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[noahgibbs]

Interesting. A friend of mine saw a pre-screening of Lilo and Stitch, and claims it's really good.

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[mh75.livejournal.com]

Actually, I, who generally dislike all things disney, am intrigued by this movie as well. I have heard many things about it that make me interested.

For one, the art is supposed to be quite good. The fact that it steps back from reliance on CGI gives me the warm fuzzies. CGI is cool, but i think it is currently over used.

For another, i have read a lot that says that it is not formulaic in the tradition disney sense. It is supposed to have a bit more depth than your average disney movie.

I'm not sure i'll see it, since it would require a girls night out to do it, but i'd be interested in other people's opinions.

As an aside, i've found myself becoming more interested in animation as an artform. The tv series, Samurai Jack, has some incredible artistic contribution. The stories are formulaic, but its a worth while watch because of the presentation.

[angelbob.livejournal.com]

Tom also mentioned it not following the standard Disney formula.

I tend to ignore most animation, but then I don't watch TV. I've been delving deeper into comics as an artform, but "deeper" won't impress real comics fans -- I've only just finished the second Scott McCloud book (Reinventing Comics), and I finished Maus only a week or so ago.

Scott McCloud continues to rule. Understanding Comics is far and away the best analysis of comics conventions I've ever read, and he pointed out a very large number of things I've been looking at forever and wouldn't have noticed on my own.

[katharos.livejournal.com]

I totally agree, Scott McCloud rocks. I've only read Scott McClouds first book, but it made me want to draw comics. It also, which I thought was interesting, explained to me some of the reasons I like Japanese comics, in the breakdown of different types of pannels in different styles of comics. :)

I also have to add that seeing a conversation (on stage at the Game Developers Conference) between Scott McCloud and Will Wright (Creator of the Sims) was a total trip. I'm not sure if they published it or not... e

[skamille.livejournal.com]

I would like to say for the record that "The Emperor's New Groove" was really really good. Sometimes Disney does great things when nobody is watching. It was really funny, and the animation was trippy in that "disney animators must do a lot of acid" kind of way. Anyway, I would reccommend it.

[angelbob.livejournal.com]

And again, Tom mentioned that one. His explanation was that TENG had changed hands partway through (kinda like Shakespeare In Love), and the new writers had been what made it great (also like Shakespeare In Love).

[skamille.livejournal.com]

That's what I get for not following links before I post comments =)