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Strong disagreement. The acquisition happened in 2006. The last few great Pixar movies were in the pipeline already (Ratatouille - 2007, WALL-E - 2008, Up - 200
by tpmx 4y ago
Strong disagreement. The acquisition happened in 2006. The last few great Pixar movies were in the pipeline already (Ratatouille - 2007, WALL-E - 2008, Up - 2009).
- no-dr-onboard 4y agoI disagree too from a animation/story-quality perspective, but from a business perspective, Pixar seems to be doing well enough to meet OPs criteria of not being ruined.
- krageon 4y ago> but from a business perspective Nobody cares about this, the money they make isn't what other people interact with. It's the things they create.
- xnx 4y agoCounterpoint: Inside Out, Soul
- tpmx 4y agoInside out was good, but not great, IMO. Counter-counterpoints: Cars 2, Brave, Monsters University, The Good Dinosaur, Finding Dory, Cars 3, Coco, Onward, Luca, Turning Red, Lightyear. The (not very original) point is: You can no longer count on a Pixar movie being excellent.
- cm2012 4y agoCoco was excellent. But agreed on the rest.
- tpmx 4y agoAh. Might have to watch it then. After a number of duds I gave up on watching new Pixar movies except for those made by Brad Bird, or especially recommended.
- nemothekid 4y agoCoco and Turning Red were excellent. The rest of your list however, proves you more right than wrong.
- rockostrich 4y agoI'd argue the only real misses were the cash grab sequels (Cars 2, Cars 3, and I can only assume Lightyear is in that group but looking at RT it seems like both ratings are still "fresh"). The rest of the movies on the post-acquisition list were good, if not great. Critically, I think the worst one on the list is the Good Dinosaur and even that's still generally well liked.
- tpmx 4y agoI'd argue that the old-school criterium for a "successful" Pixar movie was that it needed to be great, not just good.
- influx 4y agoMy whole family enjoyed Luca FWIW.
- mcphage 4y agoCars 2 was the only real stinker. I agree they're not 100% excellent, but most are at least okay. And from your list: Brave, Cars 3, Coco, Onward, Luca, and Turning Red I all consider great to excellent. I haven't seen Lightyear yet.
- agotterer 4y agoLightyear was a letdown. My kids enjoyed it but I thought it could have been much better. I expected to see Buzz as at this exciting space ranger, but that wasn't what the movie was about. If I was Andy from Toy Story there would be no way I wanted a Buzz toy after seeing that movie.