And please, for the love of god, may that be the end of their sequel adventures for at least a long while. Anyway:
THE GOOD DINOSAURU.S. Release Date: May 30, 2014Director: Bob PetersonCo-Director: Peter SohnProducer: John WalkerWhat if the cataclysmic asteroid that forever changed life on Earth actually missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? This hilarious, heartfelt and original tale is directed by Bob Peterson (co-director/writer, "Up;" writer, "Finding Nemo") and produced by John Walker ("The Incredibles," "The Iron Giant").THE UNTITLED PIXAR MOVIE THAT TAKES YOU INSIDE THE MINDU.S. Release Date:Director: Pete DocterCo-Director: Ronnie del CarmenProducer: Jonas RiveraPixar takes audiences on incredible journeys into extraordinary worlds: from the darkest depths of the ocean to the top of the tepui mountains in South America; from the fictional metropolis of Monstropolis to a futuristic fantasy of outer space. From director Pete Docter ("Up," "Monsters, Inc.") and producer Jonas Rivera ("Up"), the inventive new film will take you to a place that everyone knows, but no one has ever seen: the world inside the human mind.UNTITLED DÍA DE LOS MUERTOSDirector: Lee UnkrichProducer: Darla K. AndersonFrom director Lee Unkrich and producer Darla K. Anderson, the filmmaking team behind the Academy Award®-winning "Toy Story 3," comes a wholly original Pixar Animation Studios film that delves into the vibrant holiday of Día de los Muertos.
U.S. Release Date: May 30, 2014Director: Bob PetersonCo-Director: Peter SohnProducer: John Walker
What if the cataclysmic asteroid that forever changed life on Earth actually missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? This hilarious, heartfelt and original tale is directed by Bob Peterson (co-director/writer, "Up;" writer, "Finding Nemo") and produced by John Walker ("The Incredibles," "The Iron Giant").
THE UNTITLED PIXAR MOVIE THAT TAKES YOU INSIDE THE MIND
U.S. Release Date:Director: Pete DocterCo-Director: Ronnie del CarmenProducer: Jonas Rivera
Pixar takes audiences on incredible journeys into extraordinary worlds: from the darkest depths of the ocean to the top of the tepui mountains in South America; from the fictional metropolis of Monstropolis to a futuristic fantasy of outer space. From director Pete Docter ("Up," "Monsters, Inc.") and producer Jonas Rivera ("Up"), the inventive new film will take you to a place that everyone knows, but no one has ever seen: the world inside the human mind.
UNTITLED DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
Director: Lee UnkrichProducer: Darla K. Anderson
From director Lee Unkrich and producer Darla K. Anderson, the filmmaking team behind the Academy Award®-winning "Toy Story 3," comes a wholly original Pixar Animation Studios film that delves into the vibrant holiday of Día de los Muertos.
All about that last one in particular. But I hope the second title stays as is.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 29 April 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
I'm a gonna be first in line for the Dia de los Muertos movie.
― "Fourvel - it's like Fievel, but one less." (R Baez), Sunday, 29 April 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
hate loveable dinosaurs
― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 29 April 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
What if the cataclysmic asteroid that forever changed life on Earth actually missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct?
already been done, sorry pixar
http://i47.tinypic.com/35kpmkm.jpg
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Sunday, 29 April 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
America needs the wisdom of Herman's Head now more than ever
― los blue jeans, Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
Guillermo Del Toro is also working on a Dia de los Murtos animation
― Number None, Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
/Muertos
I've always wanted more inventive animation from inside our bodies after this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2h1jUpqzcc
― abcfsk, Sunday, 29 April 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
gonna be a sad day when they give that second one an actual name
― balls, Sunday, 29 April 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
I can only hope the Dia De Los Muertos movie is inspired by Grim Fandango
― Nhex, Sunday, 29 April 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
but Grim Fandango is perfect as is
― Number None, Sunday, 29 April 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
John Lasseter has said that the story “takes place inside of a girl’s mind and it is about her emotions as characters, and that is unlike anything you’ve ever seen.”
actually sounds like cranium command from epcot tbh
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Sunday, 29 April 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
Apparently Henry Selick is working on a Pixar project as well?
― Simon H., Sunday, 29 April 2012 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I'm all about that, whatever it turns out to be.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 29 April 2012 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
It's for Disney, technically
― Number None, Sunday, 29 April 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
Monsters University was thoroughly enjoyable, as good as the first one.
In bad news, I had to sit through another preview of Planes, Disney's Cars spin off. Horrible. but the Disney cartoon before hand (the Blue Umbrella) was sweet.
― akm, Monday, 1 July 2013 17:30 (ten years ago) link
monsters university was the first movie i took my daughter to, she really liked it and sat through it all and only got antsy at the very end.
― hello :) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 31 July 2013 16:38 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t0A_tZGrYw
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 2 October 2014 18:11 (nine years ago) link
― how's life, Thursday, 2 October 2014 18:18 (nine years ago) link
Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling), and Sadness (Phyllis Smith)
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 2 October 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link
I don't think I have time for this tbh. Really hope they manage to pull the dinosaur movie back together.
― how's life, Thursday, 2 October 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link
Damn, if it was a little boy we could call it HERMAN RISING.
― da croupier, Thursday, 2 October 2014 18:20 (nine years ago) link
are they still doing a day of the dead movie now that Book of Life got a jump on them?
― akm, Thursday, 2 October 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link
huh.http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/inside-0/review/796483
― “audience participation” otherwise known as “touching” (forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 May 2015 14:23 (eight years ago) link
Barely gave that a skim, because I want to be surprised, but weird that they let that review out so early. Or not, given that Pixar has been so shaky lately.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 May 2015 14:32 (eight years ago) link
I don't think I have time for this tbh. Really hope they manage to pull the dinosaur movie back together.― how's life, Thursday, October 2, 2014 2:19 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― how's life, Thursday, October 2, 2014 2:19 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Eating my words. This was great. Cried a bunch, and I was not alone in that. Loads of laughs too. Very engaging; the first movie that my youngest kid has sat through without a bathroom break.
I still agree with myself that the idea looks dumb. My family had to pretty much drag me in there. The opening short "Lava" was stultifying.
― how's life, Sunday, 21 June 2015 00:35 (eight years ago) link
The preview just looks SO bad and explicitly sexist. Can you convince me a little?
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 21 June 2015 05:32 (eight years ago) link
The preview bit with the mother and father (that also really turned me off) is not indicative of 95% of the film. I really liked it. Though I wouldn't put it up there with their absolute best material, I still cried like a goddamn baby at a certain point, so I have to say it's very good.
― Nhex, Sunday, 21 June 2015 05:37 (eight years ago) link
I went back and re-watched all of the trailers right now and they still don't make it look like something I'd want to go see, even though I've seen it and loved it. The movie has a pretty complicated world and the trailers spend more time trying to explain and make sense of it than making it look appealing.
― how's life, Sunday, 21 June 2015 09:59 (eight years ago) link
this is going to be our first cinema trip since having the baby
― kinder, Sunday, 21 June 2015 12:38 (eight years ago) link
There are no bears in San Francisco.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 21 June 2015 12:40 (eight years ago) link
NYTimes stinger:
“Inside Out” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested). Young children may be mildly alarmed in places, especially at the sight of their parents weeping through the last 20 minutes.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 21 June 2015 13:06 (eight years ago) link
doyy
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Sunday, 21 June 2015 13:50 (eight years ago) link
there's no ilx presence at all for big hero 6, how odd
I thought it was pretty underwhelming, though it looked great.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 21 June 2015 14:10 (eight years ago) link
The short film before the main feature was treacle worthy of enhanced interrogation technique; it looked great though. As for IO, it was rare for a movie -- any movie -- to suggest that happiness and sadness are essential components for a full life.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 21 June 2015 14:32 (eight years ago) link
Man, some friends on Facebook yesterday were saying Lava was alright, but then others shared opinions more in line with this thread. It was then that I realized the people who liked it were those with kids who have to watch Dora the Explorer every day.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 21 June 2015 14:35 (eight years ago) link
It's the sub-Stephen Merritt ukelele strummer that wrecks the thing. Like I said, conceptually and visually it's a coup.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 21 June 2015 14:36 (eight years ago) link
NYTimes stinger: _“Inside Out” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested). Young children may be mildly alarmed in places, especially at the sight of their parents weeping through the last 20 minutes._ --Josh in Chicago
--Josh in Chicago
Completely accurate.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Sunday, 21 June 2015 14:53 (eight years ago) link
Only redeeming quality for me was that the islands were ostensibly Hawaiians and were portrayed by Hawaiian voice actors. I'd bet that Kuana Torres Kahele did his own strumming, sub-Stephen Merritt or no.
Interesting that Disney's used Hawaii as a setting before and is apparently doing Hawaii again in the very near future.
― how's life, Sunday, 21 June 2015 14:58 (eight years ago) link
LOVED this
― wisdom be leakin out my louche douche truths (k3vin k.), Sunday, 21 June 2015 14:59 (eight years ago) link
Movie was great (my son I think liked it a touch less than his parent's did).
LAVA song totally infectious schmaltz.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Sunday, 21 June 2015 15:58 (eight years ago) link
So excited to see this with my girls when the older one comes back from camp.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 21 June 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link
Get ready for the tears
― Nhex, Sunday, 21 June 2015 16:32 (eight years ago) link
― Nhex, Sunday, 21 June 2015 16:33 (eight years ago) link
big hero 6 was okay, just a bit over calculated
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 21 June 2015 17:34 (eight years ago) link
AiSF otm about the lava song
― wisdom be leakin out my louche douche truths (k3vin k.), Sunday, 21 June 2015 18:14 (eight years ago) link
BIG HERO 6 was a big hit with my kid and while it's imminently watchable for adults, I do agree that it's extremely lightweight. Pixar is so far ahead of what anyone else is doing (while okay except for the Fantastic Mr Fox) it's almost unfair to compare.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Sunday, 21 June 2015 23:18 (eight years ago) link
i will likely now see this movie due solely to this thread so score one for youpreview is just so so bad
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 21 June 2015 23:34 (eight years ago) link
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Sunday, 21 June 2015 13:50 (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 21 June 2015 14:10 (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah. also didn't follow through on any of the flagged endings afaicr
― gristly adams (darraghmac), Sunday, 21 June 2015 23:41 (eight years ago) link
Re: the comments on that Gizmodo piece, I am reading this one and wondering how high this person was before watching the movie:
Joe had to stop being Joe to appreciate his life because he only wanted his life back so he could return to not living it. The transformative nature of him being put into a cat doesn’t remove his blackness because the center of the movie is still a black man’s voice and a black face onscreen almost 100% of the film.I view it as a dialogue between the interiority of Joe’s blackness in the form of a cat viewing the world disconnected from it and the physicalness and presence of his black body interacting with that world from the perspective of someone who has absolutely no experience with it. Joe gets to filter his own world through his own understanding without being trapped in the person-ness of reacting like Joe.This paradoxically uplifts and emboldens the black voices AROUND him. When Joe leans back, black men and women in his community talk that much louder and we actually get a movie with MORE black experiences than just the one. We get the specific voiced perspectives of a single black mother, a black barber, a black woman who’s an expert at Jazz, all of these other people expressing themselves and explaining themselves as black people rather than just riding along with one man imposing himself on the narrative single-mindedly with nothing to play off of. If Joe KNEW what he had to know without learning, then he’d possibly fall into the black mentor trope instead of being the one who needs to grow and experience an arc.And at that point Soul becomes a movie about BLACK COMMUNITY instead of simply middle-aged black maleness. The idea that the movie can only progress and grow by Joe learning from even more experienced and diverse black voices than his own is something I found really precious and valuable as a black audience member.And I think one thing missed in a lot of reviews is what 22's role actually is. She’s not just an obnoxious kid who doesn’t like to learn even though she has the smartest people. She’s specifically a kid stuck in the education system that inner-city children are most susceptible to — rote learning and recitation with no experience or exposure. The experiencing and participating is something schools are paring down and throwing away.It’s not subtle that Joe is specifically a music teacher at a time when schools in his neighborhood are likely experiencing cuts to music classes and extra-curriculars. He’s a man with a huge opportunity who doesn’t realize how much he contributes to that world and how hard these kids are struggling and how much they need him. And Joe is also a black music teacher trying to explain why music is good to someone who can only THINK about music but can’t actually feel music like a human being through real experience.This felt really rewarding in a way. It’s probably the first Pixar movie in a long time I felt actually GOT its material and knew what it was trying to say. And it did it patiently and thoughtfully in a way I really enjoyed.
I view it as a dialogue between the interiority of Joe’s blackness in the form of a cat viewing the world disconnected from it and the physicalness and presence of his black body interacting with that world from the perspective of someone who has absolutely no experience with it. Joe gets to filter his own world through his own understanding without being trapped in the person-ness of reacting like Joe.
This paradoxically uplifts and emboldens the black voices AROUND him. When Joe leans back, black men and women in his community talk that much louder and we actually get a movie with MORE black experiences than just the one. We get the specific voiced perspectives of a single black mother, a black barber, a black woman who’s an expert at Jazz, all of these other people expressing themselves and explaining themselves as black people rather than just riding along with one man imposing himself on the narrative single-mindedly with nothing to play off of. If Joe KNEW what he had to know without learning, then he’d possibly fall into the black mentor trope instead of being the one who needs to grow and experience an arc.
And at that point Soul becomes a movie about BLACK COMMUNITY instead of simply middle-aged black maleness. The idea that the movie can only progress and grow by Joe learning from even more experienced and diverse black voices than his own is something I found really precious and valuable as a black audience member.
And I think one thing missed in a lot of reviews is what 22's role actually is. She’s not just an obnoxious kid who doesn’t like to learn even though she has the smartest people. She’s specifically a kid stuck in the education system that inner-city children are most susceptible to — rote learning and recitation with no experience or exposure. The experiencing and participating is something schools are paring down and throwing away.
It’s not subtle that Joe is specifically a music teacher at a time when schools in his neighborhood are likely experiencing cuts to music classes and extra-curriculars. He’s a man with a huge opportunity who doesn’t realize how much he contributes to that world and how hard these kids are struggling and how much they need him. And Joe is also a black music teacher trying to explain why music is good to someone who can only THINK about music but can’t actually feel music like a human being through real experience.
This felt really rewarding in a way. It’s probably the first Pixar movie in a long time I felt actually GOT its material and knew what it was trying to say. And it did it patiently and thoughtfully in a way I really enjoyed.
This would have been a fantastic reading of the movie had Joe the Cat actually spent like one iota of time listening to and learning from his black community. All of the lessons this person is ascribing to his growth were given to 22; it's explicitly how they developed their spark.
― Hello Nice FBI Lady (DJP), Thursday, 21 January 2021 22:21 (three years ago) link
i dunno, that comment seems on point to me! Joe (slowly) figures it out by the end
― Nhex, Friday, 22 January 2021 02:46 (three years ago) link
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/pixars-troubled-soul
(copy the URL and paste this to the end of it if you want to annoy sic: ?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned&fbclid=IwAR0ondKr-iZh840L7Z--kNoqfvJGw2ZTlrPz5sJzJrMxH6uBlC9Lm44IqhA )
― Hello Nice FBI Lady (DJP), Monday, 25 January 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
that’s fantastic
― trans-panda express (m bison), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 02:28 (three years ago) link
i enjoyed this movie a lot when i watched it but djp’s critiques and others’ (and now this) have made me look at this film differently
― trans-panda express (m bison), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 02:29 (three years ago) link
Looks lovely -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYfJxlgR2jw
― chap, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 12:15 (two years ago) link
The look of these things freaks me out now. I thought soul looked almost like a real life new york with 3d cartoon characters walking around in it.
― I was born anxious, here's how to do it. (ledge), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 08:15 (two years ago) link
Luca is visually lovely, but slight, and a bit of a cheat: it sets up a queer metaphor that it is not quite willing to go all in on. Still, it is inspiring some great review titles; I can't decide if I prefer Calimari By Your Name (AO Scott) or Call Me By Your Nemo (someone on letterboxd).
― edited for dog profanity (cryptosicko), Monday, 21 June 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
Only just caught up with Onward which was better than I was expecting. Not top tier but solid, and did get the waterworks going a bit.
― chap, Monday, 21 June 2021 21:09 (two years ago) link
Luca felt like it was on Onward's level, but with a much more visually appealing setting
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 21 June 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link
ums otm, that's about where I'd land. quality wise they felt pretty similar, but the visual charm of Luca pushed it over the edge.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 21 June 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I'd rate Onward and Luca about equally. Definitely liked both better than Soul.
― edited for dog profanity (cryptosicko), Monday, 21 June 2021 22:07 (two years ago) link
Soul was aiming higher than Onward but didn't always get there.
― chap, Monday, 21 June 2021 22:09 (two years ago) link
chap otm - Onward had more modest ambitions but really hit its marks. Soul may have had the higher highs but the arc and consistency were a bit more of a mess. also find it weird that 2 of their recent-ish films both revolve around music and the afterlife (though Soul and Coco are very different from each other to be sure)
Will watch Luca with the kids this weekend.
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
my son has already watched luca 5 times
― class project pat (m bison), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
LS otm, Soul did have some incredibly beautiful moments but it didn't hold together nearly as well as a whole.
Luca really felt like a pre-2010 sequel era Pixar film, but even better to look at.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
in general my daughter seems to be more entertained by the "lesser" Pixar movies in recent years
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 17:57 (two years ago) link
makes sense - the "lesser" movies have entertaining kids as their prime directive, whereas the big important statement ones have to try to do more to meet expectations of audiences of all ages
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
This seems almost like a parody, but ... Buzz Lightyear prequel?
To infinity and … 🚀 Experience the origin story of a Space Ranger in Disney and Pixar’s #Lightyear, in theaters Summer 2022. 💫 pic.twitter.com/B8kRwSDYSO— Pixar (@Pixar) October 27, 2021
Finally we will learn how Buzz Lightyear became Buzz Lightyear.
But more seriously, isn't the whole appeal of these Toy Story characters how they interact with the real world?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 14:53 (two years ago) link
Part of the appeal is that yes
Part of it is Pixar hasn't really done much with outer space and kids love space shit
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 14:56 (two years ago) link
We got the whole woody backstory in 2, makes sense to do buzz
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 14:57 (two years ago) link
Finally, and I admit slightly reluctantly, got round to Luca - and I loved it! Comfortably preferred it to Onward and Soul, so charming and bright and stylish, and refreshingly low key.
Admittedly spending some time in fantasy 50s Italy is an easy sell when you're isolating with covid in the English winter.
― chap, Thursday, 16 December 2021 22:20 (two years ago) link
It's the most Ghibli-esque of the Pixars.
― chap, Thursday, 16 December 2021 22:21 (two years ago) link
Except for Soul, the last Pixar I saw was Monsters University eight years ago (!). What are the good ones? Now have covid-enforced time to catchup
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 14 March 2022 13:45 (two years ago) link
You've already seen Soul, which is one of the best recent one imho. After that I would say Coco, and Toy Story 4 of course. The others I could take or leave.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 14 March 2022 13:50 (two years ago) link
hearing only positive things about turning red
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 14 March 2022 13:54 (two years ago) link
Turning Red is great. Watched it with my family and we all loved it.
― Cow_Art, Monday, 14 March 2022 13:57 (two years ago) link
One of my daughters watched it with her friend and said it was not bad but it was "weird" and didn't like it. We've been trying to watch it with the other one, but she refuses to watch it at all. Dunno what to make of any of that, given the positive response from critics.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 March 2022 14:03 (two years ago) link
I am extremely excited to see my old Toronto Chinatown neighbourhood in that movie, so definitely going to watch that one
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 14 March 2022 14:13 (two years ago) link
Toy Story 4 is fine and people should see it, but I honestly think Toy Story 3 wrapped up the series better and the extra film is like a long epilogue.
Coco and Inside Out both get better every time I rewatch them and are now among my favorite Pixar films.
otoh I was surprised by how much I liked Onward the first time I saw it, but that didn't sustain over follow up viewings.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 14 March 2022 14:21 (two years ago) link
Turning Red was very good but I was left slightly underwhelmed after all the gushing reviews.
― groovypanda, Monday, 14 March 2022 15:10 (two years ago) link
Inside Out, Coco and Soul were the best in that time frame. Toy Story 4 was a huge disappointment, a lot worse than the first three films imo, but I guess watchable
― Vinnie, Monday, 14 March 2022 15:22 (two years ago) link
Luca is somewhat underrated. I watched it while restricted to a single room because of you know what, and it offered an irresistible sun-kissed escape. Light but lovingly crafted.
― chap, Tuesday, 15 March 2022 09:12 (two years ago) link
Haven't seen it yet, but my first reaction to the trailer was, how do you take one of the 5 cutest things on the planet (red pandas) and make it so much less cute?
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 15 March 2022 13:26 (two years ago) link
Computers, iirc.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 March 2022 13:38 (two years ago) link
Turning Red was good, best pixar in a while I thought (I didn't like Soul as much as most people I think). Kind of weird to see a "period piece" (no pun intended) set in 2002, I guess this is just one of those movies where cell phones would have ruined the whole plot.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 15 March 2022 14:47 (two years ago) link
Toronto setting was a novelty but 2002 setting was a bit strange, particularly as the 'markers' of it being set in a different time didn't really work...? Like, tamagochis weren't a thing beyond what, 1998? Hadn't boy bands pretty much died out by then? Would a bunch of junior high kids really all have flip phones in 2002? (I was in high school then and most kids didn't have phones, but maybe Toronto was more ahead of the curve than Alberta)
Anyway thought Turning Red was.. fine, I guess? It's no Coco.
― salsa shark, Tuesday, 15 March 2022 15:50 (two years ago) link
I have yet to see Turning Red, but I have had a lot of the same similar thoughts about the various anachronisms that I am aware of, especially the whole boy band thing. Like boy bands were still kind of a thing in 2002, but a lot of the major ones went on hiatus that year, with various members pursuing solo projects and those that did exist did not really sound like the ones from a few years before. Max Martin wasn't really dominating the charts, and wouldn't really come back till 2004 with Since U Been Gone. Most pop was either going in full on R&B direction, what with the Neptunes working with everyone, or in a more rock/pop-punk direction. The main boy bands I remember at the time was stuff like B2K or Diddy's takeover of Making the Band, which were firmly in the R&B territory. You had groups like Busted, but they were in that "We got Guitars!" cateogry and only ever had a tiny following here in North America, to the point that a bunch of their songs could just be recycled a few years later by The Jonas Brothers. I mostly associate that fall with the most popular group amongst young girls at the time probably being Good Charlotte, as well as an abundance of kids wearing ties ala Avril Lavigne. Maybe life was just different for people in Alberta? I too don't remember many kids having phones at the time either, but I was also living in small town and not a big urban center.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 15 March 2022 16:48 (two years ago) link
Must see: Inside Out, Coco, Toy Story 4 (I may be alone in liking it better than 3)
Decent: Finding Dory, Incredibles 2, Onward, Luca
Meh: The Good Dinosaur, Soul
I'm assuming Cars 3 is crap because the first two were crap, and I haven't watched the new one yet.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 16 March 2022 00:31 (two years ago) link
The original Cars was OK. The second and third ones were, indeed, crap.
I thought Toy Story 4 was surplusage, but then again, I thought Toy Story 3 was too. Ducky and Bunny were about the only real saving grace of 4.
Soul was pretty good. It tried for the emotional punch of Up but didn't quite connect.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 16 March 2022 01:06 (two years ago) link
I didn't understand the world of Cars at all. Is this supposed to be a world where humans don't exist, and automobiles exist in their place? Why are the horseflies little trucks? Pixar is typically very good at presenting a thought-out logic to the relationships between objects (toys) or just non-humans (rats) and human world, but Cars didn't have any of that. Also, the plot was basically Doc Hollywood. I don't remember why I watched Cars 2, but it seemed to just double down on the Larry the Cable Guy character's bumbling idiocy, which I didn't find charming the first time around. Also, one of the worst end-credits songs in cinematic history.
I liked the antique-store setting of Toy Story 4 and I thought the film displayed more visual inventiveness than I would have expected from the series at this point. I totally get why people might think this series has run its course, though.
The rules of the afterlife in Soul were far too complicated--a peeve of mine likely acquired from having watched a lot of similarly convoluted afterlife-fantasies like Made in Heaven,Chances Are, and Heart and Souls when I was younger. It looked and sounded great, though; I appreciated that it took some visual inspiration (at least) from A Matter of Life and Death.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 16 March 2022 01:20 (two years ago) link
Read upthread for all of the stuff that pissed me off about Soul
― castanuts (DJP), Wednesday, 16 March 2022 02:51 (two years ago) link
I think saying boy bands weren’t cool anymore and about to split up may be missing the point of what a 13 year old girl likes or cares about in this fictional band who haven’t yet split to get sexy with the neptunes. Not everything has to be more music historian nerds. Same goes with the idea that a kid may play with a toy beyond its initial year of being massive.
Turning Red was great. It was hilarious and it’s really refreshing to see a take on becoming a teenager where the character stayed true to her spirit. Not the best Pixar movie but still has so much to enjoy.
― a hoy hoy, Wednesday, 16 March 2022 07:39 (two years ago) link
I've only just seen Onwards. My 8yo was loving it but clearly felt the end was frustrating (a while afterwards I found him crying and he said it was a stupid film that they never should've made). Would be interested in other kids' reactions... I enjoyed it more than I expected, but can see how the "promise" dangled throughout the whole movie being whipped away might be clever but didn't really land with my kid.(Plus I feel slight >:( that Ian realised he had someone for all that stuff all along... and the mother gets zero credit for bringing up two kids solo while grieving but it looks like I'm the only person who thinks that's worth mentioning....)
― kinder, Friday, 17 February 2023 18:17 (one year ago) link
ONWARD, not Onwards!
Pixar should focus on making actual good movies for the children instead of focusing on proselytism
― CerebralCaustic, Saturday, 18 February 2023 13:57 (one year ago) link
stop posting
― slai gorgeous-alexander (m bison), Saturday, 18 February 2023 16:17 (one year ago) link
look i know we’re all transfixed by barbenheimermania but not nearly enough people are talking about the fact that elemental features two shots showcasing unambiguous visual references to goatse
― rick semper moranis (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 23 July 2023 17:00 (nine months ago) link
that's because you're the only person who saw Elemental
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, 23 July 2023 17:34 (nine months ago) link
and now i can’t unsee it
― rick semper moranis (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 23 July 2023 17:36 (nine months ago) link