Movie Moan - The Decline Of American Animation
Tue, October 15, 2013 
Phil was so disgusted by the new trailer for Disney's latest animated motion picture event 'Frozen' that he decided to build an entire podcast around it. Phil does not like what he sees, and what he sees is.......the decline of American animation.
On this special show, Phil and Jamie are joined by some new members of the Movie Moan family; Jamie's good friend Matt Thompson and freelance movie site writer Melissa Molina. Together, we discuss whether Disney will ever be able to give us another masterpiece, whether Pixar really is in trouble, whether we will ever see traditional 2D animated movies again, whether the competing studios will overtake Disney in overall popularity, and, of course, is 'Frozen' really going to be as dull as it looks or does Disney just have no clue how to market their own animated films anymore?
Plus, Phil has a message for Blip TV and tells you all about next week's show. Oh yes, it's time to get out you box office score-cards again folks.
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Reader Comments (3)
If it makes you feel any better, Phil, I remember Tangled's initial marketing campaign absolutely sucked too. It SUCKED. They literally put together this horrid, horrid teaser trailer where the movie looked like some kind of awful Shrek rip-off and it turned a lot of people off the movie. It wasn't till the later trailers and tv spots did the real tone of the movie come out.
Great discussion. I, too, was severely underwhelmed by both FROZEN teasers/trailers - it looks so bland! Bad marketing isn't anything new, and I certainly expect the finished film to have a little bit more going for it than the trailers imply, but the animation style is what's really disappointing. It's right out of the TANGLED design playbook, to the extent it almost looks like a sequel. But so it goes.
I'm thrilled to hear we’re getting another box office show next week!
@Shelly
I imagine even the terrible campaign at least told you the film was about Rapunzel though. 'Frozen' barely even suggests what the film is about. I trust Melissa that the film will be good though.
@Brett
It's like they're afraid to market the film to a female audience.......because the two main characters are female. I'll be picking this up in the next show of course. Place your bets.