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Xanfor
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Also the poll question quite weird. I just want to say "yes, they are".
Better now?
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Xanfor
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Done. I've also allowed people to change their votes, in case they have a new favorite.
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Tachyon
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Not dissing anyone's opinion, but I'm surprised by all the love for Wall-E. It was a good movie and I enjoyed watching it. Didn't feel super special to me, though.
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DannyJC13
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I've come to the conclusion that Monsters, Inc. is the best Pixar film.
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Jarvio
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I haven't seen Cars 2 or Brave, but I'll have a go at ranking the rest:
1 - Toy Story 3 - Exceptional from start to finish 2 - Toy Story 2 - A great sequel to a great film 3 - Toy Story - Is it a crime that I put it's 2 sequels above it? Still though, an excellent and iconic movie 4 - Ratatouille - Brilliant, unique, underrated, and touching 5 - Finding Nemo - A little overrated but I still love it 6 - The Incredibles - This pleasantly suprised me. Didn't think I'd like it - I was wrong 7 - Wall-E - A great story of the future 8 - A Bugs Life - Lots of great nostalgia with this one 9 - Up - I liked it, but didn't love it. Has a lot going for it, but that kid is annoying 10 - Cars - Not a favourite by many, and I agree, although I did somewhat enjoy it 11 - Monsters Inc - This was ok, but I was just not as keen on it. Not sure why
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coldangel
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Pixar ought to try its hand at doing something aimed at adults. Something more real and gritty.
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Otis P Jivefunk
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As I posted in the Upcoming Films thread:
In other news, Andrew Stanton has signed on to direct Finding Nemo 2. (Linky.)
Bit late here, but Finding Nemo 2 is not an idea I relish. I thought the original was alright, but definately one of my least favourite Pixar movies. I don't really see why another story like this needs to be told or what it can achieve better than the first. The only obvious way it could improve is by being less annoying... Maybe Monsters University will be an ok sequel, it's a little more promising at least... Not dissing anyone's opinion, but I'm surprised by all the love for Wall-E. It was a good movie and I enjoyed watching it. Didn't feel super special to me, though.
I'm surprised too and I feel much the same way. It was different I suppose, and quite original, but I didn't enjoy it all that much so it doesn't rank highly with me... Anyway, I say roll on The Good Dinosaur!...
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Professor Zoidy
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« Reply #338 on: 08-26-2012 03:59 »
« Last Edit on: 08-26-2012 04:01 »
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Must I keep saying I liked Cars 2 alright? You're not alone!!! I wouldn't put Cars 2 above Cars 1 or Ratatouille but I can't say I hated it. But I'm totally biased into liking the two films because I'm into cars. :P Cars was all about finding out who you are, Cars 2 was about spiez1!11 and aksuhnzz!1! and didn't really further develop the cast. They [the cast of characters] were pretty much where they were in the first film. Lightning still mildly stabs at Mater with his words (but what bestie doesn't give a little guff to their pals?), he's going out with Sally, etc. Though, with action, it keeps you entertained even if the plot isn't 100% so I can see how, if you're not into developmental, slower things, Cars 2 is more your thing.
Also, if Nemo gets a sequel, and they call it "Finding Nemo 2"... how the fuck is he going to get lost AGAIN? Will he be grown up and senile or somethin'? Does this mean he's still a kid and didn't learn his lesson the first time? Is he a teen and does he decide to storm off and brood or some shit, only to get captured by some exotic fish distributor on the black market? I'm sorry, but Incredibles needs a sequel more than Nemo does. Superhero movies are seldom a failure, unless you blow exorbitant amounts of money on CGI costumes and expect visuals alone to sell the film...
And speaking of Wall-E: I never really cared for it. It's nice, it's pretty original, and the animation is stellar. Shoot, I even have it on DVD. But the plot was somewhat slow and dull, and while the message is amazingly good for us to keep in mind, and Wall-E/EVE interaction is cutesy, something about the film just doesn't scream "Watch me a million times! I'm winsauce!"
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Professor Zoidy
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Oh, DO rant on, Spacedal. I think Up is the shittiest Pixar film to date. It wanted to be a real boy, but decided to take a trip on acid and got thrown into the corner cell for being naughty. I think I've said it here before but I'll say it again: the only reason I didn't get up and leave during the film is because I paid for 3D, and it was a brand new gimmick at the time. It's the only recently-made Pixar film I do not own in any format. I also don't own A Bug's Life, but it used to come on ABC all the time in the late 90s so I probably just got tired of it. I have all the rest on VHS/DVD/Blu-Ray. I cringed when, during a band trip, the bus voted to watch Up instead of finishing off a slightly better movie that I can't recall. It wasn't animated though, and it could've been Pink Panther... Oh well.
Back to Up: It would've worked perfectly fine without all the super-fantasy-color-kawaii-desu-whatever the heck you want to call it nonsense that it tacked on halfway through. Or it could've been wacky from the start, clearly in its own universe. I suppose I'm being a biased fart here, but I just didn't enjoy the talking dogs (even though, thankfully, technology allowed them to speak instead of making them magically anthropomorphic), the overly simplistic search for Kevin (which wasn't what the old man was searching for anyways, I mean, damn. He just wanted to visit that canyon/plateau...thing) and the absolutely annoying fact that despite Carl being old as dirt himself, the guy flying the blimp was alive and easily around the age of 120 if not older. Bullshit like that flies in the likes of ridiculous and outlandishly comedic pieces like Team Fortress 2 comics, and Futurama, but this isn't set in silly-comic-land, nor is it set in the year 3000. It was set in, I'd say, the mid-1900s to now-ish. Perhaps it would've worked had it been explained how he was still alive (if it wasn't. Honestly, I cannot recall if it ever was). But I digress, I suppose Up, like Spacedal said, should've been like Wizard of Oz, but ended up being half reality and half drug trip/ fantasy. I can see why it's how it is. It's huge symbolism for life and it being a journey in and of itself and yadda yadda, but it just didn't tickle my fancy. Color me jaded. Or some of the plot jaded. Whichever.
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coldangel
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How can a toy be alive? How can a car be alive?! These films make no sense.
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DannyJC13
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Pixer is good, Studio Ghibli is light years better.
Very true, but Pixar beats both Pixer and Studio Ghibli.
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Xanfor
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How can a toy be alive? How can a car be alive?! These films make no sense.
How can a man be alive? * Xanfor considers other intellectual morsels of 1960's philosophy.
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Otis P Jivefunk
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I also want to spread the Up love. It surprised me by how good it was. Emotional but fun, and beatifically animated much like all Pixar movies. Up was special though, it stayed in my memory and I love it when Pixar do original things and just go with it. It gave me feelings which stay with me...
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