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To Me, This is the saddest moment in 1994 lol
This, to me, is the saddest moment of 1994 for a couple of reasons.
1) Jenny Dies: Forrest talks about Jenny throughout the ENTIRE 2 and a half hour film and when it comes to the end, when everything should be perfect, Jenny Dies…it sucks, but that’s life.
2) Tom Hanks performance: Just mind boggling. How does one like Forrest deal with such a monumental death in his life. Someone he’s thought of for soo long, someone he’s dreamed of. Every single thing Forrest has done was simply to get a little acknowledgement from the girl he loved. Sure, he got into random situations but the thought of Jenny never strayed from his mind and you can tell that in Hanks performance.
Everytime I see this scene, it hurts. I will preach this forever, proclaiming it as one of the saddest moments in film history. At least to me it is.
Top 5 films of 2001
Time to jump a year to 2001!! Let’s see what Joel thinks should have been nominated best Picture..
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Top 5 films of the year 2000
Well it’s nearing the end of the new milennium, so I thought it would be a great idea to create a top 5 of each year, my top 5s. Theses would be the films that I would place as Best Picture nominees in my own award system. So let’s start at the year 2000.
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My Top Ten Pixar Films
I’m sure after the entire block of Pixar stuff I did today, everyone must be wondering how I’d line up my favorite Pixar films…well, truthfully, it’s hard for me to do that…because a lot fo the films I find equal, they are all amazing in their own way but if I would have to decide, I think it would go like this!
10.Cars
9.A Bug’s Life
8.Monsters Inc.
7.Toy Story
6.Finding Nemo
5.The Incredibles
4.Toy Story 2
3.Ratatouille
2.Up
1.Wall-E
Up
Posted by Joel in Look Back, Movie Review on June 1st, 2009
Pete Doctor’s second film and Pixar’s Tenth is probably one of the most beautiful animated films to come out of Hollywood in decades. It is beautiful visually, it is beautiful in it’s writting, it is beautiful in it’s music…it’s beautiful all around. After Wall-E, I never would have thought i’d get the same feeling from a another movie, but Pixar proved me wrong…again. They enjoy doing that, They really do! Up is the chronicling of Carl Fredrickson’s life. The beginning delves throught his childhood to the moment where he is an aging old man, which is where our adventure begins. I apologize in advance, I am sure everyone out there would love for me to divulge this film and tell you the skinny on what happens or what the plot is…but I won’t, I can’t. People must go out and see this movie to understand why I don’t wanna ruin it. There are scenes you will be laughing your heart out and scenes that will drive you to tears. It is beautifully played and beautifully edited. It is one of my favorites and I’ve only seen it two days ago, so telling you this proves how much this film means to me.
One of the most UPlifting films of the decade and will probably be my favorite film of 2009 is Pete Doctor’s second film UP. Don’t quit your day job Pete Doctor, we mean that! Your talent is genuine, as is the rest of the Pixar group! We cannot wait to see what adventures await us next, but I know i’ll be there and i’m sure everyone who reads this will too…
RATING: 5 OUT OF 5
One of my favorite scenes: One of my favorite scenes from Up is the beginning. Seeing the film isn’t on DVD or any clips are on YouTube, I have decided to have you listen to the music from my favorite part, it is cheerful and heartbreaking. The song is called: Married Life…enjoy!
Wall-E
This is my favorite Pixar film of all time. It is One of my favorite Science Fiction films of all time. It is my favorite animated film of all time….ALL TIME! Andrew Stanton’s second film under Pixar, Wall-e is the story of our world 700 years from now. Due to polution and our inhability to pick up after ourselves, our world has become a wasteland filled with trash and broken dreams. Humans have left Earth in order for tiny little robots to clean our old home. Theses robots are referred to as Waste Allocation Load Lifters-Earth Class (or Wall-e for short). Theses robots have been wrking 700 years to clean our world and after all thoses years all have broken down…except for one. The last Wall-e is left to clean up, all alone, with no one around to help or keep him company besides a cockroach which is always by his side. He keeps little artifacts in his little compartment bunker (especially his VHS of Hello Dolly! which he prizes most of all) This film deals with Love, Loneliness, Longing and Dreams broken/rekindled.
There are little things I adore about this film as well, the little look backs on classic Science Fiction (Auto has HAL’s eye from 2001: A Space Odyssey!) It is a film with a message which is obvious but someone needed to say it. This is one of the greatest achievements that Pixar has ever produced. Thank You Andrew Stanton and crew for making this amazing film!
One of my favorite scenes: The entire film is my favorite scene truthfully! So here is the first ten minutes just for you, I want you to see what grabbed me, what pulled me in, and hopefully…it’ll pull you in too.
Ratatouille
Brad Bird’s second time as director for Pixar became an instant classic as it hit theatres. The story of a Rat who dreams of becoming a chef in Paris was a stroke of genius. From delving down into the sewers to watching Remy the Rat cook was an utter delight. The angles that the camera moved and the choreography in scenes were utter brilliance. The characters are great and well qwuirky to say the least. The music, like all Pixar film’s, is utterly beautiful, feeling like an appetizer in a fine dinning restaurant. But it’s the main course that we hunger for and with Ratatouille, we get more then we could chew and admire the director for it!
Ratatouille is one of my favorites as well as the Incredibles. I could actually compliment this film to death and it still wouldn’t do it justice at all. This film truly shows that judging a book by it’s cover is immaturity at best. The theme that anyone can do anything with a bit of chance is universal within children and adults a like. It’s one of thoses ideas that within ourselves, we are better then can be perceived, if we only get the chance. Brad Bird is truly one of the best animation director’s out there! Can’t wait to see what you serve next Brad!
One of my favorite scenes: Undeniably it’s when Anton Ego, a harsh food critic, get’s to try Remy’s Ratatouille (which is a peasant dish.) THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST SCENES FROM THE FILM, SO IF YOU DO NOT WANT ANYTHING SPOILED DO NOT WATCH! But if your fine with spoiling it, go ahead, I won’t stop you…STOP…sorry…
Cars
For Pixar’s 7th Animated Feature, they brought back Toy Story and A Bug’s Life director John Lassetter to take over for directing. The 7th film would be about, well, Cars; which was a subject close to Lassetter’s heart. Now I know people out there don’t care for Cars and find it probably Pixar’s worst film, but I have to disagree, Cars has a lot of things going for it. The visuals are stunning and the characters are great. If there was only one thing I could care less for would be the running time. The film feels too long, it’s two and a half hours, The longest Pixar film to date! Besides that, I love Cars!
The theme of the picture is finding where you belong and persuing what really matters. Lightning McQueen, a Nascar type car, finds himself in a cute little town off the Route 66 called Radiator Springs and in order for him to get to his next race he has to clean up the town that he, accidentally, dimolished. It’s a cute story and I find it enjoyable. Cars is an inevitable franchise for Pixar as they have been making little shorts involving Mater, the Tow truck, and Lightning McQueen. They are also in the works of creating Cars 2! Let’s hope it is better applauded like Toy Story 2 was.
One of my favorite scenes: The Beginning is my favorite part! Spectacular beginning!
Here is one of the shorts called: Tokyo Mater
The Incredibles
Pixar decided for their next feature to look outside the confines of the company and find different talent to direct. Here comes Brad Bird, director of the Iron Giant with an idea that Pixar jump on board with. What if superhero’s had to live an ordinary life like you and me. How would that go? Disney/Pixar’s 6th film The Incredibles looks at that and more. This is Pixar’s first resort into an Action type film…and the action/editing is fast. Is that a bad thing? NO not at all! They cleverly plotted out the action scenes with ease and the scenes just prove it.
One thing about Pixar movies is with every single film, they try and advance and find a way to make certain things work: Ex: Toy Story (Does a full CG film work and make it feel real), A Bug’s Life (how to animated believable leafs), Monsters Inc. (How to create fur and hair that flows), Finding Nemo (how to create an ocean filled with wild life). So what was their goal for the Incredibles? How to create clothing that moved with the body, how to realize human hair and make it look wet and finally, How to create human people and make them move and articulate in real time. Did they succeed? When haven’t they, is my question.
This is one of my favorite Pixar movies, and is probly in my top 5 Pixar films for sure! The action, humour and classic feel are just right!
One of my favorite scenes: It was hard to choose from but heres my favorite: Bob decides to get his Hero Costume fixed by Edna Mole, a designer (voiced by the director Brad Bird!) Really funny scene!
Finding Nemo
Probably one of the most celebrated films in Pixar’s history, Finding Nemo was Andrew Stanton’s first directing job for Pixar. He had been a director on other Pixar films but not the Main director, so this was his first. Finding Nemo is the story of letting your child be free to do as he pleases and not having to worry no longer. It’s about the step’s needed to take to finally be able to let go. The film is set far from the United States for once. It’s actually set in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
Marlin, a clown fish who is not all that funny (that’s the gag), is having a hard time letting his son Nemo be alone to discover the world on his own, But once Nemo is captured by divers, it is up to Marlin to save the day. Along the way he himself has an adventure, meets new creatures and befriends Regal Blue Tang named Dory. Dory has short term memory loss. With beautiful tectures, amazing characters, and an incredible story, Finding Nemo is an achievement in animation. Director Andrew Stanton won an Academy Award for this film and would eventually win another for another Pixar film involving Space, robots and the future.
Finding Nemo is as various as our ocean floor, beautiful but scary, fun but tragic. Another Beautiful Pixar Film.
One of my favorite scenes: Marlin following Dory towards the boat which took Nemo