I think people mostly associate DreamWorks animation movies with Shrek. Maybe also Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda.
DreamWorks used to be the studio people assumed all non-Disney animation was made from. Like people might think Ice Age was DreamWorks, when it wasn't
https://www.indiewire.com/awards/industry/new-oscars-animation-rule-2025-1234976742/
What’s Behind the New Animation Oscar Rule Change? Easier Crossover Qualification
The Academy just paved the way for animated films submitted for Best International Feature to qualify for Best Animated Feature.
INSIDE OUT 2 IS THE FIRST PIXAR MOVIE WITH A MOSTLY FEMALE STORY TEAM
that's part of the same article.
Some people are confused because they thought Turning Red had an all female story team, but what it actually had was all female leadership.
well yeah that's the point. Domee Shi even said on the original Inside Out, where she was a story artist, she was happy that "being a teenage girl" was one thing she was an expert in.
https://pixarpost.com/2024/04/inside-out-2-story-heart-humor-go-behind-the-scenes-of-the-film.html
This seems to be the actual source of this information. Dunno what it says that they needed teenage girl consultants when they didn't need them for Turning Red.
https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/the-life-and-death-of-hollywood-daniel-bessner/
This is an interesting article, though it could be said that what the writer calls the death of Hollywood is the death of a lucrative writing career.
Yeah that's the trend. Monsters University, Finding Dory, Incredibles 2... all have positive reviews but not as high as the original. Don't know why people think Inside Out 2 would be different.
Do Dollar theaters even still exist? There was once a $2.50 ticket movie theater near me but it closed. I think the whole rush to streaming killed a lot of them.
I'd guess not. In any case, $25 OW would be absolutely amazing for Civil War. It could even be profitable from ticket sales alone, which I don't think anyone thought would happen.
Not my point at all. Do you think Pocahontas was intentionally bad? I mean there was the story that The Lion King was seen as the lesser project at Disney at the time. My point is not every movie can be great
I'm thinking more that the "make good movies" strategy is like the "just win every election" strategy for political parties. Untenable to have them all be winners.