Molotera on 2018
welcome to the second consecutive movie run down made by Molotera your friendly rule 34 artist neighbor; im not gonna lie, 2018 was a year full of changes. So many shit came down, to name some of the changes: i have a full time job and im not studying the same career and college i was studying at the beginning of the year. Lost some mutuals and tumblr deleted my nsfw blog, but hey i finally asked that guy i really like out
anyway this post is abt this year’s animated movies. Feeling accomplished that i managed to go on opening day of many movies, while i have written in more detail some of the movies i saw on my letterboxd, this is just a quick rundown. As last year’s was, didn’t catch most movies and saw some online
La leyenda del Charro Negro
im glad this franchise is over, i didnt hate it but it sure went nowhere, other than the netflix series
Early man
Aardman’s clearly weakest, looking foward to their next Shaun the sheep movie
Marcianos vs. Mexicanos
i blame Chucho Calderón for hyping me abt this movie, i hope Huevocartoon focus on more non Huevos-related media for the future, but with a fucking decent script for once, and a sole audience in mind
Sherlock Gnomes
one of 2018′s surprises, a decent adventure movie, with some surprising 2D sequences: all of this done by the same studio who made Gnomeo and Juliet, problem was, it was a Gnomeo and Juliet film, and the villain was bad
Incredibles 2
not as engaging as the first one but good nonetheless, it was nice to see Helen’s ass in action, but the disappointing part was the Wannabe supers were wasted, i mean, dont fucking promote a celeb like Sophia Bush if shes gonna be used as a villain minion. Edna and Jack-Jack took the cake on this movie dont @ me
On a side note: Bao was a cute short, i really hope the girl who made this manages to get a bigger directorial role
El Ángel en el reloj
I only heard this movie through Hoy, and it featured former Hoy member Laura Flores, totally forgettable
Hotel Transylvania 3
as soon i heard this movie from your loathable fedora-wearing Canadian neighbor a year ago, i knew this was going to be the highlight of 2018. I discovered the Hotel T movies late, and i’m a big sucker for the “giving the protag a gf” trope, and this movie did deliever on both aspects.
Not just Ericka was total waifu material, it also introduced me to Kathryn Hahn and became one of my favs (like last year’s Valerie did with Jenny Slate) and im glad my woman Galilea rocked this character in the Latam dubbing
Smallfoot
eeehh it was okay i guess, not the worst nor the best; the political tone of the story was surprsing
Ralph 2
same as with Incredibles 2, not as engaging as the first one but good enough. I know its Ralph and Vanellope’s journey but i missed Felix and Calhoun being part of the story as well the ditching of the arcade theme
The Grinch
i would say another 2018 surprise but then my Illumination bias would be showing. This movie played the safe route, and it worked (atleast for me): simple script with not many subplots unlike DM3. While not attempting to do any major changes to the main character or the original story costed them critic points, it helped them to make a kiddie toned-down version of the story
Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse
quoting my mom after she saw Roma: “it was entertaining but not the Eighth Wonder of the World”