The worst Pixar movie is...

Melanie;2474631 wrote: I enjoyed Cars 2 well enough (certainly more than the trash that is Wall-E, IMO). People enjoy movies for different reasons.

Wall-E is second worst on my list. My husband likes it though. People all do have their own tastes. There was a list on IGN a couple days ago where they ranked all the Pixar movies. The list was SO wrong, in MY opinion. ;)

BrerGnat;2474635 wrote: Wall-E is second worst on my list. My husband likes it though. People all do have their own tastes. There was a list on IGN a couple days ago where they ranked all the Pixar movies. The list was SO wrong, in MY opinion. ;)

Considering two of my favorites are near the bottom (and ranked below Monster's University), yeah, I'd say everyone has their own tastes indeed!

ibelieveindisneymagic;2474525 wrote: You're right. Cars 2 was pretty bad. Are we still even allowed to think of it as a Pixar movie?

Yet I hear a Cars 3 is in development?

The Good Dinosaur felt like a gentler take on the Lion King to me. It was fine to kill two hours on the holiday weekend with family, but I see no reason to ever see it again.

I was a little puzzled by Sanjay's Super Team as the short. I get it that we want to embrace diversity, but I can't imagine it would have went over well if they did a short with Jesus as a superhero.

baldburke;2474814 wrote: The Good Dinosaur felt like a gentler take on the Lion King to me. It was fine to kill two hours on the holiday weekend with family, but I see no reason to ever see it again.

I was a little puzzled by Sanjay's Super Team as the short. I get it that we want to embrace diversity, but I can't imagine it would have went over well if they did a short with Jesus as a superhero.

I was NOT a fan of Sanjay's Super Team. If I wanted to watch Pokemon, I would. I hate that style of animation. Seemed like a huge step backwards for Pixar.

I have not seen the movie, but read this comment on it.

"The Good Dinosaur is by no means a bad movie. But it breaks new ground for Pixar in that it is the studio’s first feature that is explicitly—and pretty much exclusively—a kid’s movie." Christopher Orr·The Atlantic

For those of you that saw it, do you find this to be true? Or, is it not even good as a kid's movie?

cer;2474821 wrote: I have not seen the movie, but read this comment on it.

"The Good Dinosaur is by no means a bad movie. But it breaks new ground for Pixar in that it is the studio’s first feature that is explicitly—and pretty much exclusively—a kid’s movie." Christopher Orr·The Atlantic

For those of you that saw it, do you find this to be true? Or, is it not even good as a kid's movie?

I absolutely did not find this to be true at all. The movie was about friendship, facing your fears, and family. Definitely NOT a "kid only" type movie.

cer;2474821 wrote: I have not seen the movie, but read this comment on it.

"The Good Dinosaur is by no means a bad movie. But it breaks new ground for Pixar in that it is the studio’s first feature that is explicitly—and pretty much exclusively—a kid’s movie." Christopher Orr·The Atlantic

For those of you that saw it, do you find this to be true? Or, is it not even good as a kid's movie?

Well, I'll say this, my four year old boy is completely obsessed with dinosaurs, if he wasn't the target audience I don't know who was. His conclusion after the movie? "Momma, I don't want to see that movie ever again"

dobby2010;2474857 wrote: Well, I'll say this, my four year old boy is completely obsessed with dinosaurs, if he wasn't the target audience I don't know who was. His conclusion after the movie? "Momma, I don't want to see that movie ever again"

I found the movie to be much more intense than I anticipated. There was a boy about 7 or 8 who was crying at the end and his dad was comforting him. I heard quite a lot of sobbing towards the end. I also thought it was kind of frightening for very young kids. A few years ago, I would have probably had to leave the theater with my son, because I'm sure he would have said it was too scary. He is 9 now.

cer;2474821 wrote: I have not seen the movie, but read this comment on it.

"The Good Dinosaur is by no means a bad movie. But it breaks new ground for Pixar in that it is the studio’s first feature that is explicitly—and pretty much exclusively—a kid’s movie." Christopher Orr·The Atlantic

For those of you that saw it, do you find this to be true? Or, is it not even good as a kid's movie?

Went with my five year old and he liked it, but then again, what 5yo has discerning tastes. That said, there was no magical moment or "spark." He hasn't talked about the movie since or expressed desire to see it again.

For kids and adults there are movies that you walk away from that really take you to a special place and that you reflect on and even really want to go see a second time, and soon. This is definitely not in that category.

I really can't even begin to guess what Orr is talking about with that statement.

Looks like Pixar has their first bomb on their hands... From Variety:

‘The Good Dinosaur’: Pixar May Suffer First Loss at Box Office

Brent Lang

“The Good Dinosaur” is shaping up to be a novelty. After 16 films, including such classics as “Toy Story” and “Wall-E,” the story of a young Apatosaurus’ quest to reunite with his family is shaping up to be Pixar’s first box office failure.

With a production budget of $200 million and roughly $150 million spent on marketing, industry analysts and executives say that Pixar and its parent company Disney must make $500 million to break even theatrically. Currently, the film has made $131.3 million globally and is showing signs of fading fast. At this point, many project that “The Good Dinosaur” will be lucky to crack the $400 million mark. That would make it the lowest grossing Pixar film since “A Bug’s Life” made $363.4 million worldwide in 1998.

“It’s not resonating like a typical Pixar film,” said Erik Handler, an analyst with MKM Partners. “It’s on a path where they’re going to need home entertainment to drive profitability. Usually with Pixar, by the time they’ve gone through the first [release] window, they’re in the black.”

Domestically, the film is losing steam. After opening to $39.1 million in its initial weekend, “The Good Dinosaur” fell more than 60% in its sophomore weekend to $15.5 million. That’s a steep drop for a Pixar release — the company’s films usually see their opening numbers slide by less than 50% in their second weekends.

“It’s a pretty bad fade compared to other Pixar releases,” said Matthew Harrigan, an analyst at Wunderlich Securities. “It’s certainly disappointing.”
The hope is that the film will stick around through the Christmas holidays when its major competition for the family audience will be “Alvin and the Chipmunks The Road Chip,” which debuts on Dec. 18.

Of course, “The Good Dinosaur’s” global rollout isn’t over. There are still major markets left to open, including Japan, Brazil, and Korea, but the film is now widely available. Through Sunday, it had debuted in 59% of international markets. China, the world’s second largest market for film, could be a financial boon, but “The Good Dinosaur” has yet to score a release date in the People’s Republic and it’s unclear if it will screen there.

Even if the picture does perform poorly theatrically, Disney could make up some ground in merchandising and consumer products. It may also benefit from home entertainment sales.

Regardless, it’s still odd to see Pixar and Disney have to scramble to push a film into the black, but there’s been something ill-fated about “The Good Dinosaur” since its inception. The picture’s release date was pushed back by two years, and the production nearly derailed at one point. In 2013, original director Bob Peterson was removed over creative differences. He was replaced by Peter Sohn and the story underwent a major overhaul. Because of the delays, this marks the first year in the company’s history that Pixar released two films, the other being last summer’s “Inside Out,” which amassed over $850 million worldwide.

In some respects, the extra time paid off for “The Good Dinosaur.” Critically, the film has been positively reviewed and its A CinemaScore means that audiences have enjoyed it. That said, the film has not received the kind of rapturous response that “Inside Out” or “Up” have enjoyed. Pixar may be getting penalized for releasing a film that’s merely good as opposed to revolutionary.

The studio may also be feeling the pinch from the increased competition in the animation space. In recent years that sector was dominated by Disney and DreamWorks Animation, but now every major studio has an animation division, and rivals like Universal and Fox have scored with their “Despicable Me” and “Ice Age” franchises.

Few would quibble with Pixar’s legacy, however. Over the twenty years that it has spent making theatrical releases the studio has made a series of acclaimed films about everything from a superhero family to an octogenarian in a balloon house and been rewarded for its creative daring at the box office.

“When one out of every 16 films doesn’t live up to expectations, that’s about as good a track record as any one has in this industry,” said Handler.

Well, statistically speaking, having one "bomb" in a long list of movies isn't bad at all. I see the toy commercials for the Tomy Dinosaurs and it's kinda sad. They are really pushing merchandise for a movie that had SO few characters.

The Good Dinosaur has made about $80M so far and will probably earn enough to at least make its money back (about $200M). However we can all probably agree to give Disney/Pixar a pass on this one. They're sure to make a boatload on Star Wars. The Avengers did well making about $450M so far. And Inside Out is one of the, if not the absolute, best Pixar movies ever. Plus Pixar's pipeline with Finding Dory, Toy Story 3 and Incredibles 2 sounds solid.

baldburke;2475060 wrote: The Good Dinosaur has made about $80M so far and will probably earn enough to at least make its money back (about $200M). However we can all probably agree to give Disney/Pixar a pass on this one. They're sure to make a boatload on Star Wars. The Avengers did well making about $450M so far. And Inside Out is one of the, if not the absolute, best Pixar movies ever. Plus Pixar's pipeline with Finding Dory, Toy Story 3 and Incredibles 2 sounds solid.

I agree.

Toy Story is up to 4.