Pixar's not into girly stuff, that much is pretty obvious. So I would be far from surprised if the princess in "The Bear and the Bow" is played up more as an action girl. Personally, as a girl myself, I find the action girl thing is getting pretty dull and cliche at this point but that is just me,Kyle wrote:I think they'll downplay the princess and play up the bear and other things. I mean, I was already kinda fooled that it wasn't about a princess until he brought it up due to the name alone. I have a feeling as far as princess movies go this will be marketed towards guys more than frog and the like.
Pixar's "story is king" philosophy has always disturbed me because I personally feel that Pixar's idea of a story has constantly been "a male-buddy comedy in an unusual environment packed to the core with fluff". Yes story is important but what about originality? What about mixing up the kinds of story that you're telling or the characters that you have? The Incredibles is their most original film to date cuz it's the one film that stands out of their pack of "buddy comedies".Kyle wrote:one thing to keep in mind that not everyone at pixar pushes the story is king thing. Ive heard podcasts with pixar employees that would argue that characters are king. That you can have an alright story that still works because the characters were so well done.
Pretty much my thoughts exactly. It's the opposite of Disney's reputation now as people are turning away from Disney's 2D films cuz it's rep has become too damage.Kyle wrote:But, I don't think it would be crazy to see Pixar admit something went wrong regarding the structure of their first flop. They are highly critical of themselves already. They cant blame marketing, because they are a household name, people have no reason not to trust that every one of their movies are worth seeing. Which brings me to another point, even if Pixar did make a bad movie, I don't think it would turn people away unless they did a number of those in a row, causing people to loose their faith in the studio. In other words, Ratatouille would have to have been horrible, coming off the heels of Cars, to then lead to Wall-e being their first flop. Its a domino effect. I dont expect any of their movies to flop overnight, it'll be a gradual trend if and when we see it.
I'm wondering what's going on with "1906"? It's sounds like a very interesting and marketable live action film for Pixar to start out with first. Though I hope all the stuff with the earthquake in Haiti isnt a reason they're holding back. I can see "1906" being a total hit.
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