Mattimation
Animator
- Joined
- Dec 11, 2016
I just am not sure how much credit he should get anymore. Pixar still makes some great movies, but the highs of the 2000s are behind them. I think maybe Lasseter's most revolutionary idea was the use of the "brain trust" instead of leaving the decisions on each movie to one or two directors, using a group of directors to look at problems and come up with solutions. There's no reason to think that this can't still work without him.
Oh I fully agree, I've always thought his contributions were blown out of proportion to varying degree. Pixar absolutely had a long run of hits, and the Disney Animation movies did improve after he and Catmull took over, but to attribute that all to one man feels foolish. There very well may be a change in quality after he leaves, and it might be a drop - Disney's been around long enough for us to see the cyclical nature of a film studio - but it may improve too. Personally, I've gotten very tired of his odd-couple road trip structure. I'll be excited to see Disney and Pixar branch out and try new things again.