With the great success of both public and critics that the new Pixar film 'Inside Out' is experiencing, we have to begin to ask ourselves if this is the best film of your production company and in passing we take the opportunity to make a list of all your films from worst to best.
20 years of a production company that changed the history of animation as we knew it in 1995 with 'Toy Story' and that it has not allowed us to have fun while transmitting much better and more current values than those that a Disney that has ended up being forced to modernize dropped us.
Great dominator for the moment in the category of best animated film at the Oscars, with seven awards from nine nominations, it seems that this year Pixar is going to add a new award, since It seems that 'Backwards' is not going to have a rivalIt is also more than likely that the film directed by Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen will end up getting the nomination in other even more important categories such as best film and best original screenplay.
The following is a list of The 15 films that Pixar has produced ordered from worst to best, obviously in a more than subjective way and that We invite you to debate in the comments..
15. 'Cars 2'
Original title: 'Cars 2'
Address: John Lasseter and Brad Lewis
Year: 2011
Main recognitions: Nominated for a Golden Globe for best animated film and 7 nominations for the Annie Awards, including best film.
Plot: After the adventure of the first installment, Lightning McQueen and his new friend Mate leave the United States to participate abroad in the first World Championship, competition that will serve to discover which is the fastest car on the planet. The first leg of the championship takes them to Tokyo, where Mate is involved in an international espionage case that will take him to other cities such as Paris and London. Once in Porto Corsa, Italy, one of the stages of the championship, the two friends must stop enjoying the pleasures of the place, since Lightning McQueen is in full competition against the best cars, while Mate is immersed in the complex world of espionage.
Second parts never was good. It is true that there are exceptions, see 'The Godfather II' or 'Star Wars. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back '(' Star Wars. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back '), but' Cars 2 would never be one of them. Pixar wanted with this second installment to achieve the same commercial success as with 'Cars' and in fact it practically achieves it, not the critical success, which places it at the time as the worst production of the studio at the time, in fact to day Today it is still the worst valued in reference pages such as Metacritic, Rotten Tomatoes or Imdb.
14. 'Brave'
Original title: 'Brave'
Address: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman and Steve Purcell
Year: 2012
Main recognitions: Oscar for the best animated film, Golden Globe for the best animated film, Bafta Award for the best animated film, two Annie Awards of ten nominations
Plot: 'Brave' account the story of Merida, princess daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor, who has great skill with the bow. One fine day the gigantic Lord MacGuffin, the moody Lord Macintosh and the curmudgeon Lord Dingwall arrive for Merida to decide with the son of whom of them she wants to marry, but she is not willing to make that decision at that moment. In addition, everything gets complicated when Mérida argues with her mother about the issue and goes into the forest. There he meets a witch who asks for a spell to change his mother, but the change is not what he expected.
Not being a bad film, in fact none of Pixar is, 'Brave' is far from the studio's own style and it looks more like a Disney job. It is the first film of the study that uses a princess, something recurrent in Disney especially in its productions of the 90s. 'Brave' does not contribute anything new and does not even repeat some formula that has worked so well for Pixar.
13. 'Toy Story 2'
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Original title: 'Toy Story 2'
Address: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon and Lee Unkrich
Year: 1999
Main recognitions: Golden Globe Award for Best Musical or Comedy Film, Critics' Choice Award for Best Animated Film and Oscar Nominee for Best Original Song
Plot: Time after the 'Toy Story' adventure, Andy goes to camp and leaves the toys alone. A confusion causes Al McWhiggin, a collector of old toys, to see Whoody at the market that Andy's mother has prepared to get rid of old toys and take the opportunity to kidnap him. Buzz Lightyear will do everything possible to save Whoody, but he is now with some new companions, toys with which he shares a story.
Four years after changing the history of animated cinema with 'Toy Story', Pixar brought us its third film, the sequel to that great work starring toys. But the film did not live up to the first installment, although in its favor we will say that it was not easy at all. What is clear is that it is the weakest film in the trilogy about Andy's friends.
12. 'Monsters University'
Original title: 'Monsters University'
Address: Dan Scanlon
Year: 2013
Main recognitions: 2 Annie Awards of 10 nominations and nominated for the Bafta for the best animated film
Plot: After the adventure of Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan in 'Monsters SA', now we see the two cute monsters in college, when they met. At first they couldn't bear it, but they eventually overcome their differences at this very important moment in their lives, in which they have to decide what they want to be in life, and they end up being best friends.
Once again we find ourselves among the worst Pixar films (rather, among the least best) we found a second installment, this time not a sequel but a prequel, the company's first. "Monsters University" falls short of the first Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan movie to hit the big screen more than a decade earlier.
11. 'The Incredibles'
Original title: 'The Incredibles'
Address: Brad Bird
Year: 2004
Main recognitions: Oscar for the best animated film and the best sound effects of four nominations, 10 Annie Awards, including best film of 16 nominations.
Plot: 'The Incredibles' counts the story of a family of superheroes who are forced back into action after years of inactivity, now with a few extra pounds and with a certain age, they must save the world from a terrible villain. Bob, the father of the family in his day was known as Mr. Incredible and 15 years ago he fought daily with his great strength to save humanity day after day, like his wife, also a superhero at the time. Now both have adopted a civil identity and are dedicated to paying bills and taking care of their three children, but when the world is threatened, they do not hesitate to claim their services again.
Before the arrival of the Marvel and Disney film 'Big Hero 6', Pixar already had its superhero animation tape, a good film although far from the emotionality that the studio has accustomed us to in their best films.
10. 'Cars'
Original title: 'Cars'
Address: John Lasseter
Year: 2006
Main recognitions: Nominated for an Oscar for best animated film and for best song, two Annie Awards, including best film of nine nominations, Golden Globe for best animated film.
Plot: Lightning McQueen is a contender for the racing championship and he is about to achieve the ultimate victory, which means success and fame, but on his journey to the next race he mistakenly takes a detour on Route 66 arriving in a small forgotten community that will change the way he sees the world
John Lasseter avoids the difficult obstacle of giving life to something as inanimate as vehicles, which has its great merit, but is far from the best work of the studio and even his own. The 'Cars' saga can't be compared to 'Toy Story'.
9. 'Bugs, a miniature adventure'
Original title: 'A Bug's Life'
Address: John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton
Year: 1998
Main recognitions: Nominated for an Oscar for Best Soundtrack, Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Soundtrack, Nominated for the Bafta for Best Visual Effects
Plot: Like every year, the grasshoppers are about to arrive to seize the supplies of the ant colony, but this year Flick wants to make this stop, so he leaves the colony in search of warlike insects, but instead, he he finds is a group of circus insects.
In the shadow of Toy Story 'we find Pixar's second job. Almost no one remembers it but three years after 'Toy Story' it came to us'Bugs, a miniature adventure ', a not inconsiderable film, although well below the level of the first tape of the study.
8. 'Ratatouille'
Original title: 'Ratatouille'
Address: Brad Bird
Year: 2007
Main recognitions: Oscar for the best animated film of 5 nominations, Globo d eOro for the best animated film, Bafta Award for the best animated film, 9 Annie Awards, including best film of 13 nominations.
Plot: Auguste Gusteau was a great chef who followed the policy that anyone can cook, that has inspired Remy, although Remy has a problem getting to become a cook, he's a rat. But Remy is not going to give up despite the fact that rodents are not well regarded in kitchens since his family does not accept what they see as a strange hobby, which will lead him with the help of a clumsy companion to revolutionize the world of cooking. kitchen room.
With 'Ratatouille', Brad Bird brought Pixar closer to his best films. An endearing work with the stamp of the house, but from which we would still ask for one more point.
7. 'Finding Nemo'
Original title: 'Finding Nemo'
Address: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
Year: 2003
Main recognitions: Oscar for the best animated film of 4 nominations, nominated for a Golden Globe for the best animated film, nominated for the Bafta for best original screenplay
Plot: Nemo is an overprotected only child minnow by his father because he does not have one of his fins well. When is caught on an Australian reef and ends up in a Sydney dentist's office, his father will go on a dangerous adventure to rescue himWhile Nemo and his new friends have a cunning plan to escape from the fish tank.
When we talk about 'Finding Nemo', we are already talking about one of the great Pixar films, a great script, an aspect in which the studio's films usually stand out, make this film one of the best of its year.
6. 'Toy Story 3'
Original title: 'Toy Story 3'
Address: Lee Unkrich
Year: 2010
Main recognitions: Oscar for best animated film and best song, Golden Globe for best animated film, Bafta Award for best animated film with 3 nominations
This time Andy is already going to college, which makes the toys with Woody and Buzz in front start to worry about what will become of them. What finally happens is that they end up in a nursery, something that did not seem very good, but that is even worse, since it is directed by a cruel toy.
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While 'Toy Story 2' was far from the quality of its predecessor, 'Toy Story 3' is a much more than worthy sequel. Let's hope that the fourth installment that is yet to come continues in this line.
5. 'Monsters SA'
Original title: 'Monsters Inc.'
Address: Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich and David Silverman
Year: 2001
Main recognitions: Oscar for the best song of four mnominations, Bafta for the best animated film
Plot: We enter Monsters SA the company that is in charge of feeding energy to the homes of this world inhabited by monsters. To do this, employees have to cross doors to appear in children's rooms at night to scare them, because their screaming is the greatest energy. James P. Sullivan, one of the best scarers and his partner Mike Wazowski will be involved in a great adventure when one of the girls they had to scare walks through the door with them.
After 'Toy Story' and 'Bugs, a miniature adventure', Pixar was confirmed as the great animation company of our time. Incomprehensibly, the film lost the Oscar for best animated film, in which it was the first edition of this new award.
4. 'Up'
Original title: 'Up'
Address: Pete Docter and Bob Peterson
Year: 2009
Main recognitions: Oscar for best animated film and best soundtrack, Annie Award for best film and best direction, Golden Globe for best animated film and best soundtrack.
Plot: Carl Frederickson, a widowed balloon seller who already has 78 springs, wants to fulfill the dream he had with his late wife, andn hook your home to thousands of balloons and take it to South AmericaBut when he finally succeeds and there is no turning back, he realizes that he is not traveling alone, an optimistic eight-year-old explorer named Russell has snuck into his adventure.
Clearly one of Pixar's most emotional filmsTapes such as 'Up' show that animated films can go beyond pure entertainment, and although the studio teaches us values in almost all of its films, in some it even manages to thrill young and old alike.
3. 'Wall-E'
Original title: 'Wall-E'
Address: Andrew Stanton
Year: 2008
Main recognitions: Oscar Award for the best animated film of up to six nominations, Golden Globe for the best animated film of three nominations, Bafta Award for the best animated film of two nominations
Plot: In 2800, the Wall-E robot continues to carry out the mission for which it was created, hundreds of years ago, clean the abandoned planet Earth of garbage. When he discovers a modern robot named Eve, the two will travel the galaxy on an extraordinary adventure.
And if we talk about the emotionality of 'Up', what to say about 'Wall-E' that achieves something similar without the need for words. The adventure of a robot that shows us its feelings is one of the study's great achievements.
2. 'Toy Story'
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Original title: 'Toy Story'
Address: John Lasseter
Year: 1995
Main recognitions: Special technical Oscar of 3 nominations, 2 nominations for the Golden Globes, best musical or comedy film and best soundtrack and nominated for the Bafta for the best visual effects
Plot: When Andy's toys, a six-year-old boy, are left alone, they come to life. All is joy in a world led by Sheriff Whoody, Andy's favorite toy, but on his birthday the boy receives a new toy that could take Woody's place, something that he does not like too much but he must remain calm in front of the rest of the toys.
The film with which it all began must occupy one of the best positions, not only because it meant a change in animation cinema, but also because its story deserves it and in fact until very recently we could consider it as the best film of Pixar.
1. 'Inside out'
Original title: 'Inside Out'
Address: Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen
Year: 2015
Main recognitions: -Awards Season Pending-
Plot: Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness are the emotions that inhabit Riley's mindHappiest Midwestern girl. Everything is going smoothly in this girl's head until she has to move to San Francisco Due to the change of her father's job, that and getting older causes problems in the Emotions Headquarters, especially with Sadness, something that Alegría wants to take care of, who until now has emerged as the leader.
And if we wonder if 'Inside Out' is the best Pixar movie, we have to say yes. The production company in this case has surpassed itself with an excellent, funny and emotional script that talks about emotional education. A very complex story with several readings, which the little ones like but also the older ones.