The Decline of Pixar
Beginning with with Toy Story in 1995 and most recently Monster U, 27 years of animation has cemented Pixar as arguably one of the most influential animation house. Sadly of recent Pixar's films have been less than the stellar hits we've seen in the past. Why? It always happens... once a studio becomes too big, they just outgrow some techniques for others. I'm not saying this is a bad thing but... Pixar used to use a very small budget to make their films at some point... this forced them to make the best quality film they could! Now they have the money to make AAA movies, they focus much more on visuals and franchising than anything else. I'm not saying they shouldn't be allowed to make franchises, but I am saying they are going about it in the wrong way! Toy Story is the perfect example of a sequel, each installment brings growth and maturity along with snazzy visuals, whilst on the other hand Cars... did not! Let's talk about Brave! I quite enjoyed Brave! It was spunky and different, but it lacked charm and good pacing, it had a clear focus but it was all wrong! The art is still breathtakingly beautiful though! Monsters U... I tried to enjoy this movie, but its just a wrong film!!! Why??? Because they expanded on the monsters world in the wrong way! They created very bland characters in the process, excluding my favorite character to come out of this film, Brock Pearson... And I even don't know why he's my favorite. They got the pacing horribly wrong! It just movies like a buddy-college guy movie, They fight, They need to help each other and they win in the end, becoming best friends for life in the process. It makes me sick that Pixar would follow such a formulaic approach to film making... but they have created their own formula haven't they, "Let's take inanimate objects and lets create a world for them!" There is no saving Pixar, don't even try... my best advice is to just give up on them... its for the best.
Its like shooting a dog with rabies... it has to be done!
Connory "conogh" Eisen
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