11-07-2005, 11:46 PM
I had tried to watch this at work, and as soon as the Robin Williams character came on, I walked out. He's worn out his animated welcome, in my book. It's always the same.
Still, we bought it. We buy pretty much everything, except Barbie Fairytopia. Watched it over the weekend, and we got through it ok. Wasn't great, and probably won't get many repeat viewings. Still, there was some pretty textures and interesting lighting. Blue Sky has a killer renderer, so they always have some nice digital eye candy.
But, yeah, pretty pointless. Confusing, kinda boring. The director came to Pixar and spoke. He didn't really event attempt to make much in the way of excuses for the final outcome. We got the sense that he was hemmed in by time and budget constraints, all the while getting "direction" from Fox "creative executives". Since I know he's a good film maker, I'm inclinded to believe he could do better, given the chance.
Still, we bought it. We buy pretty much everything, except Barbie Fairytopia. Watched it over the weekend, and we got through it ok. Wasn't great, and probably won't get many repeat viewings. Still, there was some pretty textures and interesting lighting. Blue Sky has a killer renderer, so they always have some nice digital eye candy.
But, yeah, pretty pointless. Confusing, kinda boring. The director came to Pixar and spoke. He didn't really event attempt to make much in the way of excuses for the final outcome. We got the sense that he was hemmed in by time and budget constraints, all the while getting "direction" from Fox "creative executives". Since I know he's a good film maker, I'm inclinded to believe he could do better, given the chance.