Hi!

Call Me Andrew. I'm a big animation fan, especially 3D, even if people kept calling it childish.

Fandoms I'm part of:

Zootopia (2016)

How To Train Your Dragon (Movies)

Big Hero 6 (2014)

Bolt (2008)

Kung Fu Panda(Movies)

Movies I absolutely love but not part of their fandoms:

Inside Out (2015)

I am also a beta reader, PM me if you need your story checked out.

Favorite movies ranked (Massive Spoilers For These Movies):

1: Kung Fu Panda 2

Perfect Sequel - Amazing - Characters - An Interesting Theme - A Lively Setting - A Perfect Villain.

Where do I even begin with this. It is common knowledge that making sequel to an already amazing movie is a tough task, yet not impossible. Kung Fu Panda 2 is a sequel that I think did that and so much more. The darker tone allowed more mature themes and ideas to surface, giving us a fascinating take on the 'Jack Black as a Panda trying to learn Kung Fu' trope. Po's character development was I think masterfully done. They managed to put a goofy and lovable character like Po into a dark backstory like this one, and it worked so well, I couldn't believe it. I liked that they gave light to Tigress too, 'tough character showing a softer side' cliché is always a win. And Lord Shen, well, I won't say anything new when I say that this is as close as you can get to a perfect villain. Gongmen City itself, the place where the movie plays, is also a very lively and fresh set for the story. I also adored the scenes with Inner Peace, they were just magical for me, especially with that music. The fight scenes, that became one of the best parts of anything Kung Fu Panda, delivered here too.

2: Zootopia

Surpassing Expectations - Perfect Movie - An Example Setting - A Hooking Plot - Very Well-written Characters

Woo, boi. This was that one movie that took everyone by surprise, I'm not an exception. A big majority of people thought it's gonna be an appetizer for Moana, but by golly, how wrong we were. This is as close as you can get to a perfect movie in my opinion. The first thing that comes to mind when trying to praise Zootopia is the setting itself. The city Zootopia is a concept that looks obvious on paper, but the execution and the details that went into making it is astounding. If Gongmen City(KFP2) was lively, this is like Aurora Bolearis. The plot itself, an investigation, buddy cop story that slowly leads into a conspiracy is intriguing and I don't think any animated movie has ever done this before. This movie sure as hell put the bar high for if there will be more of this. The characters were my favorites. Every character had a purpose and had exactly the amount of screen time they needed. Nick shined the most, I just like witty and sassy people, and foxes just so happen to be my favorite animals, so it fits perfectly. Judy was a good and likeable protagonist too, and I don't think I would change anything about her even if I wanted to. Do I ship them though? Eh, relatively yes. I wouldn't mind it be canon, but I also wouldn't cry if they kept as friends. The writers managed to make their chemistry so amazing, that I don't care what happens to them as long as they will be together, be it platonic or not.

3: How to Train Your Dragon 3

Excellent End of The Franchise - Perfect Use of Theme - Groundbreaking Animation

Well, this is going to be controversial, but here I go. I am usually an all around cheery person who dislike being sad. Here's the twist though: I love crying at movies. This movie made me cry, and not just any kind of cry; the one where you just let your tears flow while you watch the after credits, but you are too busy with saying goodbye to those characters you've grown up with. The movie may have had its own set of problems, but that was because it focused on two vital things, that made it a worthy end of an amazing franchise: Letting us say goodbye to the characters and the theme of love. This movie is obviously not a better sequel than HTTYD2, but that movie was busy continuing a story as best as it could. HTTYD3 focuses on ending it. And I loved how they executed it. The theme of love was everywhere in the movie and they managed to avoid hammering into us and making it into an obvious and annoying part of the movie. You couldn't help but to feel good at every frame of the movie. The animation itself is groundbreaking, I think I've never seen such a fluid, lifelike, yet obviously animated look for a film. Are the facts that it was focusing on ending the franchise instead of being a great movie, the perfect use of the theme of love and the eye candy animation the only reasons why this is so high up? Yes, yes they are. And I'm proud to keep it so high on the list.

4: Bolt

Childhood Nostalgy - Great Animation - Solid Execution - Lovable Characters - Satisfying Ending

If you didn't like the fact that I put a movie so high just because it excelled at barely 3 things, you won't like this either; Childhood Nostalgy. When this movie came out, I was 8 and we had this Blue-ray player for our TV. My 8th year on earth was spent watching Bolt over and over and over again on it. I remembered every line and scene way into my 12th year and I just loved it. Fast forward 10 years and I rewatch the movie. I honestly expected it to be worse than I remembered, nostalgia can make us biased. To my absolute surprise, it was as good as I remembered it, and that was after I met the likes of Zootopia. The animation looked surprisingly pleasing to the eye, considering that just a year before, Disney released Meet The Robinsons and that movie's animation looked a bit too clunky for my taste. The story of this film was pretty by the book, a getting back to home story mixed with the delusional protagonist needs to realize what is real and what is not, but with animals! I liked the execution though. The only real flaw I would say I had was the overdoing of Expectation-Subversion. Getting the audience fooled worked for the first time, it also may have worked the second time too, but the third time was pushing it. The characters were few, but they delivered perfectly. Rhino is probably the best comic relief I've ever seen, rivaling the likes of Baymax. The ending was satisfying and I couldn't help but smile for a day after watching the movie. This was and is my childhood movie, and I'm proud at it.

5: Big Hero 6

Surpassing Expectations - Main Characters Carry The Movie - Daring Theme - Greatly Executed Theme

Want an example of a movie I had little to no expectations but was pleasantly disappointed? Big Hero 6 is one that comes to mind. After the surprise Zootopia were, I should have given this movie at least the benefit of the doubt, but nope, I didn't. The only reason being is that I don't really fancy superhero movies. Turns out, with a hint of Disney's magic, I can like superhero movies too. Big Hero 6 is either perceived as an average movie or one of the best Disney could offer, and I'm definitely in the latter. Now I admit, it has its problems. Characters are one, and the villain is the other. With the exception of Tadashi, Hiro and Baymax, every other supporting character lacked screen time that they desperately needed. Which was problematic, because in the end, the film wants us to root for them, but we only saw how they interact, nothing from who they are. They villain itself could have been more consistent and I think Yokai lacked a sense of reality. No one can pretend characters that well. With all that said, what the movie did well, it did great. The aforementioned characters that I named were a joy to watch, Hiro's character development was spectacular, Baymax was an example of how to do Comic relief right. I would even say that Aunt Cass was done well, I sure as hell loved every scene she was in. What convinced me to put this movie so high is the fact that it dared to make a movie about losing loved ones and how to handle it. It is such a difficult topic to topple and it could all go wrong in one single scene. This movie delivered there and I think this is where the movie really shines; its message.