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- Spideristic, on 10/11/2007, -2/+154http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJVsCmI99QQ
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The animated film, directed by Andrew Stanton opens in theaters on June 27, 2008 - markperia, on 10/11/2007, -3/+146wow these guys are geniuses. They plotted most of their films in a single lunch-meet.
- luke16, on 10/11/2007, -5/+130Pixar should bring out an adult movie, not porn, but like a movie as epic as scarface
- KiTchMe, on 10/11/2007, -2/+121That was one productive lunch.
- darkmaninperth, on 10/11/2007, -15/+101..and a porn movie too!
- cmiller1, on 10/11/2007, -5/+76it wouldn't do well on the american market, americans seem to have this crazy idea that if it isn't live-action then it must be for little kids
- OpticalLiam, on 10/11/2007, -0/+55It would be great if they made a documentary of Pixar like the first half of this trailer.
- cam2009, on 10/11/2007, -2/+57Ilda, t's the only page with an embedded video, movie synopsis, and a link to the trailer 3 different hi-def sizes. Who cares if it's from a blog if it has more info than any other site?
I was worried Pixar's forula was getting. All of their movies have incredibly simple plots (Cars, Bugs, Toys, Fish). Ratatouille seems like it could complicate things too much and might stray away from their classic simple touch. But this looks promising. They've yet to make a bad movie. Even their worst are miles better than any of the recent kids movies. - zeroesandones, on 10/11/2007, -3/+55June 27th 2008! This is no teaser, this is downright torture showing a trailer with > a year wait.
- nhinsch, on 10/11/2007, -1/+51^ Uh, sorry Homet. Disney bought Pixar last year.
- kingfoot, on 10/11/2007, -2/+42my thoughts exactly!
- Kyon, on 10/11/2007, -3/+42Make sure you watch the 9 minute preview for Ratatouille as well!
http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/ratatouille/previewQTlarge.html - tidu, on 10/11/2007, -1/+32Not to mention that this trailer really doesn't show anything nor leave us at any exciting cliffhangers... All we know is that there is a 700 year old robot that finds his true meaning, and it has to do with staring at space.
- Homet, on 10/11/2007, -10/+41Another great Pixar film coming to theaters. Pixar is like early Disney, everything they touch turns into gold. Too bad Pixar will one day be taken over by a greedy corporatist who will bring about it's artistic downfall while making huge profits.
I hope that Pixar one day gets out of Disney shadow so that they expand their audience and movie content. Could you imagine a Pixar version of something like Samurai Champloo or Ergo Proxy?
I wonder when Americans will stop thinking of animation as an art form purely for children and teens. - GCarden, on 10/11/2007, -2/+31The Incredibles was almost that movie, luke16. Think about it: how many animated "kids" movies have you seen feature a main character going through a mid-life crisis? More than a few critics were unhappy with the film for depicting children in danger, too.
The beauty of Pixar films is that people of ALL ages love them, not just kids. - Lososaurus, on 10/11/2007, -2/+31@SamKellett:
Don't forget Iron Giant, what are you some kind of heartless monster? - SamKellett, on 10/11/2007, -1/+28@cam2009: Damn straight. You can trust Pixar to continue making top-class movies..
And don't worry about Ratatouille, it's Brad Bird's (of Incredibles fame) latest brainchild. - nhinsch, on 10/11/2007, -5/+30This trailer gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling.
- gmprunner, on 10/11/2007, -0/+24@opticalliam
Seriously, right? I think a Pixar documentary would be extremely interesting. They're the only movie studio I can think of with a near-perfect track record, and the technology they use is amazing. - betajippity, on 10/11/2007, -2/+25We,, Pixar does that with all of their movies, right? I mean, the Cars trailer came out in what, 2004?
- Chopper3, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19I like how it's the 'Hidden City' Cafe, "Hidden City" was the working title of "Monsters Inc."
Cool eh? - kefs, on 10/11/2007, -1/+18left foot.. right foot.. left foot..
- Ryosen, on 10/11/2007, -4/+20When movie American companies stop producing animated films solely for children and teens.
- cyberfly, on 10/11/2007, -3/+18talk about a productive meeting!
- dvflameartist, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15Pixar has always released trailers 11-12 months in advance. A Bugs Life trailer was 13-14 months I believe.
- ArthurSucks, on 10/11/2007, -3/+17Disney owns Miramax and Dimension Films, why not do a R Rated animation?
- echinda, on 10/11/2007, -4/+18Your post is greatly improved if you imagine Ralph Wiggum saying it.
- imacmike, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14Pixar movies have featured a several composers.
Randy Newman
Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., & Cars
Michael Guciani
The Incredibles & Ratatouille
Thomas Newman
Finding Nemo - MrBlack08, on 10/11/2007, -2/+16They do that because the movie is already animated, voiced, and done. It just takes an entire year to render the film. hah. ::sarcasm::
- filmbandit, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13i don't tend to think of pixar's stuff as kid's movies, but maybe that's just me.
- CurtHowland, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13I have paid for movie tickets and DVDs of Pixar's movies gladly. If I were still in California, I would have paid _them_ to let me work for them.
My big problem is not "Pixar", but Disney.
Here's what I mean: Disney has been making lots of recycled poop for quite a while. Disney has been cherry-picking from the public domain since their beginning for stories, which is not a problem in of itself, but the -corporation- Disney then turns around and buys congress to extend copyright to absurd lengths so that nothing _they_ do will every fall into the public domain. Classic "have their cake and eat yours too" attitude.
Disney releases a DVD, then a few years later releases a "special edition", then a "super duper special multi-disk edition" after that, thereby recycling a story they've already recycled before, while trying to milk it for every possible penny.
Pixar puts out original stories, done beautifully, by people who obviously care about their work. Pixar's DVD releases were not just the movie, they were double-disk sets with extras, comments from directors, actors, the janitorial crew, making-of films, deleted scenes, cast interviews, and so on.
Then Disney buys Pixar, because Pixar is making _MONEY_ and won't need Disney's distribution muscle any longer. "But we'll leave them independent, really we will..." says Disney.
The very next DVD release, by the now Disney/Pixar, is one disk. No comments, no deleted scenes, no extras, nothing. Oh, available, for some extra money, in a very pretty metal box.
In a few years, I fully expect to see a _Cars_ "Special 2-disk edition", so those who bought the DVD the first time around can finally get what they thought they were buying, a Pixar DVD release, rather than the first-round Disney release.
So _why_ did "Pixar" take away a movie from one perfectly good director in order to keep their golden child busy? Might they have, gee, run out of new ideas for Brad Bird to work on? How "un-Pixar" of them.
Maybe there's a story in the public domain somewhere that hasn't already been done to death. Or hey, who cares if it's been done before! Making it again will renew the copyright! - gincarnated, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12Oh *****, it's Johnny 5's cousin. Even sounds like him.
- beckspace, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12@bawpcwpn
...well that one is aquarela brasileira, michael kamem version from Brazil (terry gilliam 1985) - inkswamp, on 10/11/2007, -5/+16> When movie American companies stop producing
> animated films solely for children and teens.
Oh come on. Stop stereotyping American culture. There's just as much asinine ***** coming out of Europe and Asia as there is in the US, except we don't see much of it over here. Only the really good stuff makes it over here so that skews our view a bit. That doesn't mean the rest of the planet has an edge on American animation. In fact, I still say Disney's hand drawn stuff beats everything else out there by a long shot, whether you like the stories they tell with it or not. The level of craft put into Disney's animation is mind-blowing and I have yet to see anything that beats it either in terms of artistry or technique.
And besides, I happen to be fond of the American approach to animation--ostensibly a kids film with adult undertones. Watch Toy Story some time and think of it in terms of the starry-eyed religious guy (Buzz who truly believes himself to be a toy) and the cynical non-believer (who long ago gave up being what he is.) There's a lot of impressive subtext in the best American animation that elevates it while simultaneously being good fun for the kids and I don't see that even in a lot of the best animation the rest of the planet has to offer. So let's not start dumping on American animation. - logicalnoise, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11@samkellett actually brad bird was boright in after the original director backed out. Thought brad came in shortly after the story was fleshed out he did add his own touches it's jut not 100% his creation.
- decay, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12Screw you, Aladdin kicks ass.
- filmbandit, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11that's why it's called a "teaser".
the film is likely only halfway through rendering. - inkswamp, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Yeah, but I bet it's being built up a bit. They probably kicked around basic premises and vague ideas without having any clear concepts about characters or much detail of the plots. Still, it is pretty impressive that every idea they discussed has gone on to be a wildly successful film and it is yet another instance that shows that the best ideas often come out of inspired small groups or individuals as opposed to corporate settings and "creative" meetings. (I get the sense that a lot of Pixar-wannabe stuff out there comes from corporate settings.)
- imacmike, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Hidden City Cafe is in fact the real name of the restaurant. Monsters Inc's working title was an homage to it, and they even included it on a street corner in Monstropolis. (Behind the slug that falls through the grate, If I remember correctly.)
- creep303, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11Y....yo....you mean Randy Newman?
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9@opticalliam
The bonus features disc from the Monsters, Inc. DVD is pretty damn cool. - jedioniram, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Don't know if anyone else has seen that collage they do with all the artwork from all their movies, but I saw it last year at the MoMA in NY at a big pixar exhibit. It's about 15 minutes long and it is definately a fascinating thing to see. If you're a fan of pixar and get the chance, I recommend it.
- theaznman121, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8This looks like it's gonna be great...Pixar movies are always top-notch high quality.
- x0nIMIn0x, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9Ratatouille's original director didn't back out. He was demoted to make a spot for Brad Bird to direct because Pixar was worried that Bird might leave unless they could put him on a project to keep him busy. Jan Pinkava, the creator of the story and original director, could not accept having his baby taken away and given to someone else, and quit.
The bottom line was that Brad was more important to Pixar than Jan, and they did what they felt they had to do. They are both great guys, but there was a lot of sympathy among the rank and file at Pixar for Jan. - CraigJ, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9If anyone is interested there is a sneak preview of Ratatouille tonight in many US cities. I'll be going seeing it tonight.
http://www.movietickets.com/movie_detail.asp?movie_id=53620 - Nobi-Wan, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6@ lososaurus
Iron Giant was the best movie Vin Diesel has done. - mxpxpx, on 10/11/2007, -10/+16plots are easy though,
fish gets taken has to get back home,
toys are actually real
monsters are real and they are in the business of scaring
the hard part which pixar does well is writing the whole story. - imacmike, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6wrong section. digg down plz.
- CraigJ, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6"I hope that Pixar one day gets out of Disney shadow". That will be kinda hard seeing as how they are now one company. Anyway, as long as John Lassiter is running that particular show you don't have anything to worry about, plus Bob Iger seems to be a much better CEO than Eisner, at least, so far.
- duniyadnd, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6@gmprunner: "near-perfect"??
They've a perfect record.. :) -
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