If you had to pick one, which would you say is the best (or at least your personal fave) of all the Pixar films?
I think I have to give Toy Story 2 a slight edge over The Incredibles. It’s close though.
The Incredibles was one of the best movies of that year.
I’d have to say Wall-E. That first act was incredible. It inevitably became more conventional as it progressed, but it was still great. I may be biased though because it’s the only one I saw on the big screen in its initial release.
Of those I’ve seen on DVD, Toy Story 2 is my favorite, coming in ahead of Toy Story, Finding Nemo and Up.
The Incredibles is too cynical (I can handle cynicism, but in this case it seemed dishonest and distasteful to me), I couldn’t manage to care about the monsters of Monsters Inc., and Ratatouille seemed like the kind of talking-animal finds his way in the big city that was inescapable in the '70s and '80s.
Never saw A Bug’s Life or Cars.
Best is such a difficult term, but I gave my vote to WALL-B for achieving the silent movie effect, if not more so. What I mean is, it had no dialogue yet still moved the audience (to the sniffles in my case). It also had a nice plot and a good, albeit common environmental message.
Incredibles, but Wall-E is such a close second…
I was similar, but had Wall-E first. For me, “Finding Nemo” was also just barely behind “The Incredibles.”
Y’all can go ahead and prepare your rocks for a proper stoning, but I didn’t care for “Up.” It wasn’t a bad movie by any means, but while I empathized with the cast, I didn’t like them. I thought the plot was boring and overly formulaic even more than the average PIXAR movie. The animation was nice but nothing more than usual. The action scenes were fun but almost seemed over-the-top. The bad-guy action scenes in “Incredibles” and even the shark-running-away- scene in “Finding Nemo” had much more gravitas IMO. The only true kudos I will give to “Up” is that the opening montage scene reduced me to a quivering mess, and it’s for this reason that I think it will do so well in the poll.
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I watch Finding Nemo most often. It appeals to me on every level.
But I am such a fan of every Pixar film, it’s hard for me to judge. The Incredibles and UP are very close behind.
The Incredibles simply has the best script, best plot, most nuanced characters.
And, Elastibooty. Never rule out the Elastibooty.
I have to say I’m a bit surprised that nostalgia hasn’t propped up Toy Story more in the voting.
That said, my favorite is Monsters, Inc…Billy Crystal and John Goodman are just perfect voices for their monster characters, and the movie is funny as heck. And I love the concept of screams/laughter being transmogrified into a power source for an alternate, monster-populated universe…
I think *UP *is the best film they made, but I enjoyed The Incredibles more.
I voted for Bug’s Life. I still find myself quoting it all the time (“I’m telling you with my mind!”).
Not only is it the best Pixar movie, The Incredibles is in my top 50 best films, period.
Couple it with the short feature Jack-Jack Attack and it’s brilliant.
I voted for WALL-E, because my five year old daughter and three year old son will watch it start to finish with a minimum of movement.
For me it was a really close race between Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and The Incredibles. In the end I voted for The Incredibles.
Prequel?
I voted The Incredibles. The *Toy Story *movies and Finding Nemo are runners-up.
The Incredibles, then Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc.
On the other end, I didn’t like Wall-E, Cars, or Up much at all.
Since we had to pick just one I went with Toy Story 2. I guess it is a testament to their talent that I find it easy to pick the weakest (Cars) than to try to single out one as the best.
For me, The Incredibles had everything: absolutely stunning visuals and pseudo-retro design ethic; touching character moments with likeable but flawed personalities; clever wit; intriguing issues (such as the debate whether to hide one’s light under a bushel for the sake of ‘normality’, Bob’s hiding facts from Helen vs. Helen’s hiding facts from the kids, and Bob’s ego inadvertently causing his nemesis’s evolution); an inventive and amazingly detailed fictional universe; brilliant voice acting and characterization across the board (with Holly Hunter being my favorite, but Craig T. Nelson and Jason Lee are right up there with her); music that totally kicked ass; and a script that seamlessly took us through action/adventure to family drama to romance to political/social satire without ever missing a beat.
I’d say my second favorite is probably Ratatouille (even though I kinda dislike the protagonists, the restaurant world it created was fascinating) with Finding Nemo and WALL-E very very close behind.
I probably need to see Toy Story 2 again, because I think I’d rank it higher if I were more familiar with it. Monsters Inc was charming but wasn’t on the same level as the others for some reason (maybe there was more slapstick? Which I can dig but it doesn’t grab me). And because of my longstanding love for Dave Foley, I made every effort to love A Bug’s Life but just…didn’t. Cute but that’s about it.
The only Pixar movies I haven’t seen are Cars and Up; Cars because I just have the sense it’s not my thang, and Up because I’m struggling w/depression as it is and suspect I’m too emotionally vulnerable for what is apparently quite a tear-jerker.
So the winner is clearly The Incredibles, which is just an all-round thrilling film that I wish I’d gotten to see in the theater. It’s the Pixar movie I’d show to my animation-hating sister.
I haven’t see The Incredibles (I will now!) so I vote for Wall-E. There is just nothing I dislike about the movie.
I just saw Up the other day and I wasn’t impressed at all. It had adult situations my little girl didn’t understand and only made me very sad. It had a fine message I suppose.