch). In this case, <em>Rio 2<\/em> fits the romance bill nicely, since the first film was about the unlikely romance between two nearly extinct blue macaws. The flock of red birds forming a heart in the sky is clever and fun, while still remaining on brand.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The new telenovela clip is also a cute marketing move. From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2013\/12\/12\/colorful-new-rio-2-trailer-highlights-celebrity-voice-talent\/\">other trailers<\/a>, we already knew that the pink frog Gabi is hopelessly enamored with the grumpy and vengeful cockatoo Nigel. This clip dramatizes that forbidden love in a clip in a way that only telenovelas do best. The clip is even in Portuguese (a very sultry, manly Portuguese voice at a that) and employs subtitles to make it even more believable.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zUo5H0k7RZM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\r\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.yahoo.com\/movie\/rio-2\/\">Yahoo! Movies<\/a> also has another spot called \"Wild Run\", which has a similar premise and over-the-top telenovela-esque announcer, but this one's in English.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rio 2 flies into theatres April 11, 2014.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you think of these Valentine's-inspired promotional pieces for 'Rio 2'? Thumbs up or thumbs down?<\/h3>","post_title":"'Rio 2' Celebrates Valentine's Day with New Poster & Telenovela-inspired Ad","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"rio-2-celebrates-valentines-day-with-new-poster-telenovela-inspired-ad","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:38:10","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:38:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12943","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"6","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12924,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-12 15:35:59","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-12 22:35:59","post_content":"There is no question that<em> The Jungle Book<\/em>\u00a0 is a verifiable Disney classic. The film marks the final animated piece Walt Disney work on before his death. He died while the film was still in production, but he was still able to leave his own unique mark on this 1967 adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's famous novel of the same name. Nearly 50 years later, this film is still beloved and has finally made its way onto Blu-ray as part of the prestigious Diamond Edition club.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDT4M1A\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin%20_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00GDT4M1A&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10073\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-disney-bluray.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-disney-bluray\" width=\"274\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>The film \u272e\u272e\u272e\u272e1\/2<\/h3>\r\n<em>The Jungle Book\u00a0<\/em>tells the story of Mowgli, who as a baby becomes orphaned in the wild jungles of India after a terrible storm. A pack of wolves raise him as their own until they deem it too dangerous for him to stay with the pack. So they commission a black panther named Bagheera to escort the young Mowgli back to the human village. They meet up with a friendly laid-back bear named Baloo, who teaches Mowgli to appreciate the \"Bare Necessities\" of life. Things don't go as planned when their journey gets interrupted by a lot of nefarious animals lurking in the jungle.\r\n\r\n<em>The Jungle Book<\/em> was always one of my favorite films to watch growing up. The pacing of the film is fantastic, though slightly episodic, as it moves from one crazy adventure to another. The collective cast of characters and animals is diverse and endearing; from Kaa the surreptitious snake and King Louie the king of the monkeys to Sheer Khan the man-hating tiger--all have earned their places in the Disney character pantheon. Everyone in the jungle has rhythm, singing, dancing, and groovin' whenever possible.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowgli-king-louie.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowgli-king-louie-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowgli-king-louie\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nOne thing that stands out about this film is the score. George Bruns scores have become synonymous with Disney's Xerox era. His work on\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book<\/em> is delightful, dark and brooding. It stands out melodically from other Disney scores. Also, the songs, written by the brother team of Robert and Richard Sherman, are jazzy, flouncy and enjoyable. \"I Want To be Like You\" and \"Bare Necessities\" definitely stand out, but other tunes like \"Trust in Me\" and\"That's What Friends Are For\" are classics. Even \"My Own Home\" is a forgotten gem from this soundtrack.\r\n\r\nThe HD conversion is appropriately crisp and didn't distract from the movie (much like the over-processed and saturated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2012\/10\/02\/review-cinderella-blu-ray-diamond-edition\/\"><em>Cinderella<\/em> Blu-ray<\/a>). The \"sketchiness\", which was so characteristic of movies from Disney's Xerox era, is still present, maintaining that touch and sense of nostalgia. Film grain, on the other hand, has been completely erased and smoothed out. The watercolor backgrounds are delightful and vibrant, blacks are deep, and the colors are appropriately saturated. The final product is pretty to look at, but Disney and animation purists will definitely be disappointed by the conversion.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowqgli-baloo.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowqgli-baloo-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowqgli-baloo\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>The Features\u00a0<\/strong>\u272e\u272e\u272e\u272e<\/h3>\r\nThe features on\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book<\/em>\u00a0Blu-ray were pretty decent. It is a Diamond Edition after all, so we expect Disney to put forth a little bit of effort in producing new content and digging up old footage from the archives. The new features that the dug up or created are fun and worth it.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-blu-ray-diamond-edition-menu.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-12928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-blu-ray-diamond-edition-menu-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-blu-ray-diamond-edition-menu\" width=\"614\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a> Courtesy of Blu-ray.com.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nWe start off with two\u00a0<strong>introductions by Diane Disney Miller and Richard M. Sherman<\/strong>. The pair was also joined by Disney animator Floyd Norman for a segment called \"<strong>Music, Memories & Mowgli: A Conversation with Richard M. Sherman, Diane Disney Miller and Floyd Norman<\/strong>.\" This was absolutely wonderful because it allowed three people who were either directly or indirectly involved in\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book<\/em>'s production to share stories and insights about Walt, the film and the production process. This is also most likely Diane's final appearance on a Disney Blu-ray, since she passed away in December of last year.\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.totaleclips.com\/player\/Splash.aspx?custid=907&playerid=69&bitrateid=461&formatid=20&clipid=e130542&affiliateid=-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center>\r\nWe get another\u00a0@DisneyAnimation segment. This time it is called \"<strong>@DisneyAnimation: Sparking Creativity<\/strong>\", which delves into the Spark Showcase program at Walt Disney Animation Studios. The Spark Showcase gives Disney Animation employees the opportunity to pitch their ideas for stories, new creative processes and other ideas that the studio could use. For example, the 2D\/CGI animation hybrid was originally a Spark idea, which was then used for the production of the Oscar-winning short <em>Paperman<\/em>. I love these @DisneyAnimation segments that we have been seeing in the last few Disney Blu-ray releases because they give us an inside look at the studio today. While this segment had nothing to do with\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book<\/em> itself, I still appreciated its inclusion because it was telling the story about the studio behind the film.\r\n\r\nSurprisingly, nearly 50 years later, Disney was still able to bring us new <em>Jungle Book<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>footage in an alternate ending called \"<strong>Mowgli and the Hunger<\/strong>.\" This ending was recently discovered in the archives buried in an early script. Instead of just ignore it, the Mouse House commissioned an in-house artist to make storyboards of the discarded sequence. It was really interesting to watch, although it really did make me appreciate the simplicity of the film's actual ending. This ending introduced new characters very late in the game and even made Sheer Khan seem like a hero, rather than a terrifying villain. This is the type of creative bonus feature that I would love Disney to do more of on future releases because it was in-context, historical, informative and fun.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-baloo-bagheera-mowgli.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-baloo-bagheera-mowgli-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-baloo-bagheera-mowgli\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nAnd of course, it wouldn't be a Disney Diamond Edition with the good ol' karaoke sing-along segment. In <em>Mary Poppins<\/em>, we got Mary-oke, in <em>The Little Mermaid<\/em> we got Crab-eoke, and in\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book <\/em>we get\u00a0<strong>Bear-E-Oke<\/strong>. I actually quite like these karaoke tracks because it's like having the soundtrack at your fingertips. The lyrics, which dance about the screen, are stylized and not actually meant to be used for karaoke, but they are still fun to look at. This is a visual treat and fun to tap your toes and sing along with. Although the only thing I didn't like is when occasionally some songs would have visuals that blended CGI trees and other elements with the flat 2D characters. It was out of place and really made the 2D feel cheap, which is far from the truth! We also get to see the Bare-E-Oke return whenever you push pause while watching the film with\u00a0<strong>Disney Intermission: Bear-E-Oke hosted by Baloo<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nLastly, we get <strong>I Wanna Be Like You: Hangin' Out At Disney's Animal Kingdom<\/strong>. I'm not really a fan of these park promotion pieces, but I understand why Disney does them. This exhaustive segment was hosted by two stars of the Disney Channel series <em>Dog with a Blog<\/em> and showed\u00a0how animals are cared for at Disney's Animal Kingdom. \u00a0Also, we get the \"classic\" DVD bonus features, which are now staples in every new Blu-ray release.\r\n<h3>Final Thoughts<\/h3>\r\nDisney has done it again with another must-own Diamond Edition release.\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book\u00a0<\/em>Blu-ray is not only beautiful to look at (I might even say they made it too pretty), but it is also loaded with fun and interesting featurettes. Any Disney connoisseur would be well off having this part of their Blu-ray collection. I would even say owning it is a bear necessity.\r\n<h3>Purchase<\/h3>\r\n<em>The Jungle Book<\/em> Diamond Edition:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDT4M1A\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin _il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00GDT4M1A&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\" target=\"_blank\">Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDT4M1A\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin%20_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00GDT4M1A&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\" target=\"_blank\">Blu-ray+DVD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDT5T9Y\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin%20_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00GDT5T9Y&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\" target=\"_blank\">DVD<\/a>","post_title":"[REVIEW] 'The Jungle Book' Blu-ray Offers the Bare Necessities & Much Much More!","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"review-the-jungle-book-blu-ray-offers-the-bare-necessities-much-much-more","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:38:47","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:38:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12924","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12773,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-10 17:42:27","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-11 00:42:27","post_content":"<em>The Lego Movie<\/em> is a wild, noisy, rambunctiously fun film that will delight viewers of all ages. Whether you grew up playing with Lego bricks, are a child now who adores them, or have never touched a Lego in your life, this movie has something for everyone.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/LegoReview1.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/LegoReview1.jpg\" alt=\"LegoReview1\" width=\"600\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<em>The Lego Movie<\/em> tells the story of Emmett (Chris Pratt), a run-of-the-mill everyman construction worker who lives in the city of Bricksburg, city in a world filled up with and made entirely out of Lego bricks. He is completely ordinary and dull in every way: he likes vapid popular TV shows, his favorite song is called \"Everything is Awesome\" and he has absolutely no opinions of his own. One day, his boring world gets turned upside down when he accidentally stumbles upon (literally) the Piece of Resistance, part of a prophecy that declare the finder, known as the \"Special\", will be the most interesting and important person in the world. He's joined by a gang of Master Builders, experts in building Lego masterpieces without plans or directions, which includes cool chick named Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks), to try and stop evil Lord Business (Will Ferrell) from destroying the orthogonal world they love.\r\n\r\nFrom the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2013\/10\/31\/full-length-trailer-for-the-lego-movie-has-arrived\/\">first trailer<\/a>, I knew I was going to love\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie<\/em>\u00a0because of its self-referential humor. Anyone who has ever played with Lego will get a kick out of all the inside jokes and poking at itself.\u00a0I also enjoyed the various Lego worlds that the film visited. As an avid Lego builder when I was younger, I got a kick out of seeing old Lego play sets from my childhood such as the Lego Castle, Pirates, Space and Wild West. The different bricks and accessories from these worlds make random out-of-context appearances as well, which is nostalgic fun.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-lego-movie-teaser-trailer-screenshot-chris-pratt.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-lego-movie-teaser-trailer-screenshot-chris-pratt.jpg\" alt=\"the-lego-movie-teaser-trailer-screenshot-chris-pratt\" width=\"614\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<em>The Lego Movie\u00a0<\/em>has the feeling that you went into any kid's bedroom in America, dumped out all the toys in their Lego box and just started playing. There is a wide mix of characters, worlds, and types of Lego. From the 2002 MBA All-Star team (featuring a cameo by Shaquille O'Neal\u00a0himself) and to Batman, Wonder Woman and Gandalf, you never know what or who you'll encounter next. And that's really what makes the film so fun. Just like a child's imagination, the possibilities are endless.\r\n\r\nThe movie is not only one of the best animated comedies of the year, but I would say in ten months from now we will be saying it was also one of the best comedies of the year. The humor is all over the place; at times it's modern and quirky and other times it's self-referential, pop-culture inspired, and just plain random. Although, <em>The Lego Movie<\/em>\u00a0is so fast paced and noisy that many times you don't have enough time to digest the joke you just heard seconds earlier before they plow into another stream of jokes.\r\n\r\nOne thing I did really appreciate was how clean the film was. There wasn't a lick of profanity to be found and the filmmakers selected to use the word \"gosh\", which I appreciated. It shows the confidence that the studio had in the story that they didn't have to fill it with profanity or dumb it down with potty jokes. As a result, the final product was even better than many other pop-culture laden animated films of late.\r\n\r\nSpeaking of noise,\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie\u00a0<\/em>is loud, rambunctious, colorful and a visual delight. You are going to be exhausted leaving the movie because there really is little downtime to sit back, breathe and take it all in. There is always a lot going on screen, whether it is packed from floor to ceiling with Lego bricks or hundred of figurines are battling it out. You'll wish you had a pause button just so you can explore every nook and cranny of this brickverse.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-Lego-Movie-trailer-2-screencap-14-Batman-and-space-guy.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12837\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-Lego-Movie-trailer-2-screencap-14-Batman-and-space-guy.jpg\" alt=\"The Lego Movie trailer 2 screencap 14 Batman and space guy\" width=\"768\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nThe voice acting was superb. Will Ferrell as Lord Business does a spectacular job, as well as Liam Neeson as the sweet and simultaneously frightening Good Cop\/Bad Cop. And we can't forget the always phenomenal Morgan Freeman. However,\u00a0Elizabeth Banks as Wyldstyle didn't really stand out as anything special to me; it may have been because her character was so serious at times. Emmet is a generic, Homer Simpson-esque dummy, so I didn't really think much of Chris Pratt's performance. It wasn't bad by any means; it just didn't stand out to me like some of the other characters.\r\n\r\nThe villain is very reminiscent of\u00a0<em>The Incredibles<\/em>'\u00a0Syndrome. He doesn't have any special powers himself and he wants to suppress anyone who shows an inkling of special ability. Will Ferrell even sounds a bit like Syndrome.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bestmoviewalls_Lego_Movie_08_2560x1600.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bestmoviewalls_Lego_Movie_08_2560x1600-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"bestmoviewalls_Lego_Movie_08_2560x1600\" width=\"614\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nAt first glance, it seems like\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie<\/em> is a blatant attempt to sell more Lego toys. And, well, in a way, you're right. But the way the film is executed, you don't feel that you're in the middle of a big sales pitch. Yes, you may feel a magnetic draw to the toy store and Lego aisle after seeing this film, but in no way is the film disingenuous. Story is principle, not product placement. I actually applaud <i>Lego for putting together a solid, theatrical effort for this new toy-to-film franchise. I mean, if they really wanted to, they could have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=lego&linkCode=ur2&tag=therotos-20&url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv\">kept making cheap direct-to-video Lego films<\/a> much like the Barbie franchise. Going all in really paid for and it will definitely pay off for the brand in the long run.<\/i>\r\n\r\nGo see\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie<\/em>. If you still don't believe the\u00a0hype, then all I can say is that you need to just trust me on this one. It's brilliant. It is such a delight of a film that will leave your belly tired from laughing and you grinning ear to ear as you leave the theatre. No prior Lego experience or kids are needed to enjoy this one. People of all ages will find\u00a0<em>The Lego<\/em>\u00a0<em>Movie<\/em>\u00a0enjoyable, hilarious, childlike and satisfying.\r\n<h3>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u26051\/2<\/h3>\r\n<center><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D3TawNdxK-w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>","post_title":"[REVIEW] 'The Lego Movie' is Rambunctious, Hilarious & Satisfying for All Ages","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"review-the-lego-movie-is-rambunctious-hilarious-satisfying-for-all-ages","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:41:40","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:41:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12773","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"13","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12804,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-10 09:03:16","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-10 16:03:16","post_content":"Everything was awesome about<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/tag\/the-lego-movie\">The<\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/tag\/the-lego-movie\"> Lego Movie<\/a><\/em><\/strong>'s\u00a0opening weekend, which results in it raking in a whopping estimated $69.1 million and landing the number one box office spot. The film's haul was triple that of the second place film <em>The Monuments Men<\/em>, which earned only $22.7 million.\u00a0The film went into the weekend with an impressive fresh rating on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_lego_movie\/\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> (its currently at 95%) and incredibly strong word of mouth.\r\n\r\n<address>This debut is the second biggest opening for February behind\u00a0<em>The Passion of the Christ <\/em>($83.8 million)\u00a0and the biggest opening for an animated film in February. Regarding overall animated openings, the film did fairly well, earning the the 11th place spot. For \"original\" animated film,\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie<\/em> is 5th overall.<\/address>The CGI film, which was produced by Australian animation studio <i>Animal Logic, capitalized on the incredibly popular Lego brick toys.\u00a0<\/i><em>The Lego Movie<\/em> is rambunctious, silly and fun, which equally appealed to both children and adults alike.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/BestMovieWalls_Lego_Movie_TVG_01.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/BestMovieWalls_Lego_Movie_TVG_01.jpg\" alt=\"legovideogamewallpaper\" width=\"563\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nOther animated films did decently over the weekend.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/tag\/frozen\"><strong><em>Frozen<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, continues to have a strong run at the box office still after two months, falling two spots down to fourth place with an estimated $6.9 million. <em>Frozen\u00a0<\/em>has earned $368.7 million domestically and has $913.8 million worldwide. It seem inevitable at this point that the film will break the coveted $1 billion mark within the next few months (the film just opened this past week in China earning $13.7 million and has yet to open in Japan).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/tag\/the-nut-job\"><strong><em>The Nut Job<\/em><\/strong><\/a> also fell from fourth place to eight, earning and estimated $3.8 million. The film's domestic total is now $55.1 million and $58.0 million worldwide. The figure, while not spectacular, is still rather impressive for the film, which seems to climb an uphill battle against critics before being released. The film's opening weekend was good enough for the studio to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/01\/23\/nut-job-2-in-the-works\/\">commission a sequel<\/a>.\r\n\r\nLastly,\u00a0<strong><em>Mr. Peabody & Sherman<\/em><\/strong> opened overseas in the U.K., becoming first place in the box office with $6.6 million. The film already has an 89% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film doesn't open in the US until March 7.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What did you think of this week's animation box office report? Any surprises?<\/em><\/h3>\r\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/weekend\/chart\/\">Box Office Mojo<\/a>","post_title":"Animation Weekend Box Office: 'The Lego Movie' Dominates, 'Frozen' & 'The Nut Job' Still Doing OK","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"animation-weekend-box-office-the-lego-movie-dominates-frozen-the-nut-job-still-doing-ok","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:42:21","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:42:21","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12804","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"5","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12799,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-10 08:05:42","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-10 15:05:42","post_content":"It was just a few weeks ago that Disney CEO Bob Iger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/01\/13\/disney-ceo-confirms-frozen-musical-is-headed-to-broadway\/\">announced<\/a> that the company already has a\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em> musical in the works. Apparently Disney is wasting no time in promoting this Broadway version of the extremely popular film as they launched the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.FrozenTheMusical.com\">FrozenTheMusical.com<\/a>\u00a0earlier this week.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"www.frozenthemusical.com\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/frozen-the-musical-website.png\" alt=\"frozen-the-musical-website\" width=\"701\" height=\"406\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nThe website is currently bare bones right now, only allowing visitors to sign up for the mailing list to get future announcements about the musical. The website doesn't even use the film's logo as a placeholder, but instead has the words \"Frozen\" in very generic typography. Usually the logos for the Broadway version of Disney animated films are different, which most likely is why they are holding off using the\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em> film logo.\r\n\r\nSo there you go. In case there were any doubters still around doubting that the\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em>musical would actually become manifest, this is proof that Disney is plowing full speed ahead. We're not sure if \"Frozen the Musical\" will end up being the play's final name, but rather it's most likely that this domain name was available compared to other iterations.\r\n\r\nThe musical is still in the early development stages, but be sure to join the newsletter. I'm sure that is where we will become privy to cast announcements and other updates as the release date comes closer. There currently is no release date for the musical, but it is expected that we won't see it until late 2015 and, more likely, 2016.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Did you sign up for the Frozen The Musical mailing list? What do you think about this new website?<\/em><\/h3>\r\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/thedisneyblog.com\/2014\/02\/09\/frozen-the-musical-website-already-exists\/\">The Disney Blog<\/a>","post_title":"Disney Launches Website for Upcoming 'Frozen' The Musical","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"disney-launches-website-for-upcoming-frozen-the-musical","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:42:43","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:42:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12799","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12810,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-07 13:04:44","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-07 20:04:44","post_content":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/monuments3.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/monuments3.jpg\" alt=\"monuments\" width=\"577\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<em>The Monuments Men<\/em> is a historical film about an army troop that was recruited to find and recover millions of dollars worth of art that was stolen by the Nazis as they raided Europe during WWII. These men aren't your typical beefy soldiers, but rather were a hand-picked collection of artists, curators and art historians.\r\n\r\nAs I entered the theatre and saw a sea of white hair sitting in the audience, I realized that maybe I wasn't in this film's target demographic. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed the film. It was informative, interesting and funny. The monuments men themselves are an interesting hodgepodge of art nerds and personalities, which allow for some fun exchanges between them.\r\n\r\nThe movie does move a bit slow as it seemed for the first half of the film, there wasn't much driving the plot. It took its time to introduce us the gang and present the dilemma, but after a while I started to wonder, \"Where is this going?\" Once the main conflict was introduced, the film moved speedily along, ending with a nice resolution.\r\n\r\n<em>The\u00a0Monuments Men<\/em> was interesting and introduced me to a part of WWII history that I never knew about before. I found the film completely fascinating from an art perspective and enjoyed the way the narrative was told. While the film is not equivalent to Michelangelo's David as far as films go, it still is a venerable piece worth admiring.\r\n\r\n\u2605\u2605\u2605","post_title":"[REVIEW] 'The Monuments Men'","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"review-the-monuments-men","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:43:55","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:43:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12810","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"1","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12711,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-05 12:07:44","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-05 19:07:44","post_content":"Elton John and his company\u00a0Rocket Pictures have acquired the rights to the popular musical\u00a0<strong><em>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat<\/em> <\/strong>and are planning to make it into an animated feature film, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/elton-john-sets-animated-joseph-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat-movie\/\">The Wrap<\/a>\u00a0reports.\r\n\r\nThe film will be co-produced by\u00a0Rocket Pictures CEO Steve Hamilton Shaw and David Furnish with The Really Useful Group.\u00a0Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice and Elton John will executive produce. No release date has been announced yet.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/joseph-technicolor-dreamcoat-animated-film.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/joseph-technicolor-dreamcoat-animated-film.jpg\" alt=\"joseph-technicolor-dreamcoat-animated-film\" width=\"618\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe filmmakers of this new animated version of <em>Joseph<\/em>\u00a0also chimed in with their thoughts of this announcement.\u00a0According to Shaw, \"We are excited about the huge potential of a contemporary animated version, and we\u2019re thrilled to bring this to the big screen in partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.\u201d Rice said, \"I have always thought\u00a0<em>Joseph<\/em>\u00a0was a strong contender for an animation production, and I\u2019m delighted this is now going to happen.\u201d\r\n\r\nWebber also commented, \u201c<em>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat<\/em> started in a school and was the first step on the path that led to my musicals with Tim Rice. It is now being performed all over the world by a fourth generation of school kids, and a great movie can only help Joseph being part of the lives of many more.\u201d\r\n\r\nIt's going to be really interesting to see Rocket Pictures take on this incredibly popular musical as an animated feature. Taking on such a well-known entity can be risky--fans are usually very passionate and defensive of the original product. We still don't know how the reception of <em>Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return<\/em>, which comes out later this year. I would love to see this film as a 2D-animated film, but let's be honest, that's wishful thinking and it will most likely be a CGI (perhaps even 3D) film. Hopefully the animation and art style will be a little more sophisticated that\u00a0<em>Gnomeo & Juliet.<\/em>\r\n\r\nOne of Webber's other musicals \"Cats\" was once slated to become an animated film in the 1990s by Steven Spielberg's animation studio Amblination. (In our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2013\/09\/20\/episode-48-interview-with-steve-hickner\/\">interview<\/a> with Steve Hickner, he talks about working on that animated version of \"Cats\" and what could have been.) However, when the studio closed in 1997, those plans were scrapped. Since then, there hasn't been any word of Webber's musicals becoming animated feature films until now.\r\n\r\nRocket Pictures is Elton John's production company that was founded in 1996 to produce family-friendly musical films and TV shows. In 2011, the company released\u00a0<em>Gnomeo & Juliet<\/em>\u00a0and has plans to make a sequel as well as another animated film called\u00a0<em>N.E.R.D.S.\u00a0<\/em>In many of these films, John writes and performs the songs himself.\r\n\r\nThe Really Useful Group is Webber's\u00a0theater producing and rights licensing company. It owns the rights to Webber's extensive musical cannon, which includes hits such as\u00a0\u201cThe Phantom of the Opera,\" \u201cCats,\u201d and \u201cEvita\u201d.\r\n\r\n<em>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat\u00a0<\/em>is Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice\u2019s musical that\u00a0first hit the scene in 1968 and made it to Broadway in 1982. There have been many actors playing the lead character, Joseph, over the years, with Donny Osmond being one of the most notable. 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Her favorite animated films are <i>Aladdin</i>, <i>Beauty & the Beast</i>, and <i>The Iron Giant</i>. She earned an MBA in Marketing from Arizona State University, climbed the corporate ladder in the tech world, and now is a stay-at-home mom of four kids. 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To celebrate, Disney released...</p> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/21/creating-planes-clip-from-the-wind-rises-shows-jiro-flying-on-airplane-wing/" class="jeg_readmore">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text">Details</span></a> </div> </div> </article><article class="jeg_post jeg_pl_lg_2 format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/16/impressionist-christina-bianco-covers-let-it-go-as-famous-female-singers/" aria-label="Read article: Impressionist Christina Bianco Covers “Let It Go” as Famous Female Singers"><div class="thumbnail-container animate-lazy size-715 "><img width="350" height="197" src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/img/jeg-empty.png" class="attachment-jnews-350x250 size-jnews-350x250 lazyload wp-post-image" alt="christina-bianco-let-it-go-cover-impersonations" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" data-src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/christina-bianco-let-it-go-cover-impersonations.png" data-srcset="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/christina-bianco-let-it-go-cover-impersonations.png 1265w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/christina-bianco-let-it-go-cover-impersonations-600x337.png 600w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/christina-bianco-let-it-go-cover-impersonations-300x168.png 300w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/christina-bianco-let-it-go-cover-impersonations-1024x575.png 1024w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/christina-bianco-let-it-go-cover-impersonations-620x348.png 620w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/christina-bianco-let-it-go-cover-impersonations-900x505.png 900w" data-sizes="auto" data-expand="700" /></div></a> <div class="jeg_post_category"> <span><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/category/studios/disney/" class="category-disney">Disney</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_postblock_content"> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/16/impressionist-christina-bianco-covers-let-it-go-as-famous-female-singers/">Impressionist Christina Bianco Covers “Let It Go” as Famous Female Singers</a> </h3> <div class="jeg_post_meta"><div class="jeg_meta_author"><span class="by">by</span> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/">Morgan Stradling</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_date"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/16/impressionist-christina-bianco-covers-let-it-go-as-famous-female-singers/"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> February 16, 2014</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_comment"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/16/impressionist-christina-bianco-covers-let-it-go-as-famous-female-singers/#comments" ><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i> 0 </a></div></div> <div class="jeg_post_excerpt"> <p>Are you sick of "Let It Go" covers yet? I thought I was until I saw this hilarious one by...</p> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/16/impressionist-christina-bianco-covers-let-it-go-as-famous-female-singers/" class="jeg_readmore">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text">Details</span></a> </div> </div> </article><article class="jeg_post jeg_pl_lg_2 format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/14/animation-addicts-podcast-60-the-lion-king-its-sfx/" aria-label="Read article: Animation Addicts Podcast #60: ‘The Lion King’ – It’s SFX!"><div class="thumbnail-container animate-lazy size-715 "><img width="350" height="196" src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/img/jeg-empty.png" class="attachment-jnews-350x250 size-jnews-350x250 lazyload wp-post-image" alt="the-lion-king-rotoscopers-album-art" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" data-src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-lion-king-rotoscopers-album-art.png" data-srcset="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-lion-king-rotoscopers-album-art.png 827w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-lion-king-rotoscopers-album-art-600x337.png 600w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-lion-king-rotoscopers-album-art-300x168.png 300w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-lion-king-rotoscopers-album-art-620x347.png 620w" data-sizes="auto" data-expand="700" /></div></a> <div class="jeg_post_category"> <span><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/category/podcasts/animation-addicts-podcast/" class="category-animation-addicts-podcast">Animation Addicts Podcast</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_postblock_content"> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/14/animation-addicts-podcast-60-the-lion-king-its-sfx/">Animation Addicts Podcast #60: ‘The Lion King’ – It’s SFX!</a> </h3> <div class="jeg_post_meta"><div class="jeg_meta_author"><span class="by">by</span> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/">Morgan Stradling</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_date"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/14/animation-addicts-podcast-60-the-lion-king-its-sfx/"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> February 14, 2014</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_comment"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/14/animation-addicts-podcast-60-the-lion-king-its-sfx/#comments" ><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i> 0 </a></div></div> <div class="jeg_post_excerpt"> <p>The people have spoken! The top requested film in 2013 was The Lion King! Go along with Mason, Morgan, and...</p> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/14/animation-addicts-podcast-60-the-lion-king-its-sfx/" class="jeg_readmore">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text">Details</span></a> </div> </div> </article><article class="jeg_post jeg_pl_lg_2 format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/12/rio-2-celebrates-valentines-day-with-new-poster-telenovela-inspired-ad/" aria-label="Read article: ‘Rio 2’ Celebrates Valentine’s Day with New Poster & Telenovela-inspired Ad"><div class="thumbnail-container animate-lazy size-715 "><img loading="lazy" width="169" height="250" src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/img/jeg-empty.png" class="attachment-jnews-350x250 size-jnews-350x250 lazyload wp-post-image" alt="rio-2-valentine's-poster" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px" data-src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rio-2-valentines-poster.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rio-2-valentines-poster.jpg 630w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rio-2-valentines-poster-600x890.jpg 600w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rio-2-valentines-poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rio-2-valentines-poster-236x350.jpg 236w" data-sizes="auto" data-expand="700" /></div></a> <div class="jeg_post_category"> <span><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/category/studios/blue-sky-studios/" class="category-blue-sky-studios">Blue Sky</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_postblock_content"> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/12/rio-2-celebrates-valentines-day-with-new-poster-telenovela-inspired-ad/">‘Rio 2’ Celebrates Valentine’s Day with New Poster & Telenovela-inspired Ad</a> </h3> <div class="jeg_post_meta"><div class="jeg_meta_author"><span class="by">by</span> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/">Morgan Stradling</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_date"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/12/rio-2-celebrates-valentines-day-with-new-poster-telenovela-inspired-ad/"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> February 12, 2014</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_comment"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/12/rio-2-celebrates-valentines-day-with-new-poster-telenovela-inspired-ad/#comments" ><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i> 0 </a></div></div> <div class="jeg_post_excerpt"> <p>Blue Sky Studios is capitalizing on romantic notion of Brazilian romance in two new marketing pieces for Rio 2, including...</p> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/12/rio-2-celebrates-valentines-day-with-new-poster-telenovela-inspired-ad/" class="jeg_readmore">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text">Details</span></a> </div> </div> </article><article class="jeg_post jeg_pl_lg_2 format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a 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Stradling</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_date"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/10/disney-launches-website-for-upcoming-frozen-the-musical/"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> February 10, 2014</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_comment"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/10/disney-launches-website-for-upcoming-frozen-the-musical/#comments" ><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i> 0 </a></div></div> <div class="jeg_post_excerpt"> <p>It was just a few weeks ago that Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that the company already has a Frozen musical...</p> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/10/disney-launches-website-for-upcoming-frozen-the-musical/" class="jeg_readmore">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text">Details</span></a> </div> </div> </article><article class="jeg_post jeg_pl_lg_2 format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/07/review-the-monuments-men/" aria-label="Read article: [REVIEW] ‘The Monuments Men’"><div 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11:12:30","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-21 18:12:30","post_content":"Studio Ghibli's newest animated film\u00a0<strong><em>The Wind Rises<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0will have a limited release in the US this weekend. To celebrate, Disney released a new clip entitled, \"Creating Planes.\"\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oH3ORARwW1c\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>This clip shows Jiro in a dream where he meets his idol,\u00a0famous Italian aeronautical designer Giovanni Caproni. The scene is whimsical as Jiro and Caproni nonchalantly talk while standing atop a moving airplane wing. The animation and colors is simple, yet striking. Even the score in this short clip is simply captivating and emotional.\r\n\r\nAlso, check out the B-roll. which takes you the behind-the-scenes\u00a0of the English dub recording sessions:\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xzyi_qslAqc\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>In \"The Wind Rises,\" Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world's most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. The film chronicles much of his life, depicting key historical events, including the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the Great Depression, the tuberculosis epidemic and Japan's plunge into war. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo. Writer and director Hayao Miyazaki pays tribute to engineer Jiro Horikoshi and author Tatsuo Hori in this epic tale of love, perseverance, and the challenges of living and making choices in a turbulent world.\r\n\r\n<em>The Wind Rises<\/em> will have a limited release this weekend in the US (for screenings, <a href=\"http:\/\/thewindrisesawards.com\">click here<\/a>) and opens nationwide on February 28.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What do you think of the \"Creating Planes\" clip? Will you see 'The Wind Rises' when it comes out?\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>","post_title":"\"Creating Planes\" Clip from 'The Wind Rises' Shows Jiro Flying on Airplane Wing","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"creating-planes-clip-from-the-wind-rises-shows-jiro-flying-on-airplane-wing","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:31:04","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:31:04","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=13121","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","filter":"raw"},{"ID":13047,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-16 13:54:28","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-16 20:54:28","post_content":"Are you sick of \"Let It Go\" covers yet? I thought I was until I saw this hilarious one by impressionist Christina Bianco. In this video, Bianco covers the famous\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em> power ballad as various famous vocalists. Anyone familiar with these singers will find these impersonations a hoot!\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1us197eB6gQ]<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In the video, she sings the song as\u00a0Idina Menzel, Demi Lovato, Britney Spears, Alanis Morissette, Celine Dion, Kristin Chenoweth, Adele, Julie Andrews, Barbara Streisand, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson and Liza Minnelli.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Bianco's Idina Menzel is absolutely a riot because she masters Idina's little idiosyncrasies and manners. Actually, her impersonations of all the ladies are spot on, even down to the facial expressions. I loved them all, but if I had to choose favorites I would pick her Celine Dion impression. She killed it.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\"Let It Go\" is certified gold here in the United States. Idina Menzel will perform the song at the 86th annual Academy Awards on March 2, 2014.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Which of Bianco's impressions was your favorite?<\/h3>\r\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tastefullyoffensive.com\/2014\/02\/christina-bianco-sings-let-it-go-as.html\">Tastefully Offensive<\/a>","post_title":"Impressionist Christina Bianco Covers \"Let It Go\" as Famous Female Singers","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"impressionist-christina-bianco-covers-let-it-go-as-famous-female-singers","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:33:53","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:33:53","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=13047","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"12","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12482,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-14 07:23:31","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-14 14:23:31","post_content":"\r\n<p>The people have spoken! The top requested film in 2013 was <strong><em>The Lion King<\/em><\/strong>! Go along with Mason, Morgan, and Chelsea as they talk about the iconic film from their childhood!<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:html -->\r\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=ADV7481157451&light=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:html -->\r\n<p><strong style=\"color: #212121; font-size: 1.563em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;\">Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>\u25a0 First impressions and stats: <em>The Lion King<\/em> vs. <em>Frozen.<\/em><br \/>\u25a0 Story: was this REALLY based on <em>Hamlet<\/em>? A Mason theory.<br \/><strong>\u25a0<\/strong>\u00a0How can you go wrong with Hans Zimmer, Elton John, and Tim Rice?<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>How does \"The Baboon Priesthood\" actually work?<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>Scar vs. Mufasa.\u00a0Why Scar is the prototype of a child predator.<br \/>\u25a0 Two thumbs WAY way up for the voice acting!<br \/>\u25a0 \"This is worse than when Zazu and Iago took over the Tiki Room!\"<br \/>\u25a0 They should have a deleted scene with \"The Birdie Boiler\".<br \/>\u25a0 More reasons why Mufasa is so great.<br \/>\u25a0 Scar: The lame Pokemon trainer.<br \/>\u25a0 \"Hey look it's Jim Cummings!\"<br \/>\u25a0 The Stampede. Hans Zimmer is the master of mood.<br \/><strong>\u25a0 <\/strong>Scar should have waited it out and stayed in the lion senate.<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>Mason voices\u00a0Matthew\u00a0Broderick.<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>Special bonus Zelda episode coming at you.<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>All of us need a\u00a0\"Remember who you are\" moment.<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>The Disney vulture reunion.<br \/><strong>\u25a0 <\/strong>All this controversy, the\u00a0merchandise, and our ratings!<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>Voicemail, Twitter question, and mail bag.<strong><br \/><strong>\u25a0 <\/strong><\/strong>Bloopers: AKA a bunch of random quotes you thought we missed.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Runtime:\u00a0<\/strong>1:39:17, 50.8 MB<\/p>\r\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Watch\u00a0<em>The Lion King<\/em><em>:<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004WDRT1Y\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004WDRT1Y&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\">4-disc\u00a0Blu-ray\/DVD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0036TGT3E\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0036TGT3E&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\">2-Disc Blu-ray\/DVD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001AQR3JY\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001AQR3JY&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\">DVD<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Buy <em>The Lion King<\/em> soundtrack: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0000CABJ2\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0000CABJ2&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=UVBH5O35PSMTB7OZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CD<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00JQHOEAU\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00JQHOEAU&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=Q3KXOP2MXOCBBJUG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Legacy Collection<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002YICN6U\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002YICN6U&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=4RDMCRXGMYAPJWKI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Broadway<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0013JVHA4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0013JVHA4&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=M3HT5V42SNE7VYH6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/lion-king-original-motion\/id156089366?uo=4&at=1l3v4eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=06RYS5pnPvU\">The kissing Nala and Simba, anyone?! Eh, eh?<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6zf3DcjfpL0\">SNES Lion King full game walkthrough<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Pump-up Week articles:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/02\/13\/is-the-lion-king-disneys-greatest-movie\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Is 'The Lion King Disney' Greatest Movie?<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/02\/11\/why-the-lion-king-has-the-best-music-in-a-disney-movie-ever\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why 'The Lion King' Has the Best Music in Any Disney Movie. Ever.<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/02\/10\/ive-never-seen-the-lion-king\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\"I've Never Seen \u2018The Lion King\"\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/02\/13\/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-lion-king\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">5 Things You Didn't Know About 'The Lion King<\/a>'.<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneyquotes.com\/the-lion-king-quotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Lion King<\/em> quotes | DisneyQuotes.com<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><strong>The Rotoscopers<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Questions, comments, suggestions? 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In this case, <em>Rio 2<\/em> fits the romance bill nicely, since the first film was about the unlikely romance between two nearly extinct blue macaws. The flock of red birds forming a heart in the sky is clever and fun, while still remaining on brand.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The new telenovela clip is also a cute marketing move. From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2013\/12\/12\/colorful-new-rio-2-trailer-highlights-celebrity-voice-talent\/\">other trailers<\/a>, we already knew that the pink frog Gabi is hopelessly enamored with the grumpy and vengeful cockatoo Nigel. This clip dramatizes that forbidden love in a clip in a way that only telenovelas do best. The clip is even in Portuguese (a very sultry, manly Portuguese voice at a that) and employs subtitles to make it even more believable.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zUo5H0k7RZM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\r\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.yahoo.com\/movie\/rio-2\/\">Yahoo! Movies<\/a> also has another spot called \"Wild Run\", which has a similar premise and over-the-top telenovela-esque announcer, but this one's in English.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rio 2 flies into theatres April 11, 2014.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you think of these Valentine's-inspired promotional pieces for 'Rio 2'? Thumbs up or thumbs down?<\/h3>","post_title":"'Rio 2' Celebrates Valentine's Day with New Poster & Telenovela-inspired Ad","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"rio-2-celebrates-valentines-day-with-new-poster-telenovela-inspired-ad","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:38:10","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:38:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12943","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"6","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12924,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-12 15:35:59","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-12 22:35:59","post_content":"There is no question that<em> The Jungle Book<\/em>\u00a0 is a verifiable Disney classic. The film marks the final animated piece Walt Disney work on before his death. He died while the film was still in production, but he was still able to leave his own unique mark on this 1967 adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's famous novel of the same name. Nearly 50 years later, this film is still beloved and has finally made its way onto Blu-ray as part of the prestigious Diamond Edition club.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDT4M1A\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin%20_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00GDT4M1A&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10073\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-disney-bluray.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-disney-bluray\" width=\"274\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>The film \u272e\u272e\u272e\u272e1\/2<\/h3>\r\n<em>The Jungle Book\u00a0<\/em>tells the story of Mowgli, who as a baby becomes orphaned in the wild jungles of India after a terrible storm. A pack of wolves raise him as their own until they deem it too dangerous for him to stay with the pack. So they commission a black panther named Bagheera to escort the young Mowgli back to the human village. They meet up with a friendly laid-back bear named Baloo, who teaches Mowgli to appreciate the \"Bare Necessities\" of life. Things don't go as planned when their journey gets interrupted by a lot of nefarious animals lurking in the jungle.\r\n\r\n<em>The Jungle Book<\/em> was always one of my favorite films to watch growing up. The pacing of the film is fantastic, though slightly episodic, as it moves from one crazy adventure to another. The collective cast of characters and animals is diverse and endearing; from Kaa the surreptitious snake and King Louie the king of the monkeys to Sheer Khan the man-hating tiger--all have earned their places in the Disney character pantheon. Everyone in the jungle has rhythm, singing, dancing, and groovin' whenever possible.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowgli-king-louie.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowgli-king-louie-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowgli-king-louie\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nOne thing that stands out about this film is the score. George Bruns scores have become synonymous with Disney's Xerox era. His work on\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book<\/em> is delightful, dark and brooding. It stands out melodically from other Disney scores. Also, the songs, written by the brother team of Robert and Richard Sherman, are jazzy, flouncy and enjoyable. \"I Want To be Like You\" and \"Bare Necessities\" definitely stand out, but other tunes like \"Trust in Me\" and\"That's What Friends Are For\" are classics. Even \"My Own Home\" is a forgotten gem from this soundtrack.\r\n\r\nThe HD conversion is appropriately crisp and didn't distract from the movie (much like the over-processed and saturated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2012\/10\/02\/review-cinderella-blu-ray-diamond-edition\/\"><em>Cinderella<\/em> Blu-ray<\/a>). The \"sketchiness\", which was so characteristic of movies from Disney's Xerox era, is still present, maintaining that touch and sense of nostalgia. Film grain, on the other hand, has been completely erased and smoothed out. The watercolor backgrounds are delightful and vibrant, blacks are deep, and the colors are appropriately saturated. The final product is pretty to look at, but Disney and animation purists will definitely be disappointed by the conversion.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowqgli-baloo.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowqgli-baloo-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowqgli-baloo\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>The Features\u00a0<\/strong>\u272e\u272e\u272e\u272e<\/h3>\r\nThe features on\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book<\/em>\u00a0Blu-ray were pretty decent. It is a Diamond Edition after all, so we expect Disney to put forth a little bit of effort in producing new content and digging up old footage from the archives. The new features that the dug up or created are fun and worth it.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-blu-ray-diamond-edition-menu.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-12928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-blu-ray-diamond-edition-menu-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-blu-ray-diamond-edition-menu\" width=\"614\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a> Courtesy of Blu-ray.com.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nWe start off with two\u00a0<strong>introductions by Diane Disney Miller and Richard M. Sherman<\/strong>. The pair was also joined by Disney animator Floyd Norman for a segment called \"<strong>Music, Memories & Mowgli: A Conversation with Richard M. Sherman, Diane Disney Miller and Floyd Norman<\/strong>.\" This was absolutely wonderful because it allowed three people who were either directly or indirectly involved in\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book<\/em>'s production to share stories and insights about Walt, the film and the production process. This is also most likely Diane's final appearance on a Disney Blu-ray, since she passed away in December of last year.\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.totaleclips.com\/player\/Splash.aspx?custid=907&playerid=69&bitrateid=461&formatid=20&clipid=e130542&affiliateid=-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center>\r\nWe get another\u00a0@DisneyAnimation segment. This time it is called \"<strong>@DisneyAnimation: Sparking Creativity<\/strong>\", which delves into the Spark Showcase program at Walt Disney Animation Studios. The Spark Showcase gives Disney Animation employees the opportunity to pitch their ideas for stories, new creative processes and other ideas that the studio could use. For example, the 2D\/CGI animation hybrid was originally a Spark idea, which was then used for the production of the Oscar-winning short <em>Paperman<\/em>. I love these @DisneyAnimation segments that we have been seeing in the last few Disney Blu-ray releases because they give us an inside look at the studio today. While this segment had nothing to do with\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book<\/em> itself, I still appreciated its inclusion because it was telling the story about the studio behind the film.\r\n\r\nSurprisingly, nearly 50 years later, Disney was still able to bring us new <em>Jungle Book<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>footage in an alternate ending called \"<strong>Mowgli and the Hunger<\/strong>.\" This ending was recently discovered in the archives buried in an early script. Instead of just ignore it, the Mouse House commissioned an in-house artist to make storyboards of the discarded sequence. It was really interesting to watch, although it really did make me appreciate the simplicity of the film's actual ending. This ending introduced new characters very late in the game and even made Sheer Khan seem like a hero, rather than a terrifying villain. This is the type of creative bonus feature that I would love Disney to do more of on future releases because it was in-context, historical, informative and fun.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-baloo-bagheera-mowgli.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-baloo-bagheera-mowgli-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-baloo-bagheera-mowgli\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nAnd of course, it wouldn't be a Disney Diamond Edition with the good ol' karaoke sing-along segment. In <em>Mary Poppins<\/em>, we got Mary-oke, in <em>The Little Mermaid<\/em> we got Crab-eoke, and in\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book <\/em>we get\u00a0<strong>Bear-E-Oke<\/strong>. I actually quite like these karaoke tracks because it's like having the soundtrack at your fingertips. The lyrics, which dance about the screen, are stylized and not actually meant to be used for karaoke, but they are still fun to look at. This is a visual treat and fun to tap your toes and sing along with. Although the only thing I didn't like is when occasionally some songs would have visuals that blended CGI trees and other elements with the flat 2D characters. It was out of place and really made the 2D feel cheap, which is far from the truth! We also get to see the Bare-E-Oke return whenever you push pause while watching the film with\u00a0<strong>Disney Intermission: Bear-E-Oke hosted by Baloo<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nLastly, we get <strong>I Wanna Be Like You: Hangin' Out At Disney's Animal Kingdom<\/strong>. I'm not really a fan of these park promotion pieces, but I understand why Disney does them. This exhaustive segment was hosted by two stars of the Disney Channel series <em>Dog with a Blog<\/em> and showed\u00a0how animals are cared for at Disney's Animal Kingdom. \u00a0Also, we get the \"classic\" DVD bonus features, which are now staples in every new Blu-ray release.\r\n<h3>Final Thoughts<\/h3>\r\nDisney has done it again with another must-own Diamond Edition release.\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book\u00a0<\/em>Blu-ray is not only beautiful to look at (I might even say they made it too pretty), but it is also loaded with fun and interesting featurettes. Any Disney connoisseur would be well off having this part of their Blu-ray collection. I would even say owning it is a bear necessity.\r\n<h3>Purchase<\/h3>\r\n<em>The Jungle Book<\/em> Diamond Edition:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDT4M1A\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin _il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00GDT4M1A&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\" target=\"_blank\">Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDT4M1A\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin%20_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00GDT4M1A&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\" target=\"_blank\">Blu-ray+DVD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDT5T9Y\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin%20_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00GDT5T9Y&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\" target=\"_blank\">DVD<\/a>","post_title":"[REVIEW] 'The Jungle Book' Blu-ray Offers the Bare Necessities & Much Much More!","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"review-the-jungle-book-blu-ray-offers-the-bare-necessities-much-much-more","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:38:47","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:38:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12924","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12773,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-10 17:42:27","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-11 00:42:27","post_content":"<em>The Lego Movie<\/em> is a wild, noisy, rambunctiously fun film that will delight viewers of all ages. Whether you grew up playing with Lego bricks, are a child now who adores them, or have never touched a Lego in your life, this movie has something for everyone.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/LegoReview1.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/LegoReview1.jpg\" alt=\"LegoReview1\" width=\"600\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<em>The Lego Movie<\/em> tells the story of Emmett (Chris Pratt), a run-of-the-mill everyman construction worker who lives in the city of Bricksburg, city in a world filled up with and made entirely out of Lego bricks. He is completely ordinary and dull in every way: he likes vapid popular TV shows, his favorite song is called \"Everything is Awesome\" and he has absolutely no opinions of his own. One day, his boring world gets turned upside down when he accidentally stumbles upon (literally) the Piece of Resistance, part of a prophecy that declare the finder, known as the \"Special\", will be the most interesting and important person in the world. He's joined by a gang of Master Builders, experts in building Lego masterpieces without plans or directions, which includes cool chick named Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks), to try and stop evil Lord Business (Will Ferrell) from destroying the orthogonal world they love.\r\n\r\nFrom the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2013\/10\/31\/full-length-trailer-for-the-lego-movie-has-arrived\/\">first trailer<\/a>, I knew I was going to love\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie<\/em>\u00a0because of its self-referential humor. Anyone who has ever played with Lego will get a kick out of all the inside jokes and poking at itself.\u00a0I also enjoyed the various Lego worlds that the film visited. As an avid Lego builder when I was younger, I got a kick out of seeing old Lego play sets from my childhood such as the Lego Castle, Pirates, Space and Wild West. The different bricks and accessories from these worlds make random out-of-context appearances as well, which is nostalgic fun.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-lego-movie-teaser-trailer-screenshot-chris-pratt.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-lego-movie-teaser-trailer-screenshot-chris-pratt.jpg\" alt=\"the-lego-movie-teaser-trailer-screenshot-chris-pratt\" width=\"614\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<em>The Lego Movie\u00a0<\/em>has the feeling that you went into any kid's bedroom in America, dumped out all the toys in their Lego box and just started playing. There is a wide mix of characters, worlds, and types of Lego. From the 2002 MBA All-Star team (featuring a cameo by Shaquille O'Neal\u00a0himself) and to Batman, Wonder Woman and Gandalf, you never know what or who you'll encounter next. And that's really what makes the film so fun. Just like a child's imagination, the possibilities are endless.\r\n\r\nThe movie is not only one of the best animated comedies of the year, but I would say in ten months from now we will be saying it was also one of the best comedies of the year. The humor is all over the place; at times it's modern and quirky and other times it's self-referential, pop-culture inspired, and just plain random. Although, <em>The Lego Movie<\/em>\u00a0is so fast paced and noisy that many times you don't have enough time to digest the joke you just heard seconds earlier before they plow into another stream of jokes.\r\n\r\nOne thing I did really appreciate was how clean the film was. There wasn't a lick of profanity to be found and the filmmakers selected to use the word \"gosh\", which I appreciated. It shows the confidence that the studio had in the story that they didn't have to fill it with profanity or dumb it down with potty jokes. As a result, the final product was even better than many other pop-culture laden animated films of late.\r\n\r\nSpeaking of noise,\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie\u00a0<\/em>is loud, rambunctious, colorful and a visual delight. You are going to be exhausted leaving the movie because there really is little downtime to sit back, breathe and take it all in. There is always a lot going on screen, whether it is packed from floor to ceiling with Lego bricks or hundred of figurines are battling it out. You'll wish you had a pause button just so you can explore every nook and cranny of this brickverse.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-Lego-Movie-trailer-2-screencap-14-Batman-and-space-guy.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12837\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-Lego-Movie-trailer-2-screencap-14-Batman-and-space-guy.jpg\" alt=\"The Lego Movie trailer 2 screencap 14 Batman and space guy\" width=\"768\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nThe voice acting was superb. Will Ferrell as Lord Business does a spectacular job, as well as Liam Neeson as the sweet and simultaneously frightening Good Cop\/Bad Cop. And we can't forget the always phenomenal Morgan Freeman. However,\u00a0Elizabeth Banks as Wyldstyle didn't really stand out as anything special to me; it may have been because her character was so serious at times. Emmet is a generic, Homer Simpson-esque dummy, so I didn't really think much of Chris Pratt's performance. It wasn't bad by any means; it just didn't stand out to me like some of the other characters.\r\n\r\nThe villain is very reminiscent of\u00a0<em>The Incredibles<\/em>'\u00a0Syndrome. He doesn't have any special powers himself and he wants to suppress anyone who shows an inkling of special ability. Will Ferrell even sounds a bit like Syndrome.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bestmoviewalls_Lego_Movie_08_2560x1600.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bestmoviewalls_Lego_Movie_08_2560x1600-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"bestmoviewalls_Lego_Movie_08_2560x1600\" width=\"614\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nAt first glance, it seems like\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie<\/em> is a blatant attempt to sell more Lego toys. And, well, in a way, you're right. But the way the film is executed, you don't feel that you're in the middle of a big sales pitch. Yes, you may feel a magnetic draw to the toy store and Lego aisle after seeing this film, but in no way is the film disingenuous. Story is principle, not product placement. I actually applaud <i>Lego for putting together a solid, theatrical effort for this new toy-to-film franchise. I mean, if they really wanted to, they could have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=lego&linkCode=ur2&tag=therotos-20&url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv\">kept making cheap direct-to-video Lego films<\/a> much like the Barbie franchise. Going all in really paid for and it will definitely pay off for the brand in the long run.<\/i>\r\n\r\nGo see\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie<\/em>. If you still don't believe the\u00a0hype, then all I can say is that you need to just trust me on this one. It's brilliant. It is such a delight of a film that will leave your belly tired from laughing and you grinning ear to ear as you leave the theatre. No prior Lego experience or kids are needed to enjoy this one. People of all ages will find\u00a0<em>The Lego<\/em>\u00a0<em>Movie<\/em>\u00a0enjoyable, hilarious, childlike and satisfying.\r\n<h3>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u26051\/2<\/h3>\r\n<center><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D3TawNdxK-w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>","post_title":"[REVIEW] 'The Lego Movie' is Rambunctious, Hilarious & Satisfying for All Ages","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"review-the-lego-movie-is-rambunctious-hilarious-satisfying-for-all-ages","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:41:40","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:41:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12773","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"13","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12804,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-10 09:03:16","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-10 16:03:16","post_content":"Everything was awesome about<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/tag\/the-lego-movie\">The<\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/tag\/the-lego-movie\"> Lego Movie<\/a><\/em><\/strong>'s\u00a0opening weekend, which results in it raking in a whopping estimated $69.1 million and landing the number one box office spot. The film's haul was triple that of the second place film <em>The Monuments Men<\/em>, which earned only $22.7 million.\u00a0The film went into the weekend with an impressive fresh rating on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_lego_movie\/\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> (its currently at 95%) and incredibly strong word of mouth.\r\n\r\n<address>This debut is the second biggest opening for February behind\u00a0<em>The Passion of the Christ <\/em>($83.8 million)\u00a0and the biggest opening for an animated film in February. Regarding overall animated openings, the film did fairly well, earning the the 11th place spot. For \"original\" animated film,\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie<\/em> is 5th overall.<\/address>The CGI film, which was produced by Australian animation studio <i>Animal Logic, capitalized on the incredibly popular Lego brick toys.\u00a0<\/i><em>The Lego Movie<\/em> is rambunctious, silly and fun, which equally appealed to both children and adults alike.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/BestMovieWalls_Lego_Movie_TVG_01.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/BestMovieWalls_Lego_Movie_TVG_01.jpg\" alt=\"legovideogamewallpaper\" width=\"563\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nOther animated films did decently over the weekend.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/tag\/frozen\"><strong><em>Frozen<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, continues to have a strong run at the box office still after two months, falling two spots down to fourth place with an estimated $6.9 million. <em>Frozen\u00a0<\/em>has earned $368.7 million domestically and has $913.8 million worldwide. It seem inevitable at this point that the film will break the coveted $1 billion mark within the next few months (the film just opened this past week in China earning $13.7 million and has yet to open in Japan).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/tag\/the-nut-job\"><strong><em>The Nut Job<\/em><\/strong><\/a> also fell from fourth place to eight, earning and estimated $3.8 million. The film's domestic total is now $55.1 million and $58.0 million worldwide. The figure, while not spectacular, is still rather impressive for the film, which seems to climb an uphill battle against critics before being released. The film's opening weekend was good enough for the studio to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/01\/23\/nut-job-2-in-the-works\/\">commission a sequel<\/a>.\r\n\r\nLastly,\u00a0<strong><em>Mr. Peabody & Sherman<\/em><\/strong> opened overseas in the U.K., becoming first place in the box office with $6.6 million. The film already has an 89% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film doesn't open in the US until March 7.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What did you think of this week's animation box office report? Any surprises?<\/em><\/h3>\r\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/weekend\/chart\/\">Box Office Mojo<\/a>","post_title":"Animation Weekend Box Office: 'The Lego Movie' Dominates, 'Frozen' & 'The Nut Job' Still Doing OK","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"animation-weekend-box-office-the-lego-movie-dominates-frozen-the-nut-job-still-doing-ok","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:42:21","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:42:21","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12804","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"5","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12799,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-10 08:05:42","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-10 15:05:42","post_content":"It was just a few weeks ago that Disney CEO Bob Iger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/01\/13\/disney-ceo-confirms-frozen-musical-is-headed-to-broadway\/\">announced<\/a> that the company already has a\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em> musical in the works. Apparently Disney is wasting no time in promoting this Broadway version of the extremely popular film as they launched the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.FrozenTheMusical.com\">FrozenTheMusical.com<\/a>\u00a0earlier this week.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"www.frozenthemusical.com\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/frozen-the-musical-website.png\" alt=\"frozen-the-musical-website\" width=\"701\" height=\"406\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nThe website is currently bare bones right now, only allowing visitors to sign up for the mailing list to get future announcements about the musical. The website doesn't even use the film's logo as a placeholder, but instead has the words \"Frozen\" in very generic typography. Usually the logos for the Broadway version of Disney animated films are different, which most likely is why they are holding off using the\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em> film logo.\r\n\r\nSo there you go. In case there were any doubters still around doubting that the\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em>musical would actually become manifest, this is proof that Disney is plowing full speed ahead. We're not sure if \"Frozen the Musical\" will end up being the play's final name, but rather it's most likely that this domain name was available compared to other iterations.\r\n\r\nThe musical is still in the early development stages, but be sure to join the newsletter. I'm sure that is where we will become privy to cast announcements and other updates as the release date comes closer. There currently is no release date for the musical, but it is expected that we won't see it until late 2015 and, more likely, 2016.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Did you sign up for the Frozen The Musical mailing list? What do you think about this new website?<\/em><\/h3>\r\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/thedisneyblog.com\/2014\/02\/09\/frozen-the-musical-website-already-exists\/\">The Disney Blog<\/a>","post_title":"Disney Launches Website for Upcoming 'Frozen' The Musical","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"disney-launches-website-for-upcoming-frozen-the-musical","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:42:43","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:42:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12799","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12810,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-07 13:04:44","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-07 20:04:44","post_content":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/monuments3.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/monuments3.jpg\" alt=\"monuments\" width=\"577\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<em>The Monuments Men<\/em> is a historical film about an army troop that was recruited to find and recover millions of dollars worth of art that was stolen by the Nazis as they raided Europe during WWII. These men aren't your typical beefy soldiers, but rather were a hand-picked collection of artists, curators and art historians.\r\n\r\nAs I entered the theatre and saw a sea of white hair sitting in the audience, I realized that maybe I wasn't in this film's target demographic. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed the film. It was informative, interesting and funny. The monuments men themselves are an interesting hodgepodge of art nerds and personalities, which allow for some fun exchanges between them.\r\n\r\nThe movie does move a bit slow as it seemed for the first half of the film, there wasn't much driving the plot. It took its time to introduce us the gang and present the dilemma, but after a while I started to wonder, \"Where is this going?\" Once the main conflict was introduced, the film moved speedily along, ending with a nice resolution.\r\n\r\n<em>The\u00a0Monuments Men<\/em> was interesting and introduced me to a part of WWII history that I never knew about before. I found the film completely fascinating from an art perspective and enjoyed the way the narrative was told. While the film is not equivalent to Michelangelo's David as far as films go, it still is a venerable piece worth admiring.\r\n\r\n\u2605\u2605\u2605","post_title":"[REVIEW] 'The Monuments Men'","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"review-the-monuments-men","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:43:55","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:43:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12810","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"1","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12711,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-05 12:07:44","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-05 19:07:44","post_content":"Elton John and his company\u00a0Rocket Pictures have acquired the rights to the popular musical\u00a0<strong><em>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat<\/em> <\/strong>and are planning to make it into an animated feature film, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/elton-john-sets-animated-joseph-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat-movie\/\">The Wrap<\/a>\u00a0reports.\r\n\r\nThe film will be co-produced by\u00a0Rocket Pictures CEO Steve Hamilton Shaw and David Furnish with The Really Useful Group.\u00a0Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice and Elton John will executive produce. No release date has been announced yet.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/joseph-technicolor-dreamcoat-animated-film.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/joseph-technicolor-dreamcoat-animated-film.jpg\" alt=\"joseph-technicolor-dreamcoat-animated-film\" width=\"618\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe filmmakers of this new animated version of <em>Joseph<\/em>\u00a0also chimed in with their thoughts of this announcement.\u00a0According to Shaw, \"We are excited about the huge potential of a contemporary animated version, and we\u2019re thrilled to bring this to the big screen in partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.\u201d Rice said, \"I have always thought\u00a0<em>Joseph<\/em>\u00a0was a strong contender for an animation production, and I\u2019m delighted this is now going to happen.\u201d\r\n\r\nWebber also commented, \u201c<em>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat<\/em> started in a school and was the first step on the path that led to my musicals with Tim Rice. It is now being performed all over the world by a fourth generation of school kids, and a great movie can only help Joseph being part of the lives of many more.\u201d\r\n\r\nIt's going to be really interesting to see Rocket Pictures take on this incredibly popular musical as an animated feature. Taking on such a well-known entity can be risky--fans are usually very passionate and defensive of the original product. We still don't know how the reception of <em>Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return<\/em>, which comes out later this year. I would love to see this film as a 2D-animated film, but let's be honest, that's wishful thinking and it will most likely be a CGI (perhaps even 3D) film. Hopefully the animation and art style will be a little more sophisticated that\u00a0<em>Gnomeo & Juliet.<\/em>\r\n\r\nOne of Webber's other musicals \"Cats\" was once slated to become an animated film in the 1990s by Steven Spielberg's animation studio Amblination. (In our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2013\/09\/20\/episode-48-interview-with-steve-hickner\/\">interview<\/a> with Steve Hickner, he talks about working on that animated version of \"Cats\" and what could have been.) However, when the studio closed in 1997, those plans were scrapped. Since then, there hasn't been any word of Webber's musicals becoming animated feature films until now.\r\n\r\nRocket Pictures is Elton John's production company that was founded in 1996 to produce family-friendly musical films and TV shows. In 2011, the company released\u00a0<em>Gnomeo & Juliet<\/em>\u00a0and has plans to make a sequel as well as another animated film called\u00a0<em>N.E.R.D.S.\u00a0<\/em>In many of these films, John writes and performs the songs himself.\r\n\r\nThe Really Useful Group is Webber's\u00a0theater producing and rights licensing company. It owns the rights to Webber's extensive musical cannon, which includes hits such as\u00a0\u201cThe Phantom of the Opera,\" \u201cCats,\u201d and \u201cEvita\u201d.\r\n\r\n<em>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat\u00a0<\/em>is Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice\u2019s musical that\u00a0first hit the scene in 1968 and made it to Broadway in 1982. There have been many actors playing the lead character, Joseph, over the years, with Donny Osmond being one of the most notable. Osmond portrayed Joseph in the 1999 straight-to-video film.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Are you excited to see 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor' in animation?<\/em><\/h3>","post_title":"Animated \u2018Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat\u2019 Feature Film to be Produced by Elton John","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"animated-joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat-feature-film-to-be-produced-by-elton-john","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:45:50","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:45:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12711","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"5","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"jnews_block_5"};</script> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element 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A Mason theory.<br \/><strong>\u25a0<\/strong>\u00a0How can you go wrong with Hans Zimmer, Elton John, and Tim Rice?<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>How does \"The Baboon Priesthood\" actually work?<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>Scar vs. Mufasa.\u00a0Why Scar is the prototype of a child predator.<br \/>\u25a0 Two thumbs WAY way up for the voice acting!<br \/>\u25a0 \"This is worse than when Zazu and Iago took over the Tiki Room!\"<br \/>\u25a0 They should have a deleted scene with \"The Birdie Boiler\".<br \/>\u25a0 More reasons why Mufasa is so great.<br \/>\u25a0 Scar: The lame Pokemon trainer.<br \/>\u25a0 \"Hey look it's Jim Cummings!\"<br \/>\u25a0 The Stampede. Hans Zimmer is the master of mood.<br \/><strong>\u25a0 <\/strong>Scar should have waited it out and stayed in the lion senate.<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>Mason voices\u00a0Matthew\u00a0Broderick.<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>Special bonus Zelda episode coming at you.<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>All of us need a\u00a0\"Remember who you are\" moment.<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>The Disney vulture reunion.<br \/><strong>\u25a0 <\/strong>All this controversy, the\u00a0merchandise, and our ratings!<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>Voicemail, Twitter question, and mail bag.<strong><br \/><strong>\u25a0 <\/strong><\/strong>Bloopers: AKA a bunch of random quotes you thought we missed.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Runtime:\u00a0<\/strong>1:39:17, 50.8 MB<\/p>\r\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Watch\u00a0<em>The Lion King<\/em><em>:<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004WDRT1Y\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004WDRT1Y&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\">4-disc\u00a0Blu-ray\/DVD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0036TGT3E\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0036TGT3E&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\">2-Disc Blu-ray\/DVD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001AQR3JY\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001AQR3JY&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\">DVD<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Buy <em>The Lion King<\/em> soundtrack: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0000CABJ2\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0000CABJ2&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=UVBH5O35PSMTB7OZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CD<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00JQHOEAU\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00JQHOEAU&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=Q3KXOP2MXOCBBJUG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Legacy Collection<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002YICN6U\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002YICN6U&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=4RDMCRXGMYAPJWKI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Broadway<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0013JVHA4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0013JVHA4&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=M3HT5V42SNE7VYH6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/lion-king-original-motion\/id156089366?uo=4&at=1l3v4eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=06RYS5pnPvU\">The kissing Nala and Simba, anyone?! Eh, eh?<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6zf3DcjfpL0\">SNES Lion King full game walkthrough<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Pump-up Week articles:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/02\/13\/is-the-lion-king-disneys-greatest-movie\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Is 'The Lion King Disney' Greatest Movie?<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/02\/11\/why-the-lion-king-has-the-best-music-in-a-disney-movie-ever\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why 'The Lion King' Has the Best Music in Any Disney Movie. Ever.<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/02\/10\/ive-never-seen-the-lion-king\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\"I've Never Seen \u2018The Lion King\"\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/02\/13\/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-lion-king\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">5 Things You Didn't Know About 'The Lion King<\/a>'.<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneyquotes.com\/the-lion-king-quotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Lion King<\/em> quotes | DisneyQuotes.com<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><strong>The Rotoscopers<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:therotoscopers@gmail.com\">therotoscopers@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<li>Send us a voicemail at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/voicemail\">rotoscopers.com\/voicemail<\/a>\u00a0or call\u00a0<strong>(406) 646-6575<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n<li>Find us on the web:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/\">rotoscopers.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/rotoscopers\">twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebok.com\/rotoscopers\">facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/therotoscopers\">YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/\">tumblr<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/therotoscopers\">instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypable.com\/podcasts\/the-rotoscopers\/\">hypable<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/animatedviews.com\/category\/the-rotoscopers\/\">Animated Views<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<li>Visit our sponsors:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audibletrial.com\/therotoscopers\">Audible<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/amazon\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><strong>The Hosts<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Mason Smith:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thisanimatedlife.blogspot.com\/\">This Animated Life Blog<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Morgan Stradling:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/morganstradling\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/morganstradling\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Chelsea Robson:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/chelsearobson\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chelsearobson.com\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Join the <a href=\"https:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/newsletter\">Newsletter<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","post_title":"Animation Addicts Podcast #60: 'The Lion King' - It's SFX!","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"animation-addicts-podcast-60-the-lion-king-its-sfx","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-26 16:09:16","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-26 23:09:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12482","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"15","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12943,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-12 16:59:02","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-12 23:59:02","post_content":"<i>Blue Sky Studios<\/i> is capitalizing on romantic notion of Brazilian romance in two new marketing pieces for <em>Rio 2<\/em>, including a Valentine's Day movie poster and a telenovela-inspired clip.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/rio-2-valentines-poster.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12944\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/rio-2-valentines-poster.jpg\" alt=\"rio-2-valentine's-poster\" width=\"441\" height=\"654\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The new poster is characteristic of what a lot of movies and brands are doing nowadays: capitalizing on any and every holiday by tying it back to their product (sometimes it's quite a stretch). In this case, <em>Rio 2<\/em> fits the romance bill nicely, since the first film was about the unlikely romance between two nearly extinct blue macaws. The flock of red birds forming a heart in the sky is clever and fun, while still remaining on brand.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The new telenovela clip is also a cute marketing move. From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2013\/12\/12\/colorful-new-rio-2-trailer-highlights-celebrity-voice-talent\/\">other trailers<\/a>, we already knew that the pink frog Gabi is hopelessly enamored with the grumpy and vengeful cockatoo Nigel. This clip dramatizes that forbidden love in a clip in a way that only telenovelas do best. The clip is even in Portuguese (a very sultry, manly Portuguese voice at a that) and employs subtitles to make it even more believable.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zUo5H0k7RZM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\r\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.yahoo.com\/movie\/rio-2\/\">Yahoo! Movies<\/a> also has another spot called \"Wild Run\", which has a similar premise and over-the-top telenovela-esque announcer, but this one's in English.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rio 2 flies into theatres April 11, 2014.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you think of these Valentine's-inspired promotional pieces for 'Rio 2'? Thumbs up or thumbs down?<\/h3>","post_title":"'Rio 2' Celebrates Valentine's Day with New Poster & Telenovela-inspired Ad","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"rio-2-celebrates-valentines-day-with-new-poster-telenovela-inspired-ad","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:38:10","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:38:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12943","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"6","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12924,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-12 15:35:59","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-12 22:35:59","post_content":"There is no question that<em> The Jungle Book<\/em>\u00a0 is a verifiable Disney classic. The film marks the final animated piece Walt Disney work on before his death. He died while the film was still in production, but he was still able to leave his own unique mark on this 1967 adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's famous novel of the same name. Nearly 50 years later, this film is still beloved and has finally made its way onto Blu-ray as part of the prestigious Diamond Edition club.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDT4M1A\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin%20_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00GDT4M1A&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10073\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-disney-bluray.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-disney-bluray\" width=\"274\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>The film \u272e\u272e\u272e\u272e1\/2<\/h3>\r\n<em>The Jungle Book\u00a0<\/em>tells the story of Mowgli, who as a baby becomes orphaned in the wild jungles of India after a terrible storm. A pack of wolves raise him as their own until they deem it too dangerous for him to stay with the pack. So they commission a black panther named Bagheera to escort the young Mowgli back to the human village. They meet up with a friendly laid-back bear named Baloo, who teaches Mowgli to appreciate the \"Bare Necessities\" of life. Things don't go as planned when their journey gets interrupted by a lot of nefarious animals lurking in the jungle.\r\n\r\n<em>The Jungle Book<\/em> was always one of my favorite films to watch growing up. The pacing of the film is fantastic, though slightly episodic, as it moves from one crazy adventure to another. The collective cast of characters and animals is diverse and endearing; from Kaa the surreptitious snake and King Louie the king of the monkeys to Sheer Khan the man-hating tiger--all have earned their places in the Disney character pantheon. Everyone in the jungle has rhythm, singing, dancing, and groovin' whenever possible.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowgli-king-louie.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowgli-king-louie-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowgli-king-louie\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nOne thing that stands out about this film is the score. George Bruns scores have become synonymous with Disney's Xerox era. His work on\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book<\/em> is delightful, dark and brooding. It stands out melodically from other Disney scores. Also, the songs, written by the brother team of Robert and Richard Sherman, are jazzy, flouncy and enjoyable. \"I Want To be Like You\" and \"Bare Necessities\" definitely stand out, but other tunes like \"Trust in Me\" and\"That's What Friends Are For\" are classics. Even \"My Own Home\" is a forgotten gem from this soundtrack.\r\n\r\nThe HD conversion is appropriately crisp and didn't distract from the movie (much like the over-processed and saturated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2012\/10\/02\/review-cinderella-blu-ray-diamond-edition\/\"><em>Cinderella<\/em> Blu-ray<\/a>). The \"sketchiness\", which was so characteristic of movies from Disney's Xerox era, is still present, maintaining that touch and sense of nostalgia. Film grain, on the other hand, has been completely erased and smoothed out. The watercolor backgrounds are delightful and vibrant, blacks are deep, and the colors are appropriately saturated. The final product is pretty to look at, but Disney and animation purists will definitely be disappointed by the conversion.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowqgli-baloo.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowqgli-baloo-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowqgli-baloo\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>The Features\u00a0<\/strong>\u272e\u272e\u272e\u272e<\/h3>\r\nThe features on\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book<\/em>\u00a0Blu-ray were pretty decent. It is a Diamond Edition after all, so we expect Disney to put forth a little bit of effort in producing new content and digging up old footage from the archives. The new features that the dug up or created are fun and worth it.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-blu-ray-diamond-edition-menu.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-12928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-blu-ray-diamond-edition-menu-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-blu-ray-diamond-edition-menu\" width=\"614\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a> Courtesy of Blu-ray.com.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nWe start off with two\u00a0<strong>introductions by Diane Disney Miller and Richard M. Sherman<\/strong>. The pair was also joined by Disney animator Floyd Norman for a segment called \"<strong>Music, Memories & Mowgli: A Conversation with Richard M. Sherman, Diane Disney Miller and Floyd Norman<\/strong>.\" This was absolutely wonderful because it allowed three people who were either directly or indirectly involved in\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book<\/em>'s production to share stories and insights about Walt, the film and the production process. This is also most likely Diane's final appearance on a Disney Blu-ray, since she passed away in December of last year.\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.totaleclips.com\/player\/Splash.aspx?custid=907&playerid=69&bitrateid=461&formatid=20&clipid=e130542&affiliateid=-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center>\r\nWe get another\u00a0@DisneyAnimation segment. This time it is called \"<strong>@DisneyAnimation: Sparking Creativity<\/strong>\", which delves into the Spark Showcase program at Walt Disney Animation Studios. The Spark Showcase gives Disney Animation employees the opportunity to pitch their ideas for stories, new creative processes and other ideas that the studio could use. For example, the 2D\/CGI animation hybrid was originally a Spark idea, which was then used for the production of the Oscar-winning short <em>Paperman<\/em>. I love these @DisneyAnimation segments that we have been seeing in the last few Disney Blu-ray releases because they give us an inside look at the studio today. While this segment had nothing to do with\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book<\/em> itself, I still appreciated its inclusion because it was telling the story about the studio behind the film.\r\n\r\nSurprisingly, nearly 50 years later, Disney was still able to bring us new <em>Jungle Book<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>footage in an alternate ending called \"<strong>Mowgli and the Hunger<\/strong>.\" This ending was recently discovered in the archives buried in an early script. Instead of just ignore it, the Mouse House commissioned an in-house artist to make storyboards of the discarded sequence. It was really interesting to watch, although it really did make me appreciate the simplicity of the film's actual ending. This ending introduced new characters very late in the game and even made Sheer Khan seem like a hero, rather than a terrifying villain. This is the type of creative bonus feature that I would love Disney to do more of on future releases because it was in-context, historical, informative and fun.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-baloo-bagheera-mowgli.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-baloo-bagheera-mowgli-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-baloo-bagheera-mowgli\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nAnd of course, it wouldn't be a Disney Diamond Edition with the good ol' karaoke sing-along segment. In <em>Mary Poppins<\/em>, we got Mary-oke, in <em>The Little Mermaid<\/em> we got Crab-eoke, and in\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book <\/em>we get\u00a0<strong>Bear-E-Oke<\/strong>. I actually quite like these karaoke tracks because it's like having the soundtrack at your fingertips. The lyrics, which dance about the screen, are stylized and not actually meant to be used for karaoke, but they are still fun to look at. This is a visual treat and fun to tap your toes and sing along with. Although the only thing I didn't like is when occasionally some songs would have visuals that blended CGI trees and other elements with the flat 2D characters. It was out of place and really made the 2D feel cheap, which is far from the truth! We also get to see the Bare-E-Oke return whenever you push pause while watching the film with\u00a0<strong>Disney Intermission: Bear-E-Oke hosted by Baloo<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nLastly, we get <strong>I Wanna Be Like You: Hangin' Out At Disney's Animal Kingdom<\/strong>. I'm not really a fan of these park promotion pieces, but I understand why Disney does them. This exhaustive segment was hosted by two stars of the Disney Channel series <em>Dog with a Blog<\/em> and showed\u00a0how animals are cared for at Disney's Animal Kingdom. \u00a0Also, we get the \"classic\" DVD bonus features, which are now staples in every new Blu-ray release.\r\n<h3>Final Thoughts<\/h3>\r\nDisney has done it again with another must-own Diamond Edition release.\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book\u00a0<\/em>Blu-ray is not only beautiful to look at (I might even say they made it too pretty), but it is also loaded with fun and interesting featurettes. Any Disney connoisseur would be well off having this part of their Blu-ray collection. I would even say owning it is a bear necessity.\r\n<h3>Purchase<\/h3>\r\n<em>The Jungle Book<\/em> Diamond Edition:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDT4M1A\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin _il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00GDT4M1A&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\" target=\"_blank\">Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDT4M1A\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin%20_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00GDT4M1A&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\" target=\"_blank\">Blu-ray+DVD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDT5T9Y\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin%20_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00GDT5T9Y&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\" target=\"_blank\">DVD<\/a>","post_title":"[REVIEW] 'The Jungle Book' Blu-ray Offers the Bare Necessities & Much Much More!","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"review-the-jungle-book-blu-ray-offers-the-bare-necessities-much-much-more","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:38:47","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:38:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12924","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12773,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-10 17:42:27","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-11 00:42:27","post_content":"<em>The Lego Movie<\/em> is a wild, noisy, rambunctiously fun film that will delight viewers of all ages. Whether you grew up playing with Lego bricks, are a child now who adores them, or have never touched a Lego in your life, this movie has something for everyone.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/LegoReview1.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/LegoReview1.jpg\" alt=\"LegoReview1\" width=\"600\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<em>The Lego Movie<\/em> tells the story of Emmett (Chris Pratt), a run-of-the-mill everyman construction worker who lives in the city of Bricksburg, city in a world filled up with and made entirely out of Lego bricks. He is completely ordinary and dull in every way: he likes vapid popular TV shows, his favorite song is called \"Everything is Awesome\" and he has absolutely no opinions of his own. One day, his boring world gets turned upside down when he accidentally stumbles upon (literally) the Piece of Resistance, part of a prophecy that declare the finder, known as the \"Special\", will be the most interesting and important person in the world. He's joined by a gang of Master Builders, experts in building Lego masterpieces without plans or directions, which includes cool chick named Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks), to try and stop evil Lord Business (Will Ferrell) from destroying the orthogonal world they love.\r\n\r\nFrom the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2013\/10\/31\/full-length-trailer-for-the-lego-movie-has-arrived\/\">first trailer<\/a>, I knew I was going to love\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie<\/em>\u00a0because of its self-referential humor. Anyone who has ever played with Lego will get a kick out of all the inside jokes and poking at itself.\u00a0I also enjoyed the various Lego worlds that the film visited. As an avid Lego builder when I was younger, I got a kick out of seeing old Lego play sets from my childhood such as the Lego Castle, Pirates, Space and Wild West. The different bricks and accessories from these worlds make random out-of-context appearances as well, which is nostalgic fun.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-lego-movie-teaser-trailer-screenshot-chris-pratt.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-lego-movie-teaser-trailer-screenshot-chris-pratt.jpg\" alt=\"the-lego-movie-teaser-trailer-screenshot-chris-pratt\" width=\"614\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<em>The Lego Movie\u00a0<\/em>has the feeling that you went into any kid's bedroom in America, dumped out all the toys in their Lego box and just started playing. There is a wide mix of characters, worlds, and types of Lego. From the 2002 MBA All-Star team (featuring a cameo by Shaquille O'Neal\u00a0himself) and to Batman, Wonder Woman and Gandalf, you never know what or who you'll encounter next. And that's really what makes the film so fun. Just like a child's imagination, the possibilities are endless.\r\n\r\nThe movie is not only one of the best animated comedies of the year, but I would say in ten months from now we will be saying it was also one of the best comedies of the year. The humor is all over the place; at times it's modern and quirky and other times it's self-referential, pop-culture inspired, and just plain random. Although, <em>The Lego Movie<\/em>\u00a0is so fast paced and noisy that many times you don't have enough time to digest the joke you just heard seconds earlier before they plow into another stream of jokes.\r\n\r\nOne thing I did really appreciate was how clean the film was. There wasn't a lick of profanity to be found and the filmmakers selected to use the word \"gosh\", which I appreciated. It shows the confidence that the studio had in the story that they didn't have to fill it with profanity or dumb it down with potty jokes. As a result, the final product was even better than many other pop-culture laden animated films of late.\r\n\r\nSpeaking of noise,\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie\u00a0<\/em>is loud, rambunctious, colorful and a visual delight. You are going to be exhausted leaving the movie because there really is little downtime to sit back, breathe and take it all in. There is always a lot going on screen, whether it is packed from floor to ceiling with Lego bricks or hundred of figurines are battling it out. You'll wish you had a pause button just so you can explore every nook and cranny of this brickverse.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-Lego-Movie-trailer-2-screencap-14-Batman-and-space-guy.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12837\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-Lego-Movie-trailer-2-screencap-14-Batman-and-space-guy.jpg\" alt=\"The Lego Movie trailer 2 screencap 14 Batman and space guy\" width=\"768\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nThe voice acting was superb. Will Ferrell as Lord Business does a spectacular job, as well as Liam Neeson as the sweet and simultaneously frightening Good Cop\/Bad Cop. And we can't forget the always phenomenal Morgan Freeman. However,\u00a0Elizabeth Banks as Wyldstyle didn't really stand out as anything special to me; it may have been because her character was so serious at times. Emmet is a generic, Homer Simpson-esque dummy, so I didn't really think much of Chris Pratt's performance. It wasn't bad by any means; it just didn't stand out to me like some of the other characters.\r\n\r\nThe villain is very reminiscent of\u00a0<em>The Incredibles<\/em>'\u00a0Syndrome. He doesn't have any special powers himself and he wants to suppress anyone who shows an inkling of special ability. Will Ferrell even sounds a bit like Syndrome.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bestmoviewalls_Lego_Movie_08_2560x1600.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bestmoviewalls_Lego_Movie_08_2560x1600-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"bestmoviewalls_Lego_Movie_08_2560x1600\" width=\"614\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nAt first glance, it seems like\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie<\/em> is a blatant attempt to sell more Lego toys. And, well, in a way, you're right. But the way the film is executed, you don't feel that you're in the middle of a big sales pitch. Yes, you may feel a magnetic draw to the toy store and Lego aisle after seeing this film, but in no way is the film disingenuous. Story is principle, not product placement. I actually applaud <i>Lego for putting together a solid, theatrical effort for this new toy-to-film franchise. I mean, if they really wanted to, they could have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=lego&linkCode=ur2&tag=therotos-20&url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv\">kept making cheap direct-to-video Lego films<\/a> much like the Barbie franchise. Going all in really paid for and it will definitely pay off for the brand in the long run.<\/i>\r\n\r\nGo see\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie<\/em>. If you still don't believe the\u00a0hype, then all I can say is that you need to just trust me on this one. It's brilliant. It is such a delight of a film that will leave your belly tired from laughing and you grinning ear to ear as you leave the theatre. No prior Lego experience or kids are needed to enjoy this one. People of all ages will find\u00a0<em>The Lego<\/em>\u00a0<em>Movie<\/em>\u00a0enjoyable, hilarious, childlike and satisfying.\r\n<h3>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u26051\/2<\/h3>\r\n<center><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D3TawNdxK-w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>","post_title":"[REVIEW] 'The Lego Movie' is Rambunctious, Hilarious & Satisfying for All Ages","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"review-the-lego-movie-is-rambunctious-hilarious-satisfying-for-all-ages","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:41:40","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:41:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12773","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"13","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12804,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-10 09:03:16","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-10 16:03:16","post_content":"Everything was awesome about<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/tag\/the-lego-movie\">The<\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/tag\/the-lego-movie\"> Lego Movie<\/a><\/em><\/strong>'s\u00a0opening weekend, which results in it raking in a whopping estimated $69.1 million and landing the number one box office spot. The film's haul was triple that of the second place film <em>The Monuments Men<\/em>, which earned only $22.7 million.\u00a0The film went into the weekend with an impressive fresh rating on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_lego_movie\/\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> (its currently at 95%) and incredibly strong word of mouth.\r\n\r\n<address>This debut is the second biggest opening for February behind\u00a0<em>The Passion of the Christ <\/em>($83.8 million)\u00a0and the biggest opening for an animated film in February. Regarding overall animated openings, the film did fairly well, earning the the 11th place spot. For \"original\" animated film,\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie<\/em> is 5th overall.<\/address>The CGI film, which was produced by Australian animation studio <i>Animal Logic, capitalized on the incredibly popular Lego brick toys.\u00a0<\/i><em>The Lego Movie<\/em> is rambunctious, silly and fun, which equally appealed to both children and adults alike.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/BestMovieWalls_Lego_Movie_TVG_01.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/BestMovieWalls_Lego_Movie_TVG_01.jpg\" alt=\"legovideogamewallpaper\" width=\"563\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nOther animated films did decently over the weekend.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/tag\/frozen\"><strong><em>Frozen<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, continues to have a strong run at the box office still after two months, falling two spots down to fourth place with an estimated $6.9 million. <em>Frozen\u00a0<\/em>has earned $368.7 million domestically and has $913.8 million worldwide. It seem inevitable at this point that the film will break the coveted $1 billion mark within the next few months (the film just opened this past week in China earning $13.7 million and has yet to open in Japan).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/tag\/the-nut-job\"><strong><em>The Nut Job<\/em><\/strong><\/a> also fell from fourth place to eight, earning and estimated $3.8 million. The film's domestic total is now $55.1 million and $58.0 million worldwide. The figure, while not spectacular, is still rather impressive for the film, which seems to climb an uphill battle against critics before being released. The film's opening weekend was good enough for the studio to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/01\/23\/nut-job-2-in-the-works\/\">commission a sequel<\/a>.\r\n\r\nLastly,\u00a0<strong><em>Mr. Peabody & Sherman<\/em><\/strong> opened overseas in the U.K., becoming first place in the box office with $6.6 million. The film already has an 89% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film doesn't open in the US until March 7.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What did you think of this week's animation box office report? Any surprises?<\/em><\/h3>\r\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/weekend\/chart\/\">Box Office Mojo<\/a>","post_title":"Animation Weekend Box Office: 'The Lego Movie' Dominates, 'Frozen' & 'The Nut Job' Still Doing OK","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"animation-weekend-box-office-the-lego-movie-dominates-frozen-the-nut-job-still-doing-ok","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:42:21","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:42:21","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12804","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"5","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12799,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-10 08:05:42","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-10 15:05:42","post_content":"It was just a few weeks ago that Disney CEO Bob Iger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/01\/13\/disney-ceo-confirms-frozen-musical-is-headed-to-broadway\/\">announced<\/a> that the company already has a\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em> musical in the works. Apparently Disney is wasting no time in promoting this Broadway version of the extremely popular film as they launched the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.FrozenTheMusical.com\">FrozenTheMusical.com<\/a>\u00a0earlier this week.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"www.frozenthemusical.com\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/frozen-the-musical-website.png\" alt=\"frozen-the-musical-website\" width=\"701\" height=\"406\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nThe website is currently bare bones right now, only allowing visitors to sign up for the mailing list to get future announcements about the musical. The website doesn't even use the film's logo as a placeholder, but instead has the words \"Frozen\" in very generic typography. Usually the logos for the Broadway version of Disney animated films are different, which most likely is why they are holding off using the\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em> film logo.\r\n\r\nSo there you go. In case there were any doubters still around doubting that the\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em>musical would actually become manifest, this is proof that Disney is plowing full speed ahead. We're not sure if \"Frozen the Musical\" will end up being the play's final name, but rather it's most likely that this domain name was available compared to other iterations.\r\n\r\nThe musical is still in the early development stages, but be sure to join the newsletter. I'm sure that is where we will become privy to cast announcements and other updates as the release date comes closer. There currently is no release date for the musical, but it is expected that we won't see it until late 2015 and, more likely, 2016.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Did you sign up for the Frozen The Musical mailing list? What do you think about this new website?<\/em><\/h3>\r\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/thedisneyblog.com\/2014\/02\/09\/frozen-the-musical-website-already-exists\/\">The Disney Blog<\/a>","post_title":"Disney Launches Website for Upcoming 'Frozen' The Musical","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"disney-launches-website-for-upcoming-frozen-the-musical","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:42:43","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:42:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12799","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12810,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-07 13:04:44","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-07 20:04:44","post_content":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/monuments3.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/monuments3.jpg\" alt=\"monuments\" width=\"577\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<em>The Monuments Men<\/em> is a historical film about an army troop that was recruited to find and recover millions of dollars worth of art that was stolen by the Nazis as they raided Europe during WWII. These men aren't your typical beefy soldiers, but rather were a hand-picked collection of artists, curators and art historians.\r\n\r\nAs I entered the theatre and saw a sea of white hair sitting in the audience, I realized that maybe I wasn't in this film's target demographic. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed the film. It was informative, interesting and funny. The monuments men themselves are an interesting hodgepodge of art nerds and personalities, which allow for some fun exchanges between them.\r\n\r\nThe movie does move a bit slow as it seemed for the first half of the film, there wasn't much driving the plot. It took its time to introduce us the gang and present the dilemma, but after a while I started to wonder, \"Where is this going?\" Once the main conflict was introduced, the film moved speedily along, ending with a nice resolution.\r\n\r\n<em>The\u00a0Monuments Men<\/em> was interesting and introduced me to a part of WWII history that I never knew about before. I found the film completely fascinating from an art perspective and enjoyed the way the narrative was told. While the film is not equivalent to Michelangelo's David as far as films go, it still is a venerable piece worth admiring.\r\n\r\n\u2605\u2605\u2605","post_title":"[REVIEW] 'The Monuments Men'","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"review-the-monuments-men","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:43:55","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:43:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12810","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"1","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12711,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-05 12:07:44","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-05 19:07:44","post_content":"Elton John and his company\u00a0Rocket Pictures have acquired the rights to the popular musical\u00a0<strong><em>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat<\/em> <\/strong>and are planning to make it into an animated feature film, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/elton-john-sets-animated-joseph-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat-movie\/\">The Wrap<\/a>\u00a0reports.\r\n\r\nThe film will be co-produced by\u00a0Rocket Pictures CEO Steve Hamilton Shaw and David Furnish with The Really Useful Group.\u00a0Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice and Elton John will executive produce. No release date has been announced yet.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/joseph-technicolor-dreamcoat-animated-film.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/joseph-technicolor-dreamcoat-animated-film.jpg\" alt=\"joseph-technicolor-dreamcoat-animated-film\" width=\"618\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe filmmakers of this new animated version of <em>Joseph<\/em>\u00a0also chimed in with their thoughts of this announcement.\u00a0According to Shaw, \"We are excited about the huge potential of a contemporary animated version, and we\u2019re thrilled to bring this to the big screen in partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.\u201d Rice said, \"I have always thought\u00a0<em>Joseph<\/em>\u00a0was a strong contender for an animation production, and I\u2019m delighted this is now going to happen.\u201d\r\n\r\nWebber also commented, \u201c<em>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat<\/em> started in a school and was the first step on the path that led to my musicals with Tim Rice. It is now being performed all over the world by a fourth generation of school kids, and a great movie can only help Joseph being part of the lives of many more.\u201d\r\n\r\nIt's going to be really interesting to see Rocket Pictures take on this incredibly popular musical as an animated feature. Taking on such a well-known entity can be risky--fans are usually very passionate and defensive of the original product. We still don't know how the reception of <em>Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return<\/em>, which comes out later this year. I would love to see this film as a 2D-animated film, but let's be honest, that's wishful thinking and it will most likely be a CGI (perhaps even 3D) film. Hopefully the animation and art style will be a little more sophisticated that\u00a0<em>Gnomeo & Juliet.<\/em>\r\n\r\nOne of Webber's other musicals \"Cats\" was once slated to become an animated film in the 1990s by Steven Spielberg's animation studio Amblination. (In our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2013\/09\/20\/episode-48-interview-with-steve-hickner\/\">interview<\/a> with Steve Hickner, he talks about working on that animated version of \"Cats\" and what could have been.) However, when the studio closed in 1997, those plans were scrapped. Since then, there hasn't been any word of Webber's musicals becoming animated feature films until now.\r\n\r\nRocket Pictures is Elton John's production company that was founded in 1996 to produce family-friendly musical films and TV shows. In 2011, the company released\u00a0<em>Gnomeo & Juliet<\/em>\u00a0and has plans to make a sequel as well as another animated film called\u00a0<em>N.E.R.D.S.\u00a0<\/em>In many of these films, John writes and performs the songs himself.\r\n\r\nThe Really Useful Group is Webber's\u00a0theater producing and rights licensing company. It owns the rights to Webber's extensive musical cannon, which includes hits such as\u00a0\u201cThe Phantom of the Opera,\" \u201cCats,\u201d and \u201cEvita\u201d.\r\n\r\n<em>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat\u00a0<\/em>is Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice\u2019s musical that\u00a0first hit the scene in 1968 and made it to Broadway in 1982. There have been many actors playing the lead character, Joseph, over the years, with Donny Osmond being one of the most notable. 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Her favorite animated films are <i>Aladdin</i>, <i>Beauty & the Beast</i>, and <i>The Iron Giant</i>. She earned an MBA in Marketing from Arizona State University, climbed the corporate ladder in the tech world, and now is a stay-at-home mom of four kids. 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To celebrate, Disney released...</p> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/21/creating-planes-clip-from-the-wind-rises-shows-jiro-flying-on-airplane-wing/" class="jeg_readmore">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text">Details</span></a> </div> </div> </article><article class="jeg_post jeg_pl_lg_2 format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/16/impressionist-christina-bianco-covers-let-it-go-as-famous-female-singers/" aria-label="Read article: Impressionist Christina Bianco Covers “Let It Go” as Famous Female Singers"><div class="thumbnail-container animate-lazy size-715 "><img width="350" height="197" src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/img/jeg-empty.png" class="attachment-jnews-350x250 size-jnews-350x250 lazyload wp-post-image" alt="christina-bianco-let-it-go-cover-impersonations" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" data-src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/christina-bianco-let-it-go-cover-impersonations.png" data-srcset="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/christina-bianco-let-it-go-cover-impersonations.png 1265w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/christina-bianco-let-it-go-cover-impersonations-600x337.png 600w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/christina-bianco-let-it-go-cover-impersonations-300x168.png 300w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/christina-bianco-let-it-go-cover-impersonations-1024x575.png 1024w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/christina-bianco-let-it-go-cover-impersonations-620x348.png 620w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/christina-bianco-let-it-go-cover-impersonations-900x505.png 900w" data-sizes="auto" data-expand="700" /></div></a> <div class="jeg_post_category"> <span><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/category/studios/disney/" class="category-disney">Disney</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_postblock_content"> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/16/impressionist-christina-bianco-covers-let-it-go-as-famous-female-singers/">Impressionist Christina Bianco Covers “Let It Go” as Famous Female Singers</a> </h3> <div class="jeg_post_meta"><div class="jeg_meta_author"><span class="by">by</span> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/">Morgan Stradling</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_date"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/16/impressionist-christina-bianco-covers-let-it-go-as-famous-female-singers/"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> February 16, 2014</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_comment"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/16/impressionist-christina-bianco-covers-let-it-go-as-famous-female-singers/#comments" ><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i> 0 </a></div></div> <div class="jeg_post_excerpt"> <p>Are you sick of "Let It Go" covers yet? I thought I was until I saw this hilarious one by...</p> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/16/impressionist-christina-bianco-covers-let-it-go-as-famous-female-singers/" class="jeg_readmore">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text">Details</span></a> </div> </div> </article><article class="jeg_post jeg_pl_lg_2 format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/14/animation-addicts-podcast-60-the-lion-king-its-sfx/" aria-label="Read article: Animation Addicts Podcast #60: ‘The Lion King’ – It’s SFX!"><div class="thumbnail-container animate-lazy size-715 "><img width="350" height="196" src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/img/jeg-empty.png" class="attachment-jnews-350x250 size-jnews-350x250 lazyload wp-post-image" alt="the-lion-king-rotoscopers-album-art" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" data-src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-lion-king-rotoscopers-album-art.png" data-srcset="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-lion-king-rotoscopers-album-art.png 827w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-lion-king-rotoscopers-album-art-600x337.png 600w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-lion-king-rotoscopers-album-art-300x168.png 300w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-lion-king-rotoscopers-album-art-620x347.png 620w" data-sizes="auto" data-expand="700" /></div></a> <div class="jeg_post_category"> <span><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/category/podcasts/animation-addicts-podcast/" class="category-animation-addicts-podcast">Animation Addicts Podcast</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_postblock_content"> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/14/animation-addicts-podcast-60-the-lion-king-its-sfx/">Animation Addicts Podcast #60: ‘The Lion King’ – It’s SFX!</a> </h3> <div class="jeg_post_meta"><div class="jeg_meta_author"><span class="by">by</span> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/">Morgan Stradling</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_date"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/14/animation-addicts-podcast-60-the-lion-king-its-sfx/"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> February 14, 2014</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_comment"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/14/animation-addicts-podcast-60-the-lion-king-its-sfx/#comments" ><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i> 0 </a></div></div> <div class="jeg_post_excerpt"> <p>The people have spoken! The top requested film in 2013 was The Lion King! Go along with Mason, Morgan, and...</p> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/14/animation-addicts-podcast-60-the-lion-king-its-sfx/" class="jeg_readmore">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text">Details</span></a> </div> </div> </article><article class="jeg_post jeg_pl_lg_2 format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/12/rio-2-celebrates-valentines-day-with-new-poster-telenovela-inspired-ad/" aria-label="Read article: ‘Rio 2’ Celebrates Valentine’s Day with New Poster & Telenovela-inspired Ad"><div class="thumbnail-container animate-lazy size-715 "><img loading="lazy" width="169" height="250" src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/img/jeg-empty.png" class="attachment-jnews-350x250 size-jnews-350x250 lazyload wp-post-image" alt="rio-2-valentine's-poster" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px" data-src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rio-2-valentines-poster.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rio-2-valentines-poster.jpg 630w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rio-2-valentines-poster-600x890.jpg 600w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rio-2-valentines-poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rio-2-valentines-poster-236x350.jpg 236w" data-sizes="auto" data-expand="700" /></div></a> <div class="jeg_post_category"> <span><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/category/studios/blue-sky-studios/" class="category-blue-sky-studios">Blue Sky</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_postblock_content"> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/12/rio-2-celebrates-valentines-day-with-new-poster-telenovela-inspired-ad/">‘Rio 2’ Celebrates Valentine’s Day with New Poster & Telenovela-inspired Ad</a> </h3> <div class="jeg_post_meta"><div class="jeg_meta_author"><span class="by">by</span> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/">Morgan Stradling</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_date"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/12/rio-2-celebrates-valentines-day-with-new-poster-telenovela-inspired-ad/"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> February 12, 2014</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_comment"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/12/rio-2-celebrates-valentines-day-with-new-poster-telenovela-inspired-ad/#comments" ><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i> 0 </a></div></div> <div class="jeg_post_excerpt"> <p>Blue Sky Studios is capitalizing on romantic notion of Brazilian romance in two new marketing pieces for Rio 2, including...</p> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/12/rio-2-celebrates-valentines-day-with-new-poster-telenovela-inspired-ad/" class="jeg_readmore">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text">Details</span></a> </div> </div> </article><article class="jeg_post jeg_pl_lg_2 format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a 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Stradling</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_date"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/10/disney-launches-website-for-upcoming-frozen-the-musical/"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> February 10, 2014</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_comment"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/10/disney-launches-website-for-upcoming-frozen-the-musical/#comments" ><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i> 0 </a></div></div> <div class="jeg_post_excerpt"> <p>It was just a few weeks ago that Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that the company already has a Frozen musical...</p> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/10/disney-launches-website-for-upcoming-frozen-the-musical/" class="jeg_readmore">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text">Details</span></a> </div> </div> </article><article class="jeg_post jeg_pl_lg_2 format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2014/02/07/review-the-monuments-men/" aria-label="Read article: [REVIEW] ‘The Monuments Men’"><div 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11:12:30","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-21 18:12:30","post_content":"Studio Ghibli's newest animated film\u00a0<strong><em>The Wind Rises<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0will have a limited release in the US this weekend. To celebrate, Disney released a new clip entitled, \"Creating Planes.\"\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oH3ORARwW1c\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>This clip shows Jiro in a dream where he meets his idol,\u00a0famous Italian aeronautical designer Giovanni Caproni. The scene is whimsical as Jiro and Caproni nonchalantly talk while standing atop a moving airplane wing. The animation and colors is simple, yet striking. Even the score in this short clip is simply captivating and emotional.\r\n\r\nAlso, check out the B-roll. which takes you the behind-the-scenes\u00a0of the English dub recording sessions:\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xzyi_qslAqc\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>In \"The Wind Rises,\" Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world's most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. The film chronicles much of his life, depicting key historical events, including the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the Great Depression, the tuberculosis epidemic and Japan's plunge into war. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo. Writer and director Hayao Miyazaki pays tribute to engineer Jiro Horikoshi and author Tatsuo Hori in this epic tale of love, perseverance, and the challenges of living and making choices in a turbulent world.\r\n\r\n<em>The Wind Rises<\/em> will have a limited release this weekend in the US (for screenings, <a href=\"http:\/\/thewindrisesawards.com\">click here<\/a>) and opens nationwide on February 28.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What do you think of the \"Creating Planes\" clip? Will you see 'The Wind Rises' when it comes out?\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>","post_title":"\"Creating Planes\" Clip from 'The Wind Rises' Shows Jiro Flying on Airplane Wing","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"creating-planes-clip-from-the-wind-rises-shows-jiro-flying-on-airplane-wing","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:31:04","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:31:04","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=13121","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","filter":"raw"},{"ID":13047,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-16 13:54:28","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-16 20:54:28","post_content":"Are you sick of \"Let It Go\" covers yet? I thought I was until I saw this hilarious one by impressionist Christina Bianco. In this video, Bianco covers the famous\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em> power ballad as various famous vocalists. Anyone familiar with these singers will find these impersonations a hoot!\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1us197eB6gQ]<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In the video, she sings the song as\u00a0Idina Menzel, Demi Lovato, Britney Spears, Alanis Morissette, Celine Dion, Kristin Chenoweth, Adele, Julie Andrews, Barbara Streisand, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson and Liza Minnelli.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Bianco's Idina Menzel is absolutely a riot because she masters Idina's little idiosyncrasies and manners. Actually, her impersonations of all the ladies are spot on, even down to the facial expressions. I loved them all, but if I had to choose favorites I would pick her Celine Dion impression. She killed it.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\"Let It Go\" is certified gold here in the United States. Idina Menzel will perform the song at the 86th annual Academy Awards on March 2, 2014.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Which of Bianco's impressions was your favorite?<\/h3>\r\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tastefullyoffensive.com\/2014\/02\/christina-bianco-sings-let-it-go-as.html\">Tastefully Offensive<\/a>","post_title":"Impressionist Christina Bianco Covers \"Let It Go\" as Famous Female Singers","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"impressionist-christina-bianco-covers-let-it-go-as-famous-female-singers","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:33:53","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:33:53","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=13047","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"12","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12482,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-14 07:23:31","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-14 14:23:31","post_content":"\r\n<p>The people have spoken! The top requested film in 2013 was <strong><em>The Lion King<\/em><\/strong>! Go along with Mason, Morgan, and Chelsea as they talk about the iconic film from their childhood!<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:html -->\r\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=ADV7481157451&light=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:html -->\r\n<p><strong style=\"color: #212121; font-size: 1.563em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;\">Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>\u25a0 First impressions and stats: <em>The Lion King<\/em> vs. <em>Frozen.<\/em><br \/>\u25a0 Story: was this REALLY based on <em>Hamlet<\/em>? A Mason theory.<br \/><strong>\u25a0<\/strong>\u00a0How can you go wrong with Hans Zimmer, Elton John, and Tim Rice?<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>How does \"The Baboon Priesthood\" actually work?<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>Scar vs. Mufasa.\u00a0Why Scar is the prototype of a child predator.<br \/>\u25a0 Two thumbs WAY way up for the voice acting!<br \/>\u25a0 \"This is worse than when Zazu and Iago took over the Tiki Room!\"<br \/>\u25a0 They should have a deleted scene with \"The Birdie Boiler\".<br \/>\u25a0 More reasons why Mufasa is so great.<br \/>\u25a0 Scar: The lame Pokemon trainer.<br \/>\u25a0 \"Hey look it's Jim Cummings!\"<br \/>\u25a0 The Stampede. Hans Zimmer is the master of mood.<br \/><strong>\u25a0 <\/strong>Scar should have waited it out and stayed in the lion senate.<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>Mason voices\u00a0Matthew\u00a0Broderick.<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>Special bonus Zelda episode coming at you.<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>All of us need a\u00a0\"Remember who you are\" moment.<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>The Disney vulture reunion.<br \/><strong>\u25a0 <\/strong>All this controversy, the\u00a0merchandise, and our ratings!<strong><br \/>\u25a0 <\/strong>Voicemail, Twitter question, and mail bag.<strong><br \/><strong>\u25a0 <\/strong><\/strong>Bloopers: AKA a bunch of random quotes you thought we missed.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Runtime:\u00a0<\/strong>1:39:17, 50.8 MB<\/p>\r\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Watch\u00a0<em>The Lion King<\/em><em>:<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004WDRT1Y\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004WDRT1Y&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\">4-disc\u00a0Blu-ray\/DVD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0036TGT3E\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0036TGT3E&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\">2-Disc Blu-ray\/DVD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001AQR3JY\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001AQR3JY&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\">DVD<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Buy <em>The Lion King<\/em> soundtrack: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0000CABJ2\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0000CABJ2&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=UVBH5O35PSMTB7OZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CD<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00JQHOEAU\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00JQHOEAU&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=Q3KXOP2MXOCBBJUG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Legacy Collection<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002YICN6U\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002YICN6U&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=4RDMCRXGMYAPJWKI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Broadway<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0013JVHA4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0013JVHA4&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=M3HT5V42SNE7VYH6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/lion-king-original-motion\/id156089366?uo=4&at=1l3v4eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=06RYS5pnPvU\">The kissing Nala and Simba, anyone?! Eh, eh?<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6zf3DcjfpL0\">SNES Lion King full game walkthrough<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Pump-up Week articles:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/02\/13\/is-the-lion-king-disneys-greatest-movie\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Is 'The Lion King Disney' Greatest Movie?<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/02\/11\/why-the-lion-king-has-the-best-music-in-a-disney-movie-ever\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why 'The Lion King' Has the Best Music in Any Disney Movie. Ever.<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/02\/10\/ive-never-seen-the-lion-king\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\"I've Never Seen \u2018The Lion King\"\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/02\/13\/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-lion-king\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">5 Things You Didn't Know About 'The Lion King<\/a>'.<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneyquotes.com\/the-lion-king-quotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Lion King<\/em> quotes | DisneyQuotes.com<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><strong>The Rotoscopers<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Questions, comments, suggestions? 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In this case, <em>Rio 2<\/em> fits the romance bill nicely, since the first film was about the unlikely romance between two nearly extinct blue macaws. The flock of red birds forming a heart in the sky is clever and fun, while still remaining on brand.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The new telenovela clip is also a cute marketing move. From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2013\/12\/12\/colorful-new-rio-2-trailer-highlights-celebrity-voice-talent\/\">other trailers<\/a>, we already knew that the pink frog Gabi is hopelessly enamored with the grumpy and vengeful cockatoo Nigel. This clip dramatizes that forbidden love in a clip in a way that only telenovelas do best. The clip is even in Portuguese (a very sultry, manly Portuguese voice at a that) and employs subtitles to make it even more believable.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zUo5H0k7RZM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\r\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.yahoo.com\/movie\/rio-2\/\">Yahoo! Movies<\/a> also has another spot called \"Wild Run\", which has a similar premise and over-the-top telenovela-esque announcer, but this one's in English.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rio 2 flies into theatres April 11, 2014.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you think of these Valentine's-inspired promotional pieces for 'Rio 2'? Thumbs up or thumbs down?<\/h3>","post_title":"'Rio 2' Celebrates Valentine's Day with New Poster & Telenovela-inspired Ad","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"rio-2-celebrates-valentines-day-with-new-poster-telenovela-inspired-ad","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:38:10","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:38:10","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12943","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"6","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12924,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-12 15:35:59","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-12 22:35:59","post_content":"There is no question that<em> The Jungle Book<\/em>\u00a0 is a verifiable Disney classic. The film marks the final animated piece Walt Disney work on before his death. He died while the film was still in production, but he was still able to leave his own unique mark on this 1967 adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's famous novel of the same name. Nearly 50 years later, this film is still beloved and has finally made its way onto Blu-ray as part of the prestigious Diamond Edition club.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDT4M1A\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin%20_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00GDT4M1A&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10073\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-disney-bluray.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-disney-bluray\" width=\"274\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3>The film \u272e\u272e\u272e\u272e1\/2<\/h3>\r\n<em>The Jungle Book\u00a0<\/em>tells the story of Mowgli, who as a baby becomes orphaned in the wild jungles of India after a terrible storm. A pack of wolves raise him as their own until they deem it too dangerous for him to stay with the pack. So they commission a black panther named Bagheera to escort the young Mowgli back to the human village. They meet up with a friendly laid-back bear named Baloo, who teaches Mowgli to appreciate the \"Bare Necessities\" of life. Things don't go as planned when their journey gets interrupted by a lot of nefarious animals lurking in the jungle.\r\n\r\n<em>The Jungle Book<\/em> was always one of my favorite films to watch growing up. The pacing of the film is fantastic, though slightly episodic, as it moves from one crazy adventure to another. The collective cast of characters and animals is diverse and endearing; from Kaa the surreptitious snake and King Louie the king of the monkeys to Sheer Khan the man-hating tiger--all have earned their places in the Disney character pantheon. Everyone in the jungle has rhythm, singing, dancing, and groovin' whenever possible.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowgli-king-louie.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowgli-king-louie-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowgli-king-louie\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nOne thing that stands out about this film is the score. George Bruns scores have become synonymous with Disney's Xerox era. His work on\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book<\/em> is delightful, dark and brooding. It stands out melodically from other Disney scores. Also, the songs, written by the brother team of Robert and Richard Sherman, are jazzy, flouncy and enjoyable. \"I Want To be Like You\" and \"Bare Necessities\" definitely stand out, but other tunes like \"Trust in Me\" and\"That's What Friends Are For\" are classics. Even \"My Own Home\" is a forgotten gem from this soundtrack.\r\n\r\nThe HD conversion is appropriately crisp and didn't distract from the movie (much like the over-processed and saturated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2012\/10\/02\/review-cinderella-blu-ray-diamond-edition\/\"><em>Cinderella<\/em> Blu-ray<\/a>). The \"sketchiness\", which was so characteristic of movies from Disney's Xerox era, is still present, maintaining that touch and sense of nostalgia. Film grain, on the other hand, has been completely erased and smoothed out. The watercolor backgrounds are delightful and vibrant, blacks are deep, and the colors are appropriately saturated. The final product is pretty to look at, but Disney and animation purists will definitely be disappointed by the conversion.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowqgli-baloo.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowqgli-baloo-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-mowqgli-baloo\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>The Features\u00a0<\/strong>\u272e\u272e\u272e\u272e<\/h3>\r\nThe features on\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book<\/em>\u00a0Blu-ray were pretty decent. It is a Diamond Edition after all, so we expect Disney to put forth a little bit of effort in producing new content and digging up old footage from the archives. The new features that the dug up or created are fun and worth it.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-blu-ray-diamond-edition-menu.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-12928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-blu-ray-diamond-edition-menu-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-blu-ray-diamond-edition-menu\" width=\"614\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a> Courtesy of Blu-ray.com.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nWe start off with two\u00a0<strong>introductions by Diane Disney Miller and Richard M. Sherman<\/strong>. The pair was also joined by Disney animator Floyd Norman for a segment called \"<strong>Music, Memories & Mowgli: A Conversation with Richard M. Sherman, Diane Disney Miller and Floyd Norman<\/strong>.\" This was absolutely wonderful because it allowed three people who were either directly or indirectly involved in\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book<\/em>'s production to share stories and insights about Walt, the film and the production process. This is also most likely Diane's final appearance on a Disney Blu-ray, since she passed away in December of last year.\r\n\r\n<center><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.totaleclips.com\/player\/Splash.aspx?custid=907&playerid=69&bitrateid=461&formatid=20&clipid=e130542&affiliateid=-1\" width=\"500\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center>\r\nWe get another\u00a0@DisneyAnimation segment. This time it is called \"<strong>@DisneyAnimation: Sparking Creativity<\/strong>\", which delves into the Spark Showcase program at Walt Disney Animation Studios. The Spark Showcase gives Disney Animation employees the opportunity to pitch their ideas for stories, new creative processes and other ideas that the studio could use. For example, the 2D\/CGI animation hybrid was originally a Spark idea, which was then used for the production of the Oscar-winning short <em>Paperman<\/em>. I love these @DisneyAnimation segments that we have been seeing in the last few Disney Blu-ray releases because they give us an inside look at the studio today. While this segment had nothing to do with\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book<\/em> itself, I still appreciated its inclusion because it was telling the story about the studio behind the film.\r\n\r\nSurprisingly, nearly 50 years later, Disney was still able to bring us new <em>Jungle Book<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>footage in an alternate ending called \"<strong>Mowgli and the Hunger<\/strong>.\" This ending was recently discovered in the archives buried in an early script. Instead of just ignore it, the Mouse House commissioned an in-house artist to make storyboards of the discarded sequence. It was really interesting to watch, although it really did make me appreciate the simplicity of the film's actual ending. This ending introduced new characters very late in the game and even made Sheer Khan seem like a hero, rather than a terrifying villain. This is the type of creative bonus feature that I would love Disney to do more of on future releases because it was in-context, historical, informative and fun.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-baloo-bagheera-mowgli.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-baloo-bagheera-mowgli-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"the-jungle-book-diamond-edition-blu-ray-screenshot-baloo-bagheera-mowgli\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nAnd of course, it wouldn't be a Disney Diamond Edition with the good ol' karaoke sing-along segment. In <em>Mary Poppins<\/em>, we got Mary-oke, in <em>The Little Mermaid<\/em> we got Crab-eoke, and in\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book <\/em>we get\u00a0<strong>Bear-E-Oke<\/strong>. I actually quite like these karaoke tracks because it's like having the soundtrack at your fingertips. The lyrics, which dance about the screen, are stylized and not actually meant to be used for karaoke, but they are still fun to look at. This is a visual treat and fun to tap your toes and sing along with. Although the only thing I didn't like is when occasionally some songs would have visuals that blended CGI trees and other elements with the flat 2D characters. It was out of place and really made the 2D feel cheap, which is far from the truth! We also get to see the Bare-E-Oke return whenever you push pause while watching the film with\u00a0<strong>Disney Intermission: Bear-E-Oke hosted by Baloo<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nLastly, we get <strong>I Wanna Be Like You: Hangin' Out At Disney's Animal Kingdom<\/strong>. I'm not really a fan of these park promotion pieces, but I understand why Disney does them. This exhaustive segment was hosted by two stars of the Disney Channel series <em>Dog with a Blog<\/em> and showed\u00a0how animals are cared for at Disney's Animal Kingdom. \u00a0Also, we get the \"classic\" DVD bonus features, which are now staples in every new Blu-ray release.\r\n<h3>Final Thoughts<\/h3>\r\nDisney has done it again with another must-own Diamond Edition release.\u00a0<em>The Jungle Book\u00a0<\/em>Blu-ray is not only beautiful to look at (I might even say they made it too pretty), but it is also loaded with fun and interesting featurettes. Any Disney connoisseur would be well off having this part of their Blu-ray collection. I would even say owning it is a bear necessity.\r\n<h3>Purchase<\/h3>\r\n<em>The Jungle Book<\/em> Diamond Edition:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDT4M1A\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin _il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00GDT4M1A&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\" target=\"_blank\">Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDT4M1A\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin%20_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00GDT4M1A&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\" target=\"_blank\">Blu-ray+DVD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GDT5T9Y\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin%20_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00GDT5T9Y&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20\" target=\"_blank\">DVD<\/a>","post_title":"[REVIEW] 'The Jungle Book' Blu-ray Offers the Bare Necessities & Much Much More!","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"review-the-jungle-book-blu-ray-offers-the-bare-necessities-much-much-more","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:38:47","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:38:47","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12924","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12773,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-10 17:42:27","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-11 00:42:27","post_content":"<em>The Lego Movie<\/em> is a wild, noisy, rambunctiously fun film that will delight viewers of all ages. Whether you grew up playing with Lego bricks, are a child now who adores them, or have never touched a Lego in your life, this movie has something for everyone.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/LegoReview1.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/LegoReview1.jpg\" alt=\"LegoReview1\" width=\"600\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<em>The Lego Movie<\/em> tells the story of Emmett (Chris Pratt), a run-of-the-mill everyman construction worker who lives in the city of Bricksburg, city in a world filled up with and made entirely out of Lego bricks. He is completely ordinary and dull in every way: he likes vapid popular TV shows, his favorite song is called \"Everything is Awesome\" and he has absolutely no opinions of his own. One day, his boring world gets turned upside down when he accidentally stumbles upon (literally) the Piece of Resistance, part of a prophecy that declare the finder, known as the \"Special\", will be the most interesting and important person in the world. He's joined by a gang of Master Builders, experts in building Lego masterpieces without plans or directions, which includes cool chick named Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks), to try and stop evil Lord Business (Will Ferrell) from destroying the orthogonal world they love.\r\n\r\nFrom the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2013\/10\/31\/full-length-trailer-for-the-lego-movie-has-arrived\/\">first trailer<\/a>, I knew I was going to love\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie<\/em>\u00a0because of its self-referential humor. Anyone who has ever played with Lego will get a kick out of all the inside jokes and poking at itself.\u00a0I also enjoyed the various Lego worlds that the film visited. As an avid Lego builder when I was younger, I got a kick out of seeing old Lego play sets from my childhood such as the Lego Castle, Pirates, Space and Wild West. The different bricks and accessories from these worlds make random out-of-context appearances as well, which is nostalgic fun.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-lego-movie-teaser-trailer-screenshot-chris-pratt.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/the-lego-movie-teaser-trailer-screenshot-chris-pratt.jpg\" alt=\"the-lego-movie-teaser-trailer-screenshot-chris-pratt\" width=\"614\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<em>The Lego Movie\u00a0<\/em>has the feeling that you went into any kid's bedroom in America, dumped out all the toys in their Lego box and just started playing. There is a wide mix of characters, worlds, and types of Lego. From the 2002 MBA All-Star team (featuring a cameo by Shaquille O'Neal\u00a0himself) and to Batman, Wonder Woman and Gandalf, you never know what or who you'll encounter next. And that's really what makes the film so fun. Just like a child's imagination, the possibilities are endless.\r\n\r\nThe movie is not only one of the best animated comedies of the year, but I would say in ten months from now we will be saying it was also one of the best comedies of the year. The humor is all over the place; at times it's modern and quirky and other times it's self-referential, pop-culture inspired, and just plain random. Although, <em>The Lego Movie<\/em>\u00a0is so fast paced and noisy that many times you don't have enough time to digest the joke you just heard seconds earlier before they plow into another stream of jokes.\r\n\r\nOne thing I did really appreciate was how clean the film was. There wasn't a lick of profanity to be found and the filmmakers selected to use the word \"gosh\", which I appreciated. It shows the confidence that the studio had in the story that they didn't have to fill it with profanity or dumb it down with potty jokes. As a result, the final product was even better than many other pop-culture laden animated films of late.\r\n\r\nSpeaking of noise,\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie\u00a0<\/em>is loud, rambunctious, colorful and a visual delight. You are going to be exhausted leaving the movie because there really is little downtime to sit back, breathe and take it all in. There is always a lot going on screen, whether it is packed from floor to ceiling with Lego bricks or hundred of figurines are battling it out. You'll wish you had a pause button just so you can explore every nook and cranny of this brickverse.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-Lego-Movie-trailer-2-screencap-14-Batman-and-space-guy.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12837\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/The-Lego-Movie-trailer-2-screencap-14-Batman-and-space-guy.jpg\" alt=\"The Lego Movie trailer 2 screencap 14 Batman and space guy\" width=\"768\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nThe voice acting was superb. Will Ferrell as Lord Business does a spectacular job, as well as Liam Neeson as the sweet and simultaneously frightening Good Cop\/Bad Cop. And we can't forget the always phenomenal Morgan Freeman. However,\u00a0Elizabeth Banks as Wyldstyle didn't really stand out as anything special to me; it may have been because her character was so serious at times. Emmet is a generic, Homer Simpson-esque dummy, so I didn't really think much of Chris Pratt's performance. It wasn't bad by any means; it just didn't stand out to me like some of the other characters.\r\n\r\nThe villain is very reminiscent of\u00a0<em>The Incredibles<\/em>'\u00a0Syndrome. He doesn't have any special powers himself and he wants to suppress anyone who shows an inkling of special ability. Will Ferrell even sounds a bit like Syndrome.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bestmoviewalls_Lego_Movie_08_2560x1600.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bestmoviewalls_Lego_Movie_08_2560x1600-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"bestmoviewalls_Lego_Movie_08_2560x1600\" width=\"614\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nAt first glance, it seems like\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie<\/em> is a blatant attempt to sell more Lego toys. And, well, in a way, you're right. But the way the film is executed, you don't feel that you're in the middle of a big sales pitch. Yes, you may feel a magnetic draw to the toy store and Lego aisle after seeing this film, but in no way is the film disingenuous. Story is principle, not product placement. I actually applaud <i>Lego for putting together a solid, theatrical effort for this new toy-to-film franchise. I mean, if they really wanted to, they could have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=lego&linkCode=ur2&tag=therotos-20&url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv\">kept making cheap direct-to-video Lego films<\/a> much like the Barbie franchise. Going all in really paid for and it will definitely pay off for the brand in the long run.<\/i>\r\n\r\nGo see\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie<\/em>. If you still don't believe the\u00a0hype, then all I can say is that you need to just trust me on this one. It's brilliant. It is such a delight of a film that will leave your belly tired from laughing and you grinning ear to ear as you leave the theatre. No prior Lego experience or kids are needed to enjoy this one. People of all ages will find\u00a0<em>The Lego<\/em>\u00a0<em>Movie<\/em>\u00a0enjoyable, hilarious, childlike and satisfying.\r\n<h3>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u26051\/2<\/h3>\r\n<center><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D3TawNdxK-w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>","post_title":"[REVIEW] 'The Lego Movie' is Rambunctious, Hilarious & Satisfying for All Ages","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"review-the-lego-movie-is-rambunctious-hilarious-satisfying-for-all-ages","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:41:40","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:41:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12773","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"13","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12804,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-10 09:03:16","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-10 16:03:16","post_content":"Everything was awesome about<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/tag\/the-lego-movie\">The<\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/tag\/the-lego-movie\"> Lego Movie<\/a><\/em><\/strong>'s\u00a0opening weekend, which results in it raking in a whopping estimated $69.1 million and landing the number one box office spot. The film's haul was triple that of the second place film <em>The Monuments Men<\/em>, which earned only $22.7 million.\u00a0The film went into the weekend with an impressive fresh rating on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_lego_movie\/\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> (its currently at 95%) and incredibly strong word of mouth.\r\n\r\n<address>This debut is the second biggest opening for February behind\u00a0<em>The Passion of the Christ <\/em>($83.8 million)\u00a0and the biggest opening for an animated film in February. Regarding overall animated openings, the film did fairly well, earning the the 11th place spot. For \"original\" animated film,\u00a0<em>The Lego Movie<\/em> is 5th overall.<\/address>The CGI film, which was produced by Australian animation studio <i>Animal Logic, capitalized on the incredibly popular Lego brick toys.\u00a0<\/i><em>The Lego Movie<\/em> is rambunctious, silly and fun, which equally appealed to both children and adults alike.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/BestMovieWalls_Lego_Movie_TVG_01.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/BestMovieWalls_Lego_Movie_TVG_01.jpg\" alt=\"legovideogamewallpaper\" width=\"563\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nOther animated films did decently over the weekend.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/tag\/frozen\"><strong><em>Frozen<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, continues to have a strong run at the box office still after two months, falling two spots down to fourth place with an estimated $6.9 million. <em>Frozen\u00a0<\/em>has earned $368.7 million domestically and has $913.8 million worldwide. It seem inevitable at this point that the film will break the coveted $1 billion mark within the next few months (the film just opened this past week in China earning $13.7 million and has yet to open in Japan).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/tag\/the-nut-job\"><strong><em>The Nut Job<\/em><\/strong><\/a> also fell from fourth place to eight, earning and estimated $3.8 million. The film's domestic total is now $55.1 million and $58.0 million worldwide. The figure, while not spectacular, is still rather impressive for the film, which seems to climb an uphill battle against critics before being released. The film's opening weekend was good enough for the studio to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/01\/23\/nut-job-2-in-the-works\/\">commission a sequel<\/a>.\r\n\r\nLastly,\u00a0<strong><em>Mr. Peabody & Sherman<\/em><\/strong> opened overseas in the U.K., becoming first place in the box office with $6.6 million. The film already has an 89% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film doesn't open in the US until March 7.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What did you think of this week's animation box office report? Any surprises?<\/em><\/h3>\r\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/weekend\/chart\/\">Box Office Mojo<\/a>","post_title":"Animation Weekend Box Office: 'The Lego Movie' Dominates, 'Frozen' & 'The Nut Job' Still Doing OK","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"animation-weekend-box-office-the-lego-movie-dominates-frozen-the-nut-job-still-doing-ok","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:42:21","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:42:21","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12804","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"5","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12799,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-10 08:05:42","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-10 15:05:42","post_content":"It was just a few weeks ago that Disney CEO Bob Iger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2014\/01\/13\/disney-ceo-confirms-frozen-musical-is-headed-to-broadway\/\">announced<\/a> that the company already has a\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em> musical in the works. Apparently Disney is wasting no time in promoting this Broadway version of the extremely popular film as they launched the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.FrozenTheMusical.com\">FrozenTheMusical.com<\/a>\u00a0earlier this week.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"www.frozenthemusical.com\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/frozen-the-musical-website.png\" alt=\"frozen-the-musical-website\" width=\"701\" height=\"406\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nThe website is currently bare bones right now, only allowing visitors to sign up for the mailing list to get future announcements about the musical. The website doesn't even use the film's logo as a placeholder, but instead has the words \"Frozen\" in very generic typography. Usually the logos for the Broadway version of Disney animated films are different, which most likely is why they are holding off using the\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em> film logo.\r\n\r\nSo there you go. In case there were any doubters still around doubting that the\u00a0<em>Frozen<\/em>musical would actually become manifest, this is proof that Disney is plowing full speed ahead. We're not sure if \"Frozen the Musical\" will end up being the play's final name, but rather it's most likely that this domain name was available compared to other iterations.\r\n\r\nThe musical is still in the early development stages, but be sure to join the newsletter. I'm sure that is where we will become privy to cast announcements and other updates as the release date comes closer. There currently is no release date for the musical, but it is expected that we won't see it until late 2015 and, more likely, 2016.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Did you sign up for the Frozen The Musical mailing list? What do you think about this new website?<\/em><\/h3>\r\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/thedisneyblog.com\/2014\/02\/09\/frozen-the-musical-website-already-exists\/\">The Disney Blog<\/a>","post_title":"Disney Launches Website for Upcoming 'Frozen' The Musical","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"disney-launches-website-for-upcoming-frozen-the-musical","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:42:43","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:42:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12799","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12810,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-07 13:04:44","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-07 20:04:44","post_content":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/monuments3.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/monuments3.jpg\" alt=\"monuments\" width=\"577\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<em>The Monuments Men<\/em> is a historical film about an army troop that was recruited to find and recover millions of dollars worth of art that was stolen by the Nazis as they raided Europe during WWII. These men aren't your typical beefy soldiers, but rather were a hand-picked collection of artists, curators and art historians.\r\n\r\nAs I entered the theatre and saw a sea of white hair sitting in the audience, I realized that maybe I wasn't in this film's target demographic. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed the film. It was informative, interesting and funny. The monuments men themselves are an interesting hodgepodge of art nerds and personalities, which allow for some fun exchanges between them.\r\n\r\nThe movie does move a bit slow as it seemed for the first half of the film, there wasn't much driving the plot. It took its time to introduce us the gang and present the dilemma, but after a while I started to wonder, \"Where is this going?\" Once the main conflict was introduced, the film moved speedily along, ending with a nice resolution.\r\n\r\n<em>The\u00a0Monuments Men<\/em> was interesting and introduced me to a part of WWII history that I never knew about before. I found the film completely fascinating from an art perspective and enjoyed the way the narrative was told. While the film is not equivalent to Michelangelo's David as far as films go, it still is a venerable piece worth admiring.\r\n\r\n\u2605\u2605\u2605","post_title":"[REVIEW] 'The Monuments Men'","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"review-the-monuments-men","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:43:55","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:43:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12810","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"1","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12711,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2014-02-05 12:07:44","post_date_gmt":"2014-02-05 19:07:44","post_content":"Elton John and his company\u00a0Rocket Pictures have acquired the rights to the popular musical\u00a0<strong><em>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat<\/em> <\/strong>and are planning to make it into an animated feature film, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/elton-john-sets-animated-joseph-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat-movie\/\">The Wrap<\/a>\u00a0reports.\r\n\r\nThe film will be co-produced by\u00a0Rocket Pictures CEO Steve Hamilton Shaw and David Furnish with The Really Useful Group.\u00a0Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice and Elton John will executive produce. No release date has been announced yet.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/joseph-technicolor-dreamcoat-animated-film.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/joseph-technicolor-dreamcoat-animated-film.jpg\" alt=\"joseph-technicolor-dreamcoat-animated-film\" width=\"618\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe filmmakers of this new animated version of <em>Joseph<\/em>\u00a0also chimed in with their thoughts of this announcement.\u00a0According to Shaw, \"We are excited about the huge potential of a contemporary animated version, and we\u2019re thrilled to bring this to the big screen in partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.\u201d Rice said, \"I have always thought\u00a0<em>Joseph<\/em>\u00a0was a strong contender for an animation production, and I\u2019m delighted this is now going to happen.\u201d\r\n\r\nWebber also commented, \u201c<em>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat<\/em> started in a school and was the first step on the path that led to my musicals with Tim Rice. It is now being performed all over the world by a fourth generation of school kids, and a great movie can only help Joseph being part of the lives of many more.\u201d\r\n\r\nIt's going to be really interesting to see Rocket Pictures take on this incredibly popular musical as an animated feature. Taking on such a well-known entity can be risky--fans are usually very passionate and defensive of the original product. We still don't know how the reception of <em>Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return<\/em>, which comes out later this year. I would love to see this film as a 2D-animated film, but let's be honest, that's wishful thinking and it will most likely be a CGI (perhaps even 3D) film. Hopefully the animation and art style will be a little more sophisticated that\u00a0<em>Gnomeo & Juliet.<\/em>\r\n\r\nOne of Webber's other musicals \"Cats\" was once slated to become an animated film in the 1990s by Steven Spielberg's animation studio Amblination. (In our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/2013\/09\/20\/episode-48-interview-with-steve-hickner\/\">interview<\/a> with Steve Hickner, he talks about working on that animated version of \"Cats\" and what could have been.) However, when the studio closed in 1997, those plans were scrapped. Since then, there hasn't been any word of Webber's musicals becoming animated feature films until now.\r\n\r\nRocket Pictures is Elton John's production company that was founded in 1996 to produce family-friendly musical films and TV shows. In 2011, the company released\u00a0<em>Gnomeo & Juliet<\/em>\u00a0and has plans to make a sequel as well as another animated film called\u00a0<em>N.E.R.D.S.\u00a0<\/em>In many of these films, John writes and performs the songs himself.\r\n\r\nThe Really Useful Group is Webber's\u00a0theater producing and rights licensing company. It owns the rights to Webber's extensive musical cannon, which includes hits such as\u00a0\u201cThe Phantom of the Opera,\" \u201cCats,\u201d and \u201cEvita\u201d.\r\n\r\n<em>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat\u00a0<\/em>is Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice\u2019s musical that\u00a0first hit the scene in 1968 and made it to Broadway in 1982. There have been many actors playing the lead character, Joseph, over the years, with Donny Osmond being one of the most notable. Osmond portrayed Joseph in the 1999 straight-to-video film.\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Are you excited to see 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor' in animation?<\/em><\/h3>","post_title":"Animated \u2018Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat\u2019 Feature Film to be Produced by Elton John","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"animated-joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat-feature-film-to-be-produced-by-elton-john","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2014-08-12 08:45:50","post_modified_gmt":"2014-08-12 15:45:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/?p=12711","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"5","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":43},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"jnews_block_5"};</script> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element 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