Is this part of Pixar's comeback, or a step back?
You're watching Beyond The Trailer's review of The Good Dinosaur...
With Cars 2, Brave and even to some extent Monsters University, it had seemed that Pixar
had run out of ideas. And with other powerhouse animation studios emerging, most notably Illumination
Entertainment, along with step-sibling Disney Animation finally getting the hang "computer
animation", many wondered just how long Pixar would be down for the count. Turns out, the
answer is not long, as Inside Out was a huge hit for Pixar - their second biggest opening
after Toy Story 3 and their third highest grossing film of all time again after Toy
Story 3 and Finding Nemo. There's even Best Picture buzz for Inside Out! What's more,
Pixar has decided to dig deep - into their back catalog! Finding Dory, Cars 3, Toy Story
4 and The Incredibles 2 are all fast approaching as the studio that vowed never to get into
the sequel business gets seriously into the sequel business. After all, original ideas
are SCARY, and while sometimes you get results like Inside Out, sometimes you get The Good
Dinosaur. Why did Pixar sit out 2014? Because this movie needed THAT big of an overhaul.
New director, new producer, new CAST - plus Pixar heavy-hitters John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich
and Mark Andrews all took turns trying to tweak the film. In fact, things got so bad
and the film suffered such long delays, in the end Pixar Canada was shut down and sixty-seven
employees were let go from Pixar itself. Yikes. That's right, people weren't just reassigned
but lost their JOBS over The Good Dinosaur. That's not so good. And one has to wonder
how audiences will react to The Good Dinosaur. I mean, many people refuse to believe we evolved
from monkeys - how are they going to feel about humans being dinosaur pets? Despite
all its reworking, only one screenwriter is credited for The Good Dinosaur, Meg LeFauve,
who helped write Inside Out and is also working on Captain Marvel... Speaking of superheroes,
there's also quite a bit of interest in the short that will play infront of The Good Dinosaur
- Sanjay's Super Team - because, y'know, it features superheroes. Although, admirably,
writer-director Sanjay Patel also said he was eager to add some more diversity to genre
entertainment with the short. After The Good Dinosaur, Pixar only has one other original
film on deck, their Day of the Dead film Coco - so let's see if it's a shame Pixar isn't
making more original films, or a relief...