My Disney/ Pixar marathon

[milojthatch]

It's probably something people on this board have done before, but I thought it would be fun to watch all the Pixar and cannon Disney film in order in somewhat of a marathon. I'm watching with my wife, so between school and work, we don't have the time to sit down and watch a bunch right one after other the way I'd like to (although at some spots we may if we find the time) and thus far it's more like one a night, but still. It's fun to watch them all in a row like this, I've never done it before.

We are starting with the Pixar films with the hopes of that leading to "Toy Story 3" soon. Then we will start the Disney films. I'm writing a blog about it.

http://disney-pixarproject.blogspot.com/

Anyone else try this? What did you think?

[pap64]

Anyone else try this? What did you think?

http://filmstripmemories.blogspot.com/

Just replaced Disney and Pixar with classic movies of yesteryear and you get the idea .

I really like your project! I am following it through my own blog. What's going to be so great about this is that you get to see how Pixar evolved not just in technological terms but in story and character development.

I mean, I am sure no one expected them to create Wall-E when A Bug's Life premiered .

Speaking of which, here's one of my articles regarding the movie:
http://filmstripmemories.blogspot.com/2 ... nd_14.html

[Margos]

It sort of reminds me a bit of this:

http://disneyfilmproject.blogspot.com

This guy is watching and reviewing every Disney film (both short and feature). I don't know how he's going to pull it off, I think it's going to take a very, very long time. He started all the way back with the Laugh-O-Grams and has been proceeding in chronological order with everything that still exists. I think he's at around 1940 at this point. He spends a few days each on analyzing features.

[pap64]

It sort of reminds me a bit of this:

http://disneyfilmproject.blogspot.com

This guy is watching and reviewing every Disney film (both short and feature). I don't know how he's going to pull it off, I think it's going to take a very, very long time. He started all the way back with the Laugh-O-Grams and has been proceeding in chronological order with everything that still exists. I think he's at around 1940 at this point. He spends a few days each on analyzing features.

What a fantastic blog! I am going to follow it.

The difference between it and milo's blog, though, is that milo is more about expressing his thoughts with some history and analysis, while this guy is all about the history behind each feature with some commentary on the film itself. They may look similar but are different in their own way.

BTW, milo, mind if I link your blog on my page?

[hoping4nash]

I spent December 2007 to about June 2009 watching all of the Disney canon films. Granted, most of this was done during the summer (I am a student, usually with a very heavy workload so watching films during the school year is not very easy.) I didn't record a blog of it, but I definitely enjoyed going through all of them. It's nice to be able to say objectively which movies I liked and what ones I did not like, and it gives me great points to bring up during the Disney debate (whether Disney is good or bad) that occassionally comes up.

[Escapay]

BrandonH did one last summer that was a great read (well, minus some of the negative posts some people made about his rankings of the films):

Feature Animation Marathon

albert

[milojthatch]

It sort of reminds me a bit of this:

http://disneyfilmproject.blogspot.com

This guy is watching and reviewing every Disney film (both short and feature). I don't know how he's going to pull it off, I think it's going to take a very, very long time. He started all the way back with the Laugh-O-Grams and has been proceeding in chronological order with everything that still exists. I think he's at around 1940 at this point. He spends a few days each on analyzing features.

What a fantastic blog! I am going to follow it.

The difference between it and milo's blog, though, is that milo is more about expressing his thoughts with some history and analysis, while this guy is all about the history behind each feature with some commentary on the film itself. They may look similar but are different in their own way.

BTW, milo, mind if I link your blog on my page?

No, by all means, link away. I checked out the other blog, I like it. Thanks for noticing the difference though pap64, I want mine to be more about my thoughts with some history mixed in. However, after seeing this other guys blog, I think I need to step it up on mine. I may tackle shorts later, but mainly I wanted to deal with the films first.

I'd most likely go faster, but being as I'm doing this with my wife (who has never seen a few of the films on the list) it slows it down a bit. But we will get there!

[pap64]

If by "stepping it up" you mean to be more history focused, I say don't. It's your blog, you should write according to how to feel. Take my blog, for example. I write about classic movies. The subject alone can lead to many analysis, thoughts and complicated comments based on just their legacy (Citizen Kane, for example). But I try to write reviews as a movie fan, not a film expert or critic, and based the review on my enjoyment.

If I let a detailed classic film blog get me down because my stuff is not as rich in history then it would be defeating my purpose, which is to detail every film that I see.

If you are talking about writing more articles, again its your blog and you should write at your own pace, especially if you have a goal. Truth is that life does get in the way. In the event that you are lagging behind post an apology, let the readers know how you are doing and try and post something short and relevant.

If you start to rush through it it will begin to feel like a chore, and chores aren't fun.

You are doing a great job, don't feel discouraged. You went with the method that worked best for you.

[Luke]

I went through the first ten last fall in about a month and enjoyed it thoroughly, plus I came away with different estimations of the films I hadn't seen in years.

[Disneykid]

Every time a new Pixar film is released theatrically, I watch all of the previous ones in chronological order. I don't have time to watch several back to back, so I space them out one per day, timed so that the previous Pixar film lands on the day before the newest one is released. It also gives me time to watch at least some of the bonus features for each film on its respective evening.

I actually do this with all sorts of event movies. Last week I did it with Robin Hood films, and the week (and a half) before then, I did it with Marvel films in honor of Iron Man 2. I'll be doing the same later this year for Harry Potter and The Chronicles of Narnia. I doubt I'll have time to go through my Disney animated classics for Tangled, so I may just limit that to princess films or something. Marathons in honor of new releases seem to be the main way I revisit titles in my collection nowadays. If I just wait till I'm in the mood for something, loads of titles I have would go unnoticed.

[milojthatch]

If by "stepping it up" you mean to be more history focused, I say don't. It's your blog, you should write according to how to feel. Take my blog, for example. I write about classic movies. The subject alone can lead to many analysis, thoughts and complicated comments based on just their legacy (Citizen Kane, for example). But I try to write reviews as a movie fan, not a film expert or critic, and based the review on my enjoyment.

If I let a detailed classic film blog get me down because my stuff is not as rich in history then it would be defeating my purpose, which is to detail every film that I see.

If you are talking about writing more articles, again its your blog and you should write at your own pace, especially if you have a goal. Truth is that life does get in the way. In the event that you are lagging behind post an apology, let the readers know how you are doing and try and post something short and relevant.

If you start to rush through it it will begin to feel like a chore, and chores aren't fun.

You are doing a great job, don't feel discouraged. You went with the method that worked best for you.

I mean I could add more history to it, and part of me feels like I should. But another part is saying while history is all well and good, it's not like it is hard to find, but my own thoughts come from just one source. I kind of thought it was a nice mix.

I'd love to get into the shorts, non-cannon theatrical films and direct to video films, but especially the shorts can be hard to find all of them. I'm kind of working with what I own. I have all the WDT with shorts on them, but I know not all the shorts made those sets.

I went through the first ten last fall in about a month and enjoyed it thoroughly, plus I came away with different estimations of the films I hadn't seen in years.

I'm starting to see that too. It's something else watching them this close together, you can actually see the change you would not notice by watching them with some amount of time in between.

Every time a new Pixar film is released theatrically, I watch all of the previous ones in chronological order. I don't have time to watch several back to back, so I space them out one per day, timed so that the previous Pixar film lands on the day before the newest one is released. It also gives me time to watch at least some of the bonus features for each film on its respective evening.

I actually do this with all sorts of event movies. Last week I did it with Robin Hood films, and the week (and a half) before then, I did it with Marvel films in honor of Iron Man 2. I'll be doing the same later this year for Harry Potter and The Chronicles of Narnia. I doubt I'll have time to go through my Disney animated classics for Tangled, so I may just limit that to princess films or something. Marathons in honor of new releases seem to be the main way I revisit titles in my collection nowadays. If I just wait till I'm in the mood for something, loads of titles I have would go unnoticed.

I've done that before as well. I watched "Spider-Man" 1 and 2 right before I watched 3. I was going to do that with "Iron Man" but I was on my honeymoon and it's amazing I even saw the second one on opening day at all!

[mickeybee]

you will have fun. I did the same thing about a three weeks ago. I watched the entire disney canon in two weeks. Then I ranked them and wrote 3-6 points about each film, what I liked, didn't like and random thoughts.

[ajmrowland]

This reminds me, for the Pixar films, why not start with the shorts from the 80s? Then before watching Toy Story, you can re-watch Tin Toy, and watch the short that comes before each film theatrically.

[BrandonH]

Have lots of fun with your viewing. Do you and your wife find yourself discussing the movies for a while after seeing them, or do you just watch the movies and move on to doing something else?

[milojthatch]

you will have fun. I did the same thing about a three weeks ago. I watched the entire disney canon in two weeks. Then I ranked them and wrote 3-6 points about each film, what I liked, didn't like and random thoughts.

I have been having fun! I'd love to watch the film that fast, but as I'm doing it with my wife, we don't go that fast. I like you ranking system, I think I'll add something like that to mine. Thanks!

This reminds me, for the Pixar films, why not start with the shorts from the 80s? Then before watching Toy Story, you can re-watch Tin Toy, and watch the short that comes before each film theatrically.

Actually we have been watching the shorts that come with the DVDs of the various film. I have not been reviewing them, but I feel like I should. I kind of was thinking about doing shorts on my own after the movies, as my wife is no where near the level of fandom here that I am and could only take so much.

Have lots of fun with your viewing. Do you and your wife find yourself discussing the movies for a while after seeing them, or do you just watch the movies and move on to doing something else?

There have been a few times, but mostly we don't simply because she isn't very analytical like I can be. I'd love to more and honestly is part of why I have a blog about it. I had hoped a few people may comment and start a discussion. I'm an English major (which is funny as my grammar and spelling need help!) in school who has been held up on my Associates by math. I've finished all the math classes right now but until I can finally finish the math classes, I'm finding this blog is helping me keep up my skills or re-discover them. It's good all around.