
I felt something I haven’t felt in a very very long time: Watching something new. But it also might be because most animated films feel the same.įrom the first minute I sat in the theater to watch Into the Spider-Verse, I knew I was watching something different.

Like I need to be in on what’s new so I don’t get left out of the conversation. Sometimes I feel like I watch them because I have to. Honestly, I got bored of animated films in recent years.

Japanese anime is also rather visually predictable, and Laika has mastered stop motion to the point that it almost looks like a CG film. Yes, Disney has its style and Pixar is known for creating amazing worlds, and Illumination is still trying to go the other way with more edgy humor and cartoony character. The people behind Spiderman Into the Spider-Verse found at least one answer to that question.Īt this point we all know what to expect when we go to the movies to watch an animated film. Now that we can make everything we can possible dream of – where do we go from here? Then the question had to be asked – what’s next? The fidelity is incredible and there seem to be no limit to what we can produce with computer animation. Films looked better and better each year.Īt some point, all films just look amazing.

Getting better and better renders, producing more realistic results. Once the switch was made, the industry worked harder and harder to push the art form as much as possible. It was obvious that Toy Story looks completely different from Lion King. When the industry first made the transition from traditional 2D to 3D computers animation, the shift was very clear. It doesn’t look like 3D animation, but it’s also not really 2D as we know it.
