# Disney-Pixar movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2008, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759 "2008-06-30T11:17:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/21 "2008-07-01T07:01:19Z")
1. Finding Nemo 2. Wall-E 3. Incredibles (Actually, I’d give this and Wall-E a tie) 4. Toy Story 5. Monsters, Inc. 6. Toy Story 2 7. Ratatouille 8. A Bug’s Life 9. Cars ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/22 "2008-07-01T07:34:39Z")
My favorites… most to “least” #1. Toy Story: #2 Finding Nemo #3 The Incredibles #4 Toy Story 2 #5 A Bugs Life #6 Cars #7 Ratatouille #8 Monsters Inc. I enjoyed Cars, but I think there is a definite step down between #5 and #6. Ratatouille, I never understood all the hubub. It was OK… but certainly not on par with their best work. Monsters, Inc is probably the only one of the lot- that if I saw it was on TV- I wouldn’t consider watching. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/23 "2008-07-01T09:08:10Z")
_Finding Nemo_ is only bearable when you’re playing the drinking game. I’m amazed, there’s no love for _Cars_ here. That was easily my favorite Pixar movie to this point. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/24 "2008-07-01T12:49:43Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] _Finding Nemo_ is only bearable when you’re playing the drinking game. I’m amazed, there’s no love for _Cars_ here. That was easily my favorite Pixar movie to this point. [/QUOTE] Well \*\*Bosda \*\* is keeping you company at least. I suspect it really helps if you like NASCAR and Redneck humor to like Cars. I could be wrong. From what I can see, any movie with major roles from Larry The Cable Guy & Owen Wilson are unlikely to well like by the general Doper crowd. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/25 "2008-07-01T13:08:23Z")
I like _Cars_ just fine, I think it’s often very funny, and has some beautiful imagery and animation. It’s just that when forced to rank it, it’s last in my preferential list. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/26 "2008-07-01T13:35:27Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] _Finding Nemo_ is only bearable when you’re playing the drinking game. [/QUOTE] What’s the _Finding Nemo_ drinking game? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/27 "2008-07-01T13:47:16Z")
[QUOTE=Amp] What’s the _Finding Nemo_ drinking game? [/QUOTE] Anytime a fish talks, you drink. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/28 "2008-07-01T17:06:47Z")
Haven’t seen the new one yet, but here’s how I’d rank them thus far: _Toy Story The Incredibles Monsters, Inc. A Bug’s Life Ratatouille Toy Story 2 Finding Nemo Cars_ The first 3 are the only ones I’d be interested in sitting all the way through again, though (and the 1st one’s the only one I would own). ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/29 "2008-07-01T17:33:18Z")
Good job, Hampshire for turning this from a imdb questoin to a fun interesting thread. Here’s my rankings as of today. 1. Finding Nemo 2. The Incredibles 3. Monsters Inc. 4. Toy Story 5. Rattatoulie 6. Toy Story 2 7. A Bugs Life 8. Cars This list is hard to make. Really, if I tried to rank them tomorrow the list is going to be different. A Bugs Life is the one that I have the weakest memories of - I haven’t seen it since it was in theaters. So, that will probably always be low; it didn’t stick with me as well as the others. I can’t wait to see Wall E (probably tonight) so, I can add it to my almost randomly generated pixar movie list. pat ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/30 "2008-07-01T17:49:12Z")
I don’t like NASCAR, I just like cars! It’s easily my favorite and nobody’s ever accused me of being a redneck. The whole Americana/retro theme appeals to me enormously. Couple that with a cars-loving 3-year-old (and a husband who likes cars as much or more than I do), and you’ve got The #1 Movie of All Time in our house. So, my rankings: 1. Cars 2. Finding Nemo 3. Monsters Inc. 4. Toy Story 2 5. The Incredibles 6. Toy Story 7. Ratatouille 8. A Bugs Life Haven’t seen Wall-E yet. Other thoughts: I also thought Ratatouille was incredibly boring. It’s not a kids’ movie at all. A Bug’s Life is just sort of too mean for me. Kevin Spacey when he’s got his vicious on is not my idea of a good time. However, I love to tell my children, “Francis, you’re making the maggots cry” whenever one of 'em is doing something naughty. I wish they’d left humans out of Toy Story all together. They look as terrible as the toys look wonderful. The humans are marginally improved in Toy Story 2, but I still think the story could have been written without them in such a prominent role. Shoot them from the waist down, for example. Ratatouille solved the problem by making the people cartoon-like, rather than trying to make them look like real humans, but the story was so lame I couldn’t appreciate it much. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/31 "2008-07-01T17:57:48Z")
My main problem with _Cars_ was that the landscape was consistently more interesting and engaging than any of the characters. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/32 "2008-07-01T18:08:52Z")
I haven’t seen Wall-E yet, so: 1- The Incredibles 2- Ratatouille 3- Cars 4- Monsters Inc. 5- Finding Nemo 6- Toy Story 2 7- Toy Story 8- A Bugs Life ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/33 "2008-07-01T18:30:11Z")
1. The Incredibles 2. Toy Story 2 3. Finding Nemo 4. Monsters Inc. 5. Toy Story 6. Bug’s Life 7. Ratatouille 8. Cars Wall-E: Not sure yet. Parts of it were hauntingly gorgeous and moving, but I think it was overly ambitious, and didn’t fit together overall as a movie. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/34 "2008-07-01T18:49:49Z")
Oh, and for point of reference, here are the IMDB ratings for all the pixar movies: Ratatouille: 8.2 Finding Nemo: 8.2 Toy Story: 8.1 The Incredibles: 8.1 Toy Story 2: 8.0 Monsters Inc: 7.9 Cars: 7.6 A Bug’s Life: 7.3 Wall-E is currently at 9.2, but brand new films always take a while to settle down. Some non-Pixar animated movies of note: The Lion King: 8.1 Spirited Away: 8.5 Shrek: 8.0 Shrek 2: 7.6 Shrek 3: 6.2 The Iron Giant: 7.8 Happy Feet: 6.7 Madagascar (included only because a sequel is being made): 6.5 ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/35 "2008-07-01T19:03:48Z")
[QUOTE=MaxTheVool] Oh, and for point of reference, here are the IMDB ratings for all the pixar movies: Ratatouille: 8.2 Finding Nemo: 8.2 Toy Story: 8.1 The Incredibles: 8.1 Toy Story 2: 8.0 Monsters Inc: 7.9 Cars: 7.6 A Bug’s Life: 7.3 [/QUOTE] To compare here is the Rotten Tomatoes ratings: Toy Story: 100% Toy Story 2: 100% Finding Nemo: 98% Incredibles: 97% Wall-E: 96% Ratatouille: 95% Monsters Inc.: 95% Bug’s Life: 91% Cars: 75% ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/36 "2008-07-01T19:20:08Z")
And here’s [Metacritic](http://www.metacritic.com/film/)’s rankings: _Ratatouille_: 96 _Wall-E_: 93 _Toy Story_: 91 _The Incredibles_: 90 _Finding Nemo_: 89 _Toy Story 2_: 88 _Monsters Inc._: 78 _A Bug’s Life_: 77 _Cars_: 73 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/37 "2008-07-01T19:39:23Z")
Worldwide Gross, US dollars adjusted for inflation to 2007 figures: _Finding Nemo_ – $991,608,645 _The Incredibles_ – $710,675,541 _Monsters, Inc._ – $626,856,517 _Ratatouille_. . – $621,416,583 _Toy Story 2_. . – $614,542,612 _Toy Story_. . . – $500,301,132 _Cars_. . . . . . – $486,790,016 _A Bug’s Life_ – $467,814,401 (NOT including DVD sales.) ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/38 "2008-07-02T06:43:14Z")
Some of these I own; some of these I have seen only once in the theater. The latter will inevitably end up farther down on the list since I don’t remember them as well. But I would happily see any of them again. Twice. 1. WALL-E 2. The Incredibles 3. Monsters, Inc. 4. Toy Story 5. Ratatouille 6. Toy Story 2 7. Finding Nemo 8. Cars 9. A Bug’s Life ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/39 "2008-07-02T10:18:07Z")
And how do we rate the shorts, BTW? “One Man Band” “Lifted” “For The Birds” “Knick-Knack” “Gerri’s Game” all rate fairly high for me. I’m not a big fan of “Boundin’” or “Mike’s New Car”, but I think the earlier ones like “Luxo JR” still are great. ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759/40 "2008-07-09T03:25:22Z")
I haven’t seen TS2 yet, but as for the rest… 1. Cars – Loved it and think it’s hilarious! 2. Toy Story – Just wow – especially as the first 3. Finding Nemo 4. Monster’s Inc (my 3 year old’s favorite) 5. Wall-E – lots of little plot holes, but visually it was just awesome 6. Incredibles – I know a lot of people love it, but I thought it was just all right. You have made me want to rewatch it though. 7. Ratatouille – just watched it for the first time, and it didn’t hold my attention too well. Dumb story! 8. Bug’s Life – I didn’t even finish this one. I just could NOT get into it. How some of you rank Cars below this is beyond me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixar-movies/454759.md?page=3)