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[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 91 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Everything, Everywhere, All At Once comes to mind. Redline is another that has a similar feel (the intro sequence is insane)

[–] RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I showed redline to my family who would absolutely hate anime and they asked me for more like it. Unfortunately, there isn't.

[–] kmoney@lemmy.kmoneyserver.com 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I pitched Redline to my partner as "It's a racing movie but they cranked the 'anime' knob up to 11. It's great." They loved it.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's absolutely nothing else like it, every frame is a painting.

It did kinda remind me of Dead Leaves though.

[–] shrodes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Props for the Dead Leaves reference, I watched that like 15 years ago and I sometimes forget what it was called but never that specific style. Insane animation.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I'm a sucker for anime that isn't afraid to get weird with it. I should really look through more of Studio Trigger's catalogue.

[–] Benaaasaaas@group.lt 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

There is another movie Daniels made before. Swiss Army Man. Don't watch trailer, don't read about the movie, just watch it.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago

Don’t watch trailer, don’t read about the movie, just watch it.

100% this.

I don't think I've ever said "what the fuck?" as often in any other movie

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Love that one! Daniel Radcliffe has such amazing range. All the way from a corpse to a man with guns nailed to his hands.

[–] Marmaduke@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Anything made by Captain Disillusion

[–] capybara@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The amount of effort he puts into practically free videos on the internet is amazing.

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[–] Benaaasaaas@group.lt 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

The entire channel of Bobby Fingers and especially my favourite Jeff Bezos row boat

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, that whole thing is creepy as fuck. But very well made.

[–] WILSOOON@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The entire time ive watched this the only thing on my mind is "wtf, he cant just create a new tangent out of thin air" and then he proceeds to mould 2 new tangents, one out of polystyrene, and another out of clay. Then he stuck them together. And created a mega tangent.

[–] AlexisFR@jlai.lu 22 points 3 months ago

Well, the full version of Kung Fury is still in production, so quite soon!

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

We have purposely trained him wrong, as a joke.

While we are talking kung, Kung Fu Hustle is golden as well.

[–] zanyllama52 3 points 3 months ago
[–] puntyyoke@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I was going to say this!

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I think these were before Kung Fury, but Kung Fu Hustle is one of my favorite action comedies, and Akira is a total trip as well. Another mind@#$% that's really not in the comedic genre at all (although maybe not as random as you're seeking) is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I've gotta rewatch all of these...

[–] cobysev@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Akira is a total trip as well.

There's been a live action Akira film in development hell for over 20 years now. I've been patiently waiting since my teen years to see it and I'm in my early 40s now. I guess directors are so scared of not being able to live up to the masterpiece that is the original anime film, so nobody sticks with the project long.

Personally, I'd love to see it recreated as a miniseries. If you've read the manga, the film barely touches on the plot. There are gang wars, political factions, economic and social collapse, insurrections and riots, even global wars! None of that is covered in the film; they just focus on Tetsuo and Kaneda.

Heck, even its namesake, Akira, isn't around! He was a central figure of the manga, but he's only around for some brief flashbacks in the film.

A miniseries would give it time to world-build and cover everything in the original manga series.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

Interesting, thanks, I'll have to check it out! I did think it was kind of strange that Akira wasn't the focus, but I wondered if it might've been something like "The Legend of Zelda" focusing on Link, haha.

[–] mattc@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

If you liked Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer was a movie made by the same director, and it shares the same type of humour and amazing special effects. Worth checking out if you haven't.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

Thanks, though I've already watched it and... KFH is light years ahead! I really look forward to KFH 2.

[–] llamatron@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can't stand the word 'content'

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You're not content enough to accept.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm always content with the contents of quality content

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[–] Yaky@slrpnk.net 12 points 3 months ago

Check out Angie Tribeca. It's a parody cop show with non-stop nonsense similar to how Kung Fury is.

Right before Kung Fury, there was Iron Sky. Moon Nazis, Sarah Palin as the U.S. president, and just generally over the top. Iron Sky 2 was kinda meh.

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I would say the Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss pilots were really solid and The Amazing Digital Circus is another standout.

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

This made me think of Tuca and Bertie which has an offbeat sensibility and is well done IMHO

[–] doug@lemmy.today 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Um, Cade: The Tortured Crossing? It’s like you’ve never heard of Neil Breen.

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago
[–] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Kung Fury is a self aware satire/homage. Breen is just incredible insanity.

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I think Triangle Of Sadness fits this bill pretty well. Certainly one of my all time favourite films. Maybe a little less silly-absurd, but the real-absurdness makes up for it, and has bite.

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[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (4 children)

...Sounds like you're looking for "Thousands of Beavers". Great movie.

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[–] rodneylives@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Back in the day there was Hardware Wars.

[–] veniasilente@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Shorter but just as good, there was The Speed of Time.

[–] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Check out Rubin and Ed. Not the same type of a WTF movie experience but worth a watch if you appreciated Kung Fury.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

King Fury was so great. I've heard rumors of a part 2 coming out, but I'm not sure how true it is.

There Will Be Brawl was great if you want to watch a dystopian nintendo world. The first few episodes follow Luigi looking for a killer. I'll just link the first episode, if want to dive down that rabbit hole.

https://youtu.be/pWXX60o1Ezs

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

I was struck by lightning. And bitten by a Cobra. And blacked out

I haven't seen this but the quality and attention to detail prevented me from stopping i truly lived today

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The original of this seems to have been removed, but this is fun an weird if you're into music production: Andrew Huang - Foods n Dudes

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