OT: Pixar Poll
by jcAustin on Jul 6, 2009 2:15 PM CDT
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I'm fascinated by Pixar. The consistent high quality of the movies amazes me, especially given that so many people are involved in making them. I just saw Up and thought to myself....wow, they did it again. The pre-story story of the main character's life, which i think takes about 20 or 30 minutes at the beginning of the film is absolutely beautiful. Maybe the most elegant film storytelling i've ever seen. Anyway, thought i'd put up a poll to see what some of the favorites are.
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I agree
Pixar really tells a great story.
My wife is funny, she doesn’t cry at anything but war movies, with the only exception being the back-story in the movie “UP.” Another example of great story-telling.
My favorites though are Wall-e and Monsters Inc.
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by NothinG on Jul 6, 2009 2:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
mine's being altered.....
….letting out the waist a bit.
by jcAustin on Jul 6, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I went with Wall-e
Could have just as easily gone with Ratatouille or The Incredibles though.
by LiamP on Jul 6, 2009 2:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Best Picture
I happened to see Wall-E again last night and realized that it deserved a Best Picture nomination over Frost/Nixon and Benjamin Button. Maybe even over The Reader. Just brilliant writing and execution. Imaginative sociopolitical commentary gives it the edge over other Pixar films for me. UP/Ratatouille/Finding Nemo/Toy Story/Monsters are all near-tied for 2nd in my book.
Cars definitely brings up the ahem rear-end, right below The Incredibles.
Dreaming of 2009
by RangerMoto on Jul 6, 2009 2:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Think Cars would be last on my list too.
I liked To-mater though.
by jcAustin on Jul 6, 2009 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Could have liked Wall-E more if
they didn’t rip off Johnny 5 from “Short Circuit”
by GregoryM on Jul 6, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i was so suprised by how much i like Wall-E
it really was unique and done so well, its amazing the quality Pixar puts out there every year
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by blalock84 on Jul 6, 2009 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought Finding Nemo
was one of the most frightening movies I’ve ever seen. I had to bail after about 20 mins.
by shroomer on Jul 6, 2009 2:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
were u on....
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by Jayslick on Jul 6, 2009 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man that chick holding the sign looks like she dropped a few too many
"BIg whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Jul 7, 2009 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
she doesnt even know which way see's walk'n
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by Jayslick on Jul 7, 2009 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's how I'd rank them...
1. Wall-E
2. Toy Story
3. The Incredibles
4. Finding Nemo
5. Up
6. Monsters, Inc.
7. Toy Story 2.
8. Ratatouille
9. A Bug’s Life
10. Cars
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by venturafearsnolan on Jul 6, 2009 3:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
finding nemo is the best yo
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by gossamer on Jul 6, 2009 3:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Pussies
I eat a steady diet of Jean Claude Van Damme movies and Steven Segal movies only.
Grow a pair.
by SaltyGoesYard on Jul 6, 2009 3:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
There's awesome, there's totally awesome, there's mindblowingly awesome...
…then there’s Bloodsport in HD on Versus. Incidentally, it’s on basically every night, but holy crap is it the perfect movie for HD.
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by ghtd36 on Jul 6, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I only watch Julia Roberts movies
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"-Wayne Gretzky"-Michael Scott
by ReallyCreativeScreenName on Jul 6, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mr. Incredible wipes himself with Jean Claude
by Panorama on Jul 6, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that could be interpreted several different ways
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by ReallyCreativeScreenName on Jul 6, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Segal = dump
how else would you interpret it?
by Panorama on Jul 6, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
my wife took my huge segal
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by Jayslick on Jul 6, 2009 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A real man
isn’t afraid of losing his manhood by watching Toy Story.
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by t ball on Jul 6, 2009 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No answer for "Pixar Sucks."
Poll fail.
by FuturePants on Jul 6, 2009 3:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Because that's an awful, awful opinion.
LOL Sorry the Sooners will score more that 14. - boomer1
by venturafearsnolan on Jul 6, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Despite you disagreeing with me,
It is my opinion and just as legitimate as yours.
Pixar and all of their movies that I have seen have been just irritating and cutsey. That does not equate to good. The only ones I have not seen are Cars and Wall-E.
by FuturePants on Jul 6, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
really?
im constantly amazed at the differing opinions on movies some have. Oh well, if thats your stance, I think you are missing how well these movies are done. BTW, if you think Pixar movies are too ‘cutesie’ maybe Wall-E is more for you, its probably not as much like that as the others.
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by blalock84 on Jul 6, 2009 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I honestly think people laugh because they think the movie is cute.
Not because it’s actually funny. I seriously hate Pixar.
by FuturePants on Jul 7, 2009 9:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everybody's entitled to an opinion...
But that doesn’t mean that your opinion can’t be wrong. And in this case, it absolutely is. It’s a film equivalency of stating that Nickelback are the best band of our generation.
LOL Sorry the Sooners will score more that 14. - boomer1
by venturafearsnolan on Jul 7, 2009 1:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And that was meant to be a response to FP's post... not to my own.
Damn posting at 4 AM.
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by venturafearsnolan on Jul 7, 2009 1:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's a backwards analogy.
Someone saying Nickelback is the best band of a generation is completely opposite of saying Pixar sucks. Pixar sucks, just like Nickelback sucks.
Ok, Pixar sucks a little less than Nickelback. Saying Pixar rules is like saying the Jonas Brothers rule. It’s sugary BS crammed down the throats of the public, and somehow people come away saying they are good. No clue why.
by FuturePants on Jul 7, 2009 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK
It’s more like saying the Rolling Stones suck. An opinion, but a dumb one.
Also, nobody but a niche group says the Jonas Brothers rule; Pixar films are all but universally acclaimed by people paid to be critical for a living. It’s pretty sad that you can’t like something that a lot of other people like. Speaks to a serious identity problem, not to mention a serious case of douche-chills to the surrounding populace.
by brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well Nickelback is acclaimed worldwide, too.
Does that make them good? No.
And It’s said that I can’t like something that a lot of other people like? And that indicates an identity problem? Huh?
You want to fall in line with the masses, that’s fine, but my identity is fine. That identity hates Pixar. Deal with it.
by FuturePants on Jul 7, 2009 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fine with me
I just feel bad for you, that’s all.
That you have to decry “the masses” speaks to my point, and that’s really all there is to say on the matter.
Enjoy your individuality.
by brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You feel bad for me?
Well thank God, Brett. Now I can finally start to be ok with this debilitating taste differential in animated Disney films. WHEW.
by FuturePants on Jul 7, 2009 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eye roll.
Like I said, enjoy it.
by brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nickelback is acclaimed worldwide?
I thought music journalists and anyone with a critical ear pretty much loathed them.
I think Brett’s point is that while pixar movies are commercially successful on the same scale as other media behemoths, they are also praised by serious critics. I don’t think these facts alone are enough to justify them as great movies, but at least they add some credence to the idea that there is some actual substance in the movies.
I don’t think it should matter how much or little congruency there is between a person’s tastes and the tastes of the masses, but to rely on something’s popularity as a reason not to give it a fair appraisal is kind of silly.
by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Jul 7, 2009 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of the Pixar Movies I've Seen
They’re pretty well done as far as kids movies go. Well done kids movies should be enjoyable to adults, too, and those that I’ve seen have been. The dialogue is good and all of that.
The only problem I have is the "look’ of the movies. To me they just have no soul. The movements of the characters are very life-like, so that’s not what I’m talking about. It’s the “lighting” and the texture of the final product that keeps me from calling any of them “great films”. Once you get past “this is an incredible animation” there’s nothing visually stimulating about them, and great films should have a dramatic visual impact in my opinion.
It’s not a technological issue. It’s the way they have made them. Anything is possible in a CGI studio now.
I personally like non-CGI animations like Tim Burton’s. Those have what I’d call “soul”. But you could do the same thing with CGI for the most part.
by Black Francis on Jul 7, 2009 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
FWIW
there’s nothing visually stimulating about them, and great films should have a dramatic visual impact in my opinion.
I thought Up had some pretty dramatic, stunning visuals.
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by Dirk Diggler on Jul 7, 2009 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haven't seen that one
I hadn’t even heard about it until this thread. Given what the other Pixar movies are like, just to be clear action doesn’t equal visual impact.
by Black Francis on Jul 8, 2009 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've liked every Pixar movie I've ever seen
but I can see where you’re coming from. But watching Up, I really forgot I was even watching an animated movie. I may be going completely overboard, but I really think it’s a shame it won’t be up for best picture. It is the best movie I’ve seen this year though
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by ReallyCreativeScreenName on Jul 8, 2009 12:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Action
Well, that’s not what made the visuals stunning — so you should give it a shot.
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by Dirk Diggler on Jul 8, 2009 7:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Toy Story.
Heard they’re making another one as well.. Can’t wait.
Trade for Ian Snell.
by sprite on Jul 6, 2009 3:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Evidently they are great at CGI
I’ve never seen any of their films.
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by Ed Coffin on Jul 6, 2009 3:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
They're great at....
stories, characters, design…CGI is the medium. Check out UP Ed. Betcha like it.
by jcAustin on Jul 6, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
phenomenal scripting and character development too
Dreaming of 2009
by RangerMoto on Jul 6, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
chill fellas, they are still just cartoons
great stories or not, they are cartoons
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by Jayslick on Jul 6, 2009 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so...
whose the genius that im being a dolt about? id say the geniuses are the COMPUTER CODERS AND PROGRAMMERS, i guess you guys can sit around debating the true geniuses at pixar who are the story writers…
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by Jayslick on Jul 6, 2009 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's everything, dolt.
Goddamn you have dumb opinions about almost everything.
by brettgardner on Jul 6, 2009 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go back to law school
And leave the computer coding, animation, and art to people who specialize in it and I’ll keep my law opinions to myself together, we’ll help make the world less dumb
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by Jayslick on Jul 6, 2009 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another dumb opinion.
Well you don’t specialize in soccer—oh wait, I’m sorry, I’m sorry—football do you? Better not have an opinion on it!
by brettgardner on Jul 6, 2009 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Compared to ur genius lawyer'n self, he'll yeah I do
is that even a rebuttal?
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by Jayslick on Jul 6, 2009 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, you don't.
You have an interest in it, as I have an interest in movies.
Would you care for me to draw this out in crayon, or will oversized jpegs be sufficient?
by brettgardner on Jul 6, 2009 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think its well sized, thank you
now this is oversized:
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by Jayslick on Jul 7, 2009 7:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bug's Life
Definitely at the bottom for me. Pretty much everything else has been great. Have not yet seen Up but hear that it’s great.
Next summer we will see Toy Story 3 and then the summer after that they are coming out with Cars 2. Hopefully we will see a Monsters Inc. sequel at some point in time.
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by kentbenfer on Jul 6, 2009 3:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wall-E
that movie is a revelation.
Really though all of them are great except Incredibles, Cars, and Bug’s Life which are merely pretty good.
probably go:
1 Wall-E
2 Toy Story
3 Monster’s Inc
4 Up
5 Ratatoullie
6 Toy Story 2
7 Finding Nemo
8 A Bug’s Life
9 The Incredibles
10 Cars
by bushe on Jul 6, 2009 3:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Interesting that Cars comes up near the bottom for most
If you asked only kids under 7 years old, I think that Cars would be easily #1. Everyone I know with a young un says that movie is constantly in the dvd player.
Maybe that’s why the adults hate it…having to hear it 50 million times.
by Panorama on Jul 6, 2009 3:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I've got mine trained
Monster’s Inc, Ratatoille and Wall-E… Unfortunately the wife bought him Bolt, which we thought was pixar. Turns out it is a lot better if Disney just markets the movies these days.
by bushe on Jul 6, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
eh--no kids here
it was just a boring-ass movie
Dreaming of 2009
by RangerMoto on Jul 6, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cars is a marketing machine for them, it makes a ton of money in toys and such
Which is why there is going to be a sequel. But the critics think its the worse pixar film, and I agree. Not actually bad though.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Jul 6, 2009 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Love them
Tier 1
The Incredibles
Toy Story
Tier 2
Ratatoullie
Wall-E
Toy Story 2
Tier 3
Monster’s Inc
Finding Nemo
A Bugs Life
Tier4
Cars
Have not seen Up.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Jul 6, 2009 4:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
man
i love pretty much all the pixar movies and dont hate any of them but im shocked to see the incredible leading this, that’d definitely be in the bottom half for me and probably bottom 3
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by studcrackers on Jul 6, 2009 4:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
x
Wall-E, Up, and Ratatouille are 3 of the best movies of this decade, in my opinion.
Great, great movies.
by brettgardner on Jul 6, 2009 4:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Haven't seen "Up."
Now, I fear that I’ve heard so many great things about it that there’s no way it can live up to the hype.
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by ghtd36 on Jul 7, 2009 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's what I thought, too.
It does.
by brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only seen Finding Nemo and Wall-E and liked them
Watched Finding Nemo with my friend and his son (my godson). At some point the kid says “crabs happen.” Friend says “yeah, just ask your godfather.” So of course the kid did but it wasn’t my job to explain 1) what crabs are; 2) how you get them or; 3) defend my clean bills of health.
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by WyoRanger on Jul 6, 2009 5:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I miss drawn animation in feature films.
They may know how to tell a story, but these movies have a really boring look to them.
by Black Francis on Jul 6, 2009 7:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
There should be an option for "Pixar films blow".
Get on base or die, Salty.
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by lonestarJon on Jul 6, 2009 8:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Seriously?
How could you possibly believe that?
by brettgardner on Jul 6, 2009 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
visually speaking they have no soul.
by Black Francis on Jul 6, 2009 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's just retarded.
Sorry, I usually have respect for others’ opinions, but that’s just an asinine view.
by brettgardner on Jul 6, 2009 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You respect peoples opinions?
You’ve used dolt twice, call people assinine for their thoughts, which have merit, all over your rather HSO on fucking pixar? That’s crummy arguing and ur training to be a god damned lawyer? Shape up boy, or ull be chasing ambulances on a moped.
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by Jayslick on Jul 6, 2009 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
You specialize in Computer Dumbfuckery AND rhetoric???
Truly a Renaissance Man.
by brettgardner on Jul 6, 2009 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
U suck at rebuttals
Which might be a problem for some1 going to school to be a lawyer
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by Jayslick on Jul 6, 2009 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a sneaking suspicion
That if you think something sucks, I’m in a pretty good position.
by brettgardner on Jul 6, 2009 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neither retarded nor asanine.
And at least on here, you never have respect other peoples’ opinions, either.
by Black Francis on Jul 7, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
francis has generally good opinions, ive found....
like how he likes the pixies and frank black
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by Jayslick on Jul 7, 2009 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wall-E here
but only because I have yet to see Up.
by chrisR on Jul 6, 2009 10:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
havent seen any of those movies myself
i don’t know why having a high volume of people working on the movies would make their high quality more surprising. making a movie is complicated business. from what i gather, they have some of the top technical talent working at pixar, so it’s not surprising that they have established a template for making entertaining movies of impeccable formal quality.
by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Jul 7, 2009 5:37 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I've seen most of those
and enjoyed them. I’d say they were all well-made movies, but hardly something that should inspire some of the passioned discussion above.
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by t ball on Jul 7, 2009 9:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
My thoughts to a tee
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by Brian Thomas on Jul 8, 2009 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm so happy Pixar is around
For my kids to watch. I cannot stand the Disney movies because of all of the goddamn singing. We have a collection of Disney movies passed along by my older brothers’ kids and they just collect dust. Every now and again we’ll break one out and I realize how much better the Pixar movies are in every aspect.
Pixar, Wallace & Gromit and Spongebob (Penguins of Madagascar are pretty good too), are really the only movies/shows that get play in my house.
As for the best one…Haven’t seen Up yet, so will have to go with the original: Toy Story
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by Hypo-Luxa on Jul 8, 2009 5:34 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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