Sunday, 27 August 2017

What I love about PIXAR

  I don't think it is hidden at all on here that I am a major PIXAR dork but I don't think that I have ever written a blog post on PIXAR as a whole rather than just one or a few of the films. Out of every PIXAR film they have released there is only one that I feel is lacking in terms of what PIXAR are capable of, and going from how they didn't even mention it in Cars 3 I think they probably agree on that.
  The main thing that I love about PIXAR is how different they are. Up until recently (although not really that recently now) they only made original stories created by their team into films. I'm honestly so bored of adaptations and remakes and I know that more often than not when PIXAR releases a film it will be an original story that I have never heard of before. Of course it is hard to make original pieces these days and everywhere has there inspiration but the team at PIXAR are just the most creative team to have ever existed. Of course I realise that they have been making more sequels in recent years (although only one of which I don't think was necessary). Out of eighteen films released since 1995 only six are sequels which I think is so impressive compared to other film studios (especially animation studios).
  The animation of course is superb. This is the company that changed animation as a whole, well in the western film making world anyway. A large percentage of animated films are now 3D CGI animation, which I have a love/hate relationship with but for the most part I'm cool with. I just wish that companies outside of Japan would use traditional animation more often (talking to you Disney). PIXAR changed animation not for the better but definitely not for the worse. The animation of PIXAR films has just gotten better and better over the years. They clearly put so much effort into really thinking about how their films will look in a cinematic way. Animation is beautiful and my favourite film medium and PIXAR are just one of the best for it.
  To be honest the only thing I don't like is how their innovations in animation has changed the animation world for the most part. I miss traditional animation, or just 2D animation. Which is probably why I have fallen so hard for anime TV series and films. But again, I don't think the change was bad, it's just that I miss 2D animation from Disney.

Just for fun, here are my top five PIXAR films in case you wanted to know:

  1. Toy Story
  2. Wall-E
  3. Toy Story 2
  4. Inside Out
  5. UP
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