I do take issue with that though. Pixar doesn't make movies "for kids." Sure, they make animated movies. And sure, they aim characters and certain jokes at kids. But there is also a lot of deeper meaning to a lot of Pixar movies, and a good bit of adult-oriented jokes and lines as well.

Pixar is so successful because they make fantastic movies, period. And they can be enjoyed by kids and adults alike.

Also, to the people who always say that Cars sucks/is stupid because it's a rehash of Doc Hollywood...so what? Movies re-use plot and plot devices ALL the time. Why is this particular case so bad when others aren't?

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Posted by Baloo

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Posted on 10/7/15 at 2:04 pm to CocomoLSU

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Pixar is so successful because they make fantastic movies, period. And they can be enjoyed by kids and adults alike.

Agreed. Sure, there's a money motive, but Pixar/Disney is such a trusted brand because their primary goal is to make GOOD movies first and foremost, under the logic that money will follow from putting out a consistently excellent product. If not, we'd just rate the films on gross and go home. But that's not why people discuss movies. Or hold them dear.

I'd argue also that Pixar has the opposite problem with one of its more critically adored films in Ratatouille. It aims at adults, but kids hate it (or at least the ones I know). So I think it is a failure as a FAMILY film, which is the genre, if it can't connect with the whole family. Ratatouille and Cars are the opposite ends of that spectrum. Neither are outright bad films, but I don't think either fully succeed as quality family films.

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