Both movies are about living characters venturing into the Land of the Dead, with music playing a huge part in their journeys.It may surprise some of you that not only have I given non-Disney movies a chance, but I have also watched some of these films with the same dedication I paid to Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. Animation fans raged when Disney and Pixar staffers described Coco as a “unique idea” about love and loss, done up in the colorful style of Mexican folk art - all of which describes The Book of Life, too. The Book of Life director’s outspoken support stood in stark contrast to the response of his film’s defenders. “Seriously, I have lots of friends working on Coco and I wish them all success,” he said on Twitter.
When first details about Coco came out at Disney’s D23 event in 2015, Gutierrez expressed support for his friends and industry colleagues at Pixar.
That doesn’t sit well with animation fans who know its history - as the retitled project that got Disney branded by some as culturally insensitive. Coco opens in November, and it shares a lot in common with the similarly themed film that beat it to theaters by three years. That inspired outrage and claims of exploitation, and Disney eventually backed down.īut the film remained in production, and it’s now nearing release. Just a year earlier, in 2013, the Walt Disney Company - by far the biggest name in the business - attempted to trademark “Dia de los Muertos” as the name of a Pixar film it had in development. The Book of Life’s sensitive portrayal of a culture often commercialized by Mexico’s northern neighbors won acclaim from critics and viewers, particularly those who stay on top of animation news. Reel FX Creative Studios/20th Century Fox The Book of Life’s release predates Coco’s by three years. Gutierrez, the film was celebrated as an authentic love letter to one of Mexico’s most iconic celebrations, while at the same time mashing it up with American music for an interesting mix between the two. In 2014, 20th Century Fox released The Book of Life, a computer-animated musical set during the Day of the Dead, with moderate success. Yet those very features have tons of viewers up in arms, citing them as way too similar to another film that was released several years back by a Pixar competitor.
The Day of the Dead-based musical features the studio’s first person-of-color lead, a gorgeous art style and the promise of some solid music. Coco is Pixar’s latest film, and its first teaser shows a lot to be excited for.
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