The usual kind of links regarding the usual toonage, now with Add On.
We climb on the intertube bandwagon and offer the opening of Rio -- which looks like a kick.
Rotten Tomatoes ranks all fifty Disney animated features. And number fifty?
Chicken Little -- Critics Consensus: In its first non-Pixar CGI venture, Disney expends more effort in the technical presentation than in crafting an original storyline. ...
It's not all about the U.S. of A. Some of our brand-name animation houses do a robust business on the other side of the globe.
Cartoon Network Tuesday acquired a package of 10 new children’s short-form series from Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF). The move is in a bid to continue Cartoon Network’s support of local Australian original content, said the firm.
Under the terms of the acquisition, the comedic animated and live-action shorts will be aired on Cartoon Network in Australia, New Zealand and Asia; and include Dukes of Broxstonia, Monster Chef, Black Knight White Witch, Desdemona, Horace in Slow Motion, Itty Bitty Ditties, My Strange Pet, Casa de Evil and Laser Beak Man. ...
How to Train Your Dragon directors Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders ain't in it for the kiddies.
We don’t make movies for children. We wanted to make a story like the adventure stories we loved as kids. ...
Since we're on the intertubes, watch Mr. Google lay down the law.
I haven't seen this cartoon show, but Entertainment Weekly likes it:
... Archer, taking full advantage of FX’s mature-content flexibility, isn’t just funny — it boasts solid plotting, vividly distinct characters, and some of the most unexpected punchlines and sight-gags in prime time. ...
Byron and Nathan, the next Ron and John?
Q: You must look at the Musker and Clements partnership [at Disney], and Wise and Trousdale, and look at what their successes allowed them to do and build up. Is your future looking at more Disney fairytales [like Tangled] ...?
Nathan Greno: We've already pitched more movies to Lasseter. A few months ago we pitched six ideas to John of films we'd like to make, and John picked one of them. It's very different than this movie in that it's a completely different world, and it's very, very different.
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The fact that Ichabod and Mr. Toad is ahead of films like The Jungle Book makes that RT list look silly.
And I don't understand why everyone constantly hates on Brother Bear...
I agree, that list is all messed up. And Brother Bear did not deserve to be #49!
Maybe Jeffrey is trying to revive the whole "we make movies for the kid in every adult" thing. "Tradigital" will soon make a comeback too!
Bolt was a better movie than Tangled? I don't think so. And while I'm sure there's a nostalgia factor in there, Pinocchio is not Disneys best animated film. Come on...
It's Walt Disney's best film. Maybe not Disney Animation, but the man's work?
Yes.
Bolt was a better movie than Tangled? I don't think so.
Yeah, according to this list, Bolt is better than both Bambi and Little Mermaid, as well. I think I know where I can stick this list.
The flaw with the Rotten Tomato rating system is that it makes no distinction between a **1/2 star review and a **** review. Both receive a fresh tomato. A movie may generate a 98% score based on nothing but **1/2 star reviews and would rate higher than a film that generates a 95% score with the majority of critics giving it ****.
Keep in mind, RottenTomatoes ain't exactly the AFI when it comes to lists--They simply take the archived review percentage scores, and adjust them through an additional factor for a score ranking.
That said, 50 out of 50 for Chickie sounds about right.
Home on the Range at 45, though, was the product of its day.
Tangled's score has gone up since this list came out...
I don't pass any kind of judgment on RT. Just link to it.
Anon 8:40 - you're seriously going to argue that Pinocchio wasn't the Disney studio's best film?
There are a handful of Disney films that are true classics, and Pinocchio is the greatest of those films.
The rest of the list, I think they just threw together. But there is no arguing Pinocchio remains the Disney studio's greatest achievement.
Of course there's arguing that point.
While I deeply admire Pinocchio, and the artistry is among the highest of animated achievements, the story is an absolute mess. There is no arguing the fact that the story is an absolute mess.
If "The Aristocats" isn't 50th on the list of 50, then the list is seriously flawed.
No surprise about Chicken Little getting last place. It has a lot of issues, but what bothered me most was the horrible "rubbery" squash and stretch, a pathetic attempt at imitating traditional cell animation. Whoever was in charge of the animation on that film lead the crew down the wrong road.
However, the animation on Tangled was magnificent, glad to see that Disney got it right again!
That clip of Rio's opening sequence looks awesome. Really beautiful stuff. It's great to see that kind of cartooniness in CG.
Disney's poor beat down step child of a feature "Song Of The South" would come in about 46 and a half. Beaten out by "Home On The Range".
Zip-a-dee-doo-da!
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