Treasure Planet (1 Viewer)

Disney movies are the most visually impressive animated films out there.

That is mostly because Disney is the most prolific producer of animated films. Therefore, they have the biggest budgets and the most experience, they draw some of the best people, they already have a wealth of animation resources that other studios couldn't hope to match. Unfortunately, they seem to have forgotten recently that great stories are necessary for great films, not just great animation.

I think Fox's Anastasia rivaled Disney's best productions, but other than that, I can't think of any film since the mid-nineties that was anywhere in the ballpark. If you go back as far as Land Before Time, a Steven Spielberg produced project, the animation in that was embarrassingly bad, imo. The traditionally animated Dreamworks projects...Prince of Egypt and Road to El Dorado...were neither one that great. Again, my opinion. But the lack of animation contenders is really just a by-product of Disney's dominance of the field for the last 65 years, and the lack of interest of other studios over a period spanning decades to seriously challenge Disney.

Pocahantas, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, and Atlantis are all examples of fine animation mixed with poor storytelling, imo. The source material for Treasure Planet, though, is an English-language classic, and so I have high hopes for this film. Disney needs another winner. My feeling is that their recent projects have dwindled in quality, and I'd hate to see them botch another film. I haven't seen Lilo and Stitch, but I've heard it's decent...not as lush in its animation, but a good story, even though the advertising makes it look a little goofy (pardon the pun.)

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Unfortunately, they seem to have forgotten recently that great stories are necessary for great films, not just great animation

Agreed, but I tried to keep from sounding negative, so I didn't mention this.

As I see it, Disney is good at drawing. If they got some really good writers and didn't try to aim too high, they could make some amazing movies. Pretty much all of their movies are rip-offs, except for a few. Of those few, only one or two are actually good. The problem is that their original works are always filled with fantasy elements that have either already been done before or just degenerate into visual flair unaccompanied by a good story.

Treasure Planet does have a good source to work from, though I just hope they don't screw around with it.

And to tell the truth, the visuals of the film look good, but the trailer didn't get me excited for the movie.

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I can't think of any film since the mid-nineties that was anywhere in the ballpark.

What about The Iron Giant?

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I have read a lot of your posts regarding DISNEY and a lot of the time I get the impression that you don't like their movies simply because they are made by "DISNEY". I wonder if you would still have such a bad opinion of them if all of a sudden they had the name "GHIBLI" attached to them

I don't care if it has the Disney name or not. I've just noticed a trend with their movies that I don't like.

As a matter of fact, Disney is making a videogame with Squaresoft called Kingdom Hearts. I am already in love with the game, even though it is all Disney characters. Why? Because Disney isn't actually developing the game, the storyline, etc. but rather just supplying characters and voice talents. Everything I've seen of the game is amazing, mainly because Squaresoft is doing it. If Disney was doing it, it would most likely suck.

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