It sounds like general agreement, I think everyone was thrown off by Lynx's statement that the animation wasn't as advanced as FF:TSW. I saw Brad Bird speak before the movie was released and he stated that he asked that the realism be pulled back a couple of notches because it didn't match the look he was looking for, specially when it was written as a 2D film. So even though the realism was avoided, the technical advancements and wonders were there.