First of all apologizes for the long title, for some reason the snappy title part of my brain doesn't appear to be working today. Now in recent years there's been a lot noted about how Disney appears to buying up half of the film world. It was defiantly successful in the case of Marvel, just look at the amount of money their cinematic universe has made! And we'll just have to wait on see with Star Wars but for me there can be no doubt to which takeover is the most important in my eyes. Now it's fair to say that Pixar is on what could be seen as having a little bit of a slump since Toy Story 3 (only a slump for Pixar standards though) but that is nothing compared to the one that Disney's animation studios went through in the 2000's. But it now appears to be on the up again and in my view that can only be down to one man; John Lasseter!
The man behind the great success of Toy Story and one those behind Pixar as a whole, if your interest I would strongly suggest watching The Pixar Story (it's on Netflix), finally came to rightful home when Pixar moved to Disney in 2006. While Disney's old fashioned animations may have failed to set the world alight, recent offerings Tangled, Wreck it Ralph and Frozen have all been huge box-office hits and not to mention brilliant films in their own rights. Disney is very much back in the groove in terms of animation, all the better considering that some of their live actions efforts have been flops, we're looking at you John Cater!! And this can be backed up with the figures, just today it was announced that Frozen had become the sixth highest grossing film of all time, and its still rising.
Now some people may not see this as good news but for me its brilliant. At some point another we've all been exposed to that Disney magic, in fact its what sent Lasseter into animation, and it can only be good for future generations that the studio appears to be churning out classics (as well as great for those of us who never want to grow up!!). Disney is not just part of cinema history and with the help of the genius's at Pixar it looks like we might have a partnership that can help each other make great films for years to come. Its got to be remembered it works both ways and theres a question as to whether not we would finally be getting the sequels to both Finding Nemo and The Incredibles if Pixar didn't have the full backing of Disney. Also from a personal point of viewer without this joint venture would we be able to enjoy the pure greatness of this:
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