Up!

[Nacho]

Nobody already started a topic about this yet? I've searched and apparently not... I just came from cinema. I think it's fantastic, when I get out of the cinema after seeing a Pixar' s movie I always think: "The next one will be worse... They simply can't keep this level". And they do... I think they are one or two steps in front of the competitors, probably "Happy feet" is the only one that got close.

What do you think? I am a Pixar zealot, or do you think the same?

[Nikolas]

You are a zealot, but in that case so am I.

Haven't seen it, cause it's still not reached Greece, but when it comes I'm sure to get my kids to see it, and then go alone to watch it untranslated!

I really think it will be fantastic.

and I also liked 'Happy feet' why do you think it was 'bad'? (Then again Wall-E is really something else...)

[Ryan Timothy B]

IMDb says that Happy Feet was made by: Kingdom Feature Productions.  Which I personally thought it was a really bad movie.  (So I believe Nacho meant that Happy Feet was one of the competitors that actually got close to Pixar quality?)

And Wall-E and UP are both Pixar.

[Nacho]

Ok, lost in translation, apparently. Let me clarify: I know that Wall-E and Up! are by pixar. I think Pixar is ahead of the competitors. I said that "Happy feet" was the only that was CLOSE IN QUALITY to the ones made by pixar. Conclussion: I know that Happy feet was not by pixar, AND, I liked it. (So, we agree, Nik!)  

Ryan. Yes, you nailed it, you understood me well... I am going to make you the offical translator Nacho-English, English-Nacho I liked it and you didn't, but that are just opinions, no problem!

EDIT: What must the pixar guys do to have a nomination for the best movie award?

[Ghost]

I'll have to wait another month until I can see it, but I have high expectations. Wall-E did raise the bar a lot, but if UP can even make a scratch at that it will be good. So this thread just made me more curious 
The Pixar movies have a certain something that the competition lacks, true. I still think that other companies start to catch up- Monsters vs. Aliens, for example, was a frikkin' good movie
and technically impressive, no matter what the critics say. (My personal opinion).

[discordance]

I was a little alarmed when I saw the trailers for this movie, cause it looked a little cheesy. Then I saw the movie and was absolutely blown away. I don't think I've ever been this moved by an animated movie.

Especially that opening montage, about Carl and Ellie's life -- amazing. The music, the visuals, the story without dialogue, all so perfect.

[Nacho]

Discordance, I have the feeling that the pixar guys like to lie us in the trailers... Happened to me with Nemo, Ratatouille, Incredibles and Up! The film was completelly different to what I had in mind, much more touching and less chessy. With Cars and Wall-E I saw more or less what I was expecting after seeing the trailer.

[discordance]

Yeah, I love Pixar's trailers. They're so good at being intriguing without giving away anything important to the plot. Which is fairly rare, it seems.
Incredibles did this especially well, I thought.

[Ghost]

Incredibles is made of awesome.

[Vince Twelve]

EDIT: What must the pixar guys do to have a nomination for the best movie award?

Well, their odds just doubled this year.

[Peder 🚀]

Pixar is made of awesome .

UP is a good movie, and very moving...

[monkey0506]

I'll admit it...I didn't think it was going to be any good. It's a strange concept to grasp and the commercials for it tried not to give too much away. Unfortunately I think that might turn a lot of people away from this amazing film.

What can I say? I really laughed out loud. I cried. I had an amazing time and genuinely enjoyed myself. Going to the movies honestly hasn't been that much fun since I was a kid and got to go to the theater maybe once or twice a year.

[Buckethead]

It's not out untill October here. 

[Nacho]

This guys do something that, before done, seems impossible. Example? The old character. I would have never imagined that I would love an old grumpy man as the main character... Now I do! I want the posters and the action figure! I want to be old, have "pasta" glasses, an anatomic stick and corduroy pants!

[Clarvalon]

Via ZombieCow forums, Pixar vs Dreamworks.

[Nacho]

Damn! There was another non-pixar animation movie that I liked a lot, but I can't remember it...  

EDIT: Oh! Monster House, by Sony Imageworks and Columbia Pictures... I basically agree with clarvalon's post, yeah... Seems (to me) that the Pixar guys think: "Hey... let's tell a story... A good one!" and the "others" think: "Let' s do an animation movie... Which funny things can we put in the trailer that can appeal kids so they come to see the movie and make us win money?"

[Ghost]

Yup, Monster House, together with Incredibles, is really something where the CGI was pretty much a choice of style- both could have been done with real life actors, and still be frikkin' good movies.
Come to think of it, same goes for Final Fantasy: Spirits Within, only there it did NOT work.