>>125810630I think because there’s no real visual harmony between them and the Osmosis bits. With the setting of Frank’s insides being so stylized, it would’ve helped to make the outside a little more purposeful in its aesthetics besides just being middle class New England. Being in the middle of a bouncy and vibrant cartoon world only to be pulled out into a world of ugly beige color schemes and sweaty faces, while technically realistic, is something of a visual whiplash that puts people off. What’s more it’s in these segments that the Farley Bros. biases start to show in terms of writing, becoming more crass and gross out even compared to scenes in the body, which creates even more tonal clash for what is supposed to be mostly a kid’s movie. Granted kids on the older end, but still.
