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Pixar Introduces Wall-E
Previous to 1995, no animated feature had ever been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, but Pixar’s first movie (and the very first full-length computer animated film) changed all that. At the time of its release, Toy Story became the highest-grossing animated feature on record and put Pixar Studios on the map. The hardworking company followed its initial success with eight more feature films (including this weekend’s release, Wall-E), each one brimming with humor, ingenuity and technical prowess. The studio has established itself as a leader in creating family movies that are more than just colorful distractions for kids; its films have a sense of depth and humor that is responsible for breathing new life into the often stale genre of family-friendly films.
Since its founding in 1986, Pixar has worked hard and undergone a lot of growing pains, including a sometimes-strained relationship with Disney (since 2006 it has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mouse House) to achieve the success it holds today. Not only is Pixar responsible for humanizing the art of computer animation—with each new film, their digital landscape becomes more detailed and lifelike—but its animators have also shown an amazing creative capacity to turn everything from rats to race cars into characters with which anyone can empathize.
With the release of this weekend’s Wall-E, MM takes a look at some of the Pixar films that have changed the face of animated movies and made the company into the well-loved household name it is today.
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Using an idea originally proposed during the creation of the first Toy Story film—what happens when a child outgrows his or her toy—Toy Story 2 burst into theaters and captured the hearts of audiences with lovable characters from the original as well as a host of new toys, like sassy cowgirl Jessie (voiced by Joan Cusack). Originally slated for a direct-to-video release, Toy Story 2 was filled with enough Pixar magic to earn more than $485 million at box offices worldwide ($100 million more than the record-breaking original) and win a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture—Comedy/Musical.
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- Comment by oscar francis on 7/07/08 at 12:39 am
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- Comment by Jamie Lynn Spears on 7/21/08 at 9:19 pm
I love absolutely every movie from Pixar. They are no longer the best animation studio in the world, they definitely count as the best movie studio in the world, hands down. Wall-E was way over and beyond anything achieved in cinematography and they’re gonna have hard time outdoing themselves. If there was one movie that deserves awards as the “best picture’ of 2008, it’s Wall-E. The characters in the movie were all robots, but Pixar was able to breathe more emotions and love into those creatures than could be found in any other movie of the year. A true masterpiece.
- Comment by fairings on 8/26/08 at 7:59 pm
Pixar is definitely the best when it comes to animated films. Through the years, the movies they make not only gives life to different characters, but they also put emphasis on personality and emotions of the characters they create. Pixar is the best!
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