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blackcauldron85 wrote:Do you ever read something and wish that you had thought of it? This is one of those occasions:

PatrickvD wrote:"Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog...

and Rhapsody in Blue I guess. Both wonderful.

Those are both so stylized that I'm glad they were in 2D. Good thinking, Patrick!

I agree, both great moments in hand drawn history!

Likewise I enjoy "Colors of the Wind" from "Pocahontas." Some gorgeous moments there!

Well here's s scene that shows 2D at its finest...........

ALL of Sleeping Beauty.

All of the scenes with Genie. His silly, crazy antics can be best seen only in 2D.

Any scene with the Muses from Hercules.

Toccata and Fuga in D minor and Night on bald mountain from Fantasia are both segments that only look great in 2D and cannot be done convincingly in CGI (thus far) I also like to mention the avalance-scene in Mulan and The stampede in The Lion King (though of course both were made with the aid of computers).

The Avalanche scene, and the Stampede COULD still be done in CG. Check my last post, and a couple below it.

ajmrowland wrote:The Avalanche scene, and the Stampede COULD still be done in CG. Check my last post, and a couple below it.

But would it look as great? I doubt that. And I cannot imagine any scene in Tarzan looking good in pure CGI.
Overal, only traditional animation can convincingly show realistic looking human characters who have life. In CGI, when they have life they are caricatures, but when they are realistc, they have no life! (but maybe the latter is more applicable to the motion capture technique).

The opening of The Rescuers, with the aquarel paintings during the credits.

Goliath wrote:The opening of The Rescuers, with the aquarel paintings during the credits.

Aquarel? Seems more like pastel to me. Maybe I need to give it another look ...

There are many instances of beauty in Disney animation. One of my favourites is the Blame it on the Samba sequence of Melody Time. All the Cats Join In (from Make Mine Music) is extremely stylish too, and nobody beats Fred Moore's animation for pure appeal. Mark Mayerson has a good analysis of that segment on his blog.

Julian Carter wrote: All the Cats Join In (from Make Mine Music) is extremely stylish too, and nobody beats Fred Moore's animation for pure appeal.

Yes! That's such a great example. Another one that I wish that I had thought of.

Julian Carter wrote:All the Cats Join In (from Make Mine Music) is extremely stylish too, and nobody beats Fred Moore's animation for pure appeal.

Yeah, I definitely can't see CG ever replicating the fun, loose, appealing feel of that segment.

BelleGirl wrote:

ajmrowland wrote:The Avalanche scene, and the Stampede COULD still be done in CG. Check my last post, and a couple below it.

But would it look as great? I doubt that. And I cannot imagine any scene in Tarzan looking good in pure CGI.
Overal, only traditional animation can convincingly show realistic looking human characters who have life. In CGI, when they have life they are caricatures, but when they are realistc, they have no life! (but maybe the latter is more applicable to the motion capture technique).

I guess that's true.

BUT, not all Motion-Capture movies are made to be ultra-realistic. Monster House did pretty good with it.


Now, another shot, Everybody Wants To Be A Cat.