# Best Pixar film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 6, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148 "2010-06-06T05:55:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/1 "2010-06-06T05:55:46Z")
If you had to pick one, which would you say is the best (or at least your personal fave) of all the Pixar films? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/2 "2010-06-06T06:06:50Z")
I think I have to give Toy Story 2 a slight edge over The Incredibles. It’s close though. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/3 "2010-06-06T06:33:35Z")
The Incredibles was one of the best movies of that year. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/4 "2010-06-06T06:42:30Z")
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**. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/5 "2010-06-06T06:57:36Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/6 "2010-06-06T07:00:04Z")
Incredibles, but Wall-E is such a close second… ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/7 "2010-06-06T07:04:30Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > 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. " ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/8 "2010-06-06T07:49:19Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/9 "2010-06-06T10:35:42Z")
_The Incredibles_ simply has the best script, best plot, most nuanced characters. And, Elastibooty. Never rule out the Elastibooty. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/10 "2010-06-06T11:44:48Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/11 "2010-06-06T11:51:51Z")
I think \*UP \*is the best film they made, but I enjoyed _The Incredibles_ more. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/12 "2010-06-06T12:36:24Z")
I voted for Bug’s Life. I still find myself quoting it all the time (“I’m telling you with my mind!”). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/13 "2010-06-06T13:52:00Z")
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_](http://www.kidstube.com/play.php?vid=2515) and it’s brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/14 "2010-06-06T15:01:27Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/15 "2010-06-06T15:03:02Z")
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_. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/16 "2010-06-06T15:42:14Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > **WALL-B** Prequel? I voted _The Incredibles_. The \*Toy Story \*movies and _Finding Nemo_ are runners-up. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/17 "2010-06-06T15:46:12Z")
The Incredibles, then Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc. On the other end, I didn’t like Wall-E, Cars, or Up much at all. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/18 "2010-06-06T15:49:01Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/19 "2010-06-06T16:26:13Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148/20 "2010-06-06T16:35:27Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pixar-film/542148.md?page=2)