Except for the whole point of having that opening sequence... you know, how the main character gets over his grief... You know... the story.Wall-E is great as well.
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Except for the whole point of having that opening sequence... you know, how the main character gets over his grief... You know... the story.Wall-E is great as well.
It's a great concept (and I like the visual of the floating house) but the story just wasn't well done. Both the main characters were more annoying than endearing and the dog was just insufferable and the 'adventure' was just kind of... meh. They should've just released the first part as a short. Well, for my opinion, anyway, obviously the movie did make money, so they were happy with it turned out, I assume.
I freely admit that I'm a giant Pixar fanboy, but nonetheless I think most of their films are at least good (A Bug's Life, Monster's University) to excellent (the Toy Story saga, Ratatouille, Up, Brave, the Finding duology) to masterpieces (Inside Out, WALL • E, Coco, the Incredibles duology), with only Cars 2 and The Good Dinosaur as outright terrible.
Indeed. I'm getting tired of people throwing out the rest of the film. Even if you miss the point of the story, it's still a great spirited adventure on the surface.
We're gonna have to agree to disagree on this, because... yeah.
I'd definitely put in more recommendations for Up, Wall-E, Inside Out, the first three Toy Stories and both The Incredibles. I have to confess, I didn't see Toy Story 4 in theaters, but I will definitely be either renting it on Amazon Prime or watching it on Disney+. By the time we had gotten through all of the other movies we wanted to see in theaters, it was way back on the tiny little screens in the back of the theater we go to, so at that point I decided to just wait and watch it at home.
I'll add another vote for Inside Out. From what I've read of the complex development of the film, the final product has a really nice balance to it and is most definitely a family movie vs. strictly a fluffy kids movie. I recall Amy Poehler saying how pleased she was that the final script dealt with Sadness and other negative aspects of life in a mature way that both kids and parents understand, and will also teach kids that such things aren't inherently bad. They might certainly be uncomfortable, but they're also essential to helping us grow and to who we are.
Pretty much how I feel about it. Shrek was the only animation of that type I ever got into and just the first one. It got redundant afterwards.
Not sure why some posters are acting so shocked. Is it really so hard to wrap your minds around the fact that not everyone cares for those kind of movies? I love horror but Im not surprised that others don't. Different strokes for different folks.
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I found Finding Dory to be a huge disappointment with me and not at all in the same league as the original and I consider it one of their worst efforts. Where most Pixar movies attempt a balance between adult and kids humor, this one seemed more concerned with satiating kids and I found most of the scenes and characters to be supremely annoying. Given the fact that memory loss & alzheimer's is more of an important topic than ever, I figured they'd intelligently weave that into the story knowing how Pixar tends to deal with topics, but I found it disappointing that it was thrown in as a simple plot device and hardly touched upon.
I agree it was far too far down the irritating kids movie road with the whale characters and the octopus car chase, but the memory loss plot in Finding Dory was so recognizable and comforting to some people in my family who have had some mental problems that the movie literally made them cry, so I don't think you can say that was just a generic plot device. There was a really, *really* good movie to be had in there, if they'd just struck a decent balance with the other stuff.
Almost everyone misses the point of Up. They call it a kill-yourself depressing movie, when it's actually one of the most unbelievably uplifting movies of all time.
Of course there are other people that don't want to be uplifted. They want movies to only remind them how awful life is. No thanks! I have the news for that.
How about Big Hero 6??
Toy Story 3 is one of the most emotional movies of all time.
Pixar: Life really beats you down, and tries to keep you there. Terrible things tend to follow great things, you will be on the verge of despair.... but it's never to late to fix it! Go on an adventure, learn to enjoy life again, make friends! There is hope!
People: nah, just keep the first part.
People: nah, just keep the first part.
That's not what anyone said here, but keep on beating that drum.
(For the record, as the only person in this thread who's mentioned their dislike of Up, I was entirely clear that my problem with the main bulk of the film is related to the *quality* of the storytelling, not the tone.)
Which is why you weren't quoted in my responses to the general public.
The fact that you took offense says everything that needs to be said about you.
I guess that means the fact you felt the need to take a brave stand against positions no one in this thread took in the first place says everything that needs to be said about you.
I wasn't taking offense, by the way, I only added the clarification about what I meant because it certainly seemed like you were implying people in this thread said that. And since I was the only person who even mentioned the subject, you obviously couldn't have been referring to anyone else in the thread, so I would be the only one who could clarify that that was never the intent.
I prefer more traditional-looking 2D animation in general. But I still manage to enjoy the Pixar stuff. I like the cel-shaded look too for its resemblance to more classic animation, so Star Wars: Resistance looks visually interesting to me for that reason.
Kor
But but but, I never saw Big Heroes 1-5. I won't understand what's going on.
Kor
Big Hero Six is just Disney, not Pixar.
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