School/Diligence/Animation

[Matthew Williams]

L. Schulte wrote:

>If Disney is closing its animation studio because it thinks the animation
>style is at fault, Disney again is showing how out-of-touch it is.  Pixar
>Studios is a success because of their stories, not the computer
>animation.  "Brother Bear" was just not a very compelling story, more
>politically correct eco-fable than an inventive adventure like "Finding
Nemo".

Ditto from me!  Honestly, I took my little boy to see "Brother Bear"
Saturday night, and I enjoyed it.  Still, it pales in comparison to "Finding
Nemo."  There are so many little things not quite right about "Brother
Bear."  The modern, hip dialogue in the mouths of ancient people made me
cringe a little.  And were all the animal species in the film alive at the
same time?  Maybe that's carping, but the Pixar movies just seem  to have so
much heart and seems to be so well crafted.  We've played "Finding Nemo"
once every day in my house since Christmas  (my little boy loves it!), and I
still get teary eyed when Nemo learns from Nigel that Marlin is coming for
him.  "Finding Nemo" works as well for adults as it does children.

The picture I get of Pixar from all of the bonus discs of the Monsters Inc
and Finding Nemo DVDs reminds me greatly of the early Disney.  I realize
that this could easily be a phony, calculated image, but I'm eating it with
a spoon.  The greater Walt Disney Company just seems like a huge, faceless
corporation now.  I fear their days of masterpieces are done.

How wonderful it is to be a Disney Comics fan!  It's Disney, on a smaller
scale, with more heart, and without the evil!

Matt