Disney Studios- The worn out strategy of Disney animation

   I'm sensing a lull in Disney animated films lately. The lull is not in the idea necessarily, but in the execution of how to carry out the idea. I'm talking about the basic plot elements of every recent Disney animated film. They all seem to sound something like this

- Heroine overcomes early struggle and will grow into maturity throughout plot
- Some parental figure will most certainly die
- Heroine will have at least one goofy sidekick animal on their journey

Look at the recently released Moana. This film was boring from the very beginning because we have seen it all before (only this time it had a Hawaiian setting). The film is essentially Brave in Hawaii instead of Scotland. The chicken replaces the horse in Tangled, the snowman in Frozen, the Gator in Princess and the Frog, etc. Don't get me wrong, these plot elements have clearly worked, but it's time for some more originality. Though the film lacked in certain areas, at least the 2016 Zootopia broke from these traditional elements.

I propose some radical changes

- Don't make the sidekick do goofy things...why can't the lead character do it?
- Why are their not any recent male lead character animated films from the studio?
- How about a complex emotional storyline? (But not a complicated side story...i.e. Moana)

Anyone else feel like if you just change out the setting of the film and the goofy sidekick characters, it's the same film? It's much too formulaic...this should not be math, it should be art. Each picture should be individualized and stand on its own.



Thoughts?