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[sapphire]

Ah, Pixar movies, the only thing Disney has left going for them. What is it about these movies that captivate audiences around the world? These movies just have so much heart, creativity, and originality, things you hardly see in most movies nowadays.

With Toy Story 3 on the horizon, I got to thinking: What is the best Pixar movie? It definitely seems like some are more popular than others. You hardly ever hear about A Bug's Life anymore, yet everyone still talks about Finding Nemo.

The best ones in my opinion are are the Toy Story movies, WALL-E, and Finding Nemo.

Anyone else fans of Pixar? What are your favorite movies? DISCUSS!

[Nemoide]

Pixar is the only production company I trust to make a good CGI movie. Even their worst film, Cars, is better than most other companies' output.

Wall-E is my favorite. For reveling in artistry of animation (telling the story without words), as well as being probably the most mature in terms of theme?

[viperxmns]

My sister's favorite is Monsters, Inc. Personally it's a really tough choice.. (I really liked The Incredibles, too)

[Noctourne Wonderland]

Disney is on it's way back up, if Princess and the Frog is any indication. Pixar, too, keeps getting better; Up is probably my favourite. Did you know thay they're working on two live action films? One will be based on the 1906 San Fransisco earthquake, while the other is based on the book John Carter of Mars. The world about due for a good outer space fantasy, particularly with Martians.

[Nemoide]

The first 10 minutes of Up! was the most perfectly-executed example of CGI artistry I've seen.

Noctourne: I first interpreted your post as Pixar making a remake of John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars... let's be glad that's not the case.

[Noctourne Wonderland]

The first 10 minutes of Up! was the most perfectly-executed example of CGI artistry I've seen.

Noctourne: I first interpreted your post as Pixar making a remake of John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars... let's be glad that's not the case.

That movie is what, three seconds old?

In other Pixar News, Disneyland (well, it's siter park, California Adventure) is getting Cars Land. Your thoughts?

[sapphire]

Also, Pixar is making Monsters Inc. 2, and Cars 2, as well as a movie called Brave (which is supposed to be a fairytale of sorts). I think Monsters Inc. 2 could be good, because it could show Boo as a teenager or something along those lines. Cars 2... eh, not so much. I didn't even like Cars that much, and I'm just not so sure how it's going to turn out. I just know I won't be rushing to theaters to go see it.

Disney is on it's way back up, if Princess and the Frog is any indication. Pixar, too, keeps getting better; Up is probably my favourite.

You know, Disney announced that Princess and the Frog was going to be the last traditionally-animated movie from them ever. I know this can change, and I hope it does (people would rather see that stuff that a Jonas Brothers 3D movie), but we'll just have to wait and see.

[Nemoide]

You know, Disney announced that Princess and the Frog was going to be the last traditionally-animated movie from them ever. I know this can change, and I hope it does (people would rather see that stuff that a Jonas Brothers 3D movie), but we'll just have to wait and see.

Actually I'm pretty sure what happened was Home on the Range was announced as their last traditionally-animated movie, ever. The Princess and the Frog was their saying "wait, no, we'll do some more!" At least, I haven't read anything about Disney re-firing their animation department. And Wikipedia says a traditionally-animated Winnie the Pooh movie is going to be released next year.

[Noctourne Wonderland]

Also, Pixar is making Monsters Inc. 2, and Cars 2, as well as a movie called Brave (which is supposed to be a fairytale of sorts). I think Monsters Inc. 2 could be good, because it could show Boo as a teenager or something along those lines. Cars 2... eh, not so much. I didn't even like Cars that much, and I'm just not so sure how it's going to turn out. I just know I won't be rushing to theaters to go see it.

I liked Cars, but it certainly didn't set itself up for a sequel. Having the cars go to Europe is interesting, but it seems like they're really forcing it.

You know, Disney announced that Princess and the Frog was going to be the last traditionally-animated movie from them ever. I know this can change, and I hope it does (people would rather see that stuff that a Jonas Brothers 3D movie), but we'll just have to wait and see.

Woah, when did that happen?! Disney finally gets itself on track, then stops. We'll see how it goes...

[Penelopi]

You know, Disney announced that Princess and the Frog was going to be the last traditionally-animated movie from them ever. I know this can change, and I hope it does (people would rather see that stuff that a Jonas Brothers 3D movie), but we'll just have to wait and see.

Yeah, I heard a while ago that they wanted to quit traditional animation, but it still shocks me that they'd even consider it. I mean, CGI and all is nice, but the traditional animation makes me feel cozy. Nostalgia, I guess.

My favorite Pixar movie will probably always be the first Toy Story, since I grew up with it as a kid. But if I'd seen Wall-E when I was little, too, that one might have surpassed it. I actually don't like Finding Nemo that much. It's cute, but it drags on too long with little detours and obstacles that have little purpose except to make the movie longer.

[Noctourne Wonderland]

Nemo was nice, but I began to lose interest after seeing it for umpteenth time. The French version is better than the English, in my opinion.

[Penelopi]

Concerning the traditional animation future of Disney, I quote good news:

The film's apparent success (it made $100m in the US ) has also persuaded Disney to now greenlight at least one new hand-drawn film every two years. A reworking of Rapunzel hits cinemas later this year, while a new Winnie the Pooh film is in its early stages.

from http://www.independe...og-1870801.html

[Noctourne Wonderland]

Rapunzel is CGI. It's also not going to be your classic story, from what I understand. I'd say more, but the Disney ninas are coming to...ACK! Help!

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[Nemoide]

But did folks miss my post about a traditionally animated Winnie the Pooh being made?

[sapphire]

Just saw Toy Story 3 today. Very touching. It was much sadder than I thought it would be, though; I was choking up! Yet another amazing flick by Pixar.

Movies like Toy Story really show how suck the rest of the movie business is nowadays. It's disappointing.

[SmashQueen]

Dang, I haven't heard of A Bug's Life in years. Loved that movie as a kid. But between that, Monsters Inc., The Incredibles... I'd have to say that A Bug's Life holds a special place along with Toy Story, but the latest installment I enjoy is The Incredibles. Pixar does a fantastic job coming together and creating wonderful stories (minusing all that i haven't seen, although I'm not interested enough to see Cars). At the moment I'm watching the Pixar Story, a documentary the studio. It was really tense getting Toy Story 2 out. It was done without supervision of the the main head honcho of the studio and it apparently wasn't very good. So...I think they said it was 6 months before the movie came out, when half the film was thrown out and a ton had to be redone. Half the film. And it was released just in time for the deadline. Those guys are truly dedicated to the world of Toy Story.

As for the films, The only ones I haven't see are Cars, WALL-E, Up!, The Princess and the Frog, and Toy Story 3. Have to see them at some point, although I think I'm missing some titles.

Weird, random question: Anybody remember that at the end of the old VHS tapes there would sometimes be a preview for an upcoming film? Cars and Monsters Inc. were shown like that unless my memory's gotten foggy.

On that note, has anybody seen A Bug's Land at Disney's California Adventure? Although I only wandered through it at night once several years ago, it was quite a bit of nostalgia.

[Noctourne Wonderland]

But did folks miss my post about a traditionally animated Winnie the Pooh being made?

I did. It's an interesting idea, but Disney keeps adding weird gimmicks to Pooh, be it creepy puppets, a little girl to replace Christopher Robin, or depressed characters (Tigger and Piglet's movie's, anyone?). Pooh is so timeless, I'd hate to see Disney mess it up...

Just saw Toy Story 3 today. Very touching. It was much sadder than I thought it would be, though; I was choking up! Yet another amazing flick by Pixar.

Movies like Toy Story really show how suck the rest of the movie business is nowadays. It's disappointing.

Toy Story 3 was really dark. A lot was sad or scary, and everything happened at night. It was my favourite of the Toy Stories, though.

...and it apparently wasn't very good. So...I think they said it was 6 months before the movie came out, when half the film was thrown out and a ton had to be redone. Half the film. And it was released just in time for the deadline. Those guys are truly dedicated to the world of Toy Story.

I'm not surprised. I think Toy Story 2 is Pixar's weakest movie. I was worried that Toy Story 3 would be as bad or worse, but it was great!

Weird, random question: Anybody remember that at the end of the old VHS tapes there would sometimes be a preview for an upcoming film? Cars and Monsters Inc. were shown like that unless my memory's gotten foggy.

I remeber when DVD first came out, so distributors would throw random stuff at the end of tapes as bonus features.


^Check out the thing at 8:00. It's kind of related? Plus, the 90s Disney stuff is HI-LARIOUS. Did we all dress in the dark in the 90s?

On that note, has anybody seen A Bug's Land at Disney's California Adventure? Although I only wandered through it at night once several years ago, it was quite a bit of nostalgia.

I've seen A Bug's Land. It's pretty well themed, with everything (including grass, clover, and a host) oversized to make it feel like you're the size of a bug. There's even a clever nod to oy Story as a cut out toy on an oversized cereal box.

[viperxmns]

Saw Toy Story 3 yesterday (during an earthquake, apparently). I wonder if any articles will show up regarding Toy Story 3's contention for a best picture Oscar nod beyond the animated category, and the difficulty animated films have, no matter how great they are, being taken seriously enough to take the award from the usual live action drama.

Anyway the movie was great, "You've Got a Friend in Me" always hits you right in that spot. A bunch of trailers for other CGI flicks preceded the movie, including this one about Owls which I wonder if it's a book adaptation, because it otherwise seems very unoriginal, story wise.. and the Smurfs being in New York in their new movie was totally a jump the shark move.

[sapphire]

You know, they (at least used to) have a thing like "A Bug's Land" in MGM Studios in Disney World. It was based on "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids", though. I really thought it was cool when I went a few years back. And I heard there's a Toy Story version over in Japan and France.

And SmashQueen, I highly suggest you see Wall-E, PRONTO. I just watched it again the other night, and it's really is a favorite of mine. And TS3, too. Cars and Up! were kinda meh in my book, though.

[Kori]

Oh dear. XD I'm an absolute Pixar fangirl, and after watching WALL·E (SMASHQUEEN MUST SEE IT NAO PLZKTHX 8D), I've made it my personal goal to become an animator for them. They're creative geniuses! They can take something totally mundane and easy to screw up, and turn it into an unforgettable story!

Toy Story 3 nearly made me weep, although Up had me openly sobbing towards the final act. ;A; My dad's absolutely favorite movie of them all, possibly of all time, is The Incredibles, which is a pretty awesome supers movie! (Maybe a sequel someday? Maybe?)

As far as Disney stopping traditional animation, THAT disaster was wrought by Mister Michael "Fancypants" Eisner, who was determined to shut it down and go completely CG. If I remember right, Meet the Robinsons was originally gonna be 2D, until this whole mess happened. Now that Lasseter's in charge of Pixar AND Disney Animation, things are looking up! I'm definitely looking forward to this new Pooh Bear movie!

Ugh, that reminds me... if Eisner!Disney had their way, TS3 was slated to be a direct-to-DVD release... D8 Thank heaven for miracles!

So, in summary - YAY PIXAR! <3

[Noctourne Wonderland]

My dad's absolutely favorite movie of them all, possibly of all time, is The Incredibles, which is a pretty awesome supers movie! (Maybe a sequel someday? Maybe?)

It's being done.

[andersam]

I don't recall where I heard it, but The reason rapunzel is focusing more on a boy charecter is because Princess and the frog diden't quite bring in enough boy viewers. (From the company who has a channel devoted only to boy-type programming... )

ANYWAYS
I managed to get our old video recorder working (back when they used tapes) and theres footage of me on christmas morning being more excited about the RC car from Toy Story Santa gave me then the Barbie car. (Although later I did say that I coulden't wait to put buzz in the barbie car. More tea, Mrs. Nesbit?) Just goes to show you that Pixar's been there for me since the beginning XD

DUDE do you guys remember how the Bug's life VHS had different covers? Ours has Francis on it XD

It's being done.

HOLY BLUE TIMETRAVELING PHONEBOXES

I use to watch the Incredibles so much I had practically every line that occurs after the plane crash memorized. I diden't think Violet got enough screen time...

NOCTOURNE THANK YOU

[Noctourne Wonderland]

I don't recall where I heard it, but The reason rapunzel is focusing more on a boy charecter is because Princess and the frog diden't quite bring in enough boy viewers. (From the company who has a channel devoted only to boy-type programming... )

Aaaaaaand their most successful (and inescapable) franchise is their squadron of frilly princesses, marketed towards girls. Indeed.

HOLY BLUE TIMETRAVELING PHONEBOXES

I use to watch the Incredibles so much I had practically every line that occurs after the plane crash memorized. I diden't think Violet got enough screen time...

NOCTOURNE THANK YOU

Phoneboxes. I get it.

Violet was great, but she wan't on nearly enough. Maybe the sequel will be Violet's adventure?

[andersam]

Aaaaaaand their most successful (and inescapable) franchise is their squadron of frilly princesses, marketed towards girls. Indeed.

LOL When I was little, I was more of a mousekateer then a princess lover when it came to Disney.


I think another thing I love about Pixar is how they put so much care and effort into there stories. Epecially WALL-E in my opinion. I'm still impressed at how they were able to do the first third of the movie with so little dialouge.

[Noctourne Wonderland]

I'm still impressed at how they were able to do the first third of the movie with so little dialouge.

It's great. Alfred Hitchcock referred to the concept of movies that focused just on visualss to tell the story as "Total Film," and Pixar did it very well with the first part of Wall-e. And people liked it; the moviegoing public isn't as stupid as some companies like to think.

Also, Pixar faces some stiff competition in my mind from Dreamworks! I've hated everything from the company before (though Monster vs. Aliens was tolerable), but "How to Train Your Dragon" is easily my favourite Computer-animated film. It's pretty, it's funny, it's dramatic, it's just very good. If they can top that, Pixar might no longer hold the monopoly on my CGI interests.

[OvErLoRd]

Also, Pixar faces some stiff competition in my mind from Dreamworks! I've hated everything from the company before (though Monster vs. Aliens was tolerable), but "How to Train Your Dragon" is easily my favourite Computer-animated film. It's pretty, it's funny, it's dramatic, it's just very good. If they can top that, Pixar might no longer hold the monopoly on my CGI interests.

I can't really agree with you there... "Shrek: Forever After" was an abomination imho. In my eyes, DreamWorks only made two standout movies - (the original) "Shrek" and the aforementioned "How to Train Your Dragon".

I honestly don't think Pixar needs to be worried about much competition at all.

On a more related note, I loved ALL of Pixar's movies. I know I'm going to be killed for this, but Cars is my favorite Pixar movie of all time, with Wall-E coming in a close second. Up was also a really good film.

So glad Cars is getting a sequel. So glad~

[Noctourne Wonderland]

I avoid Shrek at all costs, so I don't know about Forever After. I don't expect much from Shrek...

[Nemoide]

[OvErLoRd]

*picture*

Too true~

I avoid Shrek at all costs, so I don't know about Forever After. I don't expect much from Shrek...

Shrek isn't THAT bad as a whole; the last two movies weren't good at all but the first movie was awesome, and the second was decent. I recommend giving them a shot; even if they're not Pixar-level masterpieces, they're still better than a whole lot of other animated pieces of junk.

[Noctourne Wonderland]

Nemoide- I've seen that picture and I love it. Although, it makes the people at Pixar sound really, really weird if you take the movie plots litterally.

Shrek isn't THAT bad as a whole; the last two movies weren't good at all but the first movie was awesome, and the second was decent. I recommend giving them a shot; even if they're not Pixar-level masterpieces, they're still better than a whole lot of other animated pieces of junk.

Gross-out humor and pop culture references just aren't my cup of tea; the self aware trend (thank you, "Scream.") just takes me out of the story. It's been a while since I saw the first Shrek, so I might go back and give it another chance.

[InTheNightlight]

Just saw Toy Story 3 a couple of days ago. I have to say, that while it's a sad movie, it was also fairly epic. Yet another great film by Pixar. I was surprised when the aliens turned out to be heroes.

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