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Shryke to add more substance to your stew, consider this- even Disney, the previous king of animation pales and releaser of Pixar films, tends to lose when you compare them mano y mano. Disney's last big non Pixar animated hit Meet The Robinsons never really seemed to make a permanent cultural mark despite its financial successes. And their obsession with sequeling every somewhat popular hit with a two? Financially smart? Yes. Any notable positive mark? Not really?

The only animation studio that has recently released anything that has positively stuck and has proven to be any legitimate competition has been Fox wtih Robots and a couple other movies that are on the edge of my thoughts that I just can't place now.

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-i'm so waiting for Song of the South 2: the Continuing Adventures of Bre'er Rabbit. Aren't you?

jameydunne wrote:

The only animation studio that has recently released anything that has positively stuck and has proven to be any legitimate competition has been Fox wtih Robots and a couple other movies that are on the edge of my thoughts that I just can't place now.

Ice Age?

ohnaut, I think you are right. I think all the films I am thinking about (Ice Age 1,2, Robots) are all directed by Chris Wedge, so it may not be Fox but the director.

Robots was a supreme disappointment. I loved the world they created, I just love futuristic worlds with robots and flying cars. Blade Runner, The Fifth Element, Bicentennial Man, you name it.

That's why I especially loved this year's Meet the Robinsons, while not an instant 'classic' like other Disney films, it was more than a helluva great film. Loved the story, even if it's sentimental and sometimes cheesy, it can redeem itself if it makes me shed a tear, which Meet the Robinsons successfully did. I just loved that scene where we are introduced to the future world. Fantastic.

But Robots, man oh man, I remember there was a whole scene with fart jokes. Unbearable. As for the story, the potential was limitless, but they chose the crappy route, the story went nowhere with an ending where I thought: "Hey... was that it?".

Very disappointing. Only if Brad Bird was on this project... if only... seriously, just imagine how great of a film it could have been... if only...

ohnaut wrote:

Unbearable. As for the story, the potential was limitless, but they chose the crappy route, the story went nowhere with an ending where I thought: "Hey... was that it?".

That's exactly how I felt about Meet The Robinsons. Ugh, what a terrible, terrible waste of time. I saw it for free and I was still angry that I wasted my precious time being amazed by the falling 3D rain instead of the actual movie itself.

2007 has been a terrible year for animation (save The Simpsons & Ratatouille): Meet The Robinsons, Bee Movie, Shrek The Third, Surf's Up, and I'm sure Alvin & The Chipmunks will be added come December (hey, it's partially animated).

Aww c'mon, Meet the Robinsons wasn't that bad.

It wasn't bad at all.

I thought Robots and Ice Age were both pretty funny.
My gf loved Meet the robinsons. I thought it was pretty funny. the first two times. No more after that.

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