Quote Originally Posted by amratis
I remember when the spirits within came out - I read an interview saying that they had enough troubles with getting the hair the way it was without even starting to contemplate showing 'messy' hair (which was even harder apparently)
Another reason for the perfect hair in The Spirits Within was director Hironobu Sakaguchi. Whenever the animators considered mussing up a character's hair, Sakaguchi told them, "no, they have to look perfect - just like real movie stars". That, in my opinion, is the summary of where that movie went wrong. It tried to imitate movies instead of trying to imitate real life. A copy of a copy, you might say.