entremet
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Could be trademark issues.
Zootopia Has a 99% Fresh Rating on Rottentomatoes.com After 112 Reviews!
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entremet
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Is that true? Aren't they in different locations?
BoosterDuck
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Holy crap bro, is Disney feeding Mickey steroids or something?
Scorpion Soldier
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Most likely. Disney's PR department noted it that they merely wanted a unique title for other markets, but this is most likely the same issue they had with The Avengers and Tomorrowland where the title rights were already with another copyright holder.
TheDinoman
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Started from the bottom...
Now we're here.
edit: robinsons wasn't that bad but still
Now we're here.
I honestly prefer any name that isn't Zootopia. Every time I think about the name I remember one of how the older ads explicitly say that this is what would happen in a world without humans. As in, that's the only way possible to create a utopia.
Kinda bums me out.
Bornstellar
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Havnt seen the movie yet, but my impression was that the title is ironic?
RavenSan
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Meet the Robinsons was great.
Not at all likely given the trend of reviews and how many have already been input. Probably end up at 95-97.
Really excited to see this. Didn't care for BH6 at all, but I do think DAS has been on a good streak.
Yes, that and wreck it ralph.
I feel like the disney studio doesnt do some great "princess" stories, and when they need to get original they can pull some great things.
My only guess is that she is uncomfortable with animals being used because racists often call other racists savages or animals.
Garrett 2U
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I'm excited to see this movie with my girlfriend, the trailer was hysterical.
"I have a big head and little arms" still cracks me up to this day.
"I have a big head and little arms" still cracks me up to this day.
Animated films are fantasy and therefore great vehicles to explore deeper discussions with allegory or satire without having to dig too deep and get too serious. It also helps that Hollywood realizes it's better business to make "kids movies" that still appeal (at some level) to the adults who are likely taking them to see the film and who are a little less easy to entertain. The other thing is that kids are smarter than adults give them credit for being, and certain themes can really resonate with people of all ages, so while animated films are usually "safe" with the risks they are taking, they can be more willing to go outside the box with their themes and storytelling in ways that other live action films these days wouldn't dare do (imagine a live action film trying to tell the story of Inside Out and the emotional world of a little girl, it's something that would work in a book or an animated film but it would likely never be made as live action).
TheDinoman
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I actually don't think it was that bad a film but I was under the impression it was considered a more middling film in comparison to things like Pixar's movies. It has a 66% on RT while all those other films I mentioned are in the high 80s-90s range.
But it's definitely better than Chicken Little's 36% lol
Gentleman Jack
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Started from the bottom...
I've heard mostly good things about Meet The Robinsons. Haven't caught it yet.
Still, they aren't that far apart i'd imagine the pool of talent remains largely the same size. Now the best of the CalArts grads probably won't automatically go to Pixar. With both on equal footing under Lasseter, Disney probably still has the advantage of the pull from heritage and the name. Pixar has got the cream of the crop for so long. On average, if you put the two together, we are getting more quality than when disney was down in the dumps and pixar held up ghe quality end of animations by itself. Not sure how many are classics yet though.
Started from the bottom...
Now we're here.
Right around the time Lasseter was brought on board... all hail Lasseter.
Soulscribe
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Wow that surprises me. I was expecting some Dreamworks-on-a-bad-day level stuff from the footage I saw.
Good for Disney animation, though the comment saying they've been better than Pixar recently? No
Good for Disney animation, though the comment saying they've been better than Pixar recently? No
FloppyDelux
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its REALLY underrated.
Going to see this tonight, super pumped.
That is the weirdest criticism ever (from the article).
That is the weirdest criticism ever (from the article).
Zootopia is bullshit. It's good but nowhere near as good as Frozen or Wreck-It Ralph. Hugely disappointing because of how awesome the premise is. It's an average DreamWorks movie disguised as a Disney movie. It takes very little risks that "Cats Don't Dance" hasn't done, better, 18 years ago. Its world feels half-baked, unlike the lovingly crafted world of "Ernest & Celestine".
Ouch, hoping this criticism is an outlier.
Aztechnology
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All my friends are "too cool" for animated films. Sad that my Mom is the only one who actively wants to go to these films. My friends are in their low to mid 20's and still don't have the self confidence to watch what they want due to stigma.
My Mom is cooler than my friends... Ergo I need to find cooler friends.
Ouch. I have fond memories of Cats Don't Dance. Are they really that closely paralleled? I don't know much about Zootopia aside from animals just coexisting under the confines of being characterized into "humanesque" form with animal traits in a humanized society.
My Mom is cooler than my friends... Ergo I need to find cooler friends.
Ouch. I have fond memories of Cats Don't Dance. Are they really that closely paralleled? I don't know much about Zootopia aside from animals just coexisting under the confines of being characterized into "humanesque" form with animal traits in a humanized society.
Honestly, I feel Disney Animation has been putting out better movies than they've been getting credit for for years, it probably just took a string of critically acclaimed films from them (as well as a number of misses/meh films from Pixar) for that perception to change.
Pixar was supposed to be the changing of the guard at the beginning of the millennium (a change for Disney from formulaic and derivative back to the quality and creativity they were know for, thanks to Pixar taking the reigns), so I think unless people no longer thought they were infallible, they were always going to outshine Disney Animation's output.
Pixar was supposed to be the changing of the guard at the beginning of the millennium (a change for Disney from formulaic and derivative back to the quality and creativity they were know for, thanks to Pixar taking the reigns), so I think unless people no longer thought they were infallible, they were always going to outshine Disney Animation's output.
The great thing about Meet the Robinsons is how they are able to play with ideas of family and belonging due to the wacky setting and sci-fi plot.
I could see why it might not have hit with some people due to the execution, but some of the themes they explore are so poignant, it's really a shame it wasn't a bit more well-received.
Don't think so. She specifically mentions the film's "pluralist message" as a point of criticism.
Bizarre review. She spends maybe ten words discussing the plot of the movie, and the main characters aren't mentioned until the end.
Her review is completely incoherent. Keep in mind, this is a "top critic" on RT.
TheDinoman
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I was mainly looking at Disney's CGI movies.
Bluekaveli
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May check it out when it's in the 2.50 theatre.
metsallica
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I had pretty mild interest in this given the trailers and not really digging Big Hero 6... Was planning to catch Hosoda's The Boy and the Beast instead. Wrong call?
Dust Bunnies
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isn't 99% a bit much? i mean, come on... that's more than casablanca
DOWN
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The furries have infiltrated the critic class.
Honestly i haven't seen the appeal from the commercials at all, but clearly there's something very special here.
devastating
There's still potentially 150 or so reviews to come.. plus, we all know the RT % scale isn't the way movies should be judged.
haven't watched Zootopia yet, but Boy and the Beast ain't that great in my opinion. No real plot (not necessarily a con), simplistic message, the animation is pretty nice
Messofanego
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Zootopia |OT| Officially Better Than Casablanca
Corronchilejano
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Thats a lot of furries.
I'm really excited for this movie.
not defending that tweet, but I don't think she's saying that she has a problem with cultural diversity, but rather that animals are used to portray that? I think, if i'm reading correctly.
uh wait i'm confused now
MrSaturn99
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Wow, really? I wonder if I can take my nephew...
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