Was it hated? I can't say how much I remember of it outside of spy girl in a leather catsuit and Brendan Fraser (main character) punching Brendan Fraser (as himself)
I think it was due the stigma that cartoons, especially 2D cartoons, are "just for kids." It's been plaguing the medium for decades. Thus adults don't go to see the film, and families are put off by the content that's not squeaky clean. (As though the Looney Tunes haven't always been full of risqué humor that flies over the heads of younger viewers.)
I hate this with a passion. This is a bit off topic but who thought 3d animation=also for adults while saying 2d is for kids? It's what has turned me off of western animation for the longest time, way before all the woke crap.
Only recently have I started catching up(I really enjoyed Megamind for example), I entirely disregarded it cuz I don't like the look. Not all look shit but especially the early ones? Look like plastic. Which might work for toys in toy story 1 but not for the human in it. The jokes in 3d animation I feel got a lot sillier than something seen in say Mulan, although that might be because all movies nowadays aren't as funny as movies used to.
It's just "progress" chasing idiots. It's the same as people who act like there can't be any good retro styled games because the future is 3D/HD/DVD/LED/PVP/RSVP/ETC. Novelty is the virtue most sought after by humanity.
Was it hated? I can't say how much I remember of it outside of spy girl in a leather catsuit and Brendan Fraser (main character) punching Brendan Fraser (as himself)
It certainly bombed really hard at the time.
I think it was due the stigma that cartoons, especially 2D cartoons, are "just for kids." It's been plaguing the medium for decades. Thus adults don't go to see the film, and families are put off by the content that's not squeaky clean. (As though the Looney Tunes haven't always been full of risqué humor that flies over the heads of younger viewers.)
I hate this with a passion. This is a bit off topic but who thought 3d animation=also for adults while saying 2d is for kids? It's what has turned me off of western animation for the longest time, way before all the woke crap.
Only recently have I started catching up(I really enjoyed Megamind for example), I entirely disregarded it cuz I don't like the look. Not all look shit but especially the early ones? Look like plastic. Which might work for toys in toy story 1 but not for the human in it. The jokes in 3d animation I feel got a lot sillier than something seen in say Mulan, although that might be because all movies nowadays aren't as funny as movies used to.
It's just "progress" chasing idiots. It's the same as people who act like there can't be any good retro styled games because the future is 3D/HD/DVD/LED/PVP/RSVP/ETC. Novelty is the virtue most sought after by humanity.