Talk:The Good Dinosaur/@comment-2145732-20151006213413/@comment-15306376-20151011022206

Because it's not like Disney Animation has their own cliches that have become stale and boring over the years; I've come to refer to them as "Disneyisms." Pixar has their "Pixarisms" as well, I won't deny that. However, these Isms don't have to be bad or movie breaking if the film as a whole is still entertaining. Inside Out a very entertaining and moving film despite having a lot of the Pixarisms we've come to know over the years; In Inside Out's case, however, they actually managed to work well with the story, for the most part. That being said, I can see how these Isms may become annoying to some without some variety. This guy sums it up the issue with tropes and storytelling perfectly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNWfFGPfkSQ&feature=youtu.be&t=1m39s

As for Good Dinosaur, I'd be lying if I said the trailers didn't make the film look rather, dare I say it, manipulative. Then again, films, by their very nature, are manipulative, as they depend on emotional investment from the audience. An emotional moment will only hit people if they're actually emotionall invested in the characters and story. As such, a film's emotional resonance is relative. For example, Mufasa's death in The Lion King is often brought up as one of cinema's biggest tearjerkers, but it may not have had the same effect on other people. So, we're just gonna have to see what effect Good Dinosaur will have on people. It could be a great tearjerker, possibly the biggest Pixar has ever had, or it could be overtly sentimental to the point of being sickinening. We won't find out until this Thanksgiving.