Zane's take at the Cinema's

Despite the stage that Pixar might be in, there’s no denying that there easily one of the best studious in the business, animated or not. The excitement for a brand new Pixar movie isn’t what it used to be but to this day I will forever be a supporter of the studio simply for the level of excellence that they’ve put out over the last 30+ years. Rarely do they ever put out a dumpster fire, but they certainly have ones that don’t quite hit the level, which is bound to happen when you have 30 movies under your belt. With the release of their brand new original movie Hoppers, serving as their first original release since last years Elio, it’s time I look back on all their movies and rank them from least to greatness. Let’s begin!

#30 BRAVE

It’s not so much that Brave is a bad movie; it’s really a problem with all the potential that it had but completely blew it from the start. The era of a Disney princess is never to be forgotten, and the very concept of Pixar dabbling at their first attempt at it should have been a no-brainer. This is really the first time where Pixar lost their main focus on characters. Sure, the setting is breathtaking, and no one is going to argue over how great the animation looks, but the level of abruptness it has between intense drama and broad, slapstick humor was quite jarring. Plus, Merida is a unmemorable character, and what makes it even worse is that she’s almost unbearable to listen to because you can’t even understand what she says. I think what makes my argument worth noting is that there’s a scene in the underrated Disney sequel Ralph Breaks the Internet where Merida speaks, and it’s so obscure that none of the other Disney princesses can understand her. In summation, Brave is truly Pixar’s worst film.

#29 CARS 2

It might be the more popular thing to have Cars 2 ranked at the very bottom, and while I can totally understand why some would feel that way, at least give it some grace. Well, actually I can’t because Cars 2 is another bad movie. One thing I’ll address with another Pixar movie is a problem that Cars 2 was the first to show, and that’s the idea of abandoning your main character to appease a side character. The first Cars isn’t remembered for being one of Pixar’s best, but at least you had charm with the characters in terms of their structural placement. Tow Mater is a funny character. He’s harmless and he works great in that aspect. His development renders on the ideas of taking the backseat, but in the best way possible. Cars 2 completely ignores that and shoves him down our throats by making him the central figure, and it simply doesn’t work. Especially a movie about cars, Cars was Pixar’s first attempt at making an unusual sports movie. Making a spy movie with the characters as motor vehicles just feels jarring. Cars is one of Disney’s biggest-grossing franchises in terms of merchandising, so another Cars movie was purely inevitable. Still doesn’t mean any grace should be given to Cars 2.

#28 FINDING DORY

Talk about a sequel that no one wanted except for the main star herself. Finding Nemo is a definitive moment in Pixar (more on that later), and knowing how successful and beloved that first movie is, a sequel or some form of follow-up was bound to happen. Now I will admit, I was very excited to see Finding Dory back in 2016 because I was so much older than I was when Finding Nemo came out that I got to relive this world but with a different set of eyes in mind. My overall feelings for Cars 2 are how I feel about Finding Dory. Dory is a great character. She’s definitely one of the best parts of Finding Nemo, and she’s given some memorable one-liners from just one movie. Finding Dory would have been much better if it were an animated Pixar short. Dory wasn’t even the best part of her own movie, nor was she the overall heart of Finding Nemo. The best part of Finding Dory was seeing Marlin and Nemo again. The story feels reduced, recycled, and tiresome, and that really stems from a character who forgets things all the time, and to have that as the main focus is painful.

#27 INSIDE OUT 2

When I came out of Inside Out 2, I walked away with a big smile. But as the weeks went by and I started to think about it more, I realized I had fallen into a Disney trap. This might be a hot take, but Inside Out 2 is one of the most overblown and horrifically overrated movies that Disney or any studio has made in the history of Hollywood. The fact that it made over $1.6 billion at the worldwide box office is astounding. Inside Out 2, on a beat-for-beat basis, tells the exact same story that the first Inside Out did. Sure, having new emotions sprinkled in might add something new, but the overall composition of this sequel is just another embarrassing reflection of the first one but even lazier with its commentary. I’d much rather watch Inside Out 2 over the aforementioned sequels, but it’s disappointing knowing that this was the follow-up to the brilliant Inside Out.

#26 ELIO

I think the biggest problem with Elio is that it never looked all that great to begin with. But with any new and fresh animated Pixar movie, I will always remain optimistic. As I just stated, Elio wasn’t a well-marketed movie because it never looked good. The box office aside, there wasn’t a huge reason to see it other than the brand name behind it. Aside from a couple of strong counterpoints, this one is severely lackluster, to say the least. Pixar is famous for creating memorable and layered characters and Elio as the main character is paper-thin. Elio is by no means a terrible movie but its overall presentation feels incredibly manufactured by Rob Simonsen’s beautiful music and stellar animation.

#25 CARS 3

Cars 3 gets a significant push for being above Cars 2 simply because it’s what we should have gotten out of the second movie. Granted, Cars 3 is by no means a great movie and it’s not even the best of the Cars movies. It does, however, feel more mature and far more emotional than any of the Cars movies before, and it also served as a solid wrap-up for the character of Lightning McQueen. It also got back to its roots with the racing and less of a spy movie, which is what Cars 2 was. Plus, Tow Mater is given more of the back seat by placing him as the supporting character that he always should have been from the very beginning. The problem I have with Cars 3, and the whole franchise in general, is that there’s nothing really that special about them. If this had been the only Cars movie, I might have a different mindset. It is much better than Cars 2 but still not great.

#24 CARS

I feel the same about Cars 3 as I do about the first Cars. There will always be a part of me that does indeed enjoy Cars. I saw it at the right age, and what kid doesn’t enjoy cars? That being said, Cars just doesn’t do it for me like some of the other great Pixar movies do and maybe that’s a knock on the movie strictly targeting kids and not the older crowd. Something I’ve alluded to already about the Cars movies is that it’s really all been about the merchandising rather than banking on the movies. The movies only help make the brand bigger but it’s always been about selling the toys more than anything else. If you know anything about the history of Cars, you’d know that John Lasseter has a ton of history with having a strong passion for automotive culture. But despite all his love for that, Cars really sticks out as being the sour thumb overall in the realm of Pixar’s lineage. With the exception of Cars 2, they’re tame enough for kids to enjoy but the adults really don’t get anything in return.

#23 THE GOOD DINOSAUR

I know some people like to have The Good Dinosaur ranked as the worst Pixar movie because it’s “forgettable,” but The Good Dinosaur is miles better than people want to give credit for. Granted, it’s not amazing (considering why it is ranked low), but it’s much better than a good portion of the sequels that Pixar has put out. The Good Dinosaur is famously known for having significant production problems. The original director, Bob Peterson, was removed, and Peter Sohn came in to take credit. Most of the voice cast was replaced, and even the release date was pushed back from May 2014 to November 2015. In the same year, Pixar had two original products on their hands with Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur, and clearly one of those was more well favored on a box-office and critical level. Whether or not The Good Dinosaur would have been a bigger hit if it never came out the same year as Inside Out did is a separate issue entirely. That said, The Good Dinosaur is a solid animated adventure even with the Pixar name attached to it. It’s not at all the worst movie they’ve done but in no way is it the best.

#22 LUCA

Luca is an interesting movie because it unfortunately came out at a time when a number of original Pixar movies were getting dumped on Disney+. How well Luca would have done is something we will never know. And while being in a theater is much better and better suited for watching any movie, I can sort of understand Disney’s strategy (even though I disagree with it). Nevertheless, Luca is a pretty darn delightful coming-of-age story wrapped up in a unique fantasy world. I think the only problem with Luca was that it played things a little too safe. You can definitely see the passion that director Enrico Casarosa had for telling a story that felt close to home, but it just should have dived a bit deeper, and it very well could have been in the discussion of one of Pixar’s all-time classics.

#21 LIGHTYEAR

Of all the Pixar movies that have ever been announced, Lightyear was the most excited I had ever been for any Pixar movie. The concept alone entices me; even to this day, I still get goosebumps just thinking about it. Heck, I even remember where I was when I first found out that Pixar was going to make a Buzz Lightyear movie. What made things even more exciting is Lightyear was the first Pixar movie to get a theatrical release in the post-COVID era. In a way, it was totally its own thing, if you detach yourself from the idea of it having any connective tissue to Toy Story at all. Lightyear was such a blast that it’s a crime that it never lived up to its box-office potential. It’s not as good as any of the Toy Story movies, but maybe not leaning into that Toy Story angle is one of the reasons it failed at the box office. Despite it being based on a film character, Lightyear feels like its own original epic space fantasy adventure that makes you want to see the same kind of treatment done for a Woody movie. That’s not to say they rush with it immediately, but with the attention to detail in this Pixar movie, why not give it a shot?

#20 TURNING RED

Turning Red was another movie that got dropped on streaming, despite having an original release date in theaters in the first quarter of 2022. But because of the ongoing pandemic, Disney sort of panicked and put it on Disney+ as an exclusive release. Like Luca, Turning Red is a wonderful gateway for a younger child-like demographic but really dives deeper into the ideas of adolescence and honest, humorous exploration of puberty, family expectations, and emotional, messy, and authentic coming-of-age moments. Maybe one of the best interesting aspects of Turning Red was that it walked a fine line of balancing the whole 2000s era of pop culture while feeling extremely authentic in its depiction of Chinese customs. Turning Red also came out the same year Lightyear did, and it’s really a damn shame that only one of them got their due in the theaters because the other is a better film, to say the least.

#19 ELEMENTAL

Elemental actually had one of the lowest domestic openings at the box office of all of Pixar movies. Even by Pixar standards, it’s hard to sell the movie because it almost looks like another Inside Out type, but in a new fashion. But what makes Elemental so special is it was Pixar’s very first movie in telling a love story. I think it’s fair to say that I’m probably much higher on Elemental than others might be, but there’s a reason why this thing made almost $500 million worldwide, and that’s because word of mouth was strong. And for them to have a movie that hit that mark is really saying something especially when you consider that Lightyear massively flopped. Elemental reminded me of the level of top sheer quality that Pixar was historically known for. It’s by no means a top ten movie for Pixar but in the post COVID era where a lot of baggage was starting to rile on the company, Elemental brought back that warm and comforting sensation.

#18 ONWARD

Onward, I contend, is the forgotten gem of Pixar. The reason I say that is that shortly after it got released, theaters were forced to close down because of the pandemic, so it never got a chance to find life in that arena. There may be the case that people watched it in the comfort of their own homes on Disney+ once it dropped but it’s sad it was never a hit because this is a really nice movie. This was another step in unfamiliar territory for Pixar because it was stepping right into some rich and steep fantasy storytelling. Sure, every Pixar movie is a fantasy in some shape or form, but in terms of the genre Pixar had never reached out to this branch of world building before and despite the low box-office numbers, it doesn’t serve as a reflection to the quality of Onward. Even as a voice duo, Chris Pratt and Tom Holland share a great brother bond about two kids who want to spend one final day with their dad.

#17 HOPPERS

Having just seen Hoppers, it’s important to know that the movie has yet to have time to really digest with audiences. It’s set to do pretty okay on its opening weekend, and it’s another original story for Pixar, considering we’ve gotten a lot of sequels and will probably continue to get more sequels. That being said, I’m still fresh on seeing this, but I think I can confidently say that Hoppers is their best movie in a very long time. Watching Hoppers brought me back to those original roots that Pixar played magnificently with. Not to throw any kind of shade at their original movies prior to Hoppers, but it’s the kind of originality I’ve been missing for some of the more recent examples. Hoppers does have familiar ideas and messages that have been done in other movies before but the execution just flowed so naturally. You fall in love with Mabel from the moment she’s introduced and the emotional investment you have with a beaver is incredible. It’s also maybe their funniest movie in some time. I can’t wait to see how this movie does over time because I think it’ll grow better with age.

#16 MONSTERS UNIVERSITY

Speaking of a movie that has grown with age, Monsters University is the best Pixar movie that fits that criteria. On a surface level, it’s nowhere near as good as Monsters, Inc. Even after it came out, I was so down on it because I hold Monsters, Inc. at such a high level. But I will argue that anyone in their post-college life will infinitely resonate with this movie even more than before. Seeing Mike and Sully as college students just makes you fall in love with their characters even more, making them significantly more relatable. Having John Goodman and Billy Crystal to come back and do the voices of Mike and Sully is an automatic no brainer because I can’t see any other actors voicing two of the most iconic animated characters of all time. This was also the first time Pixar had done a prequel, so it was refreshing to see them play a lot more with this world and expand more aspects with the characters at a younger age. I’m not saying this is the best prequel of all time, but as animated prequel? I think you’ve at least got to give it some props.

#15 INCREDIBLES 2

I remember being a kid watching the first The Incredibles, and I could not wait for another one. It’s been proven that a lot of other people felt the same way when that movie ended. I mean, they literally opened the doors with another movie because of how awesome the ending of that movie was. The fact that it took 14 years for another Incredibles movie was a painful period of time, but the exciting part was just knowing how the sequel was going to begin. And was it worth the wait? Absolutely. I think nowadays, some people are a bit lower on Incredibles 2, especially compared to the first one. For a long time, I thought it was as good or perhaps even better than the first one. Fast forward to today, my mind has changed on which one I prefer, but I still think Incredibles 2 is bloody brilliant. When the first Incredibles came out, the superhero genre was not what it was in today’s culture. In 2018, you had Avengers: Infinity, Black Panther, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and even Deadpool. Alongside those huge movies was Incredibles 2, a superhero movie that’s already part of another genre and has a 10+ year legacy to it. It was going to be a success no matter what, but how good it was what really mattered and I believe it truly delivered.

#14 A BUG’S LIFE

A Bug’s Life is the most underrated Pixar movie to date. It was one of the earlier ones, the second Pixar movie as a matter of fact. And for the first Pixar movie after Toy Story is already a massive mountain to climb because the bar had been set so high. I’m not necessarily saying that A Bug’s Life is better than Toy Story, but I think it’s one of those forgotten gems in Pixar’s history that doesn’t get the attention it does. Maybe the disadvantage that A Bug’s Life has is that the character of Flik is rather inferior when compared to Woody, but he’s still a fantastic character in his own way. But one thing about A Bug’s Life that a lot of the other Pixar movies hadn’t done is that its story is inspired by Seven Samurai. The characters and themes it plays into heavily rely on one of the most classical stories ever told, but the movie creates its own identity with its inventive world and fresh imagination. You’ve also got a fantastic villain with Hopper that doesn’t get the attention he validly deserves, and in a year where you had Antz and A Bug’s Life, Pixar took the lead in my estimation.

#13 COCO

This one pains me to put so low because I can definitely see why someone would have Coco in their top ten list of Pixar movies or even the top five. There’s no real complaint on my part. I think realistically, Coco is maybe the best Pixar movie in terms of the themes it’s addressing not just for adults but for children. The idea of teaching kids about death isn’t an easy discussion to be had, nor will they really fully grasp the concept of it. Coco beautifully addresses these heavy topics in ways that feel utterly profound. Rather than fearing the concept of dying, it teaches you how memories and remembrance of a lost loved one can be healed with the power of music and storytelling. Once you get into the music, it opens up another door of showcasing culture with various Mexican traditions, mainly with the Day of the Dead. Despite being focused on a different group of people from another country, Coco is still filled with timeless tales of the power of family and pursuing one’s passion. Who knows how good the sequel will be whenever that comes out, but how good or bad it might be won’t take anything away from how good this first film was.

#12 SOUL

Soul left me kind of speechless when I first saw it. It was the first time I felt where Pixar first dipped its toes into more philosophical territory. Sort of in the vein of Inside Out, which took a trip in the mind and made our own personalities characters and showed how other personalities overlap with one another, Soul dives even deeper in our souls (no pun) and showcases what kind of potential each and every individual has deep down inside their souls (again, no pun). The style, atmosphere, and overall scope of this movie are a complete paradigm shift from anything Pixar has done in the past, yet it still carries the poignancy of a movie like Inside Out, but something about Soul just feels more heavy but in a beautiful and powerful way. Some of it might go a little bit over kids heads because of how complex and deep it’s willing to go, but it’s spectacular animation and perkiness will help ease kids attention.

#11 TOY STORY 4

The Toy Story franchise may be Pixar’s most important one that they have. Not just because it’s one that kicked things off, but each one proves to be as good or in some instances even better than the one prior. I know for a fact that there was already a lot of hesitancy leading into Toy Story 4 because of how the third one ended. But people said the same exact thing after Toy Story 2 and look how that turned out. Is Toy Story 4 better than Toy Story 3? I don’t think so, but it’s not that vastly inferior to it. Toy Story 4 was further proof that no matter what, if there’s something important to tell, then Pixar will incorporate that in the film as best as humanly possible, and they delivered in spades. It’s funny and bittersweet, and it’s full of the same joy, wonder, and whimsiness that we’ve come to expect from every Toy Story installment. With Toy Story 5 coming out this summer, there’s yet another wave of hesitancy going into this fifth installment. However Toy Story 5 turns out to be, Toy Story 4 was a wonderful addition to this series.

#10 TOY STORY 2

However you want to rank the Toy Story movies, the first three are bound to be in the top ten area, for the most part, at any rate. One of the best things about Toy Story 2 is something a lot of people know (or maybe not), which is the fact that it was saved by a backup on a technical director’s home computer, but it was nearly completely erased after an incorrect command erased the servers. It was also initially planned to be a direct-to-video release instead of a full theatrical one. It’s also the one Pixar movie that’s riddled with Star Wars references, long before Disney ever acquired Lucasfilm. Be that as it may, Toy Story 2 isn’t just one of the best animated movies of all time, but it’s in the conversation of one of the best sequels ever made. It was the first one of the franchise to channel some strong emotion about children growing up and letting go of old things. It has maybe one of the most exciting opening sequences of any Pixar movie to date, and perhaps the most significant aspect of the movie is the particular scene where Jessie has the flashback of when she was once someone’s toy. Even to this day, the scene breaks my heart and really knows how to bring in some deep emotions that rush right through you. Aside from that moving sequence, Toy Story 2 checks all the boxes.

#9 RATATOUILLE

Have you ever wondered if a rat can cook? Well, you’re in luck because Ratatouille answers that question that so many people were just dying to know. Jokes aside, Ratatouille is one of Pixar’s most unique and extravagant movies because its message is simple but extremely effective. It basically teaches you that anyone can cook, literally and figuratively. It’s a story about an underdog who should never stop chasing their true potential. It also reminds you that as good as food is, it’s also a reminder that great cooking is an underrated form of art and that cooking takes some serious skill depending on what the cook is making. Ratatouille is simply a movie about art, which a lot of animated movies today don’t really cover, not even during the era in which this movie came out. Even having the legendary Peter O’Toole to voice the food critic Anton Ego was a stroke of genius. Suffice to say, Ratatouille makes you appreciate all forms of life from the food on your plate to a tiny and harmless rat.

#8 WALL-E

WALL-E was such a great movie by going beyond being a great animated movie because it found a way for kids to feel emotions with a character who barely speaks. Maybe there’s an argument that WALL-E maybe would have benefited more if it were structured as a short story rather than an expanded motion picture. There’s an encyclopedia of post-apocalyptic movies, but maybe a smaller list of ones that kids can watch, and WALL-E is one of the prime examples. Outside of the stunning animation of emotional attachment there is with the characters, the film operates on so many rich and deep layers. At the heart of it is a story about a robot falling in love with another advanced robot, but surrounding this love story are the ideas of environmental neglect, greed, consumerism, and the dangers of stationary lifestyles. Just like what Coco did, WALL-E opens the minds of younger audiences in a much bigger and more powerful way. It teaches people to be more responsible and how they can help make a positive impact in their community. Maybe if WALL-E wasn’t about a robot and it was about some random person stuck on earth, it’d probably be enjoyable, but having it centered on a robot that embodies so much grace, love, and care makes it more timeless.

#7 FINDING NEMO

Of all the Pixar movies that rival the opening of Up, Finding Nemo is a close contender. Pixar, in its totality, has never been afraid of introducing stark and dark sequences on a thematical level. The way Finding Nemo starts tells you everything about the rest of the movie. It establishes high emotional stakes, it establishes the dangers of the ocean, and it lays the foundations of how and why our characters operate the way they do.It beautifully sets the tone, and it’s still to this day one of their very best for a variety of different reasons. First things first, this is one of Pixar’s funniest films of all time. There’s great humor for kids and adults but the constant puns about the ocean ecosystem are absolutely hilarious. Secondly, this movie is proof that Dory is better served as the comic relief side character and not the main focal point. Thirdly and maybe the most important point, Finding Nemo is the story of a widowed father and his only child. With Marlin and Nemo on their own adventures, they both learn more about themselves than they ever have before. Where Finding Dory lost that magic and kinetic charm, Finding Nemo encompasses all of that beauty in a special little bottle.

#6 THE INCREDIBLES

The Incredibles came out at a time when the superhero movie genre hadn’t reached its cultural peak status, and one could argue that it’s among the very best. Nevertheless, The Incredibles is a damn delight. What makes The Incredibles one of the better Pixar movies is that its substance and themes are far more for adults. Underneath all the superhero action, you’ve got a movie about a father of an average family going through a midlife crisis. The mother is trying to keep everything in check at home while the kids deal with personal insecurities on their own. It’s almost like you took an average Saturday morning cartoon and made it more of a relatable family drama set in the early 1960s.Beyond all that, you’ve got iconic quotes, a fantastic score from Michael Giacchino, and one of Pixar’s best villains in Syndrome. Fans finally got their wish in 2018 with a sequel after it totally left the door open for a follow-up, but the first Incredibles is such a unique example of an animated movie playing around with multiple genres. There was a time where The Incredibles was the best Fantastic Four movie we’ve ever gotten. Aside from 2025’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps, you could still make that claim today.

#5 UP

There has almost never been any movie after the release of Up that so tragically and empathetically set the tone for the rest of the movie better than Up did. The opening 10 minutes of Up are already a movie in and of itself. If your heart doesn’t shatter after the opening scene of the movie, then the level of your sanity has to come into question. After everything is established in the beginning, the movie never loses a beat, and you begin to fall more in love with Carl and what his journey represents. He’s easily one of Pixar’s most enriching and deep characters because he’s incredibly easy to relate to and his motivations are deeply moving. On top of that, you have a terrific side character with Russell that infuses more heart and a great sense of comic relief. The best part about Up might be the character of Doug, voiced by Pixar titan Bob Peterson. Having been one of three animated movies to ever score a Best Picture nomination, Up is simply one of the very best.

#4 INSIDE OUT

Thematically rich, gorgeous animation and maybe some of the best voice work in the realm of the genre, Inside Out is maybe the most socially important movie of this millennium. The power of Pixar is to create characters and visuals that appeal to the mind of the child, but underneath those kid-friendly qualities are messages and touching moments that will resonate with adults. When you combine all those elements together, Inside Out delivers on that on every single level. The emotional willpower of highlighting the beautiful nature of happiness and tragedy overlapping with one another, exemplifying that emotions coalesce in the best ways and the worst scenarios. Where Inside Out 2 told the exact same story on a beat-for-beat basis, Inside Out inventively evokes the complex nature of the mind by making it accessible for children. Plus, the older you get, the more profound and relatable it tends to be. It’s a shame that Inside Out was followed up by a sequel that I generally was excited about, but even just thinking about how empty Inside Out 2 felt, it just makes the first Inside Out even more special.

#3 MONSTERS, INC.

You want to know what Up, Inside Out and Monsters, Inc. all have in common? They were all directed by Pete Doctor, who is arguably the best director that Pixar has ever worked with and Monsters, Inc. is his best film to date. Monsters, Inc. is a great buddy comedy; it has so much fun with its concept of monsters hiding in closets and under our beds, and Mike and Sully are two of the best on-screen duos in any genre ever. This is before the release of Finding Nemo, but Pixar was really starting to make a name for themselves, and fast forward 20+ years later, Monsters, Inc. is still heavily regarded as one of the best animated movies, period. One of the biggest reasons why I get so defensive over Monsters, Inc. is because at the 2002 Academy Awards, the Best Animated Feature nomination was introduced (a thing I loathe), but the award went to Shrek instead. As much as I love Shrek, it beating out Monsters, Inc. is a travesty.

#2 TOY STORY 3

My top two spots can really go either way. They’re so interchangeable that you could honestly view them as 1a and 1b. With all the Toy Story sequels, I think Toy Story 3 is the best of the bunch. There was just something about how Pixar chose to release it 11 years after Toy Story 2, almost as if it was a deep reflection of the lives of its original 1990s audience, who were also navigating the transition to adulthood, making Andy’s goodbye to his toys deeply personal. Obviously, the sense of adventure, comedy, stellar animation and the powerful emotional crux of this movie have always been one of Pixar’s strengths, but Toy Story 3 delivered that in spades. Despite there being a Toy Story 4 and another one hitting theaters this summer, it’s always acceptable to assess Toy Story 3 as the perfect wrap-up to that era of the franchise.

#1 TOY STORYQ

Quick side note (but still on topic): never have I ever felt for someone when Buzz finds out he’s not a real toy. Despite his determination that he thinks he can fly, it rips my soul apart when he finally comes to terms with himself. It’s beautiful character development, and it can’t be overlooked. Toy Story is still the Godfather of Pixar. Its comedy is superb, the animation still looks amazing, and it laid down the foundational roots of what makes a Pixar film special: great characters, beautiful music, and an emotional crux that sinks in your spirit. It’s the one that started it all and if this movie failed then Pixar probably wouldn’t be what it is today.