Comments on: What’s Your Favorite Pixar Movie?

By: Eric Gimlin

Eric Gimlin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:48:56 +0000

I went with The Incredibles, but Up is really close in the running. And, as people have said, they’re all good. If Cars is your “low” point then something is being done very, very right indeed.

By: Guy Smiley

Guy Smiley — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:26:56 +0000

I fell asleep during Cars, and really didn’t like the parts I was awake for.

I think Finding Nemo is a flawless movie, as is Ratatouille, but I voted for Wall-e because it was an ambitious departure from a studio that could keep cranking out perfect crowd-pleasing Hollywood movies forever (I say the same about Up, but Wall-E was bolder and more successful, in my view, though I liked Up, too.)

By: Kelson

Kelson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:07:53 +0000

I really liked Up, but it was just too recent for me to be sure where I’d rank it. As for the rest, I realized that The Incredibles is the only one I actually bought on DVD, which seems like a good indicator. (That said, I have not seen A Bug’s Life or Ratatouille.)

By: James Schee

James Schee — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:52:46 +0000

I have yet to see Up or Ratatoullie yet. (second one I can’t get past the premise of rats in a kitchen bleh) So I voted for Wall-E which just has so much charm and heart to it.

By: Argo Plummer

Argo Plummer — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:37:46 +0000

I voted for Up. This is, IMO, the best of all Pixar films. It improves upon every facet Pixar greatness. I recently sent a list to my friends ranking the Pixar films and Up was in my top spot, followed by Finding Nemo and the Incredibles.

You know my problmes with Wall*E so it fell much lower on my list.

I have never seen Cars–the only Pixar film I haven’t seen–and have no desire to do so.

My boys and I were watching the Incredibles again two nights ago–it has to rank high in the rewatchability category. What a great film.

Maybe I’ll see if I can’t get that list to you.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:30:33 +0000

I hadn’t thought about rewatchability as a major factor, but that makes sense. I’m just impressed by how there hasn’t been a clunker in the bunch. (Even Cars is fine, just not quite as great as some of the others.) What a stunning track record!

By: ditto

ditto — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:26:47 +0000

I would need to watch it a few more times, but I think Up would have to be it. It’s the most risky of all the Pixar films, has one of the more involved stories, and smartly hits all the right notes.

By: Kevin Hines

Kevin Hines — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:39:59 +0000

I voted Wall-E.

I would have voted UP, but that movie was such an emotional movie, I am not sure I could rewatch it often, but Wall-E I could see watching a lot.

But I loved UP. And the first Toy Story was so good.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:42:02 +0000

Cars, to me, seems the most commercial of any of the films, without as much heart as the others. Although some of the individual performances are outstanding (I’m a fan of Paul Newman, especially, in that movie, as well as Bonnie Hunt), it all just doesn’t come together the same way for me. And the cars seem the least human of any Pixar character. All the others are living beings, or formed after living beings (the toys), or … well, Wall-E’s in a class by himself.

By: kjchen

kjchen — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:30:13 +0000

So hard to decide. Gun to my head, I’d choose between Finding Nemo and The Incredibles, but I could see the answer depending on what my mood was at the point the barrel was leveled.

I’m not sure why Cars seems to be so maligned (unless there’s a hidden legion of people out there opposed to remakes of Doc Hollywood). It doesn’t have the emotional highs of some of the other Pixar films, but it’s a patient, quiet movie about — well, patience and quiet.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:23:25 +0000

Oh, I may not have thought this through … good point, although personally, I voted for Up.

By: Alan Sepinwall

Alan Sepinwall — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:23:10 +0000

On a comic book website — even one not particularly superhero-oriented — is there any way The Incredibles doesn’t win? (It helps that even many non-superhero nerds agree it’s the best Pixar movie.)

Also not surprising that, so far, Cars has yet to get a vote.

By: Alan Coil

Alan Coil — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:00:34 +0000

A Bug’s Life.