Phil Lord and Chris Miller present: The Mitchells vs. The Machines

[Still Wynning]

the roombas falling down the escalator broke me I was laughing so hard I thought I was gonna pass out lol

The Massage Envy where I work has a Roomba I use to vacuum to room floors after I dust everything, and every so often it gets stuck in a space that renders its sole but admittedly helpful purpose completely useless. Seeing a sentient one in this film tumble over and become helpless like a turtle on its back was so hilarious to me because they’re so limited in what they can do.

 

[terry78]

They're like mini ed-209's

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I like how the guy responsible for the social media apocalypse was named Mark, lol.

Not subtle at all.

Movie was fun tho.

 

[samsnee]

I really enjoyed the animation style. The only thing I wish these animated movies would stop doing is having the second act end with main characters having a fight and going separate ways before realizing how important they are to each other and saving each other in the third act. It’s become too commonplace.

 

[terry78]

That's how most ensemble arcs work

 

[Persona]

The rift is there from the beginning.

I can't really object too much to the director using that story arc as it was pretty personal to him and I think it was effective.

He shared a picture of his mom and dad watching the premiere, both of them crying. Pretty moving.

 

[samsnee]

Yes I still enjoyed it overall. Lord and Miller have yet to disappoint when it comes to their animated productions.

 

[Dave McFly]

oh and I loved Olivia as PAL she was just so fun playing the evil AI and the whole doing the swipe and poke to Mark's face was LOL worthy

 

[Kane52630]

That giant ass Furby would destroy Godzilla and Kong.

 

[Silvermoth]

This was really fun and the animation was incredible.

It’s funny when British people hire Olivia Colman they cast her as a sweet old mum and when she does work for the Americans they cast her as an angry disappointed mum

 

[Sithborg]

 

[Drizzle]

I guess whoever picked the #8 spot on that list in particular forgot that Katie is supposed to be a character from a kid-friendly movie.

 

[Sithborg]

I thought #1 was a bit more obvious...

 

[Snow Queen]

I didn't realize this snuck onto blu-ray last month, so I ordered it and it showed up today. Whoever made this blu-ray cover and insert seems to have had a lot of fun with it.

 

[Sithborg]

A neat thread on the making of the film, and Lord and Miller's contributions. Also good explainer on why they got canned from Solo.