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Have you watched and liked non-Pixar animated CGI films?
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Cool.. but.. lol.
evilromero
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For the most part non-Pixar films are better paced and more enjoyable. Over the Hedge, Ice Age, Open Season to name a few.
victreeb3l
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Madagascar was gross, I don't know how people liked that movie. I do enjoy the cartoon on Nickelodeon though.
gutter_trash
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Dreamworks/PDI has a stronger appeal towards older children and young teens coupled with jokes that adults get. But their art can varry. Shrek series can be butt ugly while Madagascar + Kung Fu Panda looks fluid and amazing
Pixar is more family oriented for young children in terms of visual, characters and most adults in terms overall message. In the terms of art, they are #1
Disney CG is random candy for kids with incoherent stories and annoying ass characters.
Blu Sky is in between of Pixar and Dreamworks IMO. But personally I would love it if they would do something else beside Ice Age sequals. The first one was awesome, but now they need something new
Imagi's TMNT was pretty swell, I loved that movie and I can't wait for Astro Boy
Pixar is more family oriented for young children in terms of visual, characters and most adults in terms overall message. In the terms of art, they are #1
Disney CG is random candy for kids with incoherent stories and annoying ass characters.
Blu Sky is in between of Pixar and Dreamworks IMO. But personally I would love it if they would do something else beside Ice Age sequals. The first one was awesome, but now they need something new
Imagi's TMNT was pretty swell, I loved that movie and I can't wait for Astro Boy
edible_candle
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I still quite enjoy
Antz, considerably more so than A Bug's Life. It is terribly underrated. Shrek and Ice Age were also quite enjoyable. Other than those three, I haven't found much outside of the work of Pixar to be very enjoyable. Haven't seen Kung Fu Panda, however.
(and by quite enjoy, I mean love)
sooperkool
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Good:Kung Fu Panda
Horrible:The Wild
Horrible:The Wild
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Ah yes, forgot Over the Hedge too.
You know, the irony of people complaining CGI is that back then there were too much cheap animation as well. I don't give a damn about the medium it used. There have been TONS of crappy non-CGI cartoons.
You know, the irony of people complaining CGI is that back then there were too much cheap animation as well. I don't give a damn about the medium it used. There have been TONS of crappy non-CGI cartoons.
Yes, I enjoyed Kung Fu Panda quite a bit and have seen it several times now. I laugh out loud at some of it. Po and Master Shifu kind of remind me of people I know though, and that might add a wee bit of fun to the whole thing, for me.
I like the first Ice Age movie. I dislike Ice Age 2 which is dumb, and boring.
I liked Shrek 1 and Shrek 2. I dislike Shrek 3 which is rehash, and dull.
I did not like Antz, Robots, Meet the Robinsons, Over the hedge, or Open Season.
Other than the brilliant Penguins stuff, and maybe a few odd moments in each film, I don't like either Madagascar either.
I was surprised to find I did like Chicken Little though. I liked Bolt but it still didn't really grab me like most ever Pixar flick did.
I like the first Ice Age movie. I dislike Ice Age 2 which is dumb, and boring.
I liked Shrek 1 and Shrek 2. I dislike Shrek 3 which is rehash, and dull.
I did not like Antz, Robots, Meet the Robinsons, Over the hedge, or Open Season.
Other than the brilliant Penguins stuff, and maybe a few odd moments in each film, I don't like either Madagascar either.
I was surprised to find I did like Chicken Little though. I liked Bolt but it still didn't really grab me like most ever Pixar flick did.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
What bothers me is that people are fine with viewers turning off their brains for Transformers 2 but they can't somehow appreciate non-Disney CGI with similar method. Hell, Surf's Up was instantly touted as a generic CGI film despite actually trying different.
clearacell
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Kung Fu Panda, Shrek, and the last part of Shrek 2 I thought were pretty good.
Amibguous Cad
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Kung fu panda was pretty good. The original Shrek too.
ragingadamo
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Haven't seen monsters vs aliens yet but I usually try to see most big CG films. I thought KFP was good but I find the Ice age series to be completely unbearable. Visually it looks great but I completely dislike every single one of the main characters.
On a 2d note, is anyone looking forward to The Princess and the Frog? Trumpet playing alligator aside, I think it looks fantastic.
On a 2d note, is anyone looking forward to The Princess and the Frog? Trumpet playing alligator aside, I think it looks fantastic.
Tornado Condor
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I liked Monster House, Antz, and all the 3 Shrek movies ( they are hilarious in Spanish).
Pseudo_Sam
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Antz, Kung Fu Panda, Happy Feet, and to a lesser extent the 1st Shrek were all good films.
Horton Hears A Who wasn't as terrible as I expected, I enjoyed it.
Bee Movie is shit, total shit, complete and absolute garbage.
Horton Hears A Who wasn't as terrible as I expected, I enjoyed it.
Bee Movie is shit, total shit, complete and absolute garbage.
Dabookerman
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Shark Tale is the best movie ever.
The three non-Pixar films I've enjoyed and found totally worthy of my time:
1) Shrek (the original)
2) Over The Hedge
3) Kung-Fu Panda (which I own and love)
Everything else is mediocre at best. And regarding that shit "turn off your brain and enjoy" line of thinking...I don't know how some of you guys do it, but I can't just "turn off my brain" while trying to enjoy something that is, in essence, NOT enjoyable.
1) Shrek (the original)
2) Over The Hedge
3) Kung-Fu Panda (which I own and love)
Everything else is mediocre at best. And regarding that shit "turn off your brain and enjoy" line of thinking...I don't know how some of you guys do it, but I can't just "turn off my brain" while trying to enjoy something that is, in essence, NOT enjoyable.
I've seen a bunch of dreamworks stuff and it runs the gamut from terrible to pretty good imo.
So you've got Shrek, Shrek 2 and shrek 3- 1 and 2 were decent and funny but the 3rd one was kind of phoned in.
Then I also saw sharks tale which was just terrible, it's the best example I can give of why I prefer pixar to the rest. Paint by the numbers saturday morning cartoon level storyline with next to nothing for anyone but kids to enjoy. It looks even worse when you compare it to pixars fish story- finding nemo which was a dark and interesting story that made adults and children laugh too.
I've seen 3 other dreamworks cartoons - over the hedge , which was actually pretty funny, kung fu panda- this was easily dreamworks best movie and most recently I caught monsters VS aliens in 3d at the theatre. That one was also funny, if nothing else dreamworks quality has steadily improved. I've no interest in season madagascar though, it looks just as bad as sharks tale to me- take a bunch of celebrities and draw animals that look sort of like them and bam you have a script.
Now, going into everything else the only CG movie I've seen is monster house and that was actually pretty great. There's just so many of them out there now though- happy feet and surfs up competing for the penguin loving audience, ice age 1-3 , open season and robots from fox.
So I really can't comment on any of those. The fact remains for me that out of nearly a dozen films pixar hasn't had what I would call a miss, Cars gets alot of flack because it's got the thinnest plot and it's the most markatable pixar film but I'd still rank it higher then the best dreamworks effort to date.
So you've got Shrek, Shrek 2 and shrek 3- 1 and 2 were decent and funny but the 3rd one was kind of phoned in.
Then I also saw sharks tale which was just terrible, it's the best example I can give of why I prefer pixar to the rest. Paint by the numbers saturday morning cartoon level storyline with next to nothing for anyone but kids to enjoy. It looks even worse when you compare it to pixars fish story- finding nemo which was a dark and interesting story that made adults and children laugh too.
I've seen 3 other dreamworks cartoons - over the hedge , which was actually pretty funny, kung fu panda- this was easily dreamworks best movie and most recently I caught monsters VS aliens in 3d at the theatre. That one was also funny, if nothing else dreamworks quality has steadily improved. I've no interest in season madagascar though, it looks just as bad as sharks tale to me- take a bunch of celebrities and draw animals that look sort of like them and bam you have a script.
Now, going into everything else the only CG movie I've seen is monster house and that was actually pretty great. There's just so many of them out there now though- happy feet and surfs up competing for the penguin loving audience, ice age 1-3 , open season and robots from fox.
So I really can't comment on any of those. The fact remains for me that out of nearly a dozen films pixar hasn't had what I would call a miss, Cars gets alot of flack because it's got the thinnest plot and it's the most markatable pixar film but I'd still rank it higher then the best dreamworks effort to date.
I've only seen a limited amount of non-Pixar CG movies, but I thought Antz, Kungfu Panda and Shrek1/2 were very good. I am looking forward to this new movie, Planet 51:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyh3he1HeD8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyh3he1HeD8
I've watched a lot of non Pixar CG movies, and personally they're mostly very medicore compared to Pixar's work. In pretty much all aspects. There's some good stuff in there though, like Bolt, Kung Fu Panda and Surf's Up. But none of them compare to Pixar's best work.
The Shrek, Ice Age and Madagascar movies are just trash.
The Shrek, Ice Age and Madagascar movies are just trash.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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polyh3dron
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Bolt, Flushed Away, Beowulf, Kung Fu Panda and that's it.
And I still feet dirty watching Kung Fu Panda with the icky Dreamworks feel all over it. Flushed away was a co-production with Aardman so that makes it OK.
And I still feet dirty watching Kung Fu Panda with the icky Dreamworks feel all over it. Flushed away was a co-production with Aardman so that makes it OK.
Buckethead
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Yeah, but I don't leave the theatre with my heart wrenched nor does it have a very big impact. Pixar movies make me think.
List of solid ones (best-to-ok):
Kung Fu Panda
Horton Hears A Who
Antz
Shrek/Shrek 2
TMNT
Seen the rest of them, but holy christ are they bad. Madagascar made me want to cut my wrists.
Disney's two CG movies (Bolt & Meet the Robinson's) are pretty great. May lack the complexity or big punch of Pixar's movies, but they're focused, cohesive, and full of good animation.
List of solid ones (best-to-ok):
Kung Fu Panda
Horton Hears A Who
Antz
Shrek/Shrek 2
TMNT
Seen the rest of them, but holy christ are they bad. Madagascar made me want to cut my wrists.
Disney's two CG movies (Bolt & Meet the Robinson's) are pretty great. May lack the complexity or big punch of Pixar's movies, but they're focused, cohesive, and full of good animation.
It may have come out during a glut of penguin films, but I like Surf's Up the most:
Clever, gorgeous, funny, and just a bit twisted in execution. Nice trailer.
Clever, gorgeous, funny, and just a bit twisted in execution. Nice trailer.
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