tebop,  Er, becuse IT IS for kids? It's not intended for adults as far as I know. I don't see what the appeal would be for an adult. And something that extreme can not be made with Poser or any normal 3D app. That type of animation is done by the studio with far more than just a home computer running Poser on it. I'm fascinated by animation but not that kind. It's really not my type of movie anyway. I liked Ice Age better. :)

And it's summertime, kids will be out of school & the studios need to makeup for their loss with the crud they turnout all year so the kids movies are money makers for them. Whether they are poorly made or not, a family will go see it because it's better than what they turned out all year.

Hollywood can't do it on real movies anymore, so they make comic book movies & kids movies to make up for it during the summer. They have lost money this past year with all their flops. A cartoon will makeup for the losses much quicker than another clunker. They save all the good movies for this time of year because they know the parents will take their kids to go see it.