Having just seen “Monsters University” I am sad to say we
might have seen the demise of Pixar Studios as we know and love it. That string of brilliant movies starting with
Toy Story in 1995 and ending 10 years later with Toy Story 3 seems to have faded. Their last 3 films, Cars 2 (the worst!),
Brave and now Monsters University have seen the creeping and deadly clutches of
Disney take hold. Gone is the laser beam
focusing on story and character and you are left with entertaining but very conventional
children’s movies. It is hard to
imagine these folks ever again coming up with a film of the genius of Wall-E,
of the gentle grace of Finding Nemo. Is
John Lasseter capable of conjuring up a stunning scene like the incinerator
scene in Toy Story 3? Can Brad Bird ever
come up with anything as moving as Peter O’Toole’s soliloquy at the end of Ratatouille?
I hope so, if not it is the sad demise of what will be seen
historically as one of the most successful movie studios in history.
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