I don't prefer one of the technics, but for me the most visually stunning animation always was The Lion King. It is beautiful, the history is great and the soundtrack is unbeliavable. I'm planning to get the 3D remastered version on Blu-Ray ASAP.

- Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
- Resident Evil Degeneration & Damnation

....those are the CGI movies I love and want more. (Wish those movies went on theatre rather than crappy CGI movies like Turbo & The Croods) I get sick of those lame kids CGI movies; some are amazing but some look boring like you'd expect to see them as a TV CGI show instead.

I actually prefer CGI/2D animation over real actors if the movie is based off something for a few reasons:
1. Appearance: Cause we all know Hollywood doesn't always pick the actors that look remotely close to the character
2. Voice: Actors' voices doen't always fit well so it'd be nice to use the voice that had always portrayed the characters.

Pixar is constant hit after hit.

Dreamworks is hit or miss, but they have plenty of hits.

I am good with either style, so long as the story is interesting. I prefer the CGI though actually as it simply looks better to me.

Really, I think most prefer newer CGI over classic animation solely due to the stories being better/funnier than the actual difference in technical details.

I mean Lion King is a billion times better than say Rise of the Guardians and that has nothing to do with CGI vs classic animation.

At this time traditional animation is timeless and refined while CG ages as progress is made with technology. Only Pixar for me counters this because majority of their films are just so good. Toy Story looks antiquated, but the characters and all pull me through. Traditional animation from my childhood (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Lion King) feel like they could be released now.

I really wish traditional animation at least had a place. For now least I have Japan to continue the tradition of jaw dropping animation.

I apologizes for the triple post, ....not sure what happen there >.>

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I like cgi in animation best when it's used to enhance the 2D art style. The most recent animated movie I watched is Wolf children. It looks amazing, perfect blend of cgi and hand drawn backgrounds and characters.


The disadvantage of full cgi movies is that they lead to sequelitis, too easy to re-use to same assets. But I'm not bored of originals yet. The more animation the better. I do wish Disney would go back to hand drawn + cgi, it has that instant charm, while cgi takes a lot longer to warm up to.

Not when its done good. I am of cheap crappy ones.

It helps that Frozen is a great experience that transcends its medium, whereas The Princess and the Frog really didn't have much to say after all. One of the least memorable Disney films from all that I've watched of them...and I really wouldn't watch it again, which is rare.

I think both have their place, but I do hope they don't stick to just one style.