Continuing with the List Making...
5.) Cars/Toystory: The Fifth place is a tie between Cars and Toystory. I know this means I should not have a number four but hey these are my lists and I am going to do them my own way so ha. Cars almost didn't make the list except that as I have watched it more I do like the story and the fact that there isn't really a bad guy. There's just Lightening against Lightening. And I like Mater as cliche and weird as that is. As a best friend Tow Truck his white lower class hillbilly antics seem to make sense and add some humor to the movie. Toystory. Well it was the first and while the animation was slow and not very developed I was still able to fall in love with the many different toys and the plot line of the movie. Plus it paved the way for Toy Story Two.
4.) Ratatouille: I love food and this movie has come out when things like Top Chef and Hell's Kitchen are at their peak. My only complaint with this film is that it seems to go on a bit too long, and it takes a while for some of the action to develop. But the stuff about food especially saffron-I just can't get enough. And once you get passed the whole rats cooking in the kitchen the movie seems to flow a lot better.
3.) Finding Nemo: Ellen as Dori the short term memory loss fish is simply hilarious. The story attempts to deal with disability (Nemo's short fin) and how you (people and fish should never give up). Plus surfing turtles...
2.) Toy Story Two: Why do I love this movie and it makes number 2? Jesse-nuf said.
1.) Monsters INC: This is by far the best and most creative of Pixar's Endeavors in the whole CG animation world. Not only is the story just good but you can actually "see" the animated fur on Sully, the shine on Mike's green skin. As I always said this movie made me want a pet child and I continue to want Boo to bereal whenever I watch this movie.
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While I really like these movies, they are most definitely racist and sexist in that they tend to stereotype "characters" of color for instance in Cars making the low-rider a Chicano and never giving us a lead female role who isn't just a love interest or side kick think Dori, Jesse, etc...So I am still hoping for a hero on this one. Who knows maybe one day.
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Hey. Sweet blog. Lol. I'm awaiting the day that Pixar decides it's time to find a strong female lead like Disney's old animation greats, "Beauty and the Beast" or "The Little Mermaid".
And although Jessie from "Toy Story 2" could be classified in the side-kick category, I still believe that she had a strong female role through out the movie. She played opposite of Woody, but they did not have any sort of romantic relationship which is rare to see in Pixar.
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Keep up the good work!
In The Incredibles Elastigirl and Violet are heroes. It's actually Helen who has to rescue Bob, the obvious choice for the main hero.
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