The first thing I notice about this movie is that the color scheme is bright and the textures are soft. It is not vintage looking at all which is very different than most movies sci-fi/fantasy movies coming out right now.
Lots of light too. This is again contrasting to most of the chiaroscuro type lighting in the vintage movies.
Cute, round, soft fur, hair, colors and skin tones.
Notice all of the materials appear to be new and not old and beat up like in "9".
The interesting thing about this, is that the book "cloudy with a chance of meatballs" has very iconic illustrations. http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2009/03/chanceofmeatballs.html , http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_430xN.52494531.jpg , https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagB2a4X8cFnYdjDxAZTH9l572LU00zGhdtwfzavOWJcZOwOyVcmPb7yIz_oLF20tZETCbA3cAmMgKEQl68S-2jXX5GDPjDH_l-1csO9jWdxE0kei8-9L8VXrnJ_ji6XaA7wY_BqGP3q9M/s400/hamburgers.jpg. They are pen ink drawings with lots of texture and light coloring. The look of this movie is very different from the book. I think the producers were right to avoid the vintage look with this particular movie for a few reasons 1) it is much more fun bright, 2) the vintage look copied from a book is already being done with "where the wild things are" at the moment. I wonder however, if the plain jane rainbow look with resonate with viewers and if they would have been more emotionally invested if the movie looked more like the book.
Images from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844471/mediaindex?page=1
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