> > The animation is really impressive. Skin looks like skin--there are pores and everything.
> > The other computer animated stories were about creatures with hard surfaces: plastic toys
> > and insects. But this movie takes place in forests, fields, and swamps, and is about people
> > and animals, and it all looks *real*.
> >
> > Well, the fantastic reality of fairy tales, anyway.

> The animation was clearly a big step up from previous films. It still had that angular,
> awkward quality to computer animation, but it really made me wonder how long it will
> be before it will be difficult to distinguish flesh characters from animations. The forms and
> colors are almost there; humanoid movement needs a great deal of work still.

According to one of the press releases, the princess turned out so realistic-looking that they had to derealisticify her a bit so she would fit in with the rest of the animation...


And then, of course, there's the Final Fantasy movie...

Paul