Are Pixar films overrated?

[QUOTE="Nerd_Man"][QUOTE="Film-Guy"][QUOTE="barcx17"][QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

[QUOTE="barcx17"]No they're not overrated. Toy Story and Finding Nemo are my favorite pixar films, and i'll agree with everyone that Cars was meh... good but not great. Wall-E and Ratatouille were awesome thoughFilm-Guy

I liked Ratatouille alot visually, but for some reason I could never get into the story much. I found it kinda bland and uninteresting.

I understand what you meant, at first i thought i was gonna feel that way, but i guess it was just his quest to follow his dream of becoming a chef that interested me. I think a few might disagree with me, but i felt the same way with Monster's Inc. Yes it was visually amazing, but i couldnt get into the story that much at first.

I actually really liked Monsters Inc, more than Ratatouille probably. I found the story in Monsters Inc very charming while Rataouille just felt very dull, plus the french accents sounded really cheesy.

Monsters Inc. is probably one of my favorite Pixar films.

Monsters Inc. was directed by Pete Docter, and I'm so excited that the next Pixar film is being directed by him again. The next film is called "Up".

I went to this year's Comic-Con, and got to see Pete Docter and see the first ever sneaks for the next film. It was probably 15 minutes of the actual movie, and I'm sold already. The clips got me very excited, and it looked beautiful.

From what I have heard about the new pixar movie it sounds pretty interesting. Something about a guy who makes his house fly or something right?

Below are some spoilers for Up... So if you don't want to be spoiled, don't read.

The film is about an old man (In his 70s) named Carl. He's a pretty stubborn old man.
But anyways, the film is about him, and it starts out in his early life when he met his future wife. His wife loved to travel, and her dream was to one day travel to South America and have an adventure with Carl, and Carl promises he would. Well, the years go by, and the two get older, and no trip has ever been made. Eventually his beloved wife passes away.
Now in his 70s, Carl's one last memory of his wife is the house they lived in. The rest of town has been built into a city, but this one house is the one thing that has not changed.

Carl faces the trouble that he will soon be taken out of his home and thrown into a retirement home, and he hates the idea of leaving the house, his one last memory.
So Carl starts getting tons and tons of balloons and tying them to his house. When the retirement people finally arrive at his house, Carl makes them wait outside. The people confused, the ground starts to rumble and they look up in the sky as thousands of balloons start coming out from the roof. The house slowly starts to rip from the foundation, and Carl makes his grand escape from the city and sets sail for South America to embark on one last adventure.

So yeah, it's quite a different film from Pixar if you ask me. It has some deeper themes and story-telling than other films. Yet at the same time, quite wacky (I mean, flying house?), and humor. But hey, that's Pixar, and they know how to make these films.
From all that I have seen so far, it looked amazing. I don't know how you might like it, but from what I know and seen, this will be yet another grand slam from the Pixar team.

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"][QUOTE="Nerd_Man"][QUOTE="Film-Guy"][QUOTE="barcx17"][QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

[QUOTE="barcx17"]No they're not overrated. Toy Story and Finding Nemo are my favorite pixar films, and i'll agree with everyone that Cars was meh... good but not great. Wall-E and Ratatouille were awesome thoughNerd_Man

I liked Ratatouille alot visually, but for some reason I could never get into the story much. I found it kinda bland and uninteresting.

I understand what you meant, at first i thought i was gonna feel that way, but i guess it was just his quest to follow his dream of becoming a chef that interested me. I think a few might disagree with me, but i felt the same way with Monster's Inc. Yes it was visually amazing, but i couldnt get into the story that much at first.

I actually really liked Monsters Inc, more than Ratatouille probably. I found the story in Monsters Inc very charming while Rataouille just felt very dull, plus the french accents sounded really cheesy.

Monsters Inc. is probably one of my favorite Pixar films.

Monsters Inc. was directed by Pete Docter, and I'm so excited that the next Pixar film is being directed by him again. The next film is called "Up".

I went to this year's Comic-Con, and got to see Pete Docter and see the first ever sneaks for the next film. It was probably 15 minutes of the actual movie, and I'm sold already. The clips got me very excited, and it looked beautiful.

From what I have heard about the new pixar movie it sounds pretty interesting. Something about a guy who makes his house fly or something right?

Below are some spoilers for Up... So if you don't want to be spoiled, don't read.

The film is about an old man (In his 70s) named Carl. He's a pretty stubborn old man.
But anyways, the film is about him, and it starts out in his early life when he met his future wife. His wife loved to travel, and her dream was to one day travel to South America and have an adventure with Carl, and Carl promises he would. Well, the years go by, and the two get older, and no trip has ever been made. Eventually his beloved wife passes away.
Now in his 70s, Carl's one last memory of his wife is the house they lived in. The rest of town has been built into a city, but this one house is the one thing that has not changed.

Carl faces the trouble that he will soon be taken out of his home and thrown into a retirement home, and he hates the idea of leaving the house, his one last memory.
So Carl starts getting tons and tons of balloons and tying them to his house. When the retirement people finally arrive at his house, Carl makes them wait outside. The people confused, the ground starts to rumble and they look up in the sky as thousands of balloons start coming out from the roof. The house slowly starts to rip from the foundation, and Carl makes his grand escape from the city and sets sail for South America to embark on one last adventure.

So yeah, it's quite a different film from Pixar if you ask me. It has some deeper themes and story-telling than other films. Yet at the same time, quite wacky (I mean, flying house?), and humor. But hey, that's Pixar, and they know how to make these films.
From all that I have seen so far, it looked amazing. I don't know how you might like it, but from what I know and seen, this will be yet another grand slam from the Pixar team.

That actually sounds really cool, bit different from there other movies which tend to be about similar themes like going to get someone or something back like as someone already said well a fetch quest movie. This sounds interesting, I will keep an eye out for it.

I think Pixar has definitely changed over the years, to be honest.

Even with Cars, the story was unlike any other. The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, WALL-E, and Up are all very different. They're not just the same old thing you expect from Pixar anymore.

Which is probably why some of them can be a miss for some of you, because they're different. So really, it's all up to personal tastes.

Also, as for making mature films... I don't know quite as much about this film yet, but Brad Bird (Director of The Incredibles and Ratatouille) is making a new film, but will not be under the Pixar name. The film is called "1906", and what I know so far is that it will be based off of the San Francisco earthquake, a story revolving around that time.
I believe another company is involved in it too, and I hear Pixar will be quite involved with it too.
It is rumored to be live-action, or maybe live-action with some animated elements in the mix, not sure. But considering how WALL-E had live-action in the film, Pixar is progressing more as a movie company than just an animation studio, and live-action films are more than likely to be seen from Pixar in the future.
Infact, Andrew Stanton (Director of Finding Nemo and WALL-E) is working on another film that will be called "John Carter of Mars". He is currently writing the script, but he says that going live-action for the film is possible.

So yeah, maybe your request for more mature films from Pixar aint too far off. They might not be rated R, but hey, Pixar is changing.

As for 1906, I have no idea if it is being released under Touchstone yet, but we can wait and see.