There hasn't been a truly great Pixar film since WALL-E, amirite?

Although i disagree with this, I do agree that the overall quality has gone down. I think they make too many movies. We don't need 2 a year. I'd rather get 1 every 2 years. And I do wish people would give the original movies a chance. Stuff like Soul should have done better.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

1 every 2 years won't bring in the bucks!

by Strange_Ladder 1 day ago

There's a lot more misses but they still release some great stuff once in a while.

by Elianemcglynn 1 day ago

Soul wasn't bad, I like it. It isn't wall e level however

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Many therapists have proudly stated that they use Inside Out to help their younger patients with understanding and processing emotions. Sure, there's been a few less than stellar releases, but I would say the current Pixar is just different, not necessarily worse.

by Key-Independent 1 day ago

You are correct about the therapists

by Cruzdoyle 1 day ago

Right? Feels like Pixar probably keeps a whole team of therapists on payroll by now.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

????

by Key-Independent 1 day ago

"Therapists" = "The Rapists" = Trump. Cause he's a rapist.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Oh. So the user being a troll, ignorant, or just dumb. Got it.

by Key-Independent 1 day ago

Eh I think it was just a bad joke attempt, making fun of Trump cause Trump is a rapist.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I mean, if we don't keep it up people are going to get distracted...

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Haven't you heard? The narwhal bacons at midnight.

by glenniejohns 1 day ago

Op said that Pixar hadn't released any "highly entertaining" films . . . and you counter with "Yeah, well, this one is used in therapy"? Kinda proving his point, aren't you?

by Laruebosco 1 day ago

How? It wouldn't resonate with kids if they didn't find it entertaining

by Anonymous 1 day ago

It doesn't "entertain" kids. He said it's a tool for adults.

by Laruebosco 1 day ago

"Therapists use this movie because it conveys complex, powerful messages in an entertaining way simple enough for children to gravitate to it" "Yeah see, I told you it sucked!". What?

by Additional_Peak 1 day ago

I went to see inside out 2 with a group of 30-somethings and we all loved it 🤷🏼‍♂️ friends kids seemed to enjoy it a lot as well.

by Existing-Ninja 1 day ago

It's also been used in special education curriculum before. Don't ask how I know.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I can believe it.

by Key-Independent 1 day ago

Likely for the same reasons you mentioned.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Does it work though?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

It seems to.

by Key-Independent 1 day ago

Sounds thoroughly researched

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Yeah I can see this working for children, but the fact is is that Pixar made family movies. They were never movies just for children. The concepts in Inside Out are very basic and easy to understand, true. But the movie is extremely predictable and really not as original as people were saying.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

OP is making the point that the earlier Pixar films didn't feel like they were ONLY for children. They told stories that related differently for adults, and had humour that adults could appreciate as well as their kids.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Hard disagree. Predictable and easy to understand don't have to go hand in hand. There are many unpredictable animated family films that are still easy to understand to all audiences. The film could have been incredibly interesting for everyone while also being understandable for kids.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

"The movie was extremely predictable." As opposed to Wall-E?

by Rosalind69 1 day ago

I just watched Inside Out for the first time, all by myself, and I'm in my early 40s and it hit me hard with all the feelings while also entertaining me. I got good laughs and also got the space to grieve what we all lose as we get older.

by NoComedian2525 1 day ago

I agree that Pixar's quality has decreased, but Coco is a fantastic film which I think lives up to Wall-E and Toy Story 3

by Parking-Tomato 1 day ago

Agreed, I will not stand for this Coco slander! It's fantastic.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

yeah, coco was the last good one for me

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Soul is after Coco and a wonderful movie

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Coco looked beautiful but was otherwise pretty generic

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Ah not true. I cried my face off at the ending!

by Flimsy-Jelly3687 1 day ago

Generic doesn't necessarily mean bad, and original doesn't necessarily mean good. Coco left me with the heartwarming bittersweet feeling that all the great Pixar films do, and that's what matters

by Parking-Tomato 1 day ago

Up, Brave, Inside Out and Coco are all after Wall-E and are great I like Inside Out more than Wall-E too, personally... But they're all great movies

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Up it's such a letdown after the first 30 min tbh

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Yeah, i think the opening carries the movie too hard. Its still very much a good film, but its not as good as the opener suggests

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Heavily disagree with the 2nd to last point. Wall-E is so damn good

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I like all those movies you listed more than Wall-E

by maciecarter 1 day ago

Brave was Brother Bear with curly hair, kinda uninspired.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

And Scottish

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I like them more than Finding Nemo as well. The truth is that Pixar's output was always up and down. Toy Story was great, Bug's Life and Toy Story 2 were good but flawed. The Incredibles was amazing. Cars ... need I say more?

by Lower_Idea_8315 1 day ago

Also, saying Toy Story 3 is a rehash of the 2nd movie is an absolutely WILD take.

by False-University-419 1 day ago

I think that Inside Out and it's sequel (while not having great animation in some scenes) came close. But no cigar

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Besides the ones you mentioned (UP, TS3, Coco, Soul) that are absolutely up to par with WALL-E, how did you completely forget about Inside Out 1 and 2 AND The Incredibles II

by ettie76 1 day ago

Ehh, I've seen enough people dislike The Incredibles II to say that it isn't a good example. True about Inside Out, though.

by SadTension2259 1 day ago

Incredibles 2 is average at best

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Up Toy Story 3 Monsters University Inside out Coco Incredibles 2

by According-Trouble 1 day ago

I think only TS3 and Coco are elite on that list. The rest are very good, but not as good as previous Pixar movies.

by jessemohr 1 day ago

Wall-E, Up, Ratatouille, the Incredibles… True there are less good animations, but it was bought by the boss, so…

by Marisa50 1 day ago

Incredibles 2 was not good. Definitely not worth a 14 year wait.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I don't recall mentioning the sequel. But my bad Incredibles came out before Wall-e. I had the timeline wrong

by Marisa50 1 day ago

Coco

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Elio was an amazing movie and honestly nearly brought me to tears, multiple times as I've struggled with wanting to find a place I belong and wanting to be wanted. So if you haven't seen it I definitely recommend it

by Kohlerjudah 1 day ago

Toy Story 3? Inside Out? Coco???

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Toy Story 3 is better than the previous two how is it "just a rehash"? That movie made me cry it was so perfect

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Putting Soul above TS3 is crazy work

by Anonymous 1 day ago

The trouble with Soul is that nobody watched it. Which is a shame because it's really good. Stupid pandemic!

by Flimsy-Jelly3687 1 day ago

I wonder if he meant Toy Story 4?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

The Incredibles 2 is an embarassment for a franchise they said would never get a sequel until they were confident it would be better than the original.

by pricezack 1 day ago

I literally remember nothing about it. I remember seeing it. I think they recycled the Frozone being henpecked joke? But try as I might I remember nothing else. Whereas the first, I remember the plot, the villain, the jokes quite fondly despite also only seeing it once, twice at a push.

by Ready-Recipe-4718 1 day ago

I think there was hypnosis involved....and they end up on a boat, can't help more than that sorry

by Anonymous 1 day ago

My wife was feeling down, so I took her to see UP in the theater it had just come out, I figured a Pixar film would be lighthearted, right? How was I supposed to know about the opening!?!

by Kschultz 1 day ago

BUT ITS A TALKING DOG?!?!

by Competitive_Elk2194 23 hours ago

I liked Incredibles 2, but for me, it isn't up there with the classics. It relied too heavily on nostalgia/affection for the first film rather than standing on its own merits imo

by Actual_Bench 23 hours ago

Some will say Inside Out (or even Coco), but I agree with you.

by Anonymous 23 hours ago

Disney bought it i was told?

by cheyanneharris 23 hours ago

Ratatouille and Toy Story 3 are definitely great. I've never seen Inside out and Coco but they have great reputations

by Ecstatic_Trifle 22 hours ago

WALL-E is an incredible movie. I have nothing to add to the conversation other than that. My kids still watch Pixar movies, but we haven't watched one as a family in a long time.

by Anonymous 22 hours ago

WALL-E was one of the best movies of my childhood, even though I was born in 2010.

by Anonymous 22 hours ago

Was UP before or after that? Might not even be the same company but I think it might be. That's a bloody good film. WALL E is great too.

by Wide-Star 21 hours ago

I think what ruined Pixar was the endless drove of computer animated features and cheap CG kids shows. No longer did Pixar have its own niche. Disney ruined Pixar? They've always worked hand in hand, since the very first feature film.

by Anonymous 21 hours ago

The only real missteps I've seen from Pixar are Lightyear and Elemental. Lightyear bored me to tears and Elemental felt really lazy. I didn't really care for either Inside Out, though I will concede the idea and execution are inventive. I think Disney at large is in a bit of a lazy era (lots of 'blob' characters, the character "business" (what a character does when they're not speaking) has fallen off a bit, pseudo-live-action remakes of animated films, Wish, etc.). I know I'm not the first to say it. ...but then they put out something like Raya and the Last Dragon and I'm back in. I wish they'd let sequels go though. We didn't need Moana 2. We don't need Frozen 3.

by Particular-Food2455 21 hours ago

I dunno. I think Inside Out was at least on par with the classics.

by Johnsheather 21 hours ago

Coco, onward, elemental, luca, a bunch of others I can't remember… all 9s and 10s out of 10 for me

by Anonymous 20 hours ago

One word Up

by Anonymous 20 hours ago

I felt like Coco and Soul lost me for their religion-based concepts. Honestly, talking cars seems more realistic to me than the idea that we have an eternal soul.

by Anonymous 20 hours ago

Soul was great though

by Anonymous 19 hours ago

Even more unpopular opinion: Wall-E wasn't good.

by Anonymous 19 hours ago

Y'all forgetting Cars

by Lonely_Reality 19 hours ago

Wall-E isn't on enough all time sci fi lists

by Conscious_Mark 18 hours ago

You cutting it at WALL·E and not up is just a wrong take. Not just unpopular. Other than cars 2 and light year, I enjoyed every sequel they released which includes monsters university, cars 3, finding dory, incredibles 2 and yes Toy Story 4. Brave, onward, good dinosaur all good. Honestly haven't seen Luca or Elio but I've enjoyed everything else. Just watched elemental with the wife and really like the animation and niche things they did with the elements. Sorry happiness and enjoyment is so difficult for you to find.

by Amazing-Aioli 18 hours ago

Coco?!

by Anonymous 18 hours ago

Well that happens to be one of the greatest animated films of all time, so it's not a realistic bar they can routinely clear. But yes, it's easy to see how stale things are when you have the theatre release being ignored while all the buzz is about the Sony/Netflix movie

by Anonymous 17 hours ago

Wall E is great, but Up was the very next movie they released and IMO it's their best.

by Anonymous 17 hours ago

Inside Out, Coco and Soul are great movies!

by Forsaken-Wishbone 17 hours ago

Toy Story 3, Coco, Inside out Yeah no youre objectively wrong

by Able-Performer-4519 17 hours ago

Coco and Up came afterwards, right?

by Anonymous 16 hours ago

The movie that came out after this clears Wall-E in every way lmao. Put this take here ➡️🗑️

by Anonymous 16 hours ago

tbh, I don't think Wall-E is as great as many people say, it's good don't get me wrong, but not great. Soul and Coco are great though, and they're more recent than Wall-E

by Anonymous 16 hours ago

Inside Out and it's sequel come close to being great (not Wall-E great, but Incredibles/TS1 great). But yeah, they peaked with Wall-E for sure.

by Anonymous 16 hours ago

UP came out a year after WALL-E. One. Year.

by Anonymous 16 hours ago

Yeah I can't get behind this, not when you have a masterpiece like Toy Story 3 in 2010. Not to mention Coco and inside out

by Johnsdevin 16 hours ago

I would argue the Wall-E is one of the worst Pixar films. I took my 3 youngest kids (8f, 7m, and 7m at the time) to see it and they all 3 fell asleep. It was so boring. I have only seen it the 1 time. On the other hand you have great movies like Up and the Incredibles that my kids and I all loved and rewatched multiple times.

by Anonymous 15 hours ago

Disney Adult lmao

by Anonymous 15 hours ago

Up, Toy Story 3, Inside Out, Coco, Onward, Luca and Turning Red. And I haven't seen Elio but I've heard it's good. This isn't an unpopular opinion, this is just objectively incorrect.

by False-University-419 15 hours ago

Onward 🤨

by Myrticerobel 14 hours ago

100%… agree! If you try to tell me soul or coco can be compared to monsters inc or Toy Story you're a damn fool

by Anonymous 14 hours ago

Thank you! Once the humans came in it just... Fell flat.

by Antoniamosciski 14 hours ago