Thread: Pixar and You.
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Old 12-30-2008, 09:30 PM
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Toy Story is still a favourite of mine...not just on account of the revolutionary animation it made use of at the time, but it honestly had one of the better storylines I'd ever seen in a kids film...to this day, the scene where Woody and the "freaks" take on the bully, the whole "so. play. nice." bit makes me laugh my ass off...

A Bugs Life - Didn't dislike it, wouldn't think it a bad idea for a kids collection when I get around to having one, but yeah, the characters...whatever.

Toy Story 2 was fine, but I preferred the first one...probably one of the better disney sequels ever though, some definate effort went in here - it had a lot to live up to, and I think it pulled it off pretty well.

Monsters Inc. - This is the one everyone else seems to love...I personally don't.
No real reason, just didn't appeal to me. If anything I'll give it credit for the leaps and bounds it improved upon the previous pixar films, in terms of animation and textures.

Finding Nemo - This is REALLY the one that I don't get. I could barely even sit through it...the characters were just annoying.

The Incredibles is in my personal opinion the best pixar film. Funny for all ages, great animation, a GOOD storyline...and yknow what? Did the superhero thing better'n most actual existing comic-based films. Great fun, this one deserves a sequel more'n the rest, but I'd be severaly dissapointed if they fucked it up.

Ratatouille, is surprisingly one I've yet to see - being into both cooking and rats, ha. I'll catch it at some point I'm sure.

Wall.E, made me smile...took me into that universe...did it well. More a visual journey of a love story than a movie, how much it conveyed without words surprised me a lot. I was glad to see the lonely little fella make his way.

Cars - Haven't seen, don't really want to.

I will say this though...these kind of films are great with kids, but I still feel haven't got shit on (aside from better animation, 'natch) the kids movies that were out in the 80's.
Dark Crystal, Caravan of Courage, Labyrinth, the first Neverending Story.
LOVED that shit right there.
Sorry for the derail.
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