Happily (N) ever after

[the-reason14]

What do you guys here think about the current way that fairytales are being potrayed, specifically in this movie. Do you think that disney should follow this trend and do their fairytales like this? Or should they continue to do them on the same level as Beauty and the Beast, Cinderalla, Little Mermaid, etc.

Personally, I think the integrity of animation has dropped with the adoption of CG. I understand that CG is like the new trend of animation and every studio that comes out with a CG film, they all have to be comical. But I dont see these films being classics later on down the road. It seems that disney animation is somewhat suffering a little because of this new comical trend. It also seems that disney makes more money off of their dvd releases of classic movies than they would at the box office.

What do you guys think about all of this.

 

[Wilt Dasney]

Disney's taken a few different approaches to the "fairytales and fables" releases. Along with movies that play it straight like Beauty & the Beast, there have also been films like The Emperor's New Groove and Chicken Little where everything is played for laughs.

 

[the-reason14]

Disney's taken a few different approaches to the "fairytales and fables" releases. Along with movies that play it straight like Beauty & the Beast, there have also been films like The Emperor's New Groove and Chicken Little where everything is played for laughs.

Yes, I understand that disney has done a few movies like this. But Emporers New Groove was still traditionaly drawn and, at that time, it didnt seem like comedy was the main wave of how animated movies were made. If my memory is right, during that time movies like Tarzan and Atlantis were coming out, and these films had comedy as the back seat. So what do yall think that disney should do, should they continue to make movies like Chicken Little and follow the trend, or would you rather them take a stab at something they did so well back in the day, tradiational drawn and heartfelt storytelling.

Honestly the last CG movie I say that was somewhat on par of a heartfelt disney movie was the polar express. It just didnt have all of the singing, but honestly I dont think it needed it.

 

[sunshinegirl]

I think that there is a market for both. I did not really like Happily N ever After, but I loved Shrek. But no matter what, Beauty and the Beast will remain one of my all-time favorites.

I think I will always take my kids to see the ones like Happily when they come out, but the ones that we will buy and watch over and over forever will be the ones built like the classics.

 

[clarksfan95]

I think this is an easy question...Disney merely needs to develop better stories - flat out. It doesn't matter if they are comedies or fairy tales and it doesn't matter if they are 3D or 2D because in the end it's the story that makes the movie...not the medium in which it is presented.

I think heartfelt story-telling is something that is difficult to capture tho. What may be heart-felt for one person may not be for another. The spaghetti dinner scene in Lady and the Tramp is considered the best scene in all of movie history...I don't even honestly like that movie. I find the squirrel scene in Sword and the Stone to be so much stronger, but the rest of the movie is rather iffy. I think part of Disney success (in the 90's) was because they focused on already partially developed storylines that a lot of people had heard at least once or twice in their lives. Lion King was the first non-fairy tale film that they did, everything else wasn't exactly Disney being super-creative. In order for me to feel that a cartoon, any cartoon, has a strong story is how I'm affected at the end. If I cry then it works, if I don't then I wonder what went wrong and leave the theatre confused as to what did I miss.

So far, the film that affected me most was Monsters Inc., I found it extremely sad at the end when Boo had to go home and stay home and then when Mike rebuilt the door I started to cry again...and it only took Boo going "Kitty" at the very end to send me back into tears again. No traditionaly drawn film has done that to me. Pocahontas had an affect on me, as did Lion King (which is one of my absolute favorites - it made pursue a career in animation), but nothing has topped Monsters to this day. I also find myself glued to edge of my seat when I watch the end of Toy Story 2...why??...no idea...I know Bullseye is gonna be there...but I still sit on the edge of my seat. - I'm totally pro-2D, but oddly enough, the 3D films have affected me emotionally more than the 2D have - why? - they had powerful original stories, it didn't matter the medium in which they were created.

I think that if Walt was imortal or something and had lived even up to this day, that he would've embraced 3D animation. He lived for things that were different...but it was always the story that mattered most.

If Disney can fix their stories - then it doesn't matter how they do the movies...people will love those films.