Last movies I watched that were pretty good were El Mariachi Trilogy, Lost in Translation, Bad Santa and Vanilla Sky. Going to see Hellboy tomorrow. Movies I think people should be on the look out for are Anchorman and Envy.

funny, i thought vanilla sky blew chunks..

amazing our various tastes

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Also, Mononoke is NOT a cartoon, it's anime, there is, belive it or not, a difference. That's your final warning!

i watched "Jason and the Argonauts" as a child, did i mention claymation is cool..

cartoon or anime, its all apples and oranges to me.. i watch animated movies such as princess mononoke, and i like them... the definition is unimportant to me, and probably everyone in my age bracket as well.

i am not above watching, and enjoying movies such as "dinosaur" , "atlantis", or even "tarzan" i see no difference between these and "bugs bunny the movie" or "fantasia"

i know the subject is serious to you, but to me its all ___________flatline______________

Generally animes have plot to them, cartoons very rarely do. Cartoons are almost 100% light hearted and aimed at kids, anime CAN be aimed at kids (pokemon, DBZ, etc...) but more often is aimed at teens/adults looking for a decent storyline mixed in with a cool visual style...and more often than not a little bit of shooting and porn

Films I've seen recently...not too many actually. I watched a Hong Kong film called "Infernal Affairs" not too long ago, which I enjoyed thoroughly, perhaps mostly due to the fact it starred Tony Leung and Anthony Wong, and featured the ever stunning Kelly Chen. The prequel to it (a sequel, but set before) was also cool, though not quite as good in my opinion. Still need to see the third in the series, a proper sequel, to finish off the story.

Also saw a couple of crazy special effects packed Hong Kong films lately also - Shaolin Soccer and Volcano High. Shaolin Soccer is a mad film about some Shaolin monks forming a football team. It also features genetically enhanced opponents, breakdancing, a football style game of dodgeball, and Vicki Zhao looking nowhere near as nice as she normally does. The effects are absolutely amazing and some of the film had me in stitches. Definately worth watching if you get the chance.

Volcano High was a good laugh too, again its effects heavy, but then as its set in a high school with loads of psychic pupils that often fight, I guess thats to be expected. No a great film but reminded me a lot of the game "Rival Schools", which was a good thing

About Princess Mononoke - I think style wise its about as close an anime to a cartoon that I've ever seen, perhaps mostly down to its use of voice actors who are famous. Another anime that is a borderline cartoon is "Castle in the Sky", or it might be called "Laputa" or something possibly. It was another pretty cool film but felt more like an american animated film than an anime.