Pencils Vs Pixels
A documentary told from the voices of the "second golden age" of animation in the 1990s and 2000s about the rise, fall and rise again of hand-drawn animation. They were trained by animation masters that created the principles of animation, they took animation to heights no one dreamed of - and then came the computer.
- Released: 2023-06-15
- Runtime: 72 minutes
- Genre: Documentaries
- Stars: Alex Hirsch, Floyd Norman, Bruce W. Smith, Ming-Na Wen, Pete Docter, John Musker, Tony Bancroft, Jorge R. Gutierrez, Seth MacFarlane, Glen Keane, Tina Price, Lorna Cook, Kevin Smith
- Director: Bay Dariz
Comments
- pebsdad - 13 December 2023
A Real Snooze
I feel like I've seen this before. It's clearly not new interviews and it's basically just that, a bunch of talking heads rapturously talking about what animation means to them. It even looks and feels dated.
The talkers and their talking are interspersed with clips of Disney animation including a lot of hand drawn original art which is the most interesting but, again, we've seen it in countless other Disney docs. I found myself fast forwarding a couple minutes here and there to see if it gets interesting or changes the format but unfortunately it doesn't. If you give it a shot and feel like it's not your cup of tea after a couple minutes be sure it doesn't get any more flavorful.
