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Jun 16, 2007View in Crawl 4
the plot could use some work...sounds like another generic "_____ wants to go to space" plot...but the animation looks so awesome, pixar has advanced so much with that.I wish they would make another movie along par with the Incredibles, IMO, that movie was pixar's greatest achievement.
I 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!
The theater I work for had one of the sneak peeks tonight. Overall I found the movie very enjoyable, and a wonderful follow up to Cars, which was pretty blah in my opinion. The animation is some of Pixar's best work (but then again their animation always gets better and better with each new film), the story simple yet enjoyable, and just plain 'ole Pixar originality and fun. Definitely check it out if you're into animation, Pixar films, or are just looking for a simple and fun movie to watch. I took my ten-year-old cousin and he really enjoyed it, saying it's one of the funniest movies he's seen.
@x0nIMIn0xGet your facts straight. Jan Pinkava stepped down because he wasn't happy with the way Ratatouille was coming along. So Brad Bird stepped in. Jan Pinkava never quit Pixar. Brad wasn't happy with the story so he started the story again with the same characters. All done in 18 months.
1807Jun 17, 2007
I liked this movie better the first time when it was called Short Circuit. Man, I guess reduce, reuse, recycle applies to the film industry too.
doshindudeJun 17, 2007
the plot could use some work...sounds like another generic "_____ wants to go to space" plot...but the animation looks so awesome, pixar has advanced so much with that.I wish they would make another movie along par with the Incredibles, IMO, that movie was pixar's greatest achievement.
curthowlandJun 17, 2007
I 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!
coreguyJun 17, 2007
WowI like the storythis flick must be a bomb in Summer 08'
moderntenshiJun 17, 2007
The theater I work for had one of the sneak peeks tonight. Overall I found the movie very enjoyable, and a wonderful follow up to Cars, which was pretty blah in my opinion. The animation is some of Pixar's best work (but then again their animation always gets better and better with each new film), the story simple yet enjoyable, and just plain 'ole Pixar originality and fun. Definitely check it out if you're into animation, Pixar films, or are just looking for a simple and fun movie to watch. I took my ten-year-old cousin and he really enjoyed it, saying it's one of the funniest movies he's seen.
bawpcwpnJun 17, 2007
@x0nIMIn0xGet your facts straight. Jan Pinkava stepped down because he wasn't happy with the way Ratatouille was coming along. So Brad Bird stepped in. Jan Pinkava never quit Pixar. Brad wasn't happy with the story so he started the story again with the same characters. All done in 18 months.
Closed AccountJun 17, 2007
Haha, this one looks like it'll be good. I love Pixar's movies. I can't wait to see Ratatouille, looks funny.