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Postby che-che » Tue May 12, 2009 9:02 am

funny how we have the first black princess, but i wonder how much screen time will we see her as that black princess. instead of the frog. i also found the frog dude, almost have a spanish accent, a bit antonio banderas at times.

i think the only french frogs i will dig, will be the ones from flushed away especially the one played by jean reno.
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Postby jmad72 » Tue May 12, 2009 3:47 pm

funny how we have the first black princess, but i wonder how much screen time will we see her as that black princess. instead of the frog.

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Good point. I am now wondering about that a bit myself.
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Postby J0ey Lee » Wed May 20, 2009 10:23 am

I'm more excited about the "making of" artbook for this film. Say what you will about the movie, but dag nabbit that's some gorgeous artwork.
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Postby jmad72 » Wed May 20, 2009 11:59 am

I hope there will be a making o book. I tried looking on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Nada. At least not yet,
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Postby dr.hong » Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:54 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzsSF47z_yY[/youtube]
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Postby jmad72 » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:12 am

Thanks for the post Dr. Hong.
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Postby ACH » Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:05 pm

Oooooh, 2D can be so pretty.
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Postby Elliotanimated » Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:46 am

There's some lovely animation here, but why is the character design so awful?
I understand why Disney is making the film in this fashion (or at least I assume they're trying to recapture old glories), but how is this anything but a step backwards for animated feature films?
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Postby Moonman » Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:37 am

I'm with Elliot. The animation looks as beautiful as the movie looks boring and uninspired.
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Postby Kelly Tindall » Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:54 am

Tish tosh, it's got to be just bland enough visually that parents will allow themselves to be dragged to it. Nobody's bankrolling a media empire on The Triplets of Bellville.
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Postby Elliotanimated » Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:03 am

Kelly Tindall wrote:Tish tosh, it's got to be just bland enough visually that parents will allow themselves to be dragged to it. Nobody's bankrolling a media empire on The Triplets of Bellville.


No, of course not.
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Postby Balak » Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:23 am

the animation of the princess annoys me. a LOT!
it looks like a display of Disney-like animation clich? .
Does an animated character has to move like in a 1930 play?


the bad guy is really cool, though!
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Postby J0ey Lee » Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:29 am

HAHAHHAHA i love the segment with the catfish. I'd prefer to see the entire film in this unfinished look. Something about the disney airbrush look that just kills the artwork for me.
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Postby jmad72 » Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:21 pm

I hear both arguments about the design. It would be great to see some "edge" for lack of a better word but it is still good, and within the Disney machine.

I liked the images/style that David Gilson came up with. Not "mad" at this one though. It has the classic Disney "style".

I like the design of the antagonist.
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Postby Ashton » Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:30 pm

Balak wrote:the animation of the princess annoys me. a LOT!
it looks like a display of Disney-like animation clich? .
Does an animated character has to move like in a 1930 play?


I agree. The supervising animator is Mark Henn, who supervised Jasmine and Mulan. I didn't like them either.
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