Talk:Moana/@comment-25704059-20141214200905/@comment-1672596-20150110124622

First of all, Princess and the Frog is not a commercial failure. In fact, that movie actually revived the Disney Princess franchise, and besides which, actually had a very decent box office record. Of the traditionally animated films in the late 2000s, only Winnie the Pooh actually bombed, and even THAT was due to it being released on the exact same day as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (which, BTW, Disney really should use their head and realize that even if Harry Potter is aimed for older kids/teens, they need to steer clear of having the same release as the Deathly Hallows since it's far too much of a risk that their intended audience will see Harry Potter. I remember The Dark Knight having kids who were clearly far below the age of 13 being present, not to mention I heard that one of the victims in Aurora Colorado was a six-year old who went to see The Dark Knight Rises).

Second of all, let me point out that the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, the latter two Matrix movies, and most of DreamWorks films are either critical failures, box office failures, or even both, and all of those made heavy use of CGI, often at the expense of the story. Using CGI is going to have too much of a risk of killing the story especially if it's largely used as a gimmick (which was the case with the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy and the latter two Matrix movies especially).

And third of all, Disney was more well known for its traditional animation than for its CGI. At least Pixar knows what it is doing so it can handle CGI, and maybe Disney should make the occasional in-house CGI film, but Disney should be primarily traditional animation since that's forte.

Oh, and yesterday I and my mom discovered that they're actually selling vinyl records of Frozen, meaning record players are actually back in popularity, so keep that in mind the next time you claim or imply that traditional animation is dead.