tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858235971378461916.post7253975024141249831..comments2012-04-30T09:36:50.453-07:00Comments on Film Quest: The Search for Great Film: What about The LoraxLucehiggshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14758613796479790854noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858235971378461916.post-51175597321751873892012-04-30T09:36:50.453-07:002012-04-30T09:36:50.453-07:00You're probably never going to check this agai...You're probably never going to check this again but I found the link I mentioned about making more Dr. Seuss films in animation only instead of attempting live-action again http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/illumination-eyes-more-seuss-with-cg-cat-in-the-hat/Danielle Riseleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11453093307525874421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858235971378461916.post-82267194616489440722012-04-21T12:21:59.678-07:002012-04-21T12:21:59.678-07:00I don’t have the link on hand, but shortly after T...I don’t have the link on hand, but shortly after The Lorax came out there were a few articles about how its success meant future Dr. Seuss films by Universal Pictures would be made strictly in 3-d animation instead of attempting live-action interpretations again. I was immensely thankful to hear that news since I hated the live action The Grinch and The Cat in the Hat. It might have something to do with the way they take a nice simple story and fill it up with the world’s stupidest plots to add time.<br /><br />Since I have a fondness for the cartoon version of Dr. Seuss books that everyone had to watch in elementary school, I refused to see The Lorax, lest it should ruin the original cartoon in my mind like The Grinch did. But when seeing the trailers for it I was very impressed. I hadn’t expected them to try and keep to the illustrations in the book so accurately. I had assume being a 3-d production they might allow themselves some liberties and draw things in either a more current style. Looking back on it, would have been a terrible decision since Dr. Seuss’s stories are synonymous with his drawing style. This is why the article I had read made me so happy, that the company at least understood the importance of keeping with Dr. Seuss’s style and close in medium [illustrations to cartoons, not illustrations to live] even while butchering his plots.<br /><br />I now you’ve had the misfortune to listen to me repeatedly say how much I hate Pixar and Disney in our radio class, but you posted one of the trailers for Brave and I can’t help but comment on it. I’m actually really curious to see it because as much as I hate Pixar I will watch everything they make. Lately though, the presentation of it has kind of been annoying me. It seems to be trying for the whole ‘yay women empowerment’ which hasn’t been something Disney has been able to churn out since Mulan and Atlantis let’s be real. Also when you think Disney you definitely don’t think of women who can take care of themselves. But I just saw another trailer where it’s looking a little less ‘yay heroine taking control of her life’ and more ‘nobody here obeys old social norms isn’t it cute and quirky, please pay less attention to the girl not fitting in.’ <br /><br />http://youtu.be/IMEYB3U_NHsDanielle Riseleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11453093307525874421noreply@blogger.com