Animals with computerized mouth movements.

I've always thought that non-human animals (henceforth referred to simply as "animals") have extraordinary telephatic powers. They need not move their mouths to form human words. Not to mention, their mouths do not move in such a fashion.

Yes, you may say that animals cannot speak, and wouldn't have anything intelligible to say even if they could. Since this is the case, if one were to imagine that an animal could speak, then there are no rules to restrict the creature from moving its mouth.

Very well. Make this argument. But as you make it, keep with you the knowledge that I hate you.

Mind, yes, please do mind that if an animated movie has talking animals with moving mouths, I have no qualms whatsoever. (Unless it's .. bad.) That's part of the fun with animation. You can make any and every thing possible. It is a person's imagination on paper. Or.. film. Or.. yes.

As animals are now, though, I cannot take moving mouths. With imagination in mind, I think of the mouth-moving as a cheap visual aid. My imagination wants animals to be talking all the time. If animals talk all the time, then they don't have to move their mouths. So why do it in movies? If you're going to imagine that animals can talk and can have intelligent conversations, then give them some mad telepathic skillz. Make it seem more possible for them to talk.

Because! Christ, it's so ugly! I'm actually insulted when I see animals talk. My cats talk all the time, and they don't resort to such silly human tricks!