So sad to see many of the upcoming films planned by Pixar:
Finding Dory
The Incredibles 2
Cars 3
Pixar used to make unique films with moving stories that could stand on their own. But now it's Disney that makes unique films each year and Pixar has to spend half their efforts on sequels. Films that are often of poor story quality; Cars 2, Monsters U.
Pixar is turning into DisneyToon-2. And they seem to have as much control over their own fates as DisneyToon. At some point, it will no longer make economic sense for Pixar to have their own studios. And then Pixar will be rolled into Disney. Only the name will be left for branding and marketing purposes. Unless Pixar gets spun off to have more creative freedom I don't see a way to stop the decline.
Update
I wasn't expecting so many people to see this short post. So let me add another point. Disney already has a second unit for handling sequels and spinoff films, DisneyToon. Pixar doesn't. Pixar has to do both the new original movies and handle to sequels that Disney demands. Pixar really needs it's own version of DisneyToon. As it is, Pixar is having to spend half their focus on the sequels.
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Monday, March 24, 2014
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Quick Hits from 2013
I've been very busy with life and not able to post recently. But I did manage to take in some of the summer films.
I got to see From Up On Poppy Hill in the theaters. Which turned into a financial disaster for GKIDS and Ghibli. I'm not at all surprised to see that Ghibli has linked a new deal with Disney for US distribution. I actually enjoyed the GKIDS adaptation. It was funny how they ducked the incest taboo in the translation.
Monster's U was written to action movie spec. It was predictable and trite. It added nothing to the original. It's an example of everything that is wrong with Pixar these days. I found it sad. 1.5/4 stars.
Planes turned out to be the second best performing movie in DisneyToon's history after Return to Neverland. This was another spec film. The CG was middle of the road and the characterization is poor and full of archetypes. But I actually enjoyed it. For the intended audience of young boys it succeeds. 2/4 stars.
In the rentals department I've only picked up Epic. Which I was pretty disappointed with. Clearly a cookie cutter, by the numbers, CG film. I found it boring. Pretty but airheaded. 1.5/4 stars.
I'm still waiting for the first 2013 film to wow me.
I got to see From Up On Poppy Hill in the theaters. Which turned into a financial disaster for GKIDS and Ghibli. I'm not at all surprised to see that Ghibli has linked a new deal with Disney for US distribution. I actually enjoyed the GKIDS adaptation. It was funny how they ducked the incest taboo in the translation.
Monster's U was written to action movie spec. It was predictable and trite. It added nothing to the original. It's an example of everything that is wrong with Pixar these days. I found it sad. 1.5/4 stars.
Planes turned out to be the second best performing movie in DisneyToon's history after Return to Neverland. This was another spec film. The CG was middle of the road and the characterization is poor and full of archetypes. But I actually enjoyed it. For the intended audience of young boys it succeeds. 2/4 stars.
In the rentals department I've only picked up Epic. Which I was pretty disappointed with. Clearly a cookie cutter, by the numbers, CG film. I found it boring. Pretty but airheaded. 1.5/4 stars.
I'm still waiting for the first 2013 film to wow me.
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