I think I found another part of why Pixar is so great.

Not G. Ivingname

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There are many things that make Pixar great (great writing, animation, orginality, basically all the people that started with Pixar are still at Pixar, the balls to make death a theme in almost every film they make, they have a "Do what ever the @#$! you want" card from Disney, etc.) but I think I just figured out another one that has been over looked. It hit me after I saw Toy Story 3. Not to spoil anything that hasn't been given away by the trailers (and if you haven't seen it yet, FIX THAT), Andy, the kid that is the center of the Toy's very world, has grown up and is heading to college. Most of the films message is moving on for the Andy side of the story, your not a child forever. This message is squarely aimed at the kids that grown up with the Toy Story films and are headed to adulthood. I noticed something, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE AT LEAST MONSTERS INC.

Monster's inc in many ways was aimed at average smucks that parent hood isn't that bad of a thing. How many kids here thought about boring factory work, sharing a room with a friend and two room apparments as a child?
Cars was aimed at sub-burb america to show the interesting things one can find if you take the scenic rout.

Finding Nemo was pointed at over protective parents to loosen up, and let your child swim freely.

Wall-e was in many ways pointed at socially awkward Geeks to try out love.

Look at Up. Two old men, only one of the human cast was a child. They reffered to the old practice of having news at the theater, and the popularity of exploration/adventure fiction of the 30's-50's. This is not a kids movie but a films for old people, just to show that even the twilight of life, one can still find adventure.

To summerize, my point is thus: Pixar is choosing an audience with each film, older audiances at that. It almost... no, it DOES give me hope in humanity to see a company devoted to making family films dare to go were almost no other film in the dishwater we call the current state of films, and to make films that must make the marketing department cry bloody tears.
 

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Excellent points, and all valid. Pixar truly is the last bastion of film that I would, without hesitation, call completely flawless.
 

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Dr.Sean said:
James Cameron is the id Softwear of movies, and Pixar is the VALVe of movies.
The pixar to valve comparison is a bad one(to me) as I hate most of Valve games. But I know what you meant.
 

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Definitely true, Pixar chooses the right audience. The fact that they basically make animated movies for adults, or at least the themes and the characters are more meant for adults to identify with. But they make it animated and colorful and fun and are sure to include characters like Dory or Boo or Dug, that appeals to kids, but it doesn't dumb down the movie for adults either.
 

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I never noticed all those messages... I was probably always too busy waiting for that "Disney moment" that has no other intention other than making you tear up and losing some man points.

Trying to think of other works that have these message things.
The Incredibles has a message about family and... sticking together... and... er... fashion helps save the world?
I'm not good at this...
 

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yea ya know im a fan of lord of the rings-esque movies and what not, but when my family got wall-e for Christmas last year, i couldn't believe how good it was. And monsters inc, that was one of my favorite movies as a kid. i hardly ever watch movies and i never go to the cinemas but i actually anted to go out to the movie theater and see up.

i find pixars movies to be so lighthearted yet carry a very string message at the same time
 

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its a shame i never saw cars
it just looked like a ridiculous consept to base a movie around and i can see why it never won the oscar
but i thought all the other pixar movies are top notch
toy story 3 top notch i have to get around to watching the other two to decide the winner
and the others all great films
 

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FreelanceButler said:
I never noticed all those messages... I was probably always too busy waiting for that "Disney moment" that has no other intention other than making you tear up and losing some man points.

Trying to think of other works that have these message things.
The Incredibles has a message about family and... sticking together... and... er... fashion helps save the world?
I'm not good at this...
If that's the case, then I'm all out of man points...
 

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FreelanceButler said:
I never noticed all those messages... I was probably always too busy waiting for that "Disney moment" that has no other intention other than making you tear up and losing some man points.
i lost many man points watching toy story 3
 
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unholyavenger13 said:
FreelanceButler said:
I never noticed all those messages... I was probably always too busy waiting for that "Disney moment" that has no other intention other than making you tear up and losing some man points.
i lost many man points watching toy story 3
I was in manpoint-debt after that movie...
 

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I'm 18 and moving away for university in less than 2 months...I guess that makes me the target for Toy Story 3....oh god I'm starting to cry...too many memories flooding back to me...
 

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Singularly Datarific said:
unholyavenger13 said:
FreelanceButler said:
I never noticed all those messages... I was probably always too busy waiting for that "Disney moment" that has no other intention other than making you tear up and losing some man points.
i lost many man points watching toy story 3
I was in manpoint-debt after that movie...
I watched Up and I probably lost a lifetime's worth of man points after 15 minutes.
 

Not G. Ivingname

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FreelanceButler said:
I never noticed all those messages... I was probably always too busy waiting for that "Disney moment" that has no other intention other than making you tear up and losing some man points.

Trying to think of other works that have these message things.
The Incredibles has a message about family and... sticking together... and... er... fashion helps save the world?
I'm not good at this...
Thanks for reminding me about that film! I will think that one over and come back to this...
 

Not G. Ivingname

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Novania said:
I'm 18 and moving away for university in less than 2 months...I guess that makes me the target for Toy Story 3....oh god I'm starting to cry...too many memories flooding back to me...
Here...

*Gives Novania a tissue*
 

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I tripped over someone a while back who noticed that Pixar caters to mainly a male audience. Let me see if I can find her article. I'll edit when I do.

EDIT: I'm giving up. Looks like every blogger and their mother has written something about the apparent rampant sexism in Pixar movies. Looking for one blog post will be like looking for a strand of wheat in a haystack.
 

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AvsJoe said:
I tripped over someone a while back who noticed that Pixar caters to mainly a male audience. Let me see if I can find her article. I'll edit when I do.
MovieBob? His Up review says exactly that.