Update Blog - 1/2/21 (Patreon)

The moment the world's been waiting for...2020 is officially over! Welcome to the new year, with the promise of a vaccine and a new mentally stable US president. Yes, we still have to deal with some of the residue of last year, but this will be the time where we can make things better. Like Mary Poppins Returns said, there's nowhere to go but up! But before we get things started with 2021, let me tell you about my final days of 2020.

- Edited & Released the Top 5 Best & Worst Animated Films of 2020: My end-of-the-year mayhem has finally concluded. After weeks of working on some big projects and prepping up for the holidays, the last part is finally released. I know it was like last week where the preview on Patreon was on Thursday instead of Wednesday, but I just needed a little more time to finish the video up (Starting next week, things will be back to normal and you'll have your regular 2-day early previews again). Anyways, I decided to go with my Plan B on this and keep it as a Top 5 Best & Worst, but to make things up for the lack of theatrical animated features, I also included some of the streaming movies as well to spice the list up. While it was clear on which ones would be in the worst pile, it was honestly the toughest list to figure out the best. Not only was there a huge debate with myself between where to put Onward and The Willoughbys, but the hardest one was to crown the best between Soul and Wolfwalkers. I even had to watch both films a few times and evaluate different factors separately to pick the #1 best. Ultimately, I think I'm happy with my choices here and I'm glad that I no longer have any more big videos or holidays that need my attention. I think it's safe to say that I'll be starting my 2021 off easy.

- Released my review of Soul: Since I have crowned it the best animated film of 2020, it shouldn't come to a surprise that I also gave the movie itself some high praise, even giving it the rare 10/10 rating. Yes, it can debatably be called the spiritual successor to Inside Out, but it still doesn't change how admirable Pixar pulled this movie off, even to the point of surpassing their own standards to make something this amazing. Not only does it work beautifully as an animated feature with a great original story and some of the best animation in recent years, but it really does make you think about life and even give you a new point of view in a way that feels uplifting, inspiring and even optimistic without sounding condescending. Admittedly, I do feel kind of guilty that I spent $30 on that Mulan remake instead of this instead, because this is totally worth the money and more (at least worth the Disney+ subscription). I knew that there was greatness awaiting this one from it's prominently black presence and having Pete Docter as a director, but not even I was expecting this to be this amazing.

- Started working on Part 14 of AL: Walt Disney Animation Studios +: Okay, I know I said that I'm starting the year off by taking it easy, but as I said, I'm only going to be starting to get into this production. Once we had our celebrations with New Years and all that holiday stuff, then I'll be ready to get back to work and start this new part. Also, I know I can't begin by rushing through this one because the first movie I'll be talking about will be the biggest animated feature of the last decade, and it has a massive history within the Disney studio too. So, this could end up becoming a major segment in the video alone whose time length could end up being as long as the Fantasias (then again, I'm only making predictions here). At the most, I'm only preparing to get into this part for next week, but I know that there will be a lot ahead of me with this one. 

And that should conclude my last updates on what I did in 2020. Now that we're in a new year, let's start this one right and hope that things get better and prepare ourselves for any big moments that can occur in our lives. Maybe some can suck, or it can be awesome. Who knows? Bu we're going in anyways. So, until next time...

See ya later, dudes!