>“In a time when the political climate seems very much divisive, it fills my heart with hope that a masterful filmmaker like Lee Unkrich is using his and Pixar’s considerable talents to showcase the people and culture of our beloved Mexico,” said Jorge Guitierrez, director of the first Day of the Dead animated feature, “The Book of Life,” produced by Guillermo del Toro in 2014. “I will be there on ‘Coco’s’ opening night with my whole family, living and remembered.”
Brave won over Paranorman despite it having a confirmed gay main character.
Jace Hill
Wasn't Jorge against the movie at first?
Blake Cooper
No, that was just Tumblr getting mad at whypipo for making a Day of the Dead movie and twisting Jorge's story about how Dreamworks rejected Book of Life into Pixar somehow rejecting it even though all of Pixar's stories are created in-house and not from some randos coming into the company (except for Brad Bird and Incredibles, but only because he was college buddies with pretty much everybody at Pixar's story trust)
Owen Turner
At this point I have to find something Tumblr doesn't get mad at. What a fucking disgrace, "muh faggot representation" is literally going to kill the animation industry.
Gavin Butler
>For Unkrich, his fascination with Day of the Dead intensified after making the Oscar-winning “Toy Story 3” in 2010. During a visit to the EPCOT Mexico exhibit with his family, he reveled in the folk art. >EPCOT Mexico exhibit Fucking seriously?
Gabriel Rodriguez
>“In a time when the political climate seems very much divisive" Jesus fucking Christ...
Ian Miller
Plans are already being drafted to retheme the Mexico Pavilion to Coco. Establishing a connection in the PR is all about prepping people for the change.
Granted, there's an IP in the pavilion already with the Three Caballeros overlay to the boat ride, so it's not as drastic an adjustment as Frozen's takeover of the Norway boat ride.
Cooper Walker
Just meme Coco into a story of an illegal immigrant that needs to go the fuck back to Mexico until everybody believes that, and then nobody will touch it with a ten-foot pole.
Also >being surprised a Pixar flick gets an Oscar
Ethan Stewart
>Book of Life director likes Coco Well there's no ill will. Good for them I guess. Still not really interested though.
Jayden Wood
Loving Vincent is going to get hosed by this since this year animation voting is open to everyone. There's no justice in the world.
Jacob Harris
>be gay >friends abandon me and family hates me >have to cure my gay to get everyone back in my life again >later, they all see that stupid gay kids short >"OMG user we're so sorry we were bigots we want you do bee yourself now" >tfw can't bring gay back again no matter how much I try >tfw family and friends now hate me for not bringing back the gay
Ryan Myers
>cure the gay user, that doesn't work. You're still a fag.
Matthew Johnson
>You're still a fag.
I may be but my penis doesn't think so anymore
Matthew Nelson
And yet sexuality is merely a social construct.
Justin Myers
Good, the gay kids short was a good movie that deserves to win.
Nicholas Young
>"In a time when the political climate seems very much divisive, it fills my heart with hope to fight fire with gasoline." fixed
Cooper Bell
And you did this how?
Samuel Lopez
Best animated has been a joke forever, you're just figuring this out now? Your Name was fucking robbed.
Owen Gutierrez
A variety of techniques. Mostly negative reinforcement, juxtaposition with unerotic images, and keeping in mind the abuse I received from the people I loved.
Austin Wilson
That's pretty messed up user.
Chase Hall
>Muh weebshit
Evan Torres
Well I wanted to go to a gay to straight conversion camp but my parents said it cost too much.
Charles Adams
Try muh literally anything but Disney
Jason Harris
What do you usually gap to if I may ask?
Jacob Williams
Can Sup Forums meme the Oscars like it did the election?
Henry Cox
Fap I mean.
Nicholas Cook
of course they are. Oscars are worthless. they are just a measure of how much ass you kissed and how much dick you sucked. not actual merit
Daniel Gonzalez
So basically you can't jack off ever again. Just because you can't jack off to gay people doesn't mean you can jack off to chicks. So you're still gay without the benefits of sex.
Cooper Richardson
The biggest travesty was it was by miles the better movie.
Aiden Morris
Seriously though, for some reason the academy has a beef with anime (except Ghibli). I don't know why weebs aren't pulling a stunt similar to #OscarsSoWhite.
Justin Rivera
Because it's not important enough that there will be any reaction besides laughter from the general public. Even liberals draw the line at anime.
Thomas Perry
>tfw I stopped giving a shit about the Oscars after Your Name/Kimi No Na Wa for snubbed of a Best Animated Feature nomination last year and UP lost Best Picture to muh Dirty Bombs back in 2010
David Davis
Liberals draw the line at anime because they realize they cannot bully the Japanese into becoming Progressive, like they do with cartoon producers and video game devs in the West.
Benjamin Williams
Viggo is really based
Kevin Cooper
Why does every fucking shitty STRANG INDPENDANT BLACK WOMAN look like that stereotype version from austin powers?
Julian Collins
The human species thanks you for your contribution. Same shit either way. Now go be a contributing member of society so your life isn't a waste of organic minerals.
Camden Evans
Honestly? Probably because that chick from the Fast and the Furious does, and marketing wanted that.