2004 - 2006 was a really rough time for Disney. With the diminishing returns on their traditionally-animated movie, they decided to move into computer animation full-time while being walloped by Pixar, DreamWorks and critics for mining their rich history to make a series of terrible direct-to-video sequels. While they were bringing their CG animation studio … Continue reading (Movies) DisneyFest: Home On The Range, The Incredibles, Chicken Little
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(Movies) DisneyFest: Treasure Planet, Finding Nemo, Brother Bear
In the 2000s, Disney animation seemed to be flailing. Their flagship movies weren't connecting with audiences nearly as well as Pixar's projects and they were farming out sequels to a lot of their most popular franchises at this point. DisneyToons would release Return to NeverLand, The Jungle Book 2 and Piglet's Big Movie around this … Continue reading (Movies) DisneyFest: Treasure Planet, Finding Nemo, Brother Bear
(Reviews) DisneyFest: Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Monsters Inc., Lilo & Stitch
After the surprise success of The Emperor's New Groove, Disney took a sharp turn towards science-fiction adventure with...mixed success. Meanwhile, Pixar really stepped into it's own with ambitious and confident storytelling, pushing the limits of what CGI animation could do in every new film. This aesthetic is one they never really got away from, which … Continue reading (Reviews) DisneyFest: Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Monsters Inc., Lilo & Stitch
(Reviews) A Pixar-Disney Sandwich
At this point in the Disney animated canon, Walt Disney Studios is coming to the end of their Renaissance while a young upstart CGI studio named Pixar is on the rise. The House of Mouse put a lot of their effort into adapting a really tricky Edgar Rice Burroughs pulp-adventure, while the boys in Emeryville … Continue reading (Reviews) A Pixar-Disney Sandwich
(Reviews) The Circle of Life, The Colors of the Wind, The Virtue of Playing Nice
Ryan and I are holding a weekly film festival where we watch the entire Disney animated canon in chronological order, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs all the way to Zootopia. Currently, we're up to the latter half of the studio's first Renaissance. Here are my reviews of the latest batch of movies! The … Continue reading (Reviews) The Circle of Life, The Colors of the Wind, The Virtue of Playing Nice
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 