In the animated film "Igor," which opens Friday, a mad scientist's hunchbacked assistant dreams of making it big with his own creation. The independent producers behind the film have the same idea in mind, but they'd rather you not compare them to companies like Pixar and Disney, which continue to churn out monster hits of their own.
"It's kind of frustrating because you never hear people compare 'Juno' to 'Transformers'. They're completely different types of films - independent films and studio films. CLICK TO READ ABOUT OTHER MOVIES IN THE FALL FAMILY. 'We like to think of animation as a simple medium, and we use it in an independent way.'" Thanks to inexpensive computers and off-the-shelf software, more and more CGI is being created independent animated films such as this summer's "Go to the Moon" and "Space Chimps."
Source: New York Daily News