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Movie Notes: Computer Animated Movie Cliches

Started by webomatica · 10 months ago

You've seen the films, some computer generated animated extravaganza from Pixar or Dreamworks featuring talking fish with voices by famous actors. I love many of these CGI dream-works as much as anyone, but at times they can seem rather... similar. Here are some similarities to look out for ne ... Continue reading »

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Dan
2 years ago

"Or Ben Stein."

Heh. Good one.

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webomatica
2 years ago

Yeah... I try!

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Sorcerer Mickey
2 years ago

More Ferrets!

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Hanford
2 years ago

It does kinda seem like Pixar's been remaking the Buddy Picture over and over again with different "things". (the Incredibles being the exception in my book). I actually expect "Things" to be an animated 3d movie, sooner or later.

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webomatica
2 years ago

'Things' ... sounds funnier than 'Ferrets!'

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Tyler
2 years ago

Love the list! love it. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who notices these clichÃ©s. Also, it helps if the premise is the "Secret lives of" approach. See, you take common everyday things and then reveal to the audience that they lead secret lives that one wouldn't expect. it could be the secret lives of Toys, Cars, Ants, Monsters, Superheroes, Penguins, Farm Animals, Zoo Animals, Food Product Characters, or even Ferrets!

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webomatica
2 years ago

Secret lives... yeah I get what you mean. In Toy Story, whenever the people showed up, they became non-moving toys. That idea probably goes all the way back to looney tunes and the frog that only sang when people weren't looking... :)

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