Robots

[dalekboy]

I saw Robots the other night. I decided to watch it because I wanted to see the pretty CGI and what they did with it.

The CGI is pretty, very pretty. The story is totally unengaging. I couldn't even dislike it, I was that unengaged. Not bored, but didn't really care about anything the characters did.

Too many companies jumping on the Pixar CGI bandwagon and missing the point. Pixar films are hits because they are generally well written. You like the characters, the story is engaging, the whole thing works. Pixar could make films with traditional animation, hand-puppets or Lego men and they would still be great films. If just one of the summer block-busters had half the story and character development of The Incredibles, we all would have been very happy campers.

So yes, Robots. It's ok for what it is, an hour and a half of very nice CGI.

Comments

[cheshirenoir.livejournal.com]

Pixar have the famous "No work will begin without a DECENT script" ethic.

Probably explains why they are such a bankable company. Even "Cars" (which looked like it was gonna suck from the early trailers IMHO) lured me in to a world I found engrossing. Loved it a lot!

And now hopefully they'll bring that mindset to Disney.

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

I love that the first thing they did at Disney was re-open the traditional animation department and rehire and bunch of the great animators that had been thrown on the scrap heap :)

[leahcim.livejournal.com]

*shrugs* I saw Robots a while ago, and I didn't think it was that bad. Perhaps I am just less sensitive to the quality (or lack thereof) of the story, or perhaps I am more sensitive to cringeworthy moments in other films, that I didn't detect in Robots. I did enjoy the pretty CGI and some funny jokes though.