Your opinion of Pixar.

I've been watching every Pixar flick at the theaters since Finding Nemo. Haven't seen Toy Story 1 and 2 yet though.

My fav is probably The Incredibles.
 
Yeah I thought Pixar had the most realistic animation. What with the chessplayer short and all. Then I noticed a lack of detail in the recent movies---which happens to be Ice Age although the eyes were the same, eyebrows, ect. It's pretty close to call for me right now officially but I do recall seeing a slight difference in facial detail. Again I'll have to go back and rewatch those again.

//Yep I love the Incredibles. Great story.
//Alright, I'll sit back and let people comment. Have a good night folks.
 
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Toy Story 2 and Finding Nemo are film perfection. "Es-ca-pe!!" And the animation in CARS was beautiful.

Pixar is the best. Hands down. Can't wait for their upcoming film WALL-E.
 
Oh, i caught up with A Bug's Life and Monsters, Inc. on DVD. Finding Nemo is when I started watching them on the big screen.
 
I think Pixar is in a league of its own, frankly. My least favorite film of theirs was Cars. I was never a fan of the Shrek movies at all, which were from Dreamworks Animation. I found them tiresome and kind of junky. Blue Sky did the Ice Age movies for 20th Century Fox, which were so so...While I love great 3d animation, and The Incredibles and Ratatouille are gorgeous to look at, watching The Lion King with my daughter recently reminded me how good traditional cel animation can be, and its sad that it's been all but abandoned by the major animation studios.
 
I watched Rataouille a few times this week and found the modelling in all of the scenes quite extensive. The facial expressions were pretty dramatic. Lots of use of eye brows and upper and lower eye lids. I'll be looking to get Lion King again just because of your comment.

Just a side note. Have you seen (not animated) Mocha's first brocholli.?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=r0E-0ntoNWo
 
I think Pixar is far superior to Dreamworks and all the other animation companys.

Rattatuille was one of the best movies I've seen this year.
 
Pixar is amazing they are able to write stories that can be appreciated by anybody of any age and unlike DreamWorks Animation or Blue Sky they almost never stoop to crude humor (not that that's not funny in moderation). I love DreamWorks Animation, Shrek was great but Pixar films just have so much more heart.

Ok just to clear some things up- the Ice Age movies were made by Blue Sky studios and distributed by Fox.

Pixar was founded by George Lucas some 20 years ago, and then about 17 years ago it was bought by Steve Jobs. They signed a 3 picture deal with Disney in the early 90's, I think it was after Toy Story that they extended it to 5 then 7 or 8. Right before Cars was released Pixar was purchased by Disney, however everybody in charge remained in charge and they still had power over most or all creative decisions.
 
Story is what sets Pixar ahead of the pack. These guys are comitted story tellers. Watch any of the special features on any of their films. They go through an extensive script writing process. The hammer out every detail before the film going into production and they're not afraid to change something if it doesn't work. They're the only studio that I'm aware of that does this. Story trumps all at Pixar. Even if it's going to cost a ton of time and money to do it this way or make that change, if everyone agrees that it serves the story better, then it gets done.

They also encourage their people to tell stories that matter to them, not just stuff they think will be big at the box office or will garner and Oscar nod. Cars is a perfect example of this. If that project had been in anyone elses hands it would have been 90 minutes of racing footage with the main conflict being who gets to the finish line. Pixar put a race at the beginning, a race at the end, and in between there's 80 minutes of dialog and character development.

I don't like everything Pixar does, but I respect everything Pixar does.
 
I think I get more excited for a new Pixar film than my four year old daughter.

People always look at me funny when I explain how deep the themes of Toy Story 2 are. A children's film that mixes humor, action, and a exploration of mortality. Genious!

My wife and I saw Finding Nemo when she was a few months pregnant. We were both sniffling by the beginning of the opening credits. :)
 
I have always enjoyed Pixar, before they worked with Disney and after. There was some hard feelings between the two, hence the jabs in Shrek. And if you really liked Lion King, you have to watch Lion King 1 1/2. Same story, told from Timon and Pumba's point of view.
 
Up until last night I thought some of these movies were Pixars which
explains a few things. So today I compiled a list.
(Boy I hope THIS is right.)

Pixar: Toy Story, A Bugs Life, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Rataouille

Dreamworks: Antz , Shrek , Shark Tale , Madagascar, Over the Hedge, Flushed Away, Shrek the Third, Bee Movie

Blue Sky Studios: Ice Age , Robots

//Forgot The Polar Express - Dreamworks.
 
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Actually, Toy Story 3 has already been made and released on DVD (in Laos). :)



I tried explaining to the shop owner that the movie hadn't even been made yet, but she just smiled and offered to lower the price. ha!
 
It was ok. Basically the same as Toy Story 2..... except they all spoke Lao. :)

I think they have Titanic 2 if anyone wants it. lol



So is it illegal to pirate a movie that doesn't even exist? hmmmm Or maybe the video pirates can sue Pixar for piracy when Toy Story 3 finally is made. "Hey, you stole the idea from our Lao movie." hahaha!
 
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The Incredibles is one of my favorite films period.

I love how this started as a semi Pixar bashing thread, until the OP realized who Pixar was ;)

Pixar are some of the most talented filmmakers in the world. period.
 
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