Disney’s Animated Plans
April 9th, 2008
On April 8th, Disney/Pixar officially announced the schedule for the animated films to be released in the next four years. Though the only solely Disney project that sounds of interest to me here is THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (because it representing a return to traditional animation), there’s an abundance of Pixar news to comment on.
First, Pixar’s 2009 film, UP, certainly sounds like a lot of fun, even if it sounds only slightly removed from Mr. Incredibles “the glory days have passed me by” storyline. But you can’t go wrong with some good old-fashioned globe-trotting and jungle adventures, or a seventy-eight year old teaming up with an eight year old.
Second, though I find the recent 3-D trend a little unexciting, I won’t hesitate to check out the 3-D re-releases of TOY STORY (2009) and TOY STORY 2 (2010) though that may be mostly because I’ll love seeing those two films on the big screen again. Of course what the re-release of these films are really building up to is TOY STORY 3 hitting theatres in June of 2010, which is something certainly worth celebrating, even if we’re not sure yet what the plot. It appears that either it will deal with the gang being dumped at a day-care center when Andy goes off to college, or what happens when Buzz is recalled to a toy factory in Tawain.
Third, why of all the Pixar films rife with sequel potential (INCREDIBLES anyone?), are we getting a follow-up to one their weakest films, CARS?
Source: Cinematical
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Todd W in NC Says:
April 9th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Personally, I didn’t think Cars was one of their weaker films, just one of their weirdest. With a version of Earth where humans aren’t around and vehicles are the people, it’s just the most otherworldly. I ranked the Pixar movies recently (I think it was in a reply to a previous post on this blog), and I believe I put Cars 3rd or 4th.
For me, the weakest Pixar film, by far, is Ratatouille. While still a good movie by overall standards, I thought it had the weakest storyline and the least interesting characters of them all. And, I just couldn’t get past the idea of a rat cooking, reading, and controlling someone’s actions through their hair.
I have very high hopes for Wall-E. The teasers aren’t too exciting, but the full-length preview blew me away. Until then, the Pixar movie that most impresses me, by far is Finding Nemo.