The movie that killed 2d animation for DreamWorks

Have you ever wondered why DreamWorks stopped making 2D animated movies? In this short video, we'll explore the answer and discover how the movie Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas played a significant role in the decision. Join us as we dive into the box office flop that caused DreamWorks to lose over $125 million and ultimately led them to shift solely to 3D animated films.

[@sinistralhydra]

Sinbad's animation went hard. Just imagine all the work that went into animating Eris' hair.

[@thomasthalberg92]

toe to toe with Treasure Planet, if you ask me

[@fatematherebel]

It's my childhood movie like bro stuff had real love in that

[@shadowdroid776]

Eris was my childhood crush and her hair I think was the reason why. Like, damn it's smooth as hell!

[@kwangsoo8570]

Yasss 🤣🤣 love her hair

[@anthonydarko3472]

​@shadowdroid776 you mean that literally 😢😂

[@awesomealan12]

Shame to hear that it flopped. Sinbad was one of the forst movie's I've watched over and over again as a kid

[@Eddie-ur5zu]

Bro dreamworks made 2 of my favorite movies that are 2D animated Prince of Egypt and The Road to El Dorado

[@judithbrown3011]

Same here. I love you for this comment bro .Respect

[@brambi455]

Why do the best ones always flop? Sinbad? Treasure Planet?

[@Alex-lr9pg]

The two movies are masterpieces

[@JayWilman]

I actually prefer the 2d style of dreamworks like those early 2000 late 90s films are all so unique

[@oversipelio983]

Never watched it but looks so beautiful

[@andymacminn1983]

We're due for another epic 2D animated feature. I don't care of it's Disney, DreamWorks or (fingers crossed) a new Heavy Metal movie.

[@bransonjallim2620]

Wow princess and the frog came out when I was under 10 and now I’m 20

[@joenoonan4857]

Weird that kids now only like 3D animation and the style is getting more bubbly and gross every year

[@charliechurch5004]

I loved princess and the frog

[@mrt445]

This film was the worst promoted movie in Dreamworks history. I only found out about it several years after it was released. Secondly 3d animation is cheaper and much easier to do thats the real reason.

[@rusokana3642]

Wtf really? I loved Sinbad when i was a kid.

[@giyuutomioka6974]

Seriously? I literally watched the movie repeatedly as a kid. It was so good! It's like a pirates of the carribean meets Hercules combo.

[@SuperChavon]

Ok, I've never seen it but that actually sounds fucking gorgeous, it sounds like an almost Nobel prize winning movie

[@giyuutomioka6974]

@@SuperChavon well it's good but it would probably not hold up today

[@SuperChavon]

@@giyuutomioka6974 yeah, sounds about right Still gonna watch it tho

[@unknowuser9821]

Ain't Sinbad's legend came from 1001 Arabian Nights? Or are they modified the story in the movie for the children sake?

[@Ginn31]

Omg you just made both my childhood And tweenhood. Massive ON POINT!! I freaking love Sinbad tho. I love ALL of DW's 2D movies.

[@Did_No_Wrong]

Its a damn shame how unappreciated 2D animations are now. I still remember how good movies like Sinbad, and treasure planet and how shocked I was to learn that they flopped despite how good they were

[@vitadude5004]

Anime let me introduce myself

[@remythemenace1630]

Treasure planet was dope!

[@King.D_no.1]

I always loved Mowglee, I had and maybe still have somewhere original HVS!

[@crimsonlanceman7882]

Wolfwalker?

[@princeboujee]

Treasure planet 😢❤

[@mad576wastaken]

Sinbad's animation was something that can't be replicated now, it was ahead of it's time

[@StarForgers]

2D animation for sure! 3D animation wasn't astounding but it was fantastic for when it came out as well as with the general color palate of the movie!

[@brianwashedhunter1150]

​@@MondoC Prince of Egypt is a propaganda on how the Jews built the pyramids

[@tristanhochkins3065]

We can definitely replicate it, but it definetely still holds up fairly well to the current standard of 2D animation.

[@malvavisco10]

its

[@Aaron_Heininger]

Clearly you never watched anime movies. Sure Sinbad for an American cartoon was good but nah it wasn't the best thing out there.

[@randomfandomcreator2376]

what??? how did it flop?! Sinbad is one of my favorite 2D Dreamworks movies!

[@Undomaranel]

As a kid when it came out, we were all fatigued from half baked, half adult adventure movies. Tarzan, Atlantis, Treasure Planet, Quest for Camelot, Prince of Egypt, El Dorado... then Emperor's New Groove put a twist on the trope but man, every movie was the same thing. And then we got Sinbad, another cultural legend rewritten, and after what Disney bastardized into Hercules? None of us were interested. Bland looking characters with the same Dreamworks face, a washed out palette, and 2D and 3D that did not blend whatsoever... it looked like El Dorado's cheap sequal in the ads. Oh, and 9/11 played into the whole anti- Middle East thing. The movie that changed it all up was Lilo and Stitch, not Sinbad and the sexy lady goddess and the sexy lady wearing pants in a historical setting smh...

[@J.P.Robles]

It. Was. AWESOME!!!

[@k4taraa]

i never knew they made a movie abt Sinbad

[@caesarsalad1170]

@@Undomaranel "none of us" You and your small group of friends don't speak for everyone bro.

[@ChickenNoodle909]

They said “it flopped at the box office” not “flopped because people thought it sucked”

[@AlyTMz]

Sinbad was actually really good though.

[@Levouni]

I agree. Its one of my favorites since childhood!

[@kirakira1212]

It's ahead of its time. Same with Treasure Planet

[@MASTERCRAFT938]

True

[@MASTERCRAFT938]

​@@Levouni Same

[@GreedyDrunk92]

​@{The Autumn Wind} edgy do you even click it?. I just saw"don't read my name" and my fingers tap on "report spam" instantly

[@fazefarcry]

Dreamworks made the Prince of Egypt and the road to El Dorado, those shows were 2D and they were Amazing

[@deepsea5348]

Dang I miss that era of animated movies. Those and Treasure Planet are some of my all time favorites 💔

[@shademournthepegasi2366]

​@@deepsea5348 treasure planet was fucking awesome. Morph was my favorite

[@rebeccamichael626]

Same with "Joseph: King of Dreams".

[@rebeccamichael626]

​@@shademournthepegasi2366 - I love that he was given to Jim in the end.

[@shademournthepegasi2366]

@@rebeccamichael626 agreed. Morph more than earned it

[@EVERYTHINGELSEWASTAKEN77]

Wait Sinbad is a great movie how the heck did it flop???

[@average-art3222]

Box office... God their pricks that just criticized something so beautiful ❤️

[@TimeLady128]

It came out sometime around Pirates of the Carribbean and that one was just bigger and siphoned the attention away.

[@italiankidspaghetti2383]

I don't understand either that movie was a freaking gems

[@Da_Swifta]

poor marketing, too much competition at the time of release, and it was right around the time that 3D animated movies were becoming more normalized so people were shifting focus. All of that played a part in why it flopped, along with many other 2D animated movies that came out around the same time

[@theyamformerreborn706]

I think it is the weakest out of all the 2D movies that they made

[@juggernaught2115]

Neither of those movies should've ever flopped. They were amazing!

[@me_12-vw1vi]

the reason is the american white people are racist. those two movies are loved by lots of people. even in eastern europe people watched it but american white population (at least at that era) were super weird and pathetically racist

[@eloinpuga]

Sinbad is underrated AF. I'm actually kind of mad that people don't appreciate it

[@tactknightgaming2066]

Cats Don't Dance was another flop sadly. It had a 32 million budget with a 3.5 million box office. It hit me directly in the feels.

[@emafuchsova1649]

Its amazing. I am sad Zvolen that I didnt know about this when I was child but now that I heard about it I watched it and I LOVE it. More people should watch it. It has great story and amazing characters and Eris' hair, her hair is so beautifully animated. Love it 💖💖

[@SunzNbunz]

​@@tactknightgaming2066shout out to you for being the one other guy who knows wtf Cats Don't Dance is. Probably the greatest musical movie ever imo

[@SamaSixGG]

Bro cat's don't dance! THAT WAS MY SHIT GROWING UP!@@tactknightgaming2066

[@elijahrajpaul9189]

The Jews didn’t like it

[@nerostriker1033]

Sinbad was, and to this day, one of the best animated movies in my opinion

[@Yroko]

100% i loved that movie. Wish they made another 1. Had so much potential to draw from the stories

[@malachimcbean9141]

​@@Yrokothey were but it got cancelled or delayed

[@Yroko]

@@malachimcbean9141 still a huge shame. Its like WB own the rights to the cartoon silver hawks and doing nothing with it

[@mapio6176]

it's not even an opinion it's factual!

[@suzzoman]

I would say the treasure planet as well

[@EinsamPibroch278]

American Adults just don't respect Animation.

[@TheSoullessImmortal]

it’s either that, or Gen Zs

[@anneboonchuy17]

​@@TheSoullessImmortal fax on that bro...

[@Jorunna_Parva]

​@@TheSoullessImmortal as someone whos born in in gen Z, i cant be more disappointed in my generation 😔

[@TheSoullessImmortal]

@@Jorunna_Parva I am too

[@Sumirevins]

​@@Jorunna_Parva I'm with you on this one Gen Z and Gen alpha are weird af. Never got their humour or stuff as gen Z myself.

[@jonahonkeys]

How in the heck did princess and the frog flop? It's one of the best of disney's movies

[@cometstail79]

100% agreed and I have no clue-

[@Aki-47.]

About that it was purposefully made to flop, Disney's CEO was trying to get into 3d as it is cheaper then 2d

[@caitlinmcauliffe2977]

It’s not just the box office these are favorites to a lot of people

[@andisonnazaire1287]

That's what I'm saying

[@TheKrensada]

First off, it totally isn't even in their top ten. You're delusional. Secondly, Disney made it flop.

[@DragonMaiden77]

I really liked Sinbad. I remember my mom getting it for me as a kid and loving it, rewatching it over and over. That and El Dorado.

[@heuuka]

road to el dorado is so good fr

[@tiesiai_per_aplinkui]

Treasure island as well!! They don't make movies like they used too! Wonderful stories, great animation, such a shame.😢

[@heuuka]

@@tiesiai_per_aplinkui yes!!!

[@scmbgoogle7790]

LMANUBIS REFERENCE? EL DORADO??? (joke)

[@coreywigent7693]

The animation for Eris alone is proof enough that they need to bring back 2D animation

[@princessthyemis]

YEAH!

[@kyleecook6671]

I do miss their 2D movies. Their signature style was so unique and nice to look at.

[@troopcaptain]

No, Dreamworks stopped using 2D animation becuase of how successful Shrek was.

[@Weirdsticka]

That makes sense. Maybe it's the combination of both?

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

Shrek is love, Shrek is life

[@Jespeargaming]

lmao shrek was so fricking good.

[@elderjose9662]

And what you think made they choise this animation style in first place?

[@lowearthsurfer]

​@amanofnoreputation2164 my dad heard me and called me a f****t

[@EldritchDoodler4828]

Honestly most forms of 2D animation finished around that time- which was a shame, because they were reaching that golden point where they were *incorporating* 3D but not using it primarily. Films like Treasure Planet, Sinbad, Atlantis- all swept under a rug of obscurity

[@sparking023]

They were far too expensive and there was a sort of trend where these movies would be released along some other big name and be knocked down in the box office. I believe Treasure Planet had to compete with a Harry Potter movie and that's part of why it tanked

[@ab14967]

@@sparking023 It was released around the same time Chamber of Secrets, Die Another Day (James Bond), and Santa Clause 2 came out. A very bad time to get released, but even without that... Treasure Planet remains the most expensive 2d animated movie still. It's a beautiful movie, but that beauty took a lot of money to make it reality.

[@charlessarles5447]

The “flops” they mention in this video are two of my favorite movies 😢

[@danielarivera4412]

Honestly this shows how ignorant critics are towards hand-drawn animation just because it’s a “kid’s movie” (same for 3D)

[@whitehalo1277]

Critics do have some affect on the movie's sales but it's not a Critic says good, we buy Critic says bad, we dont buy Situation The box office flop can be contributed to 1. The change of focus to 3d animation from the masses 2. The costs associated with 2d animation outweighing the benefits 3. Competition in the market around the time of release 4. The movie itself is nice but it is not memorable ie it is not one of those animated films you need to see so people did just that, not see it

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

100th like

[@hiralykowalski6825]

Anime and animated sitcoms like Simpsons,Family Guy,King Of The Hill set good position for 2d mature content But 3D is used in mostly kids movies and it feels off when violent or sexual stuff comes Maybe except for gaming related titles

[@kygocrysmaine3583]

Its the adult critics😂 they want to enjoy it too

[@tytheaniman497]

Sinbad is actually a really cool and action packed movie. I love Dreamworks 3D animation, but 2D is just as good too. They shouldn’t have stopped just because some nit picking critics didn’t understand the movie.

[@computron5824]

They didn't stop because of the critics. They stopped because the audience didn't show up. It doesn't matter if people say they "love" something If they don't show up and the movie doesn't make any money (or kills a studio).

[@dandycrow2821]

6 years later. Sinbad is 2003, The Princess and the Frog is 2009.

[@dracon2002]

The fuck? I was sure that "Princess & frog" was something like 2012-13

[@moth_in_dark]

I remember dragging my dad to the theater twice to see Sinbad. I was super obsessed with it.

[@horvenlopez7539]

Early 2000s, we watched Sinbad in one whole summer for everyday. We pretty much remember every dialogue, specially Eris's lines.

[@joaoandrade4474]

I remember watching Sinbad alone when I was a kid and thought "hey that was pretty cool". Then one time in school they gathered the classes to watch that movie. They had to stop because the villain was too scary, and I was just thinking: "damn, what a bunch of lil pussies".

[@alishaanimations3058]

LOL

[@Jonohobs]

Were there kids crying or sum'?

[@joaoandrade4474]

@@Jonohobs yap, the villain (goddess of chaos, I think) was hypnotizing some random guy in a corridor, and they stopped in that part. It was literally one of the first scenes in the film, and not even the worst with that character lol.

[@johnbobtailsquib3290]

Honestly those 2d animation were the best, far better then other 2d animation we see today. The movement is so fluent, the giant creatures almost feel as if alive, along the environment they make going hard like that semi-ending scene of Treasure Planet.

[@eduvbs]

The difference is in the $$ invested, the greater the amount invested in the budget, the more frames drawn are dedicated to animation, the current 2D animations for TV use a smaller budget and therefore shorter and simpler movements. That's why 2D animations have reduced so much in the West, because 3D is much easier to make and invest in, while the East gave in partially by merging 2D and 3D to make productions cheaper.

[@Renovence]

Sinbad was the most underrated Dreamworks animated film

[@TheIdiotTries]

I feel like Sinbad and princess and the frog flopped because it was too scary for kids. They really went all out with some of the more intense scenes, only reason Puss in Boots had more success was because it has an adult following, there were barely any kids in the theater when I took my kid to see it and the place was packed.

[@aaronmckenziepowell07]

I honestly do miss 2D animated films in both studios

[@nixy1244]

It’s sad that the princess and the frog flopped. It’s a pretty good movie.

[@andrearossi6953]

I was though at the time that Will be a success as with snowwhite, Cinderella,aurora, Ariel and others, but what happen When It was release at the cinemas?

[@blueaddiction6954]

​@@andrearossi6953 Europeans didn't like it bc the whole kissing a frog that's a prince if a European story and they got mad

[@mimilook4347]

It didn't flop

[@Beer_Wolf]

​@@blueaddiction6954 ... what?

[@ryangosling8962]

@@Beer_Wolf I even had stroke reading that, so you're not alone.

[@eddieljoel3434]

Princess and the Frog did not flop. It was actually the most successful traditionally animated Disney film since Lilo and Stitch.

[@mmhmmmyearight7183]

Its made no money it was a flop …but yea an awesome movie

[@uchihaitachi6849]

​@mmhmmmyearight7183 it made a 275million opening week, it made money

[@mmhmmmyearight7183]

@@uchihaitachi6849 yea but it cost 110 million to make plus 150 million more to promote it

[@RedStar-kz7wr]

And People say, why doesn’t Hollywood make to the animated movies anymore? This is why

[@beans4315]

Ironically Sinbad and Treasure Planet are my two favourite animated movies. I remember Disney clarified Enchanted would be their last animated movie, lo and behold it had like 5 minutes of animation, so I'm really happy they ended their 2D animation legacy with The Princess and The Frog. It couldn't have been a better choice 😊

[@perenegro]

Sinbad was some of my favorite movies when I was young, I didn't know that it made it bad.

[@yamidelacroix6729]

It's a fantastic film with great animation, when they get to Eris' realm and even at the end with her promise, it was really great work. They know how to work 2D, I still vividly remember Prince of Egypt. It's really sad that they don't do it anymore

[@TheSteveTheDragon]

Sinbad is so underrated! I'm sure if they show it again like Disney did, it will be a huge hit next time.

[@rbux1636]

So sad that they flopped. They were both GREAT movies

[@meten-saiyanthelombax2970]

I remember watching this movie like over 10 times as a kid. I can't believe adults just hate on 2D animations.

[@whitedragoness23]

Adults don’t hate 2D animations, Big money CEO’s hate 2D animations

[@meten-saiyanthelombax2970]

@@whitedragoness23 Then you haven't met my familiy expect my brother.

[@whitedragoness23]

@@meten-saiyanthelombax2970 no I havnt met your family.

[@meten-saiyanthelombax2970]

@@whitedragoness23 in other words, i mean't that my familiy members and some other relatives dissrespect on 2D animation and like those 3D animated movies just because it looks good, not caring much about the story unless the story is really good. Or like all those dumb Disney remake-live action movies just because they use a lot of CGI.

[@whitedragoness23]

@@meten-saiyanthelombax2970 I grew up with the Disney renaissance movies. As an adult I went back and realized how good the story was and how much storytelling effort was put into it. Even some of the other movies which weren’t big blockbuster hits still had anywhere from a decent story, to a good story.

[@arrireadytoparty]

PRINCESS AND THE FROG & SINBAD WERE FLOPS?

[@sam8239s]

i watched this movie when i was a child, but i forgot the name of this movie thank you for telling me its name☺️☺️☺️

[@MatameVideos]

The Princess and The Frog didn't Flop, it just wasn't the big hit Disney wanted. It made more money than it costed to make, promote and distribute, but Disney is used to bigger hits and since Tangled which is basically the same type of story was a smashing success they decided to stick to 3D

[@sissysovereign1294]

Yeah The princess and The Frog sadly just came out too late when 2D animation was starting to die in the US. Had it been thought of a decade earlier it could've been a real hit during the Disney Renaissance

[@MatameVideos]

@@sissysovereign1294 For those that don't appreciate animation as an art form, 2D animation is synonymous with children's entertainment, plus is a Princess Film, It says so in the title, and the trailers and marketing emphasized it's romantic and whimsical elements as Disney's triumphant return to classic fairy tales. Most people that aren't animation fans probably thought that is just a movie for little girls and ignored it completely. Tangled avoided all of that not just by being 3D (Which Shrek cemented as the golden standard for animated movies forr all ages) but also by changing it's title from "Rapunzel" (A princess) to "Tangled" which sounds gemder neutral and more dynamic. The trailers heavily emphasized Flint Ryder and Maximus as protagonists of equal footing to Rapunzel and they overly emphasized the comedic aspects while downplaying the romance and classoc fairy tale tropes. All of that made the movie look more like Shrek that anything else, like it's this wacky rapid fire parody of Disney Tropes but in reality is in fact just a classoc Disney Fairytale Princess romance movies played entirely straight.

[@kjbroadway9557]

@@sissysovereign1294It also released near Avatar as well

[@bombdotcom2168]

Bruh Sinbad was one of those rare movies I was allowed to watch that really made my childhood great-

[@ironviking9976]

How did those 2 movies flop they are so good i still watch them sometimes

[@RicoLamar987]

The irony is that those 2 movies are amazing 😂… popularity & commercial success dont equate to quality, it could just mean audiences just have ever-declining taste

[@c00mgoblin]

I actually love Sinbad. It’s one of the Dreamworks underdogs ❤

[@mimilook4347]

Princess and the Frog didn't flop, it was successful at the box office. You just misinformed thousands of people

[@zandriabeasley9626]

I can think of two reasons how the princess and the frog flopped. Regular critics and secretly racist critics

[@crestofhonor2349]

Princess and the frog was not a flop, it's just wasn't big enough of a success for disney. It made money for them but the massive success of Tangled and Frozen and the low sales of Winnie the Pooh sealed the deal. Racism had nothing to do with it

[@zandriabeasley9626]

@@crestofhonor2349 ummmmm, look at the princesses in tangled AND in frozen. Sales depend on how many little girls wanted and got to see those movies. Think about how many little girls wanted and got to see the princess and the frog. And think about how many parents allowed it Black Woman Talking To Tired For A Filter

[@EveTheRaviolo]

@@zandriabeasley9626 yall reaching too hard into this. Treasure planet flopped, and it had white protagonist. Sinbad flopped, and had "white looking" protagonists. You're trying to make it about race when in reality all 2d animation was flopping at the time.

[@gk9546]

​​@@zandriabeasley9626 Personally, I don't think it was about race. Disney has a very well tested formula for their princesses and Tiana was not their typical princess. That's why teens and adults loved her, but she didn't sell as much to kids as the other two you mentioned (and that's where the big $ lie). ✓Hair & Clothes: Tiana became princess in the very last scene and kids didn't get to see her long in her "princess form". Before that she was a hard working girl, with normal clothes and hair (she didn't get the "Disney's fabulously long hair" thing 😂) and then a frog. ✓Setting: Tiana's story wasn't set in an old fairytale land, it was set in a realistic place. ✓Super powers: I mean magical hair and ice powers?? How can you compete with that when it comes to children? ✓Catchy princess pop song or ballad: "Almost there" didn't really stand out as the main heroine's song (generally, besides "friends on the other side", the film doesn't have very strong memorable songs). That's a big miss for the little ones. That's why she didn't have the same merch success and impact that tangled and frozen had. And that's why kids couldn't become obsessed with her. Moana, who isn't white, ticked all these boxes and was a huge success and a kid's favourite.

[@netherfreakultima4498]

wtf?!! That's pretty unfair

[@koalaeucalyptus]

WHAT?! Sinbad is honestly in my top 5 favorite childhood animation movies, it is STUNNING! I'm so sad for it now

[@marmalade2126]

Princess and the frog is one of the disney movies I’d happily watch till I die

[@eiths7663]

I loved watching Sinbad so much growing up 👌

[@SantaCometa]

The fact that this didn't give a shit about dreamworks before puss in boots 2 blew up , makes me think how pathetic our community has become (same with the disney hate)

[@MrTrash.]

People are just monkey see, monkey do. Nobody has their own opinions it's whatever is trending 🤣

[@SantaCometa]

@@MrTrash. LMAO FRRR

[@sumukhvmrsat6347]

Generation is just brainwashed to follow trending only , even if it's garbage , and insult the better one , cause it is trend

[@CabinofAresfan8]

​@@SantaCometaI already preferred DreamWorks cause Shrek ever since I was little I always wanted a Puss n boots sequel it took 11yrs WORTH IT

[@mr.thumbsup8335]

FINALLY someone brings this up! Puss in Boots 2 is a 10/10 imo don't get me wrong, but one great movie doesn't define an entire animation studio. Both Disney animation and DreamWorks have amazing as well as disappointing movies, so it's weird to see so many jump on the "Disney bad DreamWorks good" bandwagon just because of one year's worth of movies

[@bigledian4008]

I love sinbad. Hearing the opening theme always hits me right in the nostalgia.

[@RealHorhay]

Sinbad is fucking awesome

[@WhatEvenThat]

How in tf did everyone not love Sinbad, it’s so good!

[@Jackseyez]

Every company doesn’t do 2D animation anymore, now it’s 3D forever

[@crestofhonor2349]

You still get 2D on TV and from Japanese studios

[@Jackseyez]

@@crestofhonor2349 I meant for movies

[@crestofhonor2349]

@@Jackseyez I mean there are still 2D films from warner bros with DC stuff. Plus Klaus came out recently. Other than that we don't get massively marketed, big budget, 2D films from western studios. Japan still also largely does 2D for any animated movies

[@dejellybeanz8260]

Dreamworks, you can make 2D animations great again.

[@typo1345]

Damn really? I remember loving Sinbad AND Princess and the Frog (Dr. Facilier is an awesome villain and Friends on the other side is a bop) I remember loving the opening scene music with Eris so much, it was one of the many scores that got me into film composing in the first place

[@andrearossi6953]

Because a One 2d animated movie fail in the box office doesn't mean that you forced yourself "ok i will no longer use 2d animation anymore", i Hope that we Will have a 2d reinaissance in the next few years

[@NostalgiaCriticAnim1]

perhaps it’s time. for 2-D animation to be used as a medium for more adult-centric type stories, since the kiddy market has essentially abandoned it

[@computron5824]

It wasn't just one. Road to El Dorado flopped. Prince of Egypt did not do well. Why would they give you a 2d renaissance if no one goes to the theater to watch these movies?

[@MegatruxFR]

"Dreamworks doesnt make 2D anymore" Yes because Turbo FAST is 3D 😄

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

I was a huge dreamworks fan as a kid but I remember never hearing about Sinbad until many years later and I still am at a loss on how it completely slipped under the radar for me and everyone I knew.

[@KarlSnarks]

It's a shame 2D animation got left behind by big studios, but I'm glad 2D elements and stylization have found their way into recent 3D movies (like Into the Spiderverse)

[@liquidproductions4485]

2d didn't ruin it, its us who ruined it

[@MASTERCRAFT938]

The Sinbad movie is, to this day, my favourite Dreamworks movie. I still have the dvd xD

[@Brendito1]

Was the princess and the frog good? I watched it when I was way younger and recall enjoying it (despite remembering nothing 😅)

[@marlonmarquez4798]

that movie was one of my favorites when i was little. it was really cool, with a lot of mythological concepts.

[@p.a.w.sthetravelinggamer6750]

it flopped because it wasn't advertised not because it wasn't a good movie. they screwed up.

[@jonwacken4312]

Sorry but I find it hard to believe 2D animation is the problem. The demand for 2D anime is insane rn. Netflix resuscitated their dying platform by adding 2D anime to the site. I think it has more to do with marketing, and with picking topics that the majority of fans weren't interested in. As good as Sinbad, or The Princess and The Frog might have been they're just not titles that most fans are familiar with, and marketing made little to no attempt to change that.

[@08fighter08]

That was a favorite of ours. Rented it from Blockbusters several times.

[@thepatrolmangaming5649]

You know what would be surprising, what would really be nuts especially in this day and age? If a company actually went back and made a good ol fashioned 2D animated movie

[@siddddddd]

anime exists

[@junwoojang2941]

Sinbad was so fun! Fun characters, actions, fun gags, some heartfelt moment without compromising the characters. I didn't know that it flopped at the box office and kinda shocking too 😢

[@aquagoldwolf443]

WHAT?! No wonder I can hardly ever find SINBAD, I always liked that movie T-T

[@Pur0skarija]

DreamWorks had good reason to stop making 2D movies but Disney didn't because everybody wants Disney to make 2D movies again

[@danielhayden6214]

Come on...I liked that movie They shoulda kept doing the 2D animated movies in DreamWorks

[@TonyStark-qe3kd]

The ships look like the planet crafts or systemcrafts from Stellaris gigaengineering mod

[@faatima56]

Disney announced that they were moving away from 2D before The Princess and The Frog was even released. It was Disney's “most successful traditionally animated film since Lilo & Stitch”

[@chahrazedchahra1457]

His name is Sandibad in Arabic it drives me crazy hearing you all pronouncing it wrong😂

[@alfonsopina3976]

Disney’s The Princess and The Frog is One Of The Best Disney Animated Films of All Time

[@saturn1177]

Sinbad didn't "killed" 2d animation. It was the public fault who lost interest in 2d animations, obligating companies to use more 3d animatiojs to "modernity"

[@pandapotatoess4538]

Personally not a fan of 3D all that much, I feel it took away the sort of fairytale, storybook feel that 2D has. I’m biased since I grew up with the change, but 3D always felt dramatic and “too much” for me as a kid. 2D always felt like having a grandparent reading fairytales to me, sleeping beauty is a great example of the storybook feel. Especially with how they did landscapes, and backgrounds while characters moved. Like I said, I’m biased lol.

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

Man, DreamWorks has been going downhill and now resorted to makong live action adaptations of their own work just like Disney. I want them to go back to 2D and reinvigorate the company.

[@bigbrobeats116]

Sinbad was amazing. PATF didn't do as well in the box office because *certain* parents and people wanted to debate at the time if Tiana could be counted as an actual princess because she worked for a living (and the other-- more obvious reason). Ppl are dumb and have irrational biases.

[@rustyshackelford3590]

Looks like for 2d animation, things have from sinbad to sinworse.

[@DDSForbbiden]

Many movies have been accused to have been the one that "killed 2d". The truth is that 3D movies just became the industry standard because they are overall cheaper and faster to make due to the use of 3D models for the character, that can be used in a variety of poses without having to draw them all separately

[@disco_depression]

Why are literally all my favourite music albums and animated movies flops

[@Pe37777]

It’s so weird how corporations think that 2D is what ruins their films…it’s marketing and premise that ruin these films.

[@lolrinz]

I mean the most popular animations right now are in 2D (anime and dark humor like hulluva boss and hazbin hotel) so maybe we see 2D animated movies back in action

[@CursedCommentaries]

I think the war in iraq hurt sinbad.i remember my mom and gramma wouldent stfu about islam while i was watching it :(