10 novembre 2008
Home on the Range
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44th Disney Great Classic, Home on the Range released in 2004 is also the last Disney in date realized in 2D. In view of the very big success of the cartoon movies in 3D (and particularly those of Pixar), Disney made a decision in the very unfortunate consequences: close its 2D department. The announcement of this closure raised the discontentment from the fans community who did not understand why the firm so much wished to make only of the 3D while its support of preference was always the 2D. But what Disney (and so some fans) did not understand was that it is not the support which makes that a film is good, it is above all the story! To go over to the 3D changed nothing, it was even worse (Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons take part of the most important failures of the studio).
So with Home on the range a historic page of the studio was turned, a modest film certainly but not deprived of quality. It is a part with The Emperor's New Groove and Lilo and Stitch (two very beautiful surprises) of these films with reduced budget but where the stories and the characters seem bizarrely much better worked!
The story of these three cows of the Wild West is really pleasant to follow, and their well dipped character makes them hilarious, in particular Maggy leader of the trio, one true rebel cow! The graphic style of the film remind strongly the one of the cartoons of the 40's and 50's, with its sets in bright colors and its very angular characters, which happiness to find a style so catchy! But you will better realize it with drawings posted at the bottom of this article.
I said that it was the last one Disney in 2D... Well not! Since John Lasseter's arrival to the head of the animation department of Disney, things moved a lot and one of his first decisions was to open again the 2D department! New 2D projects are then put in construction like the very promising The Princess and the Frog which will be released next year in the theaters, it is not a good new?
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