Good Writing First

Rating: Null/10 (13 March 2004)

I am pleased, and amazed that films so cutting edge in their use of technology are so well written. Hollywood is notorious for taking the latest tricks and building entire movies around it, rather than using them to support a well written story.
Here, where it would have been so easy to rely on the WOW factor and slap together a meaningless story, Lasseter and company chose to focus on story and character, and leave the tech to the technicians, who also seem to have a better grasp on humanity than most movie techs.
These two movies (1 and 2) are part of a very short list of movies I've attended that actually got a standing ovation and applause at the end.
Bravo