Who cares how good the animation is if the story sucks (LBT 13 for example). I mean jeez, pay for better story writers and get less quality animation artists.
I'm not sure how many people would want to see a movie that has poor animation, no matter how good the story is. A movie needs to have a balance of both: a good story and good animation to go with it. Just as someone may not like to see a movie with great animation but poor storyline, the same can go for not wanting to see a movie with a great story but poor animation.
I didn't say they were god awful or anything, but that I didn't like how childish they're making LBT. I mean, it started out as a good mature family movie that no one in the world should be embarrassed about watching, but it's turned into...well...stuff like the tv series. Seriously, they should pull LBT out of the gutter and start making a decent theme at least.
I already mentioned this before, but Land Before Time is a children's movie series, so of course it's going to appear childish. The first movie was darker and more serious than the sequels because it was directed by Don Bluth. He had nothing to do with the sequels.
I do not believe LBT would ever get as dark as it was in the first movie again. Instead, I believe LBT may continue to grow more and more childish as it continues to try to please parents while trying to attract the younger generation. I mean, if a parent wants to buy a movie for their...5 year old son or daughter, which would they feel more comfortable with? A dark movie about famine, racism, and survival, or a movie that teaches lessons about life, has songs in it, and is generally light-hearted?