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Needs more Tarzan Boy!
It wasn't on youtube yet in last time I went looking for it)
posted by aubilenon at 1:09 PM on March 30, 2011
It wasn't on youtube yet in last time I went looking for it)
posted by aubilenon at 1:09 PM on March 30, 2011
In the first clip ("Beauty of Pixar"), the "Dancing" segment just absolutely floored me. On paper, a computer-animated film sounds like it would leave you cold. Watch starting at this point and you'll quickly realize that these films work so well because they have heart and real emotion at their core.
Yeah, I got teary. And had a big goofy grin on my face the whole time!
posted by zooropa at 1:20 PM on March 30, 2011
Yeah, I got teary. And had a big goofy grin on my face the whole time!
posted by zooropa at 1:20 PM on March 30, 2011
Anything involving Carl and Ellie causes automatic, uncontrollable tears.
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:25 PM on March 30, 2011
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:25 PM on March 30, 2011
Alas, the first link is a double although the original version has been taken down.
posted by teraflop at 1:47 PM on March 30, 2011
posted by teraflop at 1:47 PM on March 30, 2011
teraflop: "Alas, the first link is a double although the original version has been taken down."
Ack. Okay. If this does get deleted, we'll know why!
posted by zarq at 2:07 PM on March 30, 2011
Ack. Okay. If this does get deleted, we'll know why!
posted by zarq at 2:07 PM on March 30, 2011
Back in 98' I took a 3-day Robert McKee Story Seminar in S.F. The entire writing team for Pixar that was working on Toy Story2 sat in back of me. Noted because of the comments here to make the point that there is an art to good story telling ... they learned how to express heart, real emotion and grab an audience and just keep fine-tuning their craft.
Plus it doesn't help that John Lasseter is a kid-at-heart genius.
posted by cdalight at 2:25 PM on March 30, 2011
Plus it doesn't help that John Lasseter is a kid-at-heart genius.
posted by cdalight at 2:25 PM on March 30, 2011
Gawd - make that doesn't HURT .. that John Lasseter is a kid-at-heart genius :)
posted by cdalight at 2:27 PM on March 30, 2011
posted by cdalight at 2:27 PM on March 30, 2011
Pixar: 25 years of shamelessly manipulating your emotions for profit.
kidding!
posted by blue_beetle at 2:39 PM on March 30, 2011
kidding!
posted by blue_beetle at 2:39 PM on March 30, 2011
Personally I take the entire Toy Story francise, especially the first movie, as a mere lead-up to the climax of Toy Story 3. It takes nerves of steel to set up a plot point in Movie 1 and then not touch it again until 3/4th of the way through Movie 3.
posted by GuyZero at 4:05 PM on March 30, 2011
posted by GuyZero at 4:05 PM on March 30, 2011
GuyZero: Are you speaking of "The Claw"? Somehow I don't think they were planning Toy Story 3 while writing 1.
posted by pashdown at 5:17 PM on March 30, 2011
posted by pashdown at 5:17 PM on March 30, 2011
Really? Can you really be absolutely certain? I'm totally all grassy-knoll on The Claw.
posted by GuyZero at 5:19 PM on March 30, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by GuyZero at 5:19 PM on March 30, 2011 [1 favorite]
I'm totally all grassy-knoll on The Claw.
I HAVE BEEN CHOSEN!
posted by KingEdRa at 5:32 PM on March 30, 2011
I HAVE BEEN CHOSEN!
posted by KingEdRa at 5:32 PM on March 30, 2011
Kinda with pashdown about the Claw -- it's a stretch to imagine them planning any sequels at all, let alone running a grand-scheme plot. But there's plenty room to applaud genius-level reallocation of a previous trope, complete with quasi-spiritual overtones (hey! those li'l three-eyed guys were right all along! the claw IS in charge!), without going all Secret Masters Of The Universe as well.
Pixar has been the gold standard of American cinema for at least the last decade and a half.
posted by tspae at 5:44 PM on March 30, 2011
Pixar has been the gold standard of American cinema for at least the last decade and a half.
posted by tspae at 5:44 PM on March 30, 2011
Yeah, all love to Pixar (All hail Pixar), but the claw felt like brilliant nod to an established character, not a setup.
posted by cavalier at 5:44 PM on March 30, 2011
posted by cavalier at 5:44 PM on March 30, 2011
Pixar has been the gold standard of American cinema for at least the last decade and a half.
And oh yeah, this.
Say it with me everyone -- ahem -- "It's the story, stupid!"*
* - beautiful animation doesn't hurt, natch.
posted by cavalier at 5:45 PM on March 30, 2011
OK, the seeds spilling into the pool at the end of the "dance" sequence was... subtle.
posted by SPrintF at 6:17 PM on March 30, 2011
posted by SPrintF at 6:17 PM on March 30, 2011
Personally I take the entire Toy Story francise, especially the first movie, as a mere lead-up to the climax of Toy Story 3. It takes nerves of steel to set up a plot point in Movie 1 and then not touch it again until 3/4th of the way through Movie 3.
I've seen all 3 movies (albeit a long time ago for the first one) and I have no idea what you mean.
posted by salmacis at 2:03 AM on March 31, 2011
I've seen all 3 movies (albeit a long time ago for the first one) and I have no idea what you mean.
posted by salmacis at 2:03 AM on March 31, 2011
Carl and Ellie make me cry, but Violet Parr is who really gets me. I guess it's the ultimate shy-girl fantasy: not only can she turn invisible (what I wouldn't give...) and wrap herself and her homies in a righteous protection bubble, but at the end of the movie she kicks the habit and starts standing up for herself. I'm not there yet, but I have hopes. I started parting my hair on the side because of Violet Parr. I still do, actually.
I wish Pixar created more prominent female characters for me and my hypothetical daughters to identify with, but I doubt they'll ever get more dead-on perfect for me than Violet. I really didn't like the actual story of The Incredibles, but she and her badass mom made that my favorite Pixar movie.
posted by troublesome at 11:09 PM on March 31, 2011
I wish Pixar created more prominent female characters for me and my hypothetical daughters to identify with, but I doubt they'll ever get more dead-on perfect for me than Violet. I really didn't like the actual story of The Incredibles, but she and her badass mom made that my favorite Pixar movie.
posted by troublesome at 11:09 PM on March 31, 2011
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