COMPUTER ANIMATED FILMS thread | SOUL (Jan 12), TURNING RED (Feb 09), and LUCA (Mar 22) return to theaters in 2024

[kayumanggi]

http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/check-this-out-amazing-fan-made-the-incredibles-2-concept-art/

[Neo]

Pixar needs to hire him now.

[CJohn]

When will you give us what we want! I want Incredibles 2 Pixar!

Edited February 9, 2012 by CJohn

[CJohn]

Pixar needs to hire him now.

I agree. That concept art is amazing!

[kayumanggi]

Pixar should see these.

[tupek]

Computer animated films are very cliched, convencional, predicable and mediocre nowadays.

[Mayhem2x3]

Computer animated films are very cliched, convencional, predicable and mediocre nowadays.

We had a mediocre year in 2011, but there were a few gems. Arthurt Christmas, Rio and Rango--and some really great projects are indevelopment out there. Pixar's Mind Movie and Dinosaur Movie have enormous potential.

[Letsuseournoggin]

Arthur Christmas was great fun. Rio was such a visually beautiful film and even more fun than Arthur. Great animation IMO. But yes, I agree with Mayhem, a down year for animation nonetheless.

Edited February 10, 2012 by Letsuseournoggin

[cookie]

Arthur Christmas was great fun. Rio was such a visually beautiful film and even more fun than Arthur. Great animation IMO. But yes, I agree with Mayhem, a down year for animation nonetheless.

To be fair, 2010 had the strongest animation line-up in years. What goes up must come down.

[Letsuseournoggin]

To be fair, 2010 had the strongest animation line-up in years. What goes up must come down.

Great point. Very true, but I still would rank 2011 under years previous to 20110. But point definitely taken.. 2010 was a monster year for animation.

[tupek]

We had a mediocre year in 2011, but there were a few gems. Arthurt Christmas, Rio and Rango--and some really great projects are indevelopment out there. Pixar's Mind Movie and Dinosaur Movie have enormous potential.

Oh, please, Rio? What a poor plot without any sustance, but full of bad jokes that obviously kids and someone else could like. All for the best economic profit. I see Rango as a missed oportunity to make a more interesting story, but at least had better characters.

[Mayhem2x3]

Oh, please, Rio? What a poor plot without any sustance, but full of bad jokes that obviously kids and someone else could like. All for the best economic profit. I see Rango as a missed oportunity to make a more interesting story, but at least had better characters.

Were you fired from one of these types of studios? Rio and Rango were fantastic.

[Letsuseournoggin]

Hoping 2012 bounces back, but the line up doesn't seem to be as strong as 2010's so that may be hard.

Edited February 13, 2012 by Letsuseournoggin

[AniNate]

I enjoyed Rio too. It was only behind Rango and Tintin in my animation rankings (though I haven't seen Pooh or Arthur Christmas)

[Letsuseournoggin]

Oh, please, Rio? What a poor plot without any sustance, but full of bad jokes that obviously kids and someone else could like. All for the best economic profit. I see Rango as a missed oportunity to make a more interesting story, but at least had better characters.

Have to completely disagree. Rio, I thought was beautifull animated, which right from the start makes it better than many animated films, But I thought they made it a very fun and entertaining film that didn't take itself seriously, but just enough that you connected with the film. I though the dance sequences and jokes were flat out funny. Maybe I'm just a dumbed down movie goer, but Rio was a nice surprise in the animation world of 2011 for me.

[pieman]

It seems that most animated films gross over 100 million dollars consistently. My question is, what caused it? Is it just an increase in animated films? It's not as if there are more children than 20 years ago. Are more adults going to see kid's films? Although I don't know why that would be. I saw Ice Age 4 today and thought it was a lazy piece of garbage.

[Mayhem2x3]

It seems that most animated films gross over 100 million dollars consistently. My question is, what caused it? Is it just an increase in animated films? It's not as if there are more children than 20 years ago. Are more adults going to see kid's films? Although I don't know why that would be. I saw Ice Age 4 today and thought it was a lazy piece of garbage.

Second tier studios have gotten better and better at picking/writing their stories (plus there are more of them than ever), and they've also also found better ways to make animation for cheaper. Bigger studios have also grown to the point of making more features. Probably more families seeing more movies every year.

[Rudolf]

First with present day software its mch easier and cheaper to produce well made aniation movies,whatever yo think about their quality.Second what is 100m today? You have to compare the adjusted grosses:1937^ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs $863,280,000 Dis. $184,925,4861961^ 101 Dalmatians $791,344,600 Dis. $144,880,0141994^ The Lion King $705,680,400 BV $422,783,7771967^ The Jungle Book $583,544,900 Dis. $141,843,6121959^ Sleeping Beauty $575,594,400 Dis. $51,600,0002004 Shrek 2 $562,723,300 DW $441,226,2471940^ Pinocchio $533,834,400 Dis. $84,254,1671942^ Bambi $504,602,600 RKO $102,247,1502003^ Finding Nemo $446,192,800 BV $339,714,9781955^ Lady and the Tramp $441,420,300 Dis. $93,602,3261992 Aladdin $415,343,400 BV $217,350,2192010 Toy Story 3 $413,438,800 BV $415,004,8802001 Shrek $374,541,800 DW $267,665,0112007 Shrek the Third $371,503,200 P/DW $322,719,9441991^ Beauty and the Beast $359,288,800 BV $218,967,6202001^ Monsters, Inc. $357,097,800 BV $255,873,2501995^ Toy Story $347,437,100 BV $191,796,2332004 The Incredibles $332,877,200 BV $261,441,0922009 Up $311,048,300 BV $293,004,1642006 Cars $295,135,400 BV $244,082,982

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Price.Price is much higher than years before.

[Mayhem2x3]

Price.Price is much higher than years before.

I don't care for adjusted numbers myself -- you assume that a said movie would sell the same amount of tickets at a higher price. You also ignore changing market-forces that limit total and repeat customers (shorter theatrical releases, home video, DVD, digital streaming, Demand, rental, etc) -- all of which impact attendance as well.Pieman, check out this link and watch the topic vid. It's one of the top guys on the exec side of animated films today talking about the changing market.http://forums.boxoffice.com/index.php?/topic/4016-the-illumination-entertainment-club/And I think it's 2014, but there's one year coming up with something like 14 planned wide-release animated features. Too much! Though I'm betting a good handful of them will not hit 100M