Similar to Cars 2, I think The Good Dinosaur is more aimed at kids than most of their movies. That's not really a criticism (it's a fine movie and there's nothing wrong with 'just' making a kids movie) but I think it's why I wasn't as impressed as I usually by their work.
It's true that you can't just put a dinosaur in a movie and have success but the most important difference between Dinosaur and The Good Dinosaur is that this movie has a kid protagonist for the child audience to identify with. Dinosaur went for more photorealistic dinosaurs and The Good...
I think Brave and Cars 2 are two different types of movies so it's tough to compare them. As a simple adventure-comedy, Cars 2 worked for the most part. Brave seemed to aspire to higher goals and didn't really meet them. Once again, I don't think Brave is a bad movie just not as memorable or a...
Pixar + dinosaurs + holiday moviegoing = about a billion dollars worldwide
I'm not saying that the movie will be good or bad just that it's got elements that all but guarantee making money.
I'm always in for a Pixar movie.
Whatever behind the scenes debacle went on, this movie will be a huge hit because kids love dinosaurs. And I can't even imagine how many plush dino toys they're going to sell during the holidays.