Everyone loves the CGI greats. Well, not everyone, but most people.
Toy Story, Monsters Inc, The Incredibles, A Bugs Life, Finding Nemo, Shrek, Shrek 2, Ice Age. These are all top notch entertainment.
But obviously, about a year or two ago, all the major studios saw how well pixar films were doing at the box office and decided to jump on the bandwagon, by hiring as many washed up celebs as possible to provide voices for a bunch of CGI animals, shoehorn some bullshit journey / lesson learning script together and shove the whole fucking embarrassment down our collective throats for an €8.50 cinema ticket.
valiant. the ant bully. barnyard. madagascar. over the hedge. hoodwinked. open season. shark tale. the wild. need I go on? Each one is soulless festering shit heap.
All you studios out there – huddle up real close and I’ll tell you pixar’s secret to success. Its not CGI, and its not talking animals. Seriously.
Pixar titles are good movies because they have original premises, and because they know how to write a good story. They don’t rush anything. They take their time, and they do things write. Pixar are creating, not selling.
If you studios want to make money, you should go and hire a brand new writer who hasn’t been corrupted by the cash cow machine