I'd agree Yellow Submarine strikes the same nerve as the Fleischer stuff - a completely different take on how to make an animated film, that didn't really take off.
The Disney philosophy of how to make an animated picture is pretty damn good - if you have a story that's worth it, and if you're going to have music, decent music that fits into what's going on, rather than a Bollywood-style "drop everything we have to sing now".
The Beatles made damn' fine music, and the story aspect of Yellow Submarine is really good. When I think about the storyline, I think "this film is probably great if you're stoned out of your skull" but I also think "this is a wonderful animated film for children". If there's anything I really hate about American animated films, it's the way that assuming animated films are for children also seems to presume that the children in question are total morons.
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Date: 2002-12-16 08:43 am (UTC)The Disney philosophy of how to make an animated picture is pretty damn good - if you have a story that's worth it, and if you're going to have music, decent music that fits into what's going on, rather than a Bollywood-style "drop everything we have to sing now".
The Beatles made damn' fine music, and the story aspect of Yellow Submarine is really good. When I think about the storyline, I think "this film is probably great if you're stoned out of your skull" but I also think "this is a wonderful animated film for children". If there's anything I really hate about American animated films, it's the way that assuming animated films are for children also seems to presume that the children in question are total morons.