Pixar's worst movie

[warm slurm]

Basically everything post-Cars. Up was boring as shit, and no way in hell did it deserve to be on the same pedestal as Beauty and the Beast (by being the second animated movie to be nominated for best film). If you found the stuff with the little fat kid and the stuff with them walking through the forest interesting and you're not five... then, I dunno.

Toy Story 3 was okay, but super elitist and I find it hard to believe that kids actually enjoyed it. The only reason anybody could enjoy it was if they had seen the first two, because it did bring the story to a satisfying conclusion and the ending was one of the best things Pixar has done (the 'Married Life' segment from Up is one of those too, and was basically the only good part of the movie).

I haven't seen the rat movie, though, so I can't comment on that, and Wall-E was fantastic for the first hour until they went into space.

Pixar just aren't the same anymore. They're elitist; interested more in ~teh awards~ than actually making entertaining films that can be watched time and time again. Seriously, I've watched Toy Story and Toy Story 2 sooo many times each (along with the rest of Pixar's pre-Car movies), but I've only seen Wall-E once, UP once the whole way through (seen the Married Life segment a couple of times), Toy Story 3 twice, and that's it. They're just not suitable for multiple viewings.

 

[Flac00]

None of the movies were good, I admit they have nostalgia factor, but they were not truly good. They weren't bad, but they were definitely not good. They all had the same plot.

Really? And what is that plot.

I'm going to quote Yahtzee Croshaw here with an excerpt from his old website after he saw Wall-E.
"One or more lovable protagonists have existed for some time in a stable but fundamentally flawed routine, which is shaken up by the introduction of a foreign entity, usually another character, around whom attitudes are initially hostile. Attempts to deal with this character eventually lead to the protagonist(s) discovering a new, unfamiliar world, and in doing so discover the nature of the fundamental flaw in their routine. Villains are usually introduced or only become truly villainous from around the mid-point or quite late into the film. Along the way the heroes enlist the help of various lesser characters with clearly definable quirks and at one point reluctantly enter a high-speed chase. The villain is generally finally defeated with surprising ease, and everything concludes in an emotionally manipulative ending in which routine is restored with the fundamental flaw excised.

Now, consider how many Pixar movies that could be describing. Consider it, me bitches."

I'll give you credit, that does work out. But then again that is usually the plot of every movie except for a couple points. Usually all movies and stories alike follow the same plot pattern and end in certain ways. I can name you hundreds of other movies that are counted as some of the greatest, and find that they follow a plot line similar.

 

[tseroff]

None of the movies were good, I admit they have nostalgia factor, but they were not truly good. They weren't bad, but they were definitely not good. They all had the same plot.

Really? And what is that plot.

I'm going to quote Yahtzee Croshaw here with an excerpt from his old website after he saw Wall-E.
"One or more lovable protagonists have existed for some time in a stable but fundamentally flawed routine, which is shaken up by the introduction of a foreign entity, usually another character, around whom attitudes are initially hostile. Attempts to deal with this character eventually lead to the protagonist(s) discovering a new, unfamiliar world, and in doing so discover the nature of the fundamental flaw in their routine. Villains are usually introduced or only become truly villainous from around the mid-point or quite late into the film. Along the way the heroes enlist the help of various lesser characters with clearly definable quirks and at one point reluctantly enter a high-speed chase. The villain is generally finally defeated with surprising ease, and everything concludes in an emotionally manipulative ending in which routine is restored with the fundamental flaw excised.

Now, consider how many Pixar movies that could be describing. Consider it, me bitches."

I'll give you credit, that does work out. But then again that is usually the plot of every movie except for a couple points. Usually all movies and stories alike follow the same plot pattern and end in certain ways. I can name you hundreds of other movies that are counted as some of the greatest, and find that they follow a plot line similar.

That is probably due to Chris Vogler's book on Hollywood stories, which has strong Campbellian influences. I'd say it's a bad trend in modern movies that they all seem to follow it, but some of them can really pull it off. (see Star Wars, LOTR, Matrix, Equilibrium, etc.)

 

[chibivash]

bugs life for me. i just couldn't get in to it when i saw it. cars also wasn't that great to me either, but was better then bugs life.

 

[Polarix]

Snip for length.

was "meet the robisons" pixar or dreamworks?
because i hated how screwed up their veiws on time travle works.

but if that is dreamworks then i say "the incredibles".
i really only liked the first robot fight scene.

Meet the Robinsons was made by Walt Disney without the help of Pixar. I only know this after I searched for it on Wikipedia just now because I never saw the movie myself.

just to be sure that we are talking about the same film:
"meet the robisons": new animated film about a boy genius who gets to travel to the future by way of some random kid from the future (later turns out to be the smart kids future son) that goes back to fix an error he made in his time.

"swiss family robinson": old live action film about a family that gets stranded on an unmarked island and survives via making a house and gadgets that were so advanced given the materials avalable they must have been made by using blue prints writen by "the professor" from the sitcom "gilligans island".

i only ask because you said the film was made by walt disney--who is dead--and not the disney corporation. if you had said the latter i would not have responded, but since you said the first i just wanted to double check.

No I was talking about Meet the Robinsons but I agree with you that the magic of Disney has cleary faded after Walt Disney died. I mean almost all of thier new live action movies are completely horrible. To be honest, the only really good films that were made exclusively by Disney in the 2000s were the Pirates of the Caribbean series and Tron Legacy. I only said Walt Disney because that is the name they put on the particular box.

Also sorry for me taking so long to respond back to your comment, I was enjoying New Year's Eve.

Since he died? I guess, but that was half a century ago. They've made a lot of really good stuff since then, arguably some of their best. The 2000s comprise less than a quarter of the time since his death.

Wow, I was seriously generalizing way too much with that statement. I had not realized that it had been 45 years since his death. Some of my favorite movies came out during the late 20th century. I mean I still stand by my statement that the Pirates of the Carribbean movies, Tron Legacy and Prince of Persia (to a small extent) were their only good live action movies during the 2000s but I really need to fix that comment about Walt Disney.

 

[fingerbang143]

kung fu panda and ratatouille were amazing but bugs life and TS2 can suck it

 

[D Moness]

kung fu panda

That is Dreamworks , not pixar
The OP named all pixar movies

 

[WeOwnTheSky]

Ants, I'm pretty sure its pixar. Hate it.

 

[Mondai Randy]

Cars for me , it was just bad

 

[Captain Pirate]

I have to go with Cars also. Yes it's their worst film but it's no where near bad. I still enjoyed it quite a bit.

This nearly word for word.
I thought it was a little kiddy-ish though, didn't have as many adult laughs as their other films. Cars was distinctly lower age group. I guess I was actually around the intended age group when it came out, but I still didn't find it as good as their other films.
Great, but not brilliant like the rest.

 

[IamQ]

I'd have to say Find Nemo. Don't know why. It's not a bad movie, but compared to the other pixar movies I have seen, I think it's the worst.

 

[IamQ]

Ants, I'm pretty sure its pixar. Hate it.

"Ants" was Dreamworks. Pixar made "A Bug's Life".

 

[D Moness]

Ants, I'm pretty sure its pixar. Hate it.

Antz is a dreamworks movie (again). A bug's life released around the same time is from pixar.

The OP had named all the pixar movies.

lol i got ninja'd

 

[Dexiro]

What D: I love Monsters Inc to bits, how come everyone thinks it's one of their worst?

I thought Cars was the worst, and even that wasn't terrible.

 

[Daedalus1942]

Finding nemo. It really did nothing for me, wasn't funny.
and even John McMannis's voiceover couldn't save it.
I'm also biased. I hate Ellen Degenerate.
-Tabs<3-

 

[The Human Torch]

Not sure what to think about the negative comments on The Incredibles, I actually think of that as the best movie in the Pixar stable.

Right you are, good sir.

If I had it my way, Brad Bird would direct every Pixar movie.

Damn straight, I found it a very adult movie with amazing voice acting. It actually looked 'real', instead of inanimate toys or manga-esque animals. The story was much better than the average Pixar movie as well.

 

[shogunblade]

Easily A Bug's Life. Going back and watching it, even in Pixar's infancy, it probably wasn't the greatest one I had seen. What's really incredible is that it was based off of an interesting Akira Kurosawa picture, but I think it was probably a little too whimsical to really enjoy.

And for 2nd place, the surprise for me was Finding Nemo. I admit, it was cute, but something about it just didn't sit right with me, but it wasn't the voice acting, the look of the ocean, the characters, I don't know.

And 3rd would be Cars, but it wasn't as bad as most people made it out to be. I thought it was kind of cute...plus it was the only time in probably this lifetime that a great like Paul Newman could even share a scene (Even an animated one) with Larry The Cable Guy.

 

[Lt. Vinciti]

Cars

because I hate Owen Wilson....and it was like him...with headlights...