Originally Posted By Anatole69 ^^ I think Princess and the Frog was a fine film, my intuition is it's not the creative minds at the studio that are the problem, but the financial minds that want to cross merchandise every film and looks at story ideas for marketing potential first and creative potential second, rather than the other way around. Probably it will take a strong executive who can green light projects without any interference in the way Katzenberg could and Lassiter can, and in order for that to happen you need a strong upper level executive who is willing to give someone that power, in the same way Eisner gave Katzenberg that power. - Anatole
Originally Posted By Manfried The problem with Disney is that they have focused on the animators at the sacrifice of what is really important...STORY!
Originally Posted By Anatole69 ^^ I feel like most of their films have always had that problem. lol. - Anatole
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I think the 2D films had a spate of not-so-great films, and WDFA got that reputation. PATF was much better, and seemingly enjoyed by most people who saw it, who will now be more willing to check out the next one. They need a couple more like that to get their reputation back; if they can do that, the receipts will follow.
