Favorite Pixar Flick?
 

Among one of the many "favorites" threads out there. =p But this is different. To me, there have always been movies, and then there has been Pixar. I refuse to mesh these wonderful CGI films with the rest of the junk that has been coming out in theaters lately. So, what'll it be? Monsters, Inc. is at the top of my list now that I've seen the movie for the upteenth time and tried to pick out every tiny detail by pausing and zooming because I'm just OCD like that. :3 And I still can't get over the first Toy Story. Love it. It's second on my list, followed by The Incredibles. Cars happens to be at the bottom. The whole aspect and storyline just felt tired and recycled. The talking car thing had already been done to death, so I suppose that was why this film didn't give me that "oh, wow. <i>This</i> is new!" feeling that I always got with every new Pixar film. It was "cute", but not something I'd like to see a second time. How about you?

Toy Story and Toy Story 2. I love those movies and still watch them whenever they're on. I can't really say which one I like more, they're both so good. :)

I love them all but Incredibles is at the top of the list. Haven't seen Cars yet.

I think all the Pixar films are really outstanding, but I love Toy Story the most.

Don't take this negatively, but it might have been more easier to use a more "wide spread" topic like all CGI films. But that's my opinion. Anyways, for a while it was "Monsters Inc", but I can say without a shadow of a doubt that "The Incredibles" is one of the greatest CG flicks ever made.

Disney did a fantastic job, voice actors, designs, powers, it all came out really well and they made some impressive action sequences. The fights on the islands with those buzz saw saucer discs was amazing and it was just like the speed bike fights in "Return of the Jedi".

I think the best part of the movie though had to be with it's villain, Syndrome voiced by Jason Lee. He played an excellent super villain and being a comic geek naturally, he worked so well for the role and made the character just seem very "relatable" to other comic geeks.

I love the monologging bit, that was just fun to listen to.

Finding Nemo will always be my fav.

For me it would have to be "The Incredibels", not only does the animation look great but it is one of the most finely plotted animated films I have ever seen.

mine is monsters inc

it's a tie between 'the incredibles' and 'monsters inc'.

I was going to say "Chicken Little", but it wasn't done by Pixar. I liked them all, but I remeber seeing Toy Story the day it came out, so it wins by default.

My vote is for "Monsters Inc" ... it still makes me laugh.

"Finding Nemo" remains the most wonderful and genuinely moving film I have ever seen.

A Bug's Life is my "favorite", however, I don't think it was the most well-written or animated. I'm just partial to it for various personal reasons.

I think Monsters, Inc was probably the coolest for storyline. Toy Story (and its excellent sequel) for characters. I love superhero/villain stories so the Incredibles gets my vote for setting/theme. Finding Nemo was pretty but I found it a little lacking. I haven't even bothered to see Cars yet a second time.

What else did they make, lol. ;) I went to Cal Arts with a couple of guys who went on to work for Pixar; I always enjoy looking for their names in the credits.

My top 3 is:

1. Cars.
2. Finding Nemo.
3. Toy Story _1_. I think it's better than 2.

Pixar has made: Toy Story, Tory Story 2, A Bug's life, The Incredibles, Cars, Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc.

I think that's about it. Even without Pixar, Disney has proven they can still make succesful CG movies like "Chicken Little".

Most other CG companies have made crappy knock off CG flicks, with only a couple being big hits like "Madagasgar", otherwise you get junk like "Shark Tale".

The only non Disney CG movie I saw that I REALLY loved was "Over the Hedge" and that was by Dreamworks. I just totally fell in love with that movie.

NO. :p That was precisely what I was trying to avoid: meshing in all the other GCI flicks with Pixar. *points to first post*

I second that. This was the movie that had me wondering when I first watched it: how do they come up with this stuff?

I'm gonna have to agree with DoubleLatte--these days, nobody compares to Pixar. NOBODY.

The Shrek films have become a huge success--and the second having outgrossed the highest grossing Pixar film so far--and some of the other DreamWorks pictures are good as well. But they don't have the genuinity and pure HEART that Pixar has.

The best part of Pixar films is the "bloopers" at the end. That makes the whole movie worthwhile in my opinion.

I think it was on one of the commentaries (or movie reviews; I keep forgetting where I heard) that that was the exact reason why Pixar films were so successful: their story. They manage to pull off heart without the saccharine overload or those really awkward "we're trying VERY hard to please you!" moments. And I consider it a blessing when I hear something else other than mainstream radio pop music or shameless advertisement in a film (Shrek being the only exception because it felt more like a satire of mainstream culture, e.i., a Starbucks on every corner). When we see an original storyline that isn't a recycled version of a previous film or based on a childrens' story book it's a fresh breath of air, particularly now that CGI films are coming out faster than we can cope. I swear, I've seen so many trailers on tv, I have no idea what's what or who made it. Either way, they all seem about the same to me; I stopped keeping track after I watched Madagascar. :p

GrimTheLost: I loved the bloopers from A Bug's Life. I never expected to see all these little bugs as actors screwing up their lines, laughing and becoming tired; particularly Hopper!

Oh lord, can't choose. PIXAR RULES ALL AND THEY ARE ALL AWESOME.

Cars was better than most non-Pixar CGIs, but it wasn't as great as the rest of Pixar's films.

Pixar rules because "Story is king". Yes.

Not much more to say. Pixar owns the butts of all others, and yay for typing the word Pixar in each of my short sentances. *waits for PBL to type her standard hooj post*

I liked "die unglaublichen" which is The Incredibles... in german! Alles ist besser auf deutsch.

Ah! The Incredibles! Loved that movie.

"Hey! I saved your life!"
"You didn't save my life! You ruined my death!"

It was only a few minutes long but "One Man Band" at the beggining of Cars was my favorite.

A Bug's Life followed by The Incredibles.

"We're dead! We survived but were dead!"

"Finding Nemo" is Pixar's best film, by far.
I'm an auto racing nut, though, and I enjoyed "Cars" more than any other Pixar film. The cameos by Michael Shumacher and Mario Andretti sealed it.


"Chicken Little" is the begining and end of Disney's list of CGI successes as of now. And it was just alright.
"Dinosaur" was mediocre at best (both in content and box office take), "The Wild" made "The Black Cauldron" look like a best picture Oscar winner.
Disney should have stuck to their guns and improved their hand-drawn department. They now play follower in the genre they once led (in innovation and creativity, not neccessarily in $$$ success). Had their hand-drawn features exhibited the heart and creativity that they once did, they'd still be making them. (The classic example; hand-draw "Finding Nemo" and make "Home on the Range" in CGI... which one is better?)

Pixar exhibits creativity that is unmatched in this era of animation. Dreamworks comes through every now and then ("Shrek" 1st one only, and "Over the Hedge") and Disney has hit the mark on rare occasions since the release of Aladdin (with "Treasure Planet" despite the financial failure).

God, it makes me sad that no one went to see Treasure Planet, thus making it a contributor in the demise of Disney's 2D department. That movie was great in tons of ways and should've been the thing to pull Disney out of it's slump...I think Disney needs a new tagline guy. "Robert Lewis Stevenson's classic tale like you've never seen it before...in space!" does not pull in the crowds. ::)

As for my favorite CG flick...Monster's Inc. Yep, that'd be it.

I really like "Finding Nemo"
very funny:goo:

I also liked "One man band" exactly like bigdog

It is a shame that "Treasure Planet" did so poorly at the box office (and on DVD and Video). It was an excellent film, well animated and well written in most areas. I saw it on an IMAX screen during its theater run, it was breathtaking.
Even worse, the film was robbed of the Academy Award for best animated feature...

Disney's handling of the film was a nasty sequence of errors. They spent way too much money making it (which plauged many of Disney's last hand-drawn features, due largely to lack of creative direction and control); $140 million I have heard. Few movies make that much money, failing to stick to reasonable budget will come back to bite you more often than not.

Promotion was terrible, both in content and frequency. Disney claims that they spent as much promoting "Treasure Planet" as they did "Lilo and Stitch"; I didn't see evidence of that. While Stitch invaded scenes from classic Dinsey films in frequent television commercials, all I saw for Treasure Planet were a couple in-theater previews (which were unexciting, not well put together) and a very bland poster.
It didn't help that the movie went up against "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" for much of its run.

Disney aimed at the wrong market with the wrong genre, as well. "Atlantis" and "Titan AE" were similar films (though not as good) aimed at a similar market. The average pre-teen moviegoer simply didn't want to see another animated sci-fiction/fantasy film and the appeal to younger children and the adults who have to take them to the theater was far too small.

Great movie, wrong time for it.

Man, those commercials sucked. I remember sitting on my couch, watching Jim swoop around for five minutes and not having a clue what the dang movie was even about. I thought it looked tremendously dumb. And considering that I was a member of the target demographic, that ain't a good sign. I only saw it recently, and quite by accident. Now I'm kicking myself for not seeing it with its IMAX treatment...

My fav was A Bug's Life, and it always will be. I think I watched this movie like, 10 times when I was 7. Brings back memories. It's a shame that it's Pixar's most neglected movie ever made.

Some of Dreamworks is good, Shrek 2 & Madagascar were great. Over the Hedge looks great. Shrek 1 was boring though, & Shark Tale was OK.

Back to Pixar, I hope their next movie which is called "Ratouville" or something like that is good. It should be since "Incredibles' " director is directing this one.

Funny you mention that, because that's the ONE Pixar movie I always tend to forget.

Most people do forget Bug's Life.

Toy Story was a genius idea and their first CGI film, plus it had a sequel (and a 3rd one soon) so it's no surprise that people would remember that one.

The Incredibles, Monsters Inc. and Finding Nemo won jack loads of awards and received very high reviews so I'm not surprised by their successes either.

Bug's Life was a great movie but I think it was overlooked mainly because it competed with a similar CGI bug movie that came out around the same time.

Antz starring Woody Allen, Christopher Walken and Sylvester Stalone. I saw it and personally can't understand how the HELL this was passed as kids movie. I think Antz is the main reason Bug's life was neglected.

I have to agree that Pixar rules ... however, as to my favorites, I think I have a few.

I've always adored Monsters, Inc. I mean, in terms of storyline, comedy, and just plain cuteness, it takes the cake.

My next favorite is Incredibles. Cool flick. And I think the director was awesome.

Just saw "Over the Hedge" which is from Dreamworks, and the DVD is good. Lots of fun games and everything. My daughter and I enjoyed it.

Last but certainly not least ... I've always loved Bug's Life, too. Something about that fly going into the light of the bug zapper just makes me scream in hysterics. It's very clever.

... and that's all I have to say about that.

~D~
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Ugh.. I HATE that movie! Yeah it wasn't very kiddy.

I agree ... that Ant movie was gross. I mean, Woody Allen? Ew!

I didn't very much like Antz either, probably because of the storyline. I mean, I WAS little after all... That and the fact that A Bug's Life was a lot more bright and colorful to me. I was picky when it came to which movies I watched. They ALLL had to be cartoons, or I wouldn't watch them.

Antz sucked bad. I watched it on TV some time ago and I fell asleep like 10 minutes after the movie started.

I must be one of the few people who liked Antz. Woody Allen is a funny guy.

I liked it, too.