Enchanted - Is traditional animation back at Disney?

[ichabod]

UD also reported this three days ago.

I'm glad SOMEONE noticed!

It's funny, Ichabod reported this 41 days ago,

http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/vie ... +animation

[anger is pointless]

cool i cant wait to see this movie

[reyquila]

No CGI?! Disney has finally gotten back on their feet!

CGI is good too, please guys!! I prefer traditional, but CGI is not the devil.

[mcduck]

Hand drawing animation is not a simple thing to do with a outstanding appeal, although it was the primal feature in the past for Disney, since the late 90's we can not say the same, I think Disney needs more than a revival of this kind of animation, they need a revival of the style and look, but I do not see this as an intension of recreate a film that is not just intended to be but a commercial one, in the other hand Pixar have been eclipsing (and with good reason) the so called Disney Classics late releases and I think that shall still happen... hopefully I am wrong about this new project...

[Aladdin from Agrabah]

CGI is good too, please guys!! I prefer traditional, but CGI is not the devil.

Of course it's not the devil, but when I think at CGI, a hi-tech puppet show comes to mind. Aesthetically at least, 2-D animation is much more preferrable. Thank God most of those CGI movies represent animals and toys and not humen. Because I don't even wanna think about Princess Fiona's design- I think she was disgusting, like an ugly barbie robot.

[mcduck]

CGI is good too, please guys!! I prefer traditional, but CGI is not the devil.

Of course it's not the devil, but when I think at CGI, a hi-tech puppet show comes to mind. Aesthetically at least, 2-D animation is much more preferrable. Thank God most of those CGI movies represent animals and toys and not humen. Because I don't even wanna think about Princess Fiona's design- I think she was disgusting, like an ugly barbie robot.

I agree in part but also I think that it depends on which studio create the films, there is no doubt that Shrek looks beautier than Fiona ...in the other hand the animation in “home on the range” it hurts so bad the eye one can not stand on it... for CGI as far as they keep the “Cartoon look” they would be on the top

[scrooge mc duck]

I don't like 3d animation but I really liked Nemo and SharkTail. They're great!!!

[reyquila]

I don't like 3d animation but I really liked Nemo and SharkTail. They're great!!!

Sharktale is not Disney! Maybe Sharktail is?

[stitcharielbeast]

you almost have to commit to a musical movie (or at least structured similarly) with accomplished composer & lyricist and you have to have a universal story written by good writers with strong characters that have mass appeal.

Brother Bear tried to be that kind of movie, but it failed IMO because of the hero's lack of heart. I also think that if in the movie there's no princess or a powerful villain/villainess, the movie is sure to be a failure. People want luxurious castles, epic batles, beautiful costumes, romance. I think that's what it takes to make a movie like Aladdin, except for telling a universal story of course.

while agree about Brother Bear failing because of its lack of heart, i kind of disagree about the other elements, remember, The Lion King is the highest grossing traditionally animated film of all time and it doesn't have luxurious castles, beautiful costumes nor does romance play too big of a part.

and about the no princess equal failure aspect, Sleeping Beauty was a box office dissapointment in its time, the same notion can be said of Pocahontas. and if you count the 10 platinum releases which are heralded as the best of the best of disney, there are only 4 princess movies, 5 if you count Aladdin bust still, that means half of disney's popular titles are not princess movies.

and the reason Aladdin was so popular was because of Robin Williams, not many people care for Aladdin himself that much.

It's not about whether there's a princess or not (look at ALL of the Pixar releases none of them have any sort of connection with a princess), but rather if the film has a good mix of memorable, sympathetic characters (The Little Mermaid did this so well that audiences let Ariel have her supposedly non-existent happy ending, and there's a reason why Bambi's mom's death traumatized millions of children the way it did) and an overall enjoyable story (Lilo and Stitch, and The Lion King, were all-original stories and proved to be quite successful)

and it also doesn't have to be a musical, remember, Lilo and Stitch (the last succesful 2d disney movie) was not a musical and also neither are any of the Pixar movies.

however, Princess movies are what disney does best and it is princess movies that have traditionally kickstarted the golden ages of traditional disney animation. We need a new Fairytale to be a catalyst.