Ooh, I have such high hopes for this movie! I was greatly diappointed by Chicken Little, and Meet the Robinsons I liked a lot, but they were still abusing jokes and making too much use of wacky characters that were there just for the sake of comedy but without much purpose. (I didn't see The Wild, so I'm holding my opinion there). Through this trailer I see a better balance between comedy and drama, which is something I feel Pixar excels at, the secret to their success, and which Disney once knew well, but lost/forgot/threw away at some point. The cat and the hamster look oh so funny, and will obviously be the comic reliefs, but they also seem to have a purpose of being there, they will further the plot and not hinder it.
I don't know much about animation, but I certainly see a trace of Pixar's hand here (Penny looks a bit like Violet from The Incredibles), while still being a Disney flick. It is not a pretentious animation, rather a simple but very well done style that goes very well with this type of movies; not too real-looking, but not distortioned either. Endearing characters that will also make great merchandise (I am totally buying any Bolt plushie that comes out, though I admit I would have liked a kind of blend between this Bolt and the old design by Sanders. This one's so... White).
It's a shame that they haven't promoted this film so much. I mean, it's already JUNE, almost JULY, and only now are we getting something tangible. I guess they want to focus their efforts on Princess and the Frog (I've seen the small trailer due to be released within some special edition DVD -maybe Sleeping Beauty?- and it's so good I can barely wait!
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Date: 2008-06-27 09:27 pm (UTC)I don't know much about animation, but I certainly see a trace of Pixar's hand here (Penny looks a bit like Violet from The Incredibles), while still being a Disney flick. It is not a pretentious animation, rather a simple but very well done style that goes very well with this type of movies; not too real-looking, but not distortioned either. Endearing characters that will also make great merchandise (I am totally buying any Bolt plushie that comes out, though I admit I would have liked a kind of blend between this Bolt and the old design by Sanders. This one's so... White).
It's a shame that they haven't promoted this film so much. I mean, it's already JUNE, almost JULY, and only now are we getting something tangible. I guess they want to focus their efforts on Princess and the Frog (I've seen the small trailer due to be released within some special edition DVD -maybe Sleeping Beauty?- and it's so good I can barely wait!