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Also, the Wikipedia article about this movie is an interesting read, especially the "Controversy" section.
Oh, and I personally think that they can do it. Lasseter has great respect for the Disney classics and is trying his hardest to bring the animated films back to their golden age. He even kicked Chris Sanders off of Bolt, as the movie wasn't looking like it would meet Lasseter's standards.
On a whole other note, was Meet the Robinsons any good?
Also, yeah, that controversy section? I totally agree with that picture. People were being entirely too sensitive. *headdesk* I guess I wasn't clear back when I posted that, but I meant "interesting" in the "uhhh, that's . . . interesting . . ." sense of the word.
This looks a lot better than the leaked footage.
I have a friend who has gone so far as to boycott the movie because she's offended by the Cajun firefly. I'm Cajun too and I'm not all upset that he has a thick accent and a silly appearance. We can spout all these Boudreaux and Thibodeaux jokes, but can't take a firefly? This is why painstakingly non-offensive crap like Highschool Musical is the status-quo!
This is Disney's first 2D animated movie in years. They shut down their 2D department the year Judith graduated with her animation degree because they thought there was no market for it. Their most recent 2d films had not done well. They didn't realize that it was because the movies' writing sucked-- not because of the medium. I mean, does anybody even remember that cow movie? Yet, everybody remembers Beauty and the Beast much more fondly than any of the forgettable CGI films they've done.
Despite whatever quality this movie may turn out to be, I'm afraid that overly sensitive and overly racist people will hurt the movie's financial performance. I'm also afraid that Disney will, yet again, ax their 2D department as a result.
On a smaller note, those fuckers were never "too cool" for musical style songs in their movies. Fuck them for ever ditching that for the sake of Phil Collins mediocre assbaggery. I welcome back the musical format with open arms.
The thing is, they are good at different things. They are are not mutually exclusive. I think the textures and color pallet in Ratatouille are excellent and really add a lot of atmosphere to the film. On the other hand, some stories are just a better idea to animate in 2D.
Also, I don't care for the repeated musicals. In a way, I am both excited and depressed about this film. Back when I took Disney 2D features for granted, I was frustrated because they seemed stuck in the same old rut and kept making the same sort of fairytale musical genre movie. That's part of what drew me to anime in the first place: The fact that some of the Japanese films I saw were not musicals, and were not afraid to step outside the genre I associated with animation. I would often regret when other studios aped this formula (Anastasia would have been a better movie if it hadn't tried to do things the Disney way, with songs, an animal sidekick, and an ugly villain) and hope that Disney would try something different. Lilo and Stitch was one of my favorite recent Disney films, and that was because stylistically, musically, and in its script it deviated from the norm. Now, I am happy that they are back to where they started, doing what they do best, because no forward progress is better than nothing at all. Hooray? I'm sure I will enjoy this movie, and be happy at new Disney, but I'm not sure it will move me, the way Nausicaa did when I first saw it.
Pah. Animation needs to stop spinning it's wheels or we will be stuck in the Hollywood ghetto forever.