Brave

[Randall]

ABL does often get forgotten (after all, it's well over a decade old already), but in fairness it wasn't Atta's story. Brave squarely focuses on the princess.

[EricJ]

I know, right..? It's like looking in a mirror, sometimes:

Dreamworks characters? It's like looking into a mirror!--If...you happen to keep going



all day.

ABL does often get forgotten (after all, it's well over a decade old already),

Well, that, and the fact that it came between the "They'll never make another one!" Toy Story 1, and the "Give them an Oscar!" Toy Story 2.
That there even was a Pixar movie between the two gets conveniently forgotten by history.

[droosan]

Dreamworks characters? It's like looking into a mirror!--If...you happen to keep going



all day.

I realize that you're referring to this comic strip:



.. which is good for a smile; but is completely disingenuous in that:

-- there really is more to Dreamworks movies' plots than "talking animals doing things animals wouldn't normally do." (no, really; there really is)

-- that 'smirky face' is a pretty standard expression; particularly within generic 'promotional' stills .. and even Pixar uses it, from time to time:





wait .. isn't ShyViolet the 'Appointed Dreamworks Defender' around here..? Why have I had to do this twice during the past ten hours..?


PS .. I notice that the above comic strip fails to acknowledge A Bug's Life, as well.

[ShyViolet]

Thanks for thinking of me Droosan! That's sweet.

Anyway, Droosan is right, DW have many expressions in their films and that "smirk" is often just the press material.














DW films are often promoted with "attitude", but then so are many animated films, including Rapunzel:



An early Keane drawing, very beautiful but also with that "smirk". (Kind of like Po's )

[ShyViolet]

A small detail from John Lassetter about Pete Doctor's next film:

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=32627

Great new interview with Brenda Chapman:

http://www.pixarportal.com/blog.php?id= ... one-career

[Kaszubas]

Thanks ShyViolet Very interesting reading.

[ShyViolet]

No problem!

[ShyViolet]

Charlie Rose interview with John Lasseter:

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12024

He discusses Steve Jobs, Brave, and other subjects.

[laughingoctopus]

Interesting. Thanks for the link.

[ShyViolet]

You're welcome.

[Tristy]

New book image from Germany!

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/26 ... dez11.jpg/

Looks wonderful!

[Dacey]

Well THIS is just plain dumb...

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Pixar-Br ... 28434.html

[droosan]

♪ O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♫
♫ O'er the land of the free, and the home of the [redacted for trademark infringement] ♪

[laughingoctopus]

This made me laugh much harder than it should have.

[Daniel]

The Chipmunk avatar adds to it.