Movie Animation in 2012

[dixon_green]

It's time for the 2012 Animated Film Oscar evaluation.  This year, twenty-one films are eligible to be nominated for one of five slots available.  I've seen four of them. All in all, 2012 was a much stronger year for animated films than 2011.  So, let's break it down.

Comments

[shylabrat]

I still have to see Rise of the Guardians. I thought Brave was gorgeous but the story crapped out halfway through the movie.

Regarding the Madagascar series, you're not missing much. If you want to see any of them watch the first one and skip the rest. I think the sequels were purely to generate revenue.

[dixon_green]

re: Madagascar - I kind of figured. The later Shrek films were largely revenue generating hot messes. But they (Madagascar) look pretty, and the travelogue/fish out of water stories have potential. I'll probably just keep an eye out for them on cable.

Brave had a change in director and direction about halfway through. The original director had a story that was much more action/magic/inter-family dynamic driven that the action/adventure/comedy that the executives wanted and eventually got. They should have gone with the original concept, I think.

Rise of Guardians - I don't think DW is going to do a sequel movie for this, but, it does have all the structure in place to make a nifty animated series. We'll see what develops in a couple of years.