Comments on: Jon Favreau talks Neanderthals http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/01/09/jon-favreau-talks-neanderthals/ Blogging the Reel World Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:24:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ranting Animator http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/01/09/jon-favreau-talks-neanderthals/#comment-163750 Ranting Animator Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:07:34 +0000 http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/01/09/jon-favreau-talks-neanderthals/#comment-163750 Actually, what I suspect he means is that he won't follow the paradigm of hiring a slew of pointless big name voice talent for his project - a common practice that studios seem to think draws an audience to an animated film. They are wrong, of course. Viewers respond to story, and story, and more story. Just look at "Ratatouille": Patton Oswalt - brilliant as he is - was hardly a household name, and nobody knows who the guy was that played Linguini. By the way, who was that guy who played Linguini? The movie was good because the story was so damn solid. Period. Hopefully, Favreau will follow THAT paradigm! Actually, what I suspect he means is that he won’t follow the paradigm of hiring a slew of pointless big name voice talent for his project - a common practice that studios seem to think draws an audience to an animated film. They are wrong, of course. Viewers respond to story, and story, and more story.

Just look at “Ratatouille”: Patton Oswalt - brilliant as he is - was hardly a household name, and nobody knows who the guy was that played Linguini. By the way, who was that guy who played Linguini?

The movie was good because the story was so damn solid. Period. Hopefully, Favreau will follow THAT paradigm!

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