http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2006 by the authors Fri, 29 Aug 2003 20:55:12 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/29/072928.php#comment-16556 "Ice Age" is a great story, very touching, dramatic, funny, clever. Pixar is great, but there is plenty of room for traditional animation. Though 3-D is cool and you can feel the depth, it's just another gimmick, another phase. If "real" is what you're going for, why animate at all? 16556@blogcritics.org Fri, 29 Aug 2003 20:55:12 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/29/072928.php#comment-16409 Good post. There are a couple of things to consider. First of all, Pixar has consistantly put out wonderful stories. Toy Stoy, Bug's life, Monster's Inc (which I still think is better than Skrek), and now Nemo. With that reputation for excellence, regarless if it's 3D or not, people will go check it out. As far as Ice Age goes, you have to remember that it had one of the best trailers in recent film history. I think that more than anything else was responsible for it's opening weekend success. And yes, there probably was some "association" with Pixar due to the fact that it was 3D. 16409@blogcritics.org Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:04:52 EDT