Dreamworks Is Better Than Disney

Good luck to you too! Now for starters, I would like to say that I do not hate Disney. However, at this time, I prefer Dreamworks. I went to see the newest Dreamworks movie, Hot to Train Your Dragon 2. It was fantastic! It was beautiful, filled with interesting character an a deep, interesting story. Now, on the other hand, Frozen which is somewhat popular, left me rather bored. I liked it but it wasn't anything to call home about. The thing is that Disney is being lazy. First, you have the lazy designs of the two princesses: http://31.media.tumblr.com... Not only are the princesses carbon copies of each other, but Lino DiSalvo who is the head of animation at Disney said, "Historically speaking, animating female characters are really, really difficult, because they have to go through these range of emotions, but you have to keep them pretty and they"re very sensitive to " you can get them off a model very quickly. So, having a film with two hero female characters was really tough, and having them both in the scene and look very different if they"re echoing the same expression; that Elsa looking angry looks different from Anna being angry." (http://www.cartoonbrew.com...) I'm sorry but I really don't buy that. Not only is it saying that being lazy okay but it's also saying that animated women should all look the same. That and all the men in Frozen get to look different. Notice how Hans and Kristoff look different yet are still handsome. I find it hard to believe that women are so hard to animate but men aren't. As for Dreamworks, they gave us three females who are each beautiful in their own right. http://cdn0.dailydot.com... Now another problem I have with Disney is the princess franchise. I love princesses as much as the next person but Disney has this problem when it comes to POC (people of color.) As of now, there are only four POC princesses in the Disney line up: Tiana, Pocahontas, Mulan and Jasmine. All together, there are 13 princesses. See the problem? The last POC princess came out in 2009 (Princess Tiana) and after that, we got four more white princesses. Now some people may say this isn't important but representation in media is extremely vital to children. ((http://youtu.be...)) Dreamworks next movie, Home, features a POC character that is front and center. (()) While Disney does have Princess Tiana, she has sadly gotten ignored. It's very hard to find merchandise with her on it and the same goes for the others. Disney seems to have a slightly racist streak for they only seem to care. ((http://waltdisneyconfessionsrage.tumblr.com...)) Now, the last Disney movie I loved to death was Wreck It Ralph. It was original, interesting and beautiful. Another thing is that they gave me characters to care about. I cared about Ralph and his struggles. After that, however, Disney seemed to lose it's edge. It wasn't just Frozen but Pixar too. Monsters University was okay but it didn't leave me invested. I know people may think this is silly but in order for a movie to be good, you have to make your audience care about the characters or you'll lose them. But in HTTYD 2, I cared about Hiccup. Hiccup is the main character of the series and he also happens to be disabled. He lost his foot during a battle. Now, the thing is I am also disabled so I can relate to Hiccup slightly. Also, Hiccup was constantly butting heads with his father and his father only wanted Hiccup to be safe. Again, I can relate to that. Hiccup feels alone, feels misunderstood and is creative. Again, I can relate. But there is all these others things that make him interesting: his drive, his passion, his cleverness. I am more invested in his struggles than I was the struggles of Elsa and Ann from Frozen. Dreamworks makes me care about animated characters while Disney seems to only care about the money.