Always a great goal in adding layers in stories and humor. As far as current animation for kids goes, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish knocks it out of the park on all levels of storytelling and humor.
And prior to Pixar, one of the greatest "kids" movies was Time Bandits - hard to beat Monty Python for kids. Gilliam and Palin had the credo for the movie - "Exciting enough for adults and intelligent enough for children". I strived to do that in the kids stuff I created, but alas "Hollywood" didn't want that, so I'm done with it.
Both my screenplay and my pilot aim to do both!
Always a great goal in adding layers in stories and humor. As far as current animation for kids goes, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish knocks it out of the park on all levels of storytelling and humor.
And prior to Pixar, one of the greatest "kids" movies was Time Bandits - hard to beat Monty Python for kids. Gilliam and Palin had the credo for the movie - "Exciting enough for adults and intelligent enough for children". I strived to do that in the kids stuff I created, but alas "Hollywood" didn't want that, so I'm done with it.
Many of the people whose work influenced me most profoundly used layered humor like this, and in my fiction I try to carry on the tradition.