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Poll
Question: What's the best Pixar film?
Option 1: Coco votes: 0
Option 2: Finding Nemo votes: 1
Option 3: Inside Out votes: 3
Option 4: Ratatouille votes: 3
Option 5: The Incredibles votes: 3
Option 6: Toy Story votes: 4
Option 7: Toy Story 2 votes: 1
Option 8: Toy Story 3 votes: 1
Option 9: Up! votes: 7
Option 10: Wall-E votes: 5
Option 11: Other (List) votes: 1
Option 12: Cars 4: Return of Jaron votes: 3
Title: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: celedhring on July 09, 2019, 05:18:09 AM
It's been a while since I made a film poll, and I love polls!

What's the best, in Languish' not-so-humble opinion, best Pixar movie?

I was torn between Up! Wall-E and Toy Story 3. All are high watermarks of Pixar, but none is perfect. Wall-E has that dialogue-less first half until the humans show up which is absolutely masterful, then it's... okay. Up! suffers from a similar problem, as the first act is a masterpiece but the film becomes merely "good" once they touch down on the island. Maybe Toy Story 3 is more consistently good... but it doesn't reach the same highs as those films.

Went with Wall-E, but could have easily picked any of the other 2.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: Liep on July 09, 2019, 05:24:24 AM
I went with Up! but it was a difficult choice with Wall-E and Inside Out as close contenders.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: frunk on July 09, 2019, 05:32:36 AM
Went with Ratatouille, although on another given day I could easily say the Incredibles, Coco or Wall-E.  Up! has such a fantastic start, but once they got to South America I got tired of it very fast.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: The Larch on July 09, 2019, 06:07:12 AM
Quote from: celedhring on July 09, 2019, 05:18:09 AM
It's been a while since I made a film poll, and I love polls!

What's the best, in Languish' not-so-humble opinion, best Pixar movie?

I was torn between Up! Wall-E and Toy Story 3. All are high watermarks of Pixar, but none is perfect. Wall-E has that dialogue-less first half until the humans show up which is absolutely masterful, then it's... okay. Up! suffers from a similar problem, as the first act is a masterpiece but the film becomes merely "good" once they touch down on the island. Maybe Toy Story 3 is more consistently good... but it doesn't reach the same highs as those films.

Went with Wall-E, but could have easily picked any of the other 2.

What about The Incredibles? I remember thinking it was the best thing Pixar had done until that moment, even if it had some chilling Randian overtones.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: Maladict on July 09, 2019, 06:17:15 AM
Jaron option as I haven't seen any of them. :blush:
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: Duque de Bragança on July 09, 2019, 06:19:30 AM
Dammit, Maladict beat me to it!  :mad:
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: mongers on July 09, 2019, 07:57:27 AM
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on July 09, 2019, 06:19:30 AM
Dammit, Maladict beat me to it!  :mad:

I was going to go with you and Mal, but then I realised I'd seen three of them. 

Seen Up!, Wall-E and Toy story, choose Up! for the visuals, though the Wall-E was had the better story arc.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: Grey Fox on July 09, 2019, 08:08:17 AM
Cars, Brave, A Bug's life & Monsters, Inc are all better than the movies listed but Toy Story 1-3, Wall-E & Coco.

Cars for #1.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: Josquius on July 09, 2019, 08:12:56 AM
Up.
Wall E is good.
But dog.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: Admiral Yi on July 09, 2019, 08:20:01 AM
Shoot, I've never even heard of Up!

Voted Wall-E.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: Oexmelin on July 09, 2019, 09:19:51 AM
Quote from: celedhring on July 09, 2019, 05:18:09 AM
It's been a while since I made a film poll, and I love polls!

What's the best, in Languish' not-so-humble opinion, best Pixar movie?

I was torn between Up! Wall-E and Toy Story 3. All are high watermarks of Pixar, but none is perfect. Wall-E has that dialogue-less first half until the humans show up which is absolutely masterful, then it's... okay. Up! suffers from a similar problem, as the first act is a masterpiece but the film becomes merely "good" once they touch down on the island. Maybe Toy Story 3 is more consistently good... but it doesn't reach the same highs as those films.

Went with Wall-E, but could have easily picked any of the other 2.

I entirely agree. It's as if they create amazing short, silent stories, and then think that, no, surely they can't get away with this, can they? And then add up some more typical cartoon fare (vilains, action, exposition...).

I really disliked Toy Story 3's ending. I would be tempted to swap it with Inside Out.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: frunk on July 09, 2019, 09:26:33 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 09, 2019, 08:20:01 AM
Shoot, I've never even heard of Up!

Voted Wall-E.

This (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR8hlvLghrs) followed by This (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2bk_9T482g) is the only part of Up! you really need to see.  The rest is only ok.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: Barrister on July 09, 2019, 09:50:35 AM
I couldn't make it through the first few minutes of Up! without crying, so I've never really seen it past that point.

Somehow I've also missed Ratatouille, Coco, and Wall-E.

Of the remainder, I think I might just go with Inside Out.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: frunk on July 09, 2019, 09:53:11 AM
Quote from: Barrister on July 09, 2019, 09:50:35 AM
Of the remainder, I think I might just go with Inside Out.

Inside Out is the one I haven't seen, although I definitely want to.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: Malthus on July 09, 2019, 09:54:24 AM
Inside Out is great - it's a contender. Though I voted for Wall-E because the first half of it is just that good.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: Malthus on July 09, 2019, 09:55:49 AM
Coco is also great, but I always compare it in my mind with The Book of Life, which I thought was somewhat similar, but better.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: Admiral Yi on July 09, 2019, 02:47:35 PM
Quote from: frunk on July 09, 2019, 09:26:33 AM
This (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR8hlvLghrs) followed by This (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2bk_9T482g) is the only part of Up! you really need to see.  The rest is only ok.

Whoa, quite the tear jerker.  So is it a short or a feature film?
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: frunk on July 09, 2019, 02:52:17 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 09, 2019, 02:47:35 PM

Whoa, quite the tear jerker.  So is it a short or a feature film?

It's a feature film.  The rest is wacky hijinks.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: jimmy olsen on July 11, 2019, 09:17:36 AM
Voted for the Incredibles, but am surprised that Inside Out is getting so little love.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: Eddie Teach on July 11, 2019, 07:16:04 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 11, 2019, 09:17:36 AM
Voted for the Incredibles, but am surprised that Inside Out is getting so little love.

Female protagonist, male board.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: Valmy on July 11, 2019, 07:46:52 PM
Quote from: Eddie Teach on July 11, 2019, 07:16:04 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 11, 2019, 09:17:36 AM
Voted for the Incredibles, but am surprised that Inside Out is getting so little love.

Female protagonist, male board.

A female tweener.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: Sophie Scholl on July 11, 2019, 08:44:18 PM
I think my dad would disown me if I didn't vote Up!.  He loves that movie.  A special shout-out to Piper, a Pixar short I saw for the first time in Disney World that I like a lot.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: Barrister on July 12, 2019, 02:00:01 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 11, 2019, 09:17:36 AM
Voted for the Incredibles, but am surprised that Inside Out is getting so little love.

I voted Inside Out. :unsure:
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: crazy canuck on July 15, 2019, 02:18:34 PM
Was torn between Wall-E and Ratatouille.  Went with Ratatouille because it helped make cooking cool in the eyes of my boys - something I continue to benefit from when they cook for us.
Title: Re: Best Pixar Movie
Post by: Malthus on July 15, 2019, 04:19:13 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 15, 2019, 02:18:34 PM
Was torn between Wall-E and Ratatouille.  Went with Ratatouille because it helped make cooking cool in the eyes of my boys - something I continue to benefit from when they cook for us.

If Wall-E made trash collecting cool, we would all benefit!  :D