Your top 3 Pixar films

[frankf3]

I still feel Helen is the only fully-developed female character Pixar has made that I like. Jessie and Merida are annoying, Elinor is bland, and I consider Mrs. Potato Head/Mary Bo Peep/Roz/Cecelia/Mirage one-dimensional like Edna even though I enjoy them. (There’s EVE, I guess, but I find her…? Uninteresting?)

I'm assuming you don't care for Dory as well?

[David S.]

I'm listing 4, since my 2, 3, and 4 picks are VERY close and often change places depending on mood. These are my subjective preferences and not an attempt to speak universally. The explanations may contain spoilers.

1) Finding Nemo - This film has always touched me greatly. It also has beautiful settings, lovable characters, humor, an epic quest, a great score, oodles of heart, and an uplifting ending. I'm also a big fan of the theme park attractions it inspired at the Disney Parks. The biggest reason why this tops my list, though, is the pure emotion and joy when Nemo and his dad are finally reunited, after all they've been through.

2) Cars - I never understood the relative dislike many have for this film, but to each their own, as they say. Sure, Lightning is unlikable at first, which IMO only underscores the significance and emotional reaction to his growth and development later in the film. Also, I originally subconsciously expected a more predictable ending where, after he learns his lesson, he wins the big race. But the way it ends is IMO even more ingenious and uplifting. I also think the sequence reflecting on the way the interstate system has made the charming rural highways "obsolete" is very poignant and well-done. Ironically, I've never been a big auto-racing fan, but have always had a major soft spot for cute, anthropomorphised objects (such as in Susie, the Little Blue Coupe)

3) Up - As many have said, the opening sequence moved me to tears. Yet another Pixar case of a film having so many great strengths, and the strongest being its heart. This could very well be ranked higher in many moods, even first. Then again, there are moods where I may not want to go through all the emotions of the opening sequence and it's subsequent scrapbook flashbacks (I feel everything quite deeply when I watch movies), so this for now averages out to 3 on the list. I loved Dug and Kevin, by the way!

4) Ratatouille - I really loved this from the very first viewing, even though I've never been remotely a "foodie". Again, it is the heart and my emotional involvement in the film that I am responding to. Remy is cute and likable, and I got into the idea of breaking boundaries and preconceived notions as to who can do what - "Anyone can cook", etc. The whole Anton Ego plot was IMO ingenious, culminating in his reawakening regarding why he loved food enough to become a critic in the first place, playing out in a profound, touching piece of writing that brought to my mind the famous "Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" editorial.

[Escapay]

Based on my username, my number one should come as no surprise to anyone...

01. Finding Nemo (2003)
02. Toy Story 2 (1999)
03. The Incredibles (2004)

Frankly, after The Incredibles, my interest in Pixar hasn't been as devoted as my interest in Disney, and while I enjoy the films that came afterwards, none really stood out to me in an "Oh my gosh, I want to watch this again and again!" even though I've picked up most of them on DVD and/or Blu-Ray.

Albert

[thelittleursula]

1,2,3 ) Up


Yeah not a big Pixar fan

[Disney's Divinity]

I'm assuming you don't care for Dory as well?

Just my opinion, but I don’t see Dory as a fully formed character. To me, she’s just comic relief and the breakdown she has at the end falls flat because of it. She is hilarious though. Oh, and the girl from Ratatouille--Colette?--yeah, also very annoying.

[pangrizabella]

My top three (well, four really) aren't in any particular order.
1. Monsters, Inc. and Monsters University
2. Up
3. Finding Nemo

[adamw92]

1. Toy Story 3
2. Finding Nemo
3. Toy Story 2