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Irrespective of what others feel, I think Animation (NOT Cartoon) movies are for all kids from 6 to 60 to enjoy.
Do you know there are at least 6 animation movies in the IMDb Top 250 movies of all time?
Scott Adams of The Dilbert Blog asked a creative question. What creatures are left for the next animation movies?
The Godfather and The Shawshank Redemption of the animation movie studio are Disney - Pixar and DreamWorks Animation SKG. But we have a problem. They ran out of creatures!
Let’s see the list of the creatures out of which we have blockbusters…
Toys - Toy Story 1 & 2, Robot (maybe)
Insects - A Bug’s Life, Antz (featured here)
Fishes - Finding Nemo, Shark Tale
Super Heroes - The Incredibles
Cars - Cars
Monsters - Monsters, Inc. , Shrek Trilogy
Birds - Happy Feet, Chicken Run, Chicken Little
Animals (of all kind) - Madagascar, Over the Hedge, The Wild, Wallace and Gromit
Pests - Ratatouille, Flushed Away, Stuart Little (if you can count this too)
I’m very exited about the next Pixar movie about a rat working in a kitchen. Scott exclaims:
But honestly, my first reaction on seeing the rat in the kitchen trailer was “they ran out of creatures.” It’s no one’s fault. There are only so many types of creatures in the universe.
So true and correct!
Recipe for a Blockbuster
Kids (myself included) like:
1. Creativity - In kids language, see & experience something different
2. Great story and screenplay
3. Fairy Tale, Magic and maybe Mythology - I’m yet to a animation movie with a heavy and sad ending!
4. Creatures - Of any kind, as long as they don’t look scary! (We all loved Shrek, Mike & Sulley, and those different shapes of animals in Madagascar)
All the movies from Pixar and DreamWorks has the essence of the above qualities.
The search for the next animation character
Coming back on the creative question…
It’s little difficult to think of any creatures and things that have not been done before or unique. Even among the listed, there has been repetition. There’s still some I came up with (believe it not, I was thinking about this ever since Scott posted!)
- pets (cats, dogs, etc)
- trees or plants
- mythological creatures
- books
- aliens, angels (Scott’s suggestions)
So can you think of creatures that might potentially be a kids-oriented CGI blockbusters material? And did ya like the cartoon strips?
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17 comments ↓
Madagascar ahaa .
about cartoon strip, I liked left side 1 more than right side,not got wht with penguin part .
I recently watched a movie “Flushed away ” , good one with rats in it .
btw Ashwin do recommend me some movies similar to “The usual suspects ” .
[...] tells you why animation movies are blockbusters most of the time: Irrespective of what others feel, I think Animation (NOT Cartoon) movies are for all kids from 6 [...]
That’s a cool article. Liked the 2nd comic strip buddy. It was funny
No suggestions for the next animation character?!
rahul -
Did you see Happy Feet movie? The strips were all based on the movies. If you would have seen the movie, you should have understood the cartoon.
And what’s up with Madagascar?
Madhur -
Personally I thought Flushed Away sucked. I had reviewed it here: http://ashwinr.com/movie-reviews/
I thought The Usual Suspects was a cool movie.. here are some of my recommendations-
- LA Confidential
- Se7en (both have Kevin Spacey)
- From Dusk till Dawn (Tarantino and Rodrirez Rocks. Bonus - Salma Hayek & George Clooney!!)
- Fight Club
- American History X
- Memento (drama with twist ending)
- Pulp Fiction (Tarantino classic)
All the above movies are action movies with some thriller.
Shankar -
Thanks.
By the way, thanks for linking.
Next Rajani movie is also an animated one.
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No wonder .. most of the animation movies are blockbusters!
Great Blog. Keep your good work.
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Thanks.
Hey Ashwin
Loved your movie reviews page , maybe i will have this in my blog too . Like you am also a great fan of Tarantino , there is a latest flcik by him called “Grindhouse” , have u watched it ?
No Madhur, I have to watch it. I know it would be a great flick..
Regarding the movie reviews thing, you can either have in sidebar or as a separate page like I’m having.
no fantastic four ROSF
and die hard in the june list…
great page .
^^
Yes, I did not see the movies as yet.
Thanks a lot for your compliments.
nice compilation there ashwin!!
just watched bee movie
it was really gud.. finally a good movie that i could watch it with my family..! 
everyone liked it..
u dint mention simpsons in there..
anymore movies tat u cud suggest which are on the same lines as the “BEE movie!!”
Thanks.
Simpsons is cartoon, not animation.
Watch ALL the movies of Pixar and some Dreamworks SKG like Shrek, Madagascar, Antz and Wallace & Grommit (clay animation).
oh i dint know tat..!
can u compile a list of movies that come under cartoon genre?
^^
There aren’t much of Cartoon movies I’ve watched. Most are kids and we might not like. Anyways some movies:
1. Simpsons
2. South Park the movie
3. Tom and Jerry movie
4. Scooby Doo movie (Rowan Atkinson was the villian!)
5. Lion King (must watch)
6. Disney cartoons (Aladdin, Bambi, etc..)
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