I have to agree too that the Disney Revival started with “Bolt”. John Lasseter and Ed Catmull didn’t have much control over “Meet the Robinsons”, it is the making of “Bolt” where the two are more involved in the process whilst changing the culture of WDAS.

I think I would have enjoyed the time-related hijinks if the whole thing wasn’t so DANG predictable. The only real surprise was the villain, which they kind of got away with by so dramatically altering the character that you’d be hard pressed to see it coming. I also found the characters rather grating; extreme cartoon stereotypes that seemed to be pushed to such unreasonable levels that it couldn’t hit any realism beats for me. I’m all for cartoons (I think Despicable Me did an incredible job at balancing old-school cartoon feel with very deep, likeable characters and heart) but the balance here, to me, seemed monstrously off. When the time came to care, I wasn’t invested in any of the characters of the future because they were so wacky.

I always enjoy hearing about others’ opinions on the films I found lacking, it’s a fascinating thing to see the alternate perspective. Thanks for posting this!

Totally agree about Bolt, I see that as the start of the upswing as well. Fabulous little film that was brilliantly crafted. Wish more folks gave it the time of day! I often wonder what it would be like if it had been 2D instead. I almost think it could have been more successful, because it would have been different at the time (as everyone and their brother was on the 3D bandwagon by then). Alas, we’ll never know.

you can have your own belief on when the Revival start. many have different interpretations anyway.
my Revival era is when Tangled came out. just like the start and restart of the Golden Age (Cinderella, Snow White), and Renaissance (Mermaid), Tangled set the world on fire with box office hit, being the most expensive animated film ever signaling a gamble like Snow White and Cinderella, start of CG era, critical hit that surpasses Frog, Bolt, Robinsons, and simply being a princess film that returned to Disneys roots like Mermaid, Cindy, and Snow.

I agree, Robinsons didn’t set the world on fire but its a good sign of change to come. After seeing the front cover of WIRED magazine Nov 2014 edition, I think that its either Bolt or The Princess and the Frog that initiated the Disney Revival.