I broke down and watched Toy Story the other night, too, although my thoughts on computer animation were a bit different. Maybe since I have a better display now than I did originally, I never noticed just how much texture there was in the first movie. The animations are definitely stiffer though, but I think that's one reason why Pixar chose to make a movie about toys in the first place. Many were going to be stiff in movement anyway, so it wouldn't make the movie suffer. (And in fact, continuing to make use of this is what made it so amusing watching Barbie and Ken in action in the newest movie!) The humans and Scud were definitely stiff though, something I'm glad to see has changed as technology has improved.
Generations from now, Toy Story will be to current CGI movies as Snow White is to traditional animation.
(And you'll be proud of me! A collector's edition of the first season of Avatar was released and Amazon was selling it 50% off, so I broke down and bought it. I should be getting it in a week or so.)
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Date: 2010-06-27 07:56 pm (UTC)Generations from now, Toy Story will be to current CGI movies as Snow White is to traditional animation.
(And you'll be proud of me! A collector's edition of the first season of Avatar was released and Amazon was selling it 50% off, so I broke down and bought it. I should be getting it in a week or so.)