Disney in 2003 announced that it was abandoning traditional animation in favor of computer-generated imagery, after a string of hand-drawn flops that included “Treasure Planet” and “Brother Bear.” In the same period, DreamWorks’ “Shrek” and Pixar’s “Finding Nemo” cleaned up at the box office.
But from Mr. Lasseter’s point of view, the real problem wasn’t Disney’s animation techniques—it was more fundamental elements like characters and plot.
“I’ve never understood why the studios were saying people don’t want to see hand-drawn animation,” Mr. Lasseter said at a fan convention earlier this year. “What people don’t want to watch is a bad movie.”
For ‘The Princess and the Frog,’ Disney Returns to Traditional Animation Style - WSJ.com
God I hope this movie is great.
