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Fact: Microsoft is stupid

I can't open Minecraft because the Microsoft Store isn't up-to-date. I can't update the Microsoft Store because the option to do so is missing. I can't repair this problem because I don't have access to the admin account.

No one uses Microsoft Store. We have Standards. I couldn't care less about any of the problems this pointless app has if it didn't screw with my other things.

Fact: Microsoft is stupid

I can't open Minecraft because the Microsoft Store isn't up-to-date. I can't update the Microsoft Store because the option to do so is missing. I can't repair this problem because I don't have access to the admin account.

No one uses Microsoft Store. We have Standards. I couldn't care less about any of the problems this pointless app has if it didn't screw with my other things.

Fact: Microsoft is stupid

I can't open Minecraft because the Microsoft Store isn't up-to-date. I can't update the Microsoft Store because the option to do so is missing. I can't repair this problem because I don't have access to the admin account.

No one uses Microsoft Store. We have Standards. I couldn't care less about any of the problems this pointless app has if it didn't screw with my other things.

Fact: Microsoft is stupid

I can't open Minecraft because the Microsoft Store isn't up-to-date. I can't update the Microsoft Store because the option to do so is missing. I can't repair this problem because I don't have access to the admin account.

No one uses Microsoft Store. We have Standards. I couldn't care less about any of the problems this pointless app has if it didn't screw with my other things.

Oh also I watched Elemental today.

I did that last Pixar rankings recently enough that it's still on my profile's Activity tab for all to see, so it's not like I'm going to redo the whole thing again to place this one in there. But with that said, I regret to inform you that very little has changed in the standings with the addition of this film.

First of all: Context.

I remember hearing from absolutely everyone and absolutely everywhere that Elemental was "going to be such a bad movie" before we even got a full feature trailer, which is like... what? I'm all for gauging how much you might enjoy a movie by watching the trailer, and setting your expectations accordingly - there have been many, many, many cases in which I've correctly predicted the turnout of various movie rankings based on their trailers, because well... it honestly isn't that hard. A lot of people can do it, and I honestly have no problem with them deciding that something's bad before they see it based on the trailers.

What bothered me was that people were starting to throw needless accusations and condemnations about long before the film itself released, and furthermore giving entire long-winded explanations of how awful it was as if they had somehow already seen it - "Just another Pixar film," "The studio's really gone downhill,' "It's an all-time low;" we had just gotten the teaser, guys. Chill.

That said,

 

the movie sucks

 

So it came out on Disney+ today, which meant I pretty much had no excuse not to watch it. Awhile back my little sister wanted to go see it in theaters with me, but that ultimately didn't happen - mostly because I'd heard some pretty negative reviews and figured it really wasn't going to deserve my full, undivided attention. If that old dollar theater was still in business here I prolly would've gone and seen it there, but to see a new movie in The Cinema implies a level of predetermined respect for the product in the first place - stuff like the MCU (before it started going downhill), Star Wars (before it started going downhill), and also  D u n e  (which is great and you should watch it).

But you know... I haven't been doing much with my life lately. Every day is kind of just the same monotonous nothing that I always do, so when my sister asks if I want to watch Elemental with her, I'm like "Sure." Worst-case scenario it's a bad movie and I'm on my phone the whole time. I log out of Minecraft, grab my sketchbook (which is basically my anti-phone distraction device), and plop down on the couch to see if it's any good.

I set my expectations to "low" in advance, which is a technique I highly recommend if you want to just have a good time watching a movie. I wasn't expecting much out of Turning Red or Lightyear, and so I found myself pleasantly surprised as they turned out to be quite enjoyable - and those are both movies that people also continuously riffed on for being "bad," so I figured that even if Elemental wasn't good, I could still find a level of enjoyment in it.

It opens to bad animation, which is... you know? That's fine. Honestly, I think I'd prefer these early-2000s fire effects to something more "realistic" that a studio could concoct. It was still pretty distracting at times, and definitely notable in the first few scenes, even though it was really only the fire people who looked bad while everything else was... if not good, then at least "fine."

There's a checkpoint scene followed by a bunch of racism, which was my first (and pretty much only necessary) clue to the fact that this movie was presumably built on the idea of the difficulty of immigration. and continued exposition throughout the film narrowed it down to Asian-American parallels; which was actually handled quite well, if a little blatantly. The movie was directed by Peter Sohn, whose parents immigrated from Korea to the USA, raising him in New York.

A hopskip and a montage later, we've got a completely new setting and - lo and behold - the protagonist. And while the somewhat obviously-paced and directed opening sequence had already clued me in that my expectatoins were not unfounded, this next bit was perhaps the most damning of the movie's ultimate fate. All the childhood bonding scenes between Ember and her dad in the first few minutes were so cliche that I could tell in advance "aha, this is a movie with daddy issues," and also so emotionally barren that I could also tell in advance "aha, this movie does not handle said daddy issues with much finesse."

I probably shouldn't go into all the scenes in detail or anything, because that would imply a level of vitriol I actually have for the movie, which I don't. I wasn't cringing or sighing or otherwise despising the film as I "watched" it (read: drew a cool wizard lady while occasionally glancing up), because I was too busy being inexplicably bored.

There are two main problems that the movie faced: Pacing and Theme.

The first is a difficult one to analyze, because lots of different movies have lots of different methods to Pace their stories, that all work in various scenarios. Pacing, ultimately, is something you can just sort of tell to be good or bad, and even if you can pin a good reason to it, doesn't mean you found an example of "how not to do Pacing."

That said, the Pacing issues in this movie were glaringly clear. It started pretty okay with the character introductions - which were actually quite solid in and of themselves - but scenes started churning together at such an uneven pace with remarkable inefficiency as soon as the first major Conflict bit came up.

I don't know what age the main characters are supposed to be in the movie, but a safe guess could put them in their early twenties - and I don't know how many of y'all know this, but adult romance is weird. In High School there's all this buildup and tension over weeks or months or even years before someone actually asks their crush out on a date; for adults? If you hang out with a person for a few days, you can ask them out and they'll probably be fine with it. You'll be kissing by the third date, if not earlier.

So I get that these characters becoming close enough to confide in each other in such a short amount of time is "realistic," but it was portrayed terribly. First Ember was chasing Wade to city hall in order to stop him from delivering all thirty citations for her dad's OSHA nightmare of a shop, then they were going to the airball game to convince Side Character to forgive the citations in question... and then out of nowhere they swap from Ember trying to get Side Character's attention to trying to emtionally invest us in the game?

Okay, that's not completely fair. They're not trying to get us to care about the game, but rather care about Wade being able to bring strangers together in order to make a difference. And that would have been a really genuine character moment - if it hadn't appeared out of nowhere with zero warning. All of a sudden we're not just supposed to be able to sympathize with this flabby water boy, but we're also supposed to believe that Ember of all bloody people is finding herself inspired by him.

Maybe you could excuse this sudden and inexplicable change in tone by referring to the earlier scene in which Wade calls her hot (because she set his bag on fire), because this was clearly (and I mean clearly - they might as well have painted it across the television) what we like to call a Foreshadowing. I wasn't actually aware that I was getting myself into a romance story for this film, but that little scene awhile back clearly established "oh... that's what's going on."

But it wasn't a good introduction to the idea, it was just half-baked foreshadowing. It just...

It doesn't work.

It just doesn't.

Once the two of them start dating, I eventually forgot that awkwardness and allowed myself to accept this new thing as the status quo. Obviously it was just a third-act breakup waiting to happen, given how uninspired the film had been so far, but I thought the little montage of them going places was... okay, if a little bland and somewhat disorienting. The rest of the movie continued to be poorly-paced overall, but the first act was easily the worst offender.

There was a scene where they introduced Ember to Wade's family (including the obligatory lesbian couple, who at least gave off the Gay Vibes throughout the tastelessly blatant rainbow marketing), where they began to hit some incredibly cliche Accidental Racism things, which actually hit me with something of a narrative whiplash given the fact that so little of the last fifteen minutes had actively focused on racism as a bad thing - which, of course, brings me to the massively conflicting (and not in a good way) Themes of the movie.

I think, conceptually, the list of themes made sense. There's the parallels to Asian-American immigration, of course, as well as a slight lean into generational trauma, accepting yourself, following your dreams... and again, these sorts of things are very much connected to the overall theme of "Identity," which is a great way to go for pretty much any film.

The problem here was that each individual theme was so bizarrely disconnected that it took several minutes of me trying to piece together what the hell they were trying to say before I figured it out. It starts with racism, of course, followed by the expectation from Ember's father to take over the business - which, of course, is something she also believes she wants, despite how stressful it might be. Then she meets Wade, hijinks ensure, and suddenly there's another theme about bridging gaps between cultures because of True Love - which is then followed up by Continued Racism, which...

Okay. I'm a white boy. I'm a straight, white, cisgender, standard-issue American male. I'm what you get when you reset the action figure to factory settings. As such, I can confirm that white people do not experience racism, and thus I am unqualified to analyze it in any really meaningful way.

But can someone explain to me why the clearly Asian-coded dad character was so much more scornful of outsiders than literally everyone else combined. There were a total of maybe three whole mini-scenes that portrayed actual disregard for him on account of his element, while approximately half of his lines were just going on and on about how awful Water people are.

In hindsight, those cliche Accidental Racism lines from Wade's family make so much more sense - not because they were well-written in any regard, of course; they were bland, uninspired, and then completely ignored for the rest of the movie. But if I had to guess, the writers added this scene because they needed more examples of how the fire people were being oppressed, so they just wrote in some random obligatory lines and called it a day. Seriously, there was just one "You speak so clearly!" line, and then they moved right back to The Romance.

But I digress. A lot. That was a lot of digression.

ANYWAY

I think the reason why the themes were so poorly-established in this movie was because they were each only ever given a couple indvidual scenes to single them out, and zero reason outside of The Plot to actually tie them together. First you have Wade telling Ember that her anxiety is telling her that she shouldn't take over her father's shop, which is followed up half an hour later by his mom offering her a job at some glassworks; then you have the theme of interracial romance (which is... a little weird to have as a theme, but okay), which is only ever touched upon about once every three actual Romance scenes.

So when the obligatory third-act breakup has the "we can't be together" because Ember can't bring herself to abandon her dad's shop, it just felt really clunky and pointless. I thought that maybe the movie could redeem itself by having her trapped in a cycle of confusion as to all these conflicting ideas, which would have made for a decent character moment if not for the obligatory Climax Reunion completely disregarding how she completely rejected Wade in favor of Action Sequence.

Also he... "died" at the end. No, he didn't. We all knew that. Any and all of the physical "suspense" scenes were completely devoid of sakes and intensity; this isn't a movie where people die in action sequences. Surprise, surprise, she just needs to pretty much admit her love for him in order to bring him back. This is a movie for babies, they're not going to kill off Funny Water Guy.

 

So what are my thoughts, overall? I have very little. Maybe the massive wall of text you have all just witnessed might suggest otherwise, but I think I'm just using this movie as an excuse to get back in the groove of actually analyzing narratives, because I should clarify that I did not hate this movie. I barely disliked it, even - I just very much did not like it, either.

The movie made me think and feel nothing. It was so superficial and bland that I spent most of it drawing that cool wizard lady (which turned out pretty okay, actually). I guess the two protagonists were eventually cute and endearing enough that I could appreciate them hanging out together, and I thought the scene where the finally decided to touch for the first time and share a dance was actually... I'm going to say "decent." Again, the pacing was awful, and so I couldn't appreciate it fully - that's probably why the kiss at the end felt so forced and unnecessary.

But other than the two of them, I felt exactly nothing for literally everyone else. In fact, the only thing I ever did feel was mild frustration at the overuse of the "Liar Revealed" and "The Misundersanding" tropes, because if you're going to write a story about an adult romance then you should let them have adult conversations, dammit.

To say I hated it would be a disservice, because that would imply I have a level of emotion towards it whatsoever. It was not as terrible as The Rise of Skywalker or The Book of Boba Fett or the Live Action Little Mermaid. It was just incredibly pointless, and provided me with nothing to think about except how I wasn't thinking about anything.

So in the end... is it the worst Pixar movie? Does it make the bottom of the list?

 

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Ahsoka is really good so far

Best Star Wars since Andor

The best Traditional Star Wars since the Siege of Mandalore and Order 66

Maybe the writing and dialogue aren't as tight as I prefer but the themes and ideas they're portraying are YES

This is how you do a spin-off. They're maintaining old ideas while adding new ones, all to masterfully develop characters in a meaningful way.

 

I muchly recommend. Here's hoping they stick the landing with the last episode - I really want it to be this good the whole way through.

Also r/lotr has gone off on another war trying to decide who the "real hero is"

"The real hero is Sam"

"The real hero is Gollum"

"The real hero is Bill"

 

The real hero is everyone except the actual villains, by Eru.

• The Three Hunters: They never forsake their friends, coming to the painful decision of leaving all the fate of Middle-Earth to Frodo and Sam and instead pursuing the captors of Merry and Pippin.
• Gandalf: He killed a Balrog! He killed a Balrog! And despite what the memes might tell you, he did not hate Pippin - on many occasions they laughed and smoked together, much as any old friend might.
• Merry and Pippin: They took down Isengard by teaming up with a bunch of trees, and spanned the gap between the kingdoms of Gondor and Rohan. Merry befriended Eowyn, and Pippin befriended Faramir - perhaps it isn't purely by chance that the two children of men would ultimately unify the kingdoms by marriage.
• Boromir and Faramir: Perhaps the most honorable warriors in all Middle-Earth, facing the darkness of Morder head-on with blades in hand. One would die by not one, not two, but three orc-arrows to the chest so as to defend his friends; the other, meanwhile, is a Captain of Gondor - a man of Quality.
• Theoden, Eomer, and Eowyn: They love their people before life and limb, and never once forsake them. Theoden-king died on Pelennor Fields in a battle to honor the old friends of Rohan, and was avenged by Eowyn - dearer than daughter - who, with the help of Merry, defeated the Witch-King of Angmar.
• Honorable Mentions: Bill the Pony and Barliman Butterbur (their deeds need no explanation), Smeagol and Gollum (without them, the quest would have failed), Lord Elrond and Lady Galadriel (the ones who gave the heroes light and hope in their darkest hours), Bilbo Baggins (HRAAAAAH), and - of course - the one and only Farmer Maggot (the one, of course, who won a shouting match with an honest-to-Eru Nazgul and managed to ride it out of his crops, before proceeding to give the hobbits a place to stay and a basket full of mushrooms)
• Frodo: His heart and will were stronger than any other, and his compassion was what carried the Ring to Mordor. Not once did he falter, save for the very end, when all the world came crashing down.
• And Samwise Gamgee was there for him, every step of the way.

I’m going to rank the Pixar movies because that’s what I’m thinking about.

also I don’t want to fenangle the Shard into bulleting in reverse so we’re going from worst to best apparently

1. The Good Dinosaur - this movie sucks! Nothing happens, it’s incredibly boring, the premise is completely wasted. Anyway, onto the movies I don’t hate.
2. Cars 2 - I regret putting this here, because I like this one. And I won’t defend it as a movie, because objectively speaking, it is bad; I will only defend the fact that I like it, and my only defense for that defending is nostalgia. That’s right: this was my first favorite action movie, and I thought it was goofy enough to enjoy.
3. Brave - it doesn’t feel like a Pixar movie at all. Did you know it released the same year as Wreck-It Ralph? If you had asked me which of those two films seemed more like Pixar and more like Disney, I would have answered you wrong. Also there are too many butt and boob jokes and it’s just kinda bad.
4. A Bug’s Life - it’s okay I guess. I like the villain, but other than that it’s a really forgettable movie.
5. Monsters University - it starts pretty good, it ends really good, and the rest of it is boring. The theme is really poignant and relatable, but otherwise it’s an eh film.
6. Cars 3 - I dunno. A part of me just wasn’t into it when I saw it the first time. Considering how formative the original two were for my childhood, it felt a little cheap. I guess I might have to rewatch it sometime, considering I only ever saw it the once… but memory places it firmly in the low B-tier category
7. Finding Nemo - It was never my favorite. I’ve always liked it, but… eh.
8. Cars - You fools! You thought this would be higher, didn’t you? Well turns out the movie itself is better than I remembered as a kid, but somehow less enjoyable than I used to think it was. Basically, that means that it’s a pretty standard Pixar movie and it’s okay.
9. Toy Story - yes, I’m putting this lower than all the sequels and even some rather controversial titles. That is because I’m of the opinion that while Toy Story was (and still is) an excellent debut film, it’s ultimately just a stepping stone for what the studio would go to create. But I still like it a lot, and the incredible series it started really helps the film in hindsight.
10. Incredibles 2 - I liked it! Quite a bit, actually. It would have been impossible to make a worthy sequel to Incredibles, but by golly did they do their best. There are some issues I have (the villain’s a little uninspired, the eccentric billionaire guy is underutilized, etc), but I disagree with the ones most other people point out on the grounds that they are wrong. Bob does not resent his wife for doing hero work without him, he resents the situation that put the two of them there in the first place. Anyone who says otherwise is incorrect.
11. Lightyear - darn tootin’ I placed this over Toy Story. I’m really fond of this one, and for every reason except the fact that its meta-premise makes no sense whatsoever. Why does Andy’s favorite movie from the 1990s have such better graphics than their literal real life? Why is it that Buzz Lightyear toys are flying off the shelves instead of little Sox robots? But looking past that, I absolutely love this movie’s characters, plots, themes… it’s fun. I like it.
12. Turning Red - Okay… I like this one, and while I respect the people who don’t, I don’t respect the people who don’t respect it respectfully. It is not bad, it is not pointless, and it is not cringe. However, I was running out of middle-ground movies to use before I can get to the greats, so this one gets to go here.
13. Finding Dory - idk it’s just so cute! And I can respect its message a lot more now that I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD and probably Autism - there are a lot of characters in this movie with various disabilities (Dory’s short-term memory loss, the octopus guy’s missing tentacle, the nearsighted beluga whale…). I think it’s touching.
14. Luca - the only reason this one is as “low” as I put it is ‘cause I wouldn’t feel right putting it over Ratatouille. This movie is absolutely adorable and I love it so much.
15. Ratatouille - Do I need to explain myself here? Go watch Schafrillas’ hour-long youtube video about it.
16. Toy Story 2 - it took a good movie and made it great. I’d argue this is where they first really cemented their “format” of providing unexpected but realistic twists to established stories, what with the conflict suddenly surrounding Woody of all people trying to decide whether staying with Andy is worth it - after all, kids only ever grow up, not down.
17. Onward - I think this one got artificially lowered a little because I’ve seen it so many times. I love the story and the jokes and the characters; not much else to say here.
18. Soul - I NEED TO REWATCH IT GUYS. REMIND ME TO REWATCH THIS ONE. I ONLY SAW IT ONCE AND I NEED MORE FLESHED-OUT REASONS TO PUT IT HERE
19. Inside Out - I’ve also seen this one way too many times, but it’s never lost its touch for me. Even seeing it as a kid when it first came out I was touched by the story, and that was even before I knew what depression was, let alone have it.
20. Monsters Inc. - this one gets put this high on the basis that I said so. Maybe I just compare it a lot to the garbage heap that is Ice Age, but the fact that they just   chased a three-year-old child around with a microphone to get the most organic lines really shows with Boo’s character. Randall and the wheelchair guy are great villains, I love Sully (and obviously Mike), but most of all I just find myself loving Boo more than anyone because of how real she feels.
21. Up - I almost feel weird putting it this low, even though I’m pretty sure this is still top five. The reasons to love it are plentiful, but there’s a lot of people out there who form the “Up is overrated because people only focus on the opening” faction. I would like to dissuadr any such arguments because you are wrong and I really like this movie through and through. I think there’s something so incredible about the idea of making an adventure story about a guy who’s long past his adventuring days.
22. Toy Story 4 - I want to put it higher but it isn’t better than the Incredibles so here we are. I will defend this movie and all it stands for. It was a good evolution of Woody’s character, it was a good expansion of the franchise’s main theme, and it does deserve to exist.
23. The Incredibles - also deserves no explanation. This is the best superhero film… maybe ever. I love it and it’s really really good.
24. Wall-E - this one is probably my favorite Pixar film, but gets third place because it doesn’t make me cry. The story, music, pacing, and characters are all beautiful and entrancing and I love every minute of it.
25. Coco - It was a tough choice, putting this one in second. The music in this film is objectively the greatest in any Pixar, and the ending makes me cry. A lot. But ultimately it lost to…
26. Toy Story 3 - The greatest conclusion to any story arc ever made. I know I just spent a paragraph defending 4, but darn it does this movie make me cry. “So long, partner” never ceases to pull at my heartstrings

 

 

oh and I haven’t seen Elemental yet hehe sorry

I’m going to rank the Pixar movies because that’s what I’m thinking about.

also I don’t want to fenangle the Shard into bulleting in reverse so we’re going from worst to best apparently

1. The Good Dinosaur - this movie sucks! Nothing happens, it’s incredibly boring, the premise is completely wasted. Anyway, onto the movies I don’t hate.
2. Cars 2 - I regret putting this here, because I like this one. And I won’t defend it as a movie, because objectively speaking, it is bad; I will only defend the fact that I like it, and my only defense for that defending is nostalgia. That’s right: this was my first favorite action movie, and I thought it was goofy enough to enjoy.
3. Brave - it doesn’t feel like a Pixar movie at all. Did you know it released the same year as Wreck-It Ralph? If you had asked me which of those two films seemed more like Pixar and more like Disney, I would have answered you wrong. Also there are too many butt and boob jokes and it’s just kinda bad.
4. A Bug’s Life - it’s okay I guess. I like the villain, but other than that it’s a really forgettable movie.
5. Monsters University - it starts pretty good, it ends really good, and the rest of it is boring. The theme is really poignant and relatable, but otherwise it’s an eh film.
6. Cars 3 - I dunno. A part of me just wasn’t into it when I saw it the first time. Considering how formative the original two were for my childhood, it felt a little cheap. I guess I might have to rewatch it sometime, considering I only ever saw it the once… but memory places it firmly in the low B-tier category
7. Finding Nemo - It was never my favorite. I’ve always liked it, but… eh.
8. Cars - You fools! You thought this would be higher, didn’t you? Well turns out the movie itself is better than I remembered as a kid, but somehow less enjoyable than I used to think it was. Basically, that means that it’s a pretty standard Pixar movie and it’s okay.
9. Toy Story - yes, I’m putting this lower than all the sequels and even some rather controversial titles. That is because I’m of the opinion that while Toy Story was (and still is) an excellent debut film, it’s ultimately just a stepping stone for what the studio would go to create. But I still like it a lot, and the incredible series it started really helps the film in hindsight.
10. Incredibles 2 - I liked it! Quite a bit, actually. It would have been impossible to make a worthy sequel to Incredibles, but by golly did they do their best. There are some issues I have (the villain’s a little uninspired, the eccentric billionaire guy is underutilized, etc), but I disagree with the ones most other people point out on the grounds that they are wrong. Bob does not resent his wife for doing hero work without him, he resents the situation that put the two of them there in the first place. Anyone who says otherwise is incorrect.
11. Lightyear - darn tootin’ I placed this over Toy Story. I’m really fond of this one, and for every reason except the fact that its meta-premise makes no sense whatsoever. Why does Andy’s favorite movie from the 1990s have such better graphics than their literal real life? Why is it that Buzz Lightyear toys are flying off the shelves instead of little Sox robots? But looking past that, I absolutely love this movie’s characters, plots, themes… it’s fun. I like it.
12. Turning Red - Okay… I like this one, and while I respect the people who don’t, I don’t respect the people who don’t respect it respectfully. It is not bad, it is not pointless, and it is not cringe. However, I was running out of middle-ground movies to use before I can get to the greats, so this one gets to go here.
13. Finding Dory - idk it’s just so cute! And I can respect its message a lot more now that I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD and probably Autism - there are a lot of characters in this movie with various disabilities (Dory’s short-term memory loss, the octopus guy’s missing tentacle, the nearsighted beluga whale…). I think it’s touching.
14. Luca - the only reason this one is as “low” as I put it is ‘cause I wouldn’t feel right putting it over Ratatouille. This movie is absolutely adorable and I love it so much.
15. Ratatouille - Do I need to explain myself here? Go watch Schafrillas’ hour-long youtube video about it.
16. Toy Story 2 - it took a good movie and made it great. I’d argue this is where they first really cemented their “format” of providing unexpected but realistic twists to established stories, what with the conflict suddenly surrounding Woody of all people trying to decide whether staying with Andy is worth it - after all, kids only ever grow up, not down.
17. Onward - I think this one got artificially lowered a little because I’ve seen it so many times. I love the story and the jokes and the characters; not much else to say here.
18. Soul - I NEED TO REWATCH IT GUYS. REMIND ME TO REWATCH THIS ONE. I ONLY SAW IT ONCE AND I NEED MORE FLESHED-OUT REASONS TO PUT IT HERE
19. Inside Out - I’ve also seen this one way too many times, but it’s never lost its touch for me. Even seeing it as a kid when it first came out I was touched by the story, and that was even before I knew what depression was, let alone have it.
20. Monsters Inc. - this one gets put this high on the basis that I said so. Maybe I just compare it a lot to the garbage heap that is Ice Age, but the fact that they just   chased a three-year-old child around with a microphone to get the most organic lines really shows with Boo’s character. Randall and the wheelchair guy are great villains, I love Sully (and obviously Mike), but most of all I just find myself loving Boo more than anyone because of how real she feels.
21. Up - I almost feel weird putting it this low, even though I’m pretty sure this is still top five. The reasons to love it are plentiful, but there’s a lot of people out there who form the “Up is overrated because people only focus on the opening” faction. I would like to dissuadr any such arguments because you are wrong and I really like this movie through and through. I think there’s something so incredible about the idea of making an adventure story about a guy who’s long past his adventuring days.
22. Toy Story 4 - I want to put it higher but it isn’t better than the Incredibles so here we are. I will defend this movie and all it stands for. It was a good evolution of Woody’s character, it was a good expansion of the franchise’s main theme, and it does deserve to exist.
23. The Incredibles - also deserves no explanation. This is the best superhero film… maybe ever. I love it and it’s really really good.
24. Wall-E - this one is probably my favorite Pixar film, but gets third place because it doesn’t make me cry. The story, music, pacing, and characters are all beautiful and entrancing and I love every minute of it.
25. Coco - It was a tough choice, putting this one in second. The music in this film is objectively the greatest in any Pixar, and the ending makes me cry. A lot. But ultimately it lost to…
26. Toy Story 3 - The greatest conclusion to any story arc ever made. I know I just spent a paragraph defending 4, but darn it does this movie make me cry. “So long, partner” never ceases to pull at my heartstrings

 

 

oh and I haven’t seen Elemental yet hehe sorry

Would this actually work? I feel like it should, but it's also kinda late...

Not many things in this world are as sad as listening very good songs from an obscure video game OST and wanting to know how to play them but the only scores are on Musescore which you have to pay large amounts of money to use.

And also...not being that good at piano.

And also not being able to play said game anymore.

Can I go to Space?

Can I look at an erupting volcano? Can I poke the lava with a stick?

Can I go hang out with some penguins without holding up the line full of slimy toddlers? Can I go to Antarctic and just chill for awhile? Can I make friends?

 

The reason I don't want to die is because I couldn't live with myself if I didn't ever do these things

Okay hear me out -

don’t do a Legend of Zelda movie

Do a Legend of Ganondorf movie

You know how when you've been reading a book or looking at memes for way too long and stand up way too fast and the world can't close the text menu at the same time as it renders the entity chunks so your FPS and DPI rapidly drop so far that you almost crash the universe

You know how when you've been reading a book or looking at memes for way too long and stand up way too fast and the world can't close the text menu at the same time as it renders the entity chunks so your FPS and DPI rapidly drop so far that you almost crash the universe

If you haven't seen Scott Pilgrim vs The World yet

 

 

 

get on that

If you haven't seen Scott Pilgrim vs The World yet

 

 

 

get on that

If you haven't seen Scott Pilgrim vs The World yet

 

 

 

get on that

If you haven't seen Scott Pilgrim vs The World yet

 

 

 

get on that

If you haven't seen Scott Pilgrim vs The World yet

 

 

 

get on that

If you haven't seen Scott Pilgrim vs The World yet

 

 

 

get on that

Yeah, so I just killed an RP again.

great. imma add that to the tally. I'm at what, 5-6 rps now? 

But I do hate myself for that soooo...

I'm sure other people are mad at me, even if they don't say so. Does it suck? Yes. And its even worse when others blame themselves because of it. Maybe others feel the same way about me, but I am definitely the reason why.

I always have ruined things around me.

I have redrawn the Map of Ivinan

I have redrawn the Map of Ivinan