Why animated movies today suck

[Dr.Pepper]

So yesterday I had to babysit my cousins who were aged 8 and 5. I like kids so this wasn't a big deal. We decided to have a movie marathon because we had nothing better to do. I was kind of interested in what kids today were watching so I was all for it. I was not prepared for what I had to go through.

First on the list was Toy Story 3. Oh my god, did it suck. Everyone was out of character, the story lacked any heart and the animation was even worse than the original. Being a sequel does not give it the excuse to suck. One sequel from my childhood that I remember fondly was Secret of NIMH II: Timmy to the Rescue That movie was a massive improvement over the first and was proof that sequels aren't always bad.

Next up was a movie called Tangled. ​I was severely disappointed. I remember Disney got their act together in the mid-2000's with Home on the Range and Chicken Little. They were starting to slip with Bolt and Meet the Robinson's, but they turned into an all out crapfest with Princess and the Frog. I was really disappointed in Tangled. The trailer looked so promising, but the movie itself was so god-awful. If my cousins like fairy tales I recommend Thumbelina. Now that is a good movie.

The next style of torture was called Winnie the Pooh. It was almost offensive to me how it strayed so far from the source material. And the sad thing was my cousins didn't know any better. There was no excuse for this movie to be bad. You can make faithful adaptations very easily. I remember The Tom & Jerry Movie It was very faithful to the original cartoons (and not to mention about a hundred times better this crap).

The next level of Hell I had to endure was called WALL-E. All I can say is "ugh". It was a poorly animated, overly sappy romance with little to entertain someone over the age of six. Such rubbish. If my cousins like love stories I recommend The Pebble and the Penguin. That movie had romance along with stunning animation and a mind blowing story that would cross generations.

The last line of torture I had to endure was called How to Train Your Dragon.It was so much crap. I have no idea why my cousins liked the stupid thing. Maybe they liked the adventure. If that is the case, then I say look no further than The King and I. I am talking about the animated one from 1999 here. It's got adventure, along with music and animation that is a 1000 times better than what I saw in HTTYD.

All and all I have to say that I feel sorry for my cousins. Since they aren't idiots, the only reason why they liked these movie is because they didn't know any better. If they were raised on the good movies from the '90's like any one of the ones that I mentioned, or even something like Rock-a--Doodle or Happily Ever After they would be much happier with their lives.

[Aquadementia]

What I hate is how they present things in an entertaining way.

There is nothing funny about Mr. Potato Head.
I'm worried kids will watch that movie and think it's going to be a barrel of laughs to take parts of each others faces off.
It's NOT!

[DuckTwacy]

Doodz, i nvr liekd cartunes, anyhoww they iz for babiez

[Spideyzilla]

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[The ShopSoldier]

Yeah, kids need to appreciate masterpieces of live-action that show how hard life is for kids like Out of Jimmy's Head, instead of being brainwashed by trite and saccharine garbage like Toy Story 3...

[Infusions]

Animation in general sucks. It's nothing but a bunch of bright colors and happy characters counting their ABC's and farting everywhere. Why do we allow such baby material to play in theaters?

Movies should be geared towards ADULTS ONLY and have lots of VIOLENCE AND GORE AND CURSING AND SEXUAL THEMES.

That's the only way a film can be good. The South Park movie would have been 100 times better if it was live action with a high budget. I would have preferred to see a REAL kid get run over by a truck and then slaughtered into hell.

[DuckTwacy]

That's the only way a film can be good. The South Park movie would have been 100 times better if it was live action with a high budget. I would have preferred to see a REAL kid get run over by a truck and then slaughtered into hell.

The Beavis and Butt-Head movie was almost live-action, and had Chris Farley and David Spade starring. I tell you, if the studio had went with that, I'd be watching that freakin' movie EVERY SINGLE DAY.

[Kiddington]

animation would be so much better if the industry was run by the SUN DROP ADVERTISING TEAM

[Scrappy-Fan92]

So yesterday I had to babysit my cousins who were aged 8 and 5. I like kids so this wasn't a big deal. We decided to have a movie marathon because we had nothing better to do. I was kind of interested in what kids today were watching so I was all for it. I was not prepared for what I had to go through.

First on the list was Toy Story 3. Oh my god, did it suck. Everyone was out of character, the story lacked any heart and the animation was even worse than the original. Being a sequel does not give it the excuse to suck. One sequel from my childhood that I remember fondly was Secret of NIMH II: Timmy to the Rescue That movie was a massive improvement over the first and was proof that sequels aren't always bad.

Next up was a movie called Tangled. ​I was severely disappointed. I remember Disney got their act together in the mid-2000's with Home on the Range and Chicken Little. They were starting to slip with Bolt and Meet the Robinson's, but they turned into an all out crapfest with Princess and the Frog. I was really disappointed in Tangled. The trailer looked so promising, but the movie itself was so god-awful. If my cousins like fairy tales I recommend Thumbelina. Now that is a good movie.

The next style of torture was called Winnie the Pooh. It was almost offensive to me how it strayed so far from the source material. And the sad thing was my cousins didn't know any better. There was no excuse for this movie to be bad. You can make faithful adaptations very easily. I remember The Tom & Jerry Movie It was very faithful to the original cartoons (and not to mention about a hundred times better this crap).

The next level of Hell I had to endure was called WALL-E. All I can say is "ugh". It was a poorly animated, overly sappy romance with little to entertain someone over the age of six. Such rubbish. If my cousins like love stories I recommend The Pebble and the Penguin. That movie had romance along with stunning animation and a mind blowing story that would cross generations.

The last line of torture I had to endure was called How to Train Your Dragon.It was so much crap. I have no idea why my cousins liked the stupid thing. Maybe they liked the adventure. If that is the case, then I say look no further than The King and I. I am talking about the animated one from 1999 here. It's got adventure, along with music and animation that is a 1000 times better than what I saw in HTTYD.

All and all I have to say that I feel sorry for my cousins. Since they aren't idiots, the only reason why they liked these movie is because they didn't know any better. If they were raised on the good movies from the '90's like any one of the ones that I mentioned, or even something like Rock-a--Doodle or Happily Ever After they would be much happier with their lives.

Hey I actually liked Home on the Range, Chicken Little, and Bolt!

[Turtle Shave Ice]

Becuz ther stuuuupid and modern und borinG!!!!! Don't they know that the 90s was the best and that no quality animation was mayde b4 or after GOSH! When I was a kid I watched REAL STUFF not THIS CRAP.

Thumbs up if you agree!!!!!!111!!!!

/end sarcasm

[Classic Speedy]

Personally, my favorite animated films of all time are A Troll in Central Park, The Pebble and the Penguin, and Quest For Camelot. Fun for the whole family! Do I feel clucky!

[Turtle Shave Ice]

Personally, my favorite animated films of all time are A Troll in Central Park, The Pebble and the Penguin, and Quest For Camelot. Fun for the whole family! Do I feel clucky!

Don't forget Felix the Cat: The Movie, best animation ever rrrrriiiiigggghhhhtt?

[Steel Sponge]

In my opinion, I'm more obliged with any CGI rendition of classic cartoons, they are the BEST.

[Infusions]

In my opinion, I'm more obliged with any CGI rendition of classic cartoons, they are the BEST.

YES.

Yogi Bear, Chipmunks, Smurfs, Scooby Doo. THOSE movies have the right idea.

I hope they make a Yogi Bear into a trilogy.

[Kiddington]

In my opinion, I'm more obliged with any CGI rendition of classic cartoons, they are the BEST.

in my opinion you need a sun drop

[DuckTwacy]

YES.

Yogi Bear, Chipmunks, Smurfs, Scooby Doo. THOSE movies have the right idea.

I hope they make a Yogi Bear into a trilogy.

You know what I really want to see, though? A Snooper and Blabber film starring Eddie Murphy as everybody. That would be great.

[Cyberville Outcast]

It's not just animated movies that suck today, it's ALL movies made past 2000. One post on youtube said that bad movies rarely existed in the 90s and before, and boy was he right. It's too bad there aren't many people like him here at toonzone.

I feel sad for everyone today because before 2000, we used to get great movies like Super Mario Bros., Dennis the Menace, Howard the Duck, Popeye, Mr. Magoo, Godzilla, Batman & Robin, Psycho, Flubber, 101 Dalmatians (the live action version was MUCH better than the animated movie), The Garbage Pail Kids, CaddyShack 2, Home Alone 3, Plan 9 From Outer Space, Robot Monster, The Creeping Terror, Monster A Go-Go, At Long Last Love, Don Bluth's movies from the 90s (though Anastasia from what I recall was the worst) and the direct to video Disney sequels (the only good thing that continued into the 2000s, but sadly even that stopped eventually).

Now we only get movies like Inception, The Social Network, Hugo, The Blind Side, Star Trek, The Help, Batman Returns, Into the Wild, The Harry Potter Series, The Dark Knight, Princess and the Frog, Toy Story 3, WALLE, Finding Nemo, Monster's Inc., Batman Returns, Incredibles, Winnie the Pooh, Cars, Shrek, Kung Fu Panda 1 & 2, Up, Despicable Me.....And you know what really ticked me off, Warner Bros. making Looney Tunes shorts for the movie theaters again!! The CGI in these new shorts don't look half as good as what is seen on Yogi Bear, Alvin and the Chipmunks, or even especially The Looney Tunes Show's Road Runner and Coyote shorts!! Why they couldn't utilize the CGI used on The Looney Tunes Show for theaters is beyond me. Oh we live in such a sad world today.

In my opinion, I'm more obliged with any CGI rendition of classic cartoons, they are the BEST.

If you mean live action/CGI hybrids like Yogi Bear and Alvin and the Chipmunks oh yeah those movies are the best. But you don't know how much of an angry rage I'm going to throw if the Woody Woodpecker and Popeye movies planned are going to be FULLY animated, we've seen enough animated movies already, come on Hollywood!

[mojokingbee1]

Do you know what I believe is the best animated movie and zenith of all entertainment ever?

Spoiler:

The Tigger Movie.