re: Where do you put "Brave" in the Pixar rankings?

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I still haven't seen Wall-e, Cars 2 (probably won't ever watch it), or Toy Story 3. Need to get around to that. Here is my list though:

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You need to watch them immediately, especially Wall-E and TS3. I know people love to hate on Cars 2, but I enjoyed it for what it was. "Subpar" Pixar movies are still better than a lot of other shite IMO.

Wall-e is cinematic perfection and Toy Story 3 is probably the greatest third film in a trilogy of all time (aside from maybe The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, but technically that's a prequel). They both mastered the "show, don't tell" rule of cinema.

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I think Merida is one of the very best Disney princesses, and as a father of a little girl, you have no idea how much that matters. And I found the relationship between Merida and her mother to be one of the best parent-child relationships in all of Disney. They do a great job of showing both sides, and making it a fully rounded relationship, not just a series of plot points.

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I'm actually not at all a fan of the Little Mermaid, since really Ariel is a dumb bimbo who does incredibly stupid things, gets exactly what she wants in the end, and doesn't learn shite. However, the redeeming quality of this film is her father, who does change, sacrifices himself for the life of his daughter, and learns how to better treat his daughter. The parts with him in the film were just great.

This film to me was The Little Mermaid done right. Merida isn't a dumb bimbo and simply doesn't see eye-to-eye with her mother on basically everything. The witch in this doesn't seem all that bad, unlike Ursula who obviously lives in the fifth circle of hell and serves Satan. She merely wants to change her mother as her mother wants to change her. In the end both the mother and daughter do change and they both learn from their mistakes and sacrifice a lot for each other.

I really liked Brave, even if I thought Wreck-It Ralph was better. I think the film could have benefitted from some musical numbers though.

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I think the film could have benefitted from some musical numbers though

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Learn Me Right at the end of the movie during credits is one of my favorite songs. Mumford and Sons wrote it and play the instruments in it. It's got a very Scottish feel too it that I love.

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Am I reading this correctly? You've got to be leaving something out like "... On Blu Ray" or "on the same day/back to back in a Pixar marathon" or "during my wedding," SOMETHING.

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Nah, just haven't had the time. Plus, I've been more into japanese anime lately rather than Pixar animation.

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Plus, I've been more into japanese anime lately rather than Pixar animation.

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I just died a little.

1) The Incredibles
2) Toy Story Trilogy
3) Up
4) Monsters Inc.
5) Finding Nemo
6) Ratatouille
7) A Bug's Life
8a) Wall-e
8b) Cars
10) Brave
11) Cars 2

I really disliked Wall-E.

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I just died a little.

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Don't be coming into a thread about animated movies insulting my tastes because I like...ummm...animated movies.

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I really disliked Wall-E.

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Why is that?

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Honestly, it's kind of hard to put in to words. I acknowledge that it had amazing production values and an interesting premise, but the film just did nothing for me. I feel like it dragged on way to much and I just got to the point where I was incredibly bored, which has rarely happened to me during Pixar movies. I feel like I would have enjoyed it more if was re-imagined a 10-15 minute short film that showed before a feature presentation, like La Luna before Brave.