Is Pixar Losing Their Touch...?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มี.ค. 2020
- With the release of Onward, Pixar is now entering a new era of original IPs and emotional stories doomed to be compared to the likes of Toy Story and Coco. But with such a giant uphill battle, does the animation studio really have the means to keep up with their own history?
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... It's weird. I came into this film expecting more and was disappointed. And I'm going into Soul disappointed, so maybe it will flips things around? Pixar 2020 can't be double bad, right? - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
Since the dad’s just a pair of legs, doesn’t that already make him a step-father?
Daddy Long Legs
Expecos² I’m fucking screaming
ba-dum-tis
Dad jokes amirite
GO. HOME. lol
Pixar isn't losing their touch. Disney just confiscated their touch.
Well, technically losing something and getting something confiscated from you means the same thing.
You're still not gonna own that something anymore.
Disney is shit.
Soul looks incredibly promising from the trailer that just dropped, so there's hope!
I didn't think Onward was bad either.
MemeMayor blaming everything on Disney without proof? The internet never changes.
@@lordofdarkness4204 what
We need another "adult" pixar movie. Y'know, one that has villains like Hopper and dark moments like him being eaten alive by baby birds. No more sequels (maybe a Monsters Inc. 2), no more heavy usage of flashy and goofy action sequences to flex the newest rendering engine. Something like the good ol days.
I've seen the concept of Monsters Inc 2 and it looks like a good sequel, but most importantly:
New movies with dark themes
Incredibles 1 or Ratatouille level adult
We are getting a monsters inc sequel, it's called Monsters at work
@FieryGarfield it's still set after the first film though just like Tangled the series
monsters university is already a prequel!?!?!?
Next Pixar movie: *Touch*
It’s about a family having trouble getting along. So the main characters,The family, go on a road trip to have fun. While they have havoc on the way. And in the process, they connect together and love each other. Get it. Touch.
Yeah Sony got right to that. Yet Connected sounded better to them.
Connected: HOL’ UP
Still probably better than what connected will be, I have low hopes, but hey, they brought us spider verse, so maybe...?
sony: 😳
Sounds like a great title but have you heard of Connected made by the same guy who directed Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.
I think the issue people have with the film is the fact we knew what the tear jearker was likely going to be (the dad) because they gave it away in the trailer. Have they maybe kept it a secret, just had the trailers mention they were going on a quest, but not WHAT the quest was, then maybe it could've had more of an impact
Or end the trailer with them reviving the dad but don't reveal the "twist" that wasn't a twist.
but the dad isn't the tearjerker part though, but yeah you know the tearjerker part is coming, so you kinda expect that (even though it's not what you expect) but I still cry anyway lol
I feel like if the torso less dad would not have been revealed in the trailer it would have been a nicer surprise
I think the trailers, as always, gave too much away. They could've put in the "world used to be filled with magic" narrative, show a scene with Ian and his brother, show some clips from the roadtrip and leave it alone. Maybe show the clip of Ian casting the reviving spell but without exactly mentioning who is it they're summoning
What's funny is that it's clear from this discussion that you guys haven't seen the movie because you're all so far off but yet you're all convinced you know what happens.
*Peter Quill:* _"Dance off bro, you and me."_
*Peter Parker:* [PIZZA TIME INTENSIFIES]
Nice reference.
All hail the uncle
I see what you did there you Culver guy
What if Peter challenged thanos to a dance off?
Pizza Time is always a good time, but you’ll get your rent when you fix this damn door
Felt like it’s something missing, and that was John Lasseter and Ed Catmull’s visionary.
Remember when Disney went to the dark age without Walt, exactly is going to happened to Pixar until the new generation of right people.
I wish people weren't terrible people. God dammit Lasseter.
Oooooohhhh FUUUUUUUUUUUCK
oz pardo what happened to John Lasseter I heard he was a racist but what happened to him
@@difference3maker36 wrong ist. He was sexist. He got properly metood to hell.
Difference3 Maker He was a sexual harasser on women.
I really enjoyed Onward but it didn't feel like a Pixar film at all. Heck I even thought it was a DreamWorks film from the trailer, anyone else feel the same way?
Millsy that was the first thing I said after seeing the first trailer
@Squidward yes that's a good comparison, I somehow didn't think of that
I think it’s because of the cynical premise. Pixar is usually optimistic with the worlds they create. Dreamworks are way more likely to go like “There’s a magic fantasy world ruined by modern society and humans are garbage and everything is not as cool as it should’ve been loool” premise.
It's a good film but without the Pixar touch
It felt like a Disney (not even Pixar) x DreamWorks collab
I haven’t seen the movie but I feel like its gonna have the dumb “brothers argue for a bit and split up until the end” and also it’s just me but I feel like Pixar and Disney in general are hiring celebrities more than actual voice actors
No lie detected
I noticed that too.
Dank MemeQueen yeah it’s not like that
They’ve always hired celebrities for the lead voices, though. Neither Tom Hanks or Tim Allen were considered voiceover artists when they made Toy Story. Neither was Ellen Degeneres for Finding Nemo. Or Billy Crystal and John Goodman for Monsters Inc. Heck, even Julia Louis-Dreyfus - who voices the mom in Onward - voiced Princess Atta in A Bug’s Life, and that was right after Seinfeld had wrapped. Sure, some of the voices of past Pixar/Disney films haven’t been A-list names, but for the most part, they’ve never been strictly voiceover artists either.
They don't split up at all. Do they argue? A little. But it's not what you think.
These characters feel less like characters and more like the idea of characters. Like they're getting less real and more vague? Idk how to explain it, I don't think vague is the right word.
Not fully realized?
Yeah, they’re almost just stereotypes. You have the nerdy, skinny lil bro and the big beefy jock brother. Mom is typical sweater wearing, calls her kids “honey bunches” mom. Being honest, I haven’t seen the film, only trailers, but that’s definitely what the characters LOOK like.
In the film the brother ain’t a jock at all and the mother is pretty cool as she goes on her own adventure.
One dimentional?
Your not wrong tho I like this movie but there's something wrong about it
you know a nice touch for this film would be if everyone had nontraditional names and more magical-like ones
Like adaptions of normal names into magical ones
But the movies about the magic being lost so doesn't it make sense that they have normal names
@@PermaSlash they could still have magic names that were passed down through generations
@@kingalex105x7 yeah true
Kinda the whole point in the movie is that magic has faded and needs to be restored, so it kinda makes sense that they didn’t...
Onward was a really great DreamWorks movie.
lol
LOL yeah
😂😂 bruh
Mathew Mazzetti Over The Hedge is a cinematic masterpiece compared to this film.
@@sr.alligator7569 😭😭 true
I lost interest in this movie the moment the trailer showed the legs of their father. Its like when a video game does an escort mission, you just go "Oh come on! This again?".
I know it's going to sound like I dislike your comment, but, what did you think was going to happen? I'm just curious.
@@Grayalloy337 EXACTLY what happened! They reach the journeys end only to find out that they didnt need their dead dad!
@@TheLazysketcher So you wanted that, but without the escort mission. Makes sense.
@@Grayalloy337 No no no no, i mean i didnt want such a cliché plot that has been done SO many times before! It might just be me getting on in years, but i really hate it when you can easily tell the plot of a movie just from one shot of the trailer.
@@TheLazysketcher understandable.
What really turned me off from seeing the film was its art direction. We have a world where elves, centaurs, and manticores live together in an urban setting. What does the film look like? Exactly like every other Pixar film released in the last five years. It simply seems like they're stagnating creatively. Not just in writing, but also in design. A while back there was this discussion about the main character's design and how it looked like a visual shorthand that resembled other characters like Linguini or Arthur Christmas. Perhaps this is because On some level we know that Pixar is just going through the motions with their film making. Which is sad because they used to show massive steps forward with each new film. Now that the tech has spread to other studios we're seeing other films push forward in its stead. Though maybe Soul will be the next leap for Pixar. We shall see.
@Mia Leonard I meant that they are just making works more like a machine than a group of artists. They're unflinchingly sticking to methods, and formulas that they know worked in the past. Rather than asking themselves what can they can do to make the story better. How this film can stand out from their own and the other films being put out today.
In short. They're in a rut.
It's like Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse taught them nothing
Pixar releases 2 films a year, two films that are made over the course of around 4 years, they don't get as much breathing space between films as they should. Perhaps their creative yes are just burned out.
Mia Leonard I really don't think it is, Pixar is a big enough that they can have multiple people working in different movies at the same time, burnout doesn't sound like something that should be an issue.
@@mozardthebest I don't think it's really a burnout thing either. It just seems like they're falling into a style. That they're not pushing themselves further with their visuals. Sure there are films like Inside out and Coco that have very creative visuals, but in the end they're still using that stylizied realism that has come to define both Disney, Pixar, and so many other animation studios. They have the means to create films that nobody has ever seen before. They just need to realize that they can if they just start thinking outside that familiar Pixar method.
I haven’t seen Onward, but I absolutly loved Coco and Inside Out. While the sequels are nothing special to me, their main movies are still great to me.
I agree, I'm so sick of sequels. But they're never going to stop making them if people keep judging movies like onward before they even come out 😑
you should see Onward, Inside Out is still my number 1 followed by Coco, and now Onward took the 3rd spot
@@ZEM03 Exactly! And I've seen criticisms saying that Onward isn't unique enough, but audience supported sequels that were really just more of the same. I don't think audiences know what they want.
@@ZEM03 Onward is a meh movie, same as the sequels. People complain of bad movies, weather they are sequels or not
I loved Coco but I found Inside Out to be boring, so I don’t know if I’ll like these new movies
Remember, it doesn’t matter if the critics call the movie “bland” or “not all that great” If you love that movie, the movie is amazing to you. I’m a minor, and even i thought the movie was a little fast paced in the beginning, I do think this movie was a little ehh, but the movie was just pixar, a heartwarming story. It isn’t their greatest work by a long shot, but its nice and simple.
Huzzah! A man of quality!
Bianey Boo true, you can like anything but some things (even movies) can be objectively bad. Not saying this movie was bad cause I liked it but I’m just saying
Finally someone I agree with
Thank you!
@@captainpep3 but what does objectively bad even mean. Just because someone is objectively bad to one person doesn’t mean it is to another.
I don't think so, I just feel like their animation industry is parallel to Disney's.
There is an A team and B team. A team is the film the studio feels will certainly do well and B team is the tentative one.
It seems with all these sequels, the originals are being left on the back burner with the B team.
Ditto it feels like this is the team that made Dory and the Cars stuff.
While the A Team made TS4, Coco and Soul it seems
@@Joecbg100 when I first saw the trailer for Soul I thought it looked SO cool... and then that guy turned into a little blue blob and that other character comes along and does a silly little dance :/.
I hate that sort of wacky looking character just to appeal to children *cough* olaf *cough*
@@AngstyRat Trying to appeal to the main audience???? Not in my kids film!
Plush Toy Bonnie it can still tackle adult ideas while Boeing fun and wacky for the children.
@@puppetuppers4806 Yeah, I mean the main characters DIES, there is no way it won't be mentioned later.
the step dad felt so unnecessary to me that i wanted to yeet him away from the story. idk why im so bothered by his existence but here i am
Dew I think that’s kind of the point
THANK YOU
at least if he did something impactful. like letting brothers go after they explain what do they want instead of the chase or helping them get away from other police officers. or helping in the fight with dragon. but he didn't bring anything even slightly emotional. only a few jokes.
I found Colt a wasted potential. I curious about his narrative because I thought there could be a character development between Ian and Barley because how disconnected and unrelated they were, but him being a step-dad had no impact. If he was just the sheriff and stick with his role he could've been an ok character, like for instance the time he was chasing Ian and Barley it would've been great if he actually run like a Centaur in which that can make him learn that if he wants to bond with his step-sons he must learn how to change himself in order to have a bond and maybe help them throughout their journey. But at the end he changed and suddenly have a positive relations with Ian and Barley because "Good ending".
@@chronenojysk5107 Sounds like the kind of character featured heavily in deleted scenes, or mostly cut out of the movie due to the script being rewritten.
I’ve always loved Pixar’s Movies, but it seems like we have all grown out of them. And the excitement for when a new Pixar movie comes out doesn’t seem to be there anymore.
You don't just grow out of Pixar.
Then why are some of the older ones so much better lol. And don’t even say nostalgia. I hadn’t even seen some of the older ones until just recently
Kinda
@@tiaamdunord7817 brad bird
I haven't grown out of them
I actually loved this movie. I think you missed the huge theme of self-trust/confidence, it was really prevalent and worked really well. Also, the father not having a personality was to reflect that Ian never knew him, and just having his legs doesn’t help much. They intended for us to feel left out, because that’s how Ian felt, even at the end where we don’t actually get to see the dad. I thought it was pretty cool that we got to see them awakening the forgotten magic across their journey, even without specifically mentioning what was happening, it would have been pretty dumb if they said “woah magic is making a comeback because of us” which I half expected to be said. Another thing I really enjoyed was they actually mixed two tropes with Barley, he has dumb jock vibes, but he’s a super gamer/d&d nerd. I think this was a really solid pixar film, on par with walle and finding dory
Could be a underrated film like what megamind did.
Yeetus Defeetus finding dory was trash though
Yeetus Defeetus what’s wrong with my opinion? Can you give reasoning rather than just insulting other people?
Yeetus Defeetus wall-e is like , 100 parallel universes ahead this movie
@Yeetus Defeetus "I respect ur opinion but also fuck u ur wrong"
*Damn..I literally just did a speech on why pixar is a good studio a couple days ago only for the complete 360 from audiences lol*
180*
@@swagderpbrah1379 *Yes, that...thank you my mind has been broken for days I need all the help I can get*
@@ZeusDahGoose why are you speaking like that
**this**
@@scavor5iq610 *For fun*
@@scavor5iq610 *Let them do what they want*
No, I think the entirety of Disney is losing their touch.
Tan Man why tho?
Luigi Marinus Gaming Because Walt’s method was “We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies” and the guy currently in charge has dollarsign-shaped pupils. That’s it, really
It's been doing the same over and over again
@@misteryA555 so what does that have to do with their movies they still make good movies or great movies or even masterpieces
@@PussInBootsTheLastWishFan2003 yeah i liked big hero 6 and the good dinosaur but its not that a hype now which is sad
Pixar's always made movies that made me fall in love with them as a studio. I think you made a good point about Pixar losing their shine lately.
Pixar has been strong for over 25 years since Toy Story's success. But I'm starting to get really worried that Pixar is going down the slope.
Pixar had already been corporate by the time it got acquired by Disney.
Jesus you are EVERYWHERE
@@SlapstickGenius23 And it's made by one of the people who happened to be the founder of Apple.
GaymerGirl LITERALLY
My brother said something along these lines after we left the advance screening.
Alot of people these days grow up with only one parent. They spend slot of time thinking they had to grow up without role models because they dont have a dad (or mom).
They grow up not knowing what to do with themselves because they think they never had a role model. However, alot of people dont realize that other people can be role models as well, not just parents.
So basically, I think the film is about role models, not necessarily family or father son relationships.
The manticore forgot to tell them about the curse because she never actually gave them instructions.
She didnt even give them the map, or any clues on where to find the Phoenix gem, they did that on there own. So why would she have "remembered" to tell them about the curse if she didnt even tell them the other stuff?
And barley didnt know about the curse because clearly he didnt know about this particular quest. If he knew there was a curse, shouldn't he also know *how* to find a Phoenix gem, and not have to go to the manticore tavern?
Also the brothers dont blame *eachother* for ending up back in their town, *ian* blames barley. Barley never blamed ian.
Also "barley finds a fountain being deconstructed by the bad modern world" is sort of a misleading sentence to anyone who hasn't seen the film.
Magic vs modern is never an issue in the movie, nor does anyone besides barley take the fountain being destroyed seriously. Had I not seen this film twice already, I would've assumed this movie had a "innovation bad" message just from that sentence.
I definitely agree that ian is a boring overdone character type.
However, I can't think of many characters similar to barley.
The bridge scene definitely did feel tropey, although I cant think of any immediate examples?
However a small detail I liked about that scene was the way barley reacted.
In most scenarios, barley would said pretty much the same thing, but probably have a nervous smile the whole time. However in the actual movie he looks extremely stressed out about the fact that the rope came off, and that was a small detail that I honestly thought was kinda nice, because they didnt try to turn something that would be terrifying irl into a "haha the rope is gone" joke.
The step dad and fairies were little more then small roadblocks. Honestly probably coulda been written out. Though I do appreciate a positive step-parent character for once.
Okay sorry, ramble over.
I do feel like this film is getting less credit then it deserves by alot of my favorite reviewers, heh.
Good video though! Insightful.
Made me think about a few things I hadn't considered yet!
As someone who's lost a parent, this movie hit me HARD. For me this is movie is amazing. I'm sad to see it not doing so well because I relate so hard to both protagonists.
Uh, Coco was great, excuse you
I feel like we won't be getting exceptions like that very often, because they're "too risky" in the box office.
I honestly preferred the Book of Life
I know
DeskDrawer I find coco better because Book of life felt too Spaniard
@@chocofrolik834 how? Because they're both based off of The day of the dead?
I'd say the theme of the film is learning to appreciate what's around and who is around you rather than needing to have a connection with your "real" family. For example, if your parents aren't there for you emotionally, best friends can be like family. And in this case, his older brother was a father figure and taught him a lot about what it means to be a good man/person. It's very personal to the creator of the story as he too lost his father before he had the chance to form memories of him, and also had his brother to lead him.
Bruh moment
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I think the main issue with people is that they can't look past "cliches". While I always notice cliches and this film definitely has some, I always look for what's unique and fun about the film. And this film was definitely rich with it. I personally really enjoyed it. And the ending had me extremely choked up. And while I know the whole "Pixar films makes you cry" thing, I actually have rarely actually cried during one.
This movie felt like a DnD run turned into a movie, but at least it's something that wasn't romantic. I appreciate the brotherly love type of ending, and the story behind this movie was nice. It was about moving from a death in the family, but it could've been executed a bit better
as someone who plays dnd.. our adventures are much more interesting and characters have more depth :T
@@BriAngel476 I play DnD too? I just said it felt like one, and I also said it could have been done much better.
@@aroach544 ah, i see. agreed.
It kinda doesn’t feel like pixar, but you’re right, without their other franchises, Pixar’s kinda just risking it out. It was an alright movie tho
I like the idea of having new stories Instead of sequels but still.. I don't think this looks very interesting.
Other original stories such as Walle, Up, Coco and Ratatouille are great films! Walle being my favourite Pixar film ever.
I watched this movie with my older brother, and I found it extremely relatable; we both did. It's a movie about two brothers learning that they only have each other, and although they are trying to bring their father back, they realize that they only need each other, and they must learn that they work together very well with each other. At the climax of the film, Ian tells Barley that he never had a dad, but always had him. They must learn that their bond was what got them through all the challenges, Barely being an expert on magic and guiding Ian to become a better wizard but also become a better person. The theme isn't about growing up or seeing a lost loved one; it's brotherhood.
I LOVED Onward, because it related so much to me. I think the movie was great, and I'll look back on it and smile. It's just nostalgia that makes us think the classics are the best.
I just had a big revelation, the brothers are Greg and Rodrick
The only thing that got me intrested was that Chris Pratt was playing a character. I think that the problem is with Pixar putting out one to two movies almost yearly for a while now. It gives them less time to work on movies, so less time to be creative and things get lost along the way.
Who's Chris Pratt again? I know the name, but forget where I heard it.
@@liamhunter1197 he plays Star Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy and is one of the leads in Jarrasic World series.
@@starsbookreviews I see. Thank you for the info.
Felt the same about Tom Holland.
It's so bizarre. Everyone keeps saying the film is very good - but not as good as Pixar's old works. Everyone just keeps going straight to comparing this film to other films it is not remotely similar to. The fact that its made by Pixar seems to be actively damaging its image. I loved this movie. It's not perfect but it really broke the film formula and I appreciate greatly that. I compare this movie to Frozen in the sense that Frozen was about sisterly love, and this one was about brotherly love.
I somewhat disagree. With the comparisons of Sisterly-love and brotherly-love.
Both movies have different meaning at the end and one is more impactful than the other. You have a movie about an older sister being scared to interact with his younger sister because she doesn't want to accidentally harm her because of her power so she isolates herself as much as possible, while the other is a boy who never had a father-figure in his life and caused him to struggle to develop socially and maturely in which he wants to resurect his dad in order to understand how to grow up, but at the end he realized that he already expirienced having a male-role-model/father-figure with his older brother. That hits home more than Frozen because more of a relevant issue in society about boys lacking a male-role model in the family which affects them growing up and struggle in adulthood. I think that is largely overshadowed than the plot in general.
It doesn’t help that everyone is scared to leave their homes to go to the movies because of the current events.
Pretty sure people were asking that question at the start of the 2010s
Yeah, 2011's when people REALLY started to question Pixar.
2010s Pixar has been all over the place. We had masterpieces like inside out and coco, garbage like cars 2 and good dinosaur and then everything else ranges from whatever like brave to great like toy story 4.
I like onward the sibling theme was great nearly cried I dunno bro maybe I'm lame
I get ya, it reminded me of all the fun moments I have with my brother
@@Churrros right! The movie just really reminds me of the people in my life that I miss but can't see physically like it's a reminder that there is people who do care for me and it just tch it just hits different
Mango Slushie
Me too. I didn’t get to see my dad for a good portion of the beginning of my life but my sister was always there for me. It really makes me appreciate it
@@mangoslushie5468 I've been with my brother my whole life but as we grow older he's always doing stuff and I rarely see him now and this movie reminded me of all the games and fun things we did when we were little and y'know it did pull at the heart strings a little lol
I cried too barley and ein (or however you spell his name lol) relationship really reminded me of my brother and I. We lost our dad too so the movie kinda hit hard
One, they had an original IP two years ago called Coco.
Two, I think this isn't a failure in my book-I think this is a step in the right direction. Like....Training wheels.
This film is comparable to The Little Mermaid-that film started the Disney Renaissance, and this film kind of feels like the precursor to Pixar's classic era.
Ribotto Studios yeah I like to think that they choose the name Onward because it symbolizes Pixar’s future movies and stuff
Pixar: oh coco worked let’s make coco 2
I disagree Its sucks and just shows theres no such thing as a good film in 2020
Possibly, but I’m feeling it’s failing because of the Coronavirus scares
Actually it didnt fail it went to 70 million box office
@@alpha_jasperflair1097 still failed. the budget was 175 million dollars. They lost 105 MILLION DOLLARS. How is that not a fail?
The only thing I agreed with in this whole video was that the Simpsons short shouldn’t be there.
They've lost their minds while announcing Toy Story 4. NOBODY asked for that cash-grab when the franchise should've ended back in 2010; It's unnecessary.
Why did you let it win the Oscar?! The Hidden World _deserved_ to win it, but Pixar fucked DreamWorks' last chance!
Okay, think of it like this
If Toy story 4 was a cash grab, why did it end off the series in a satisfying way? Would that make shrek 4 a cash grab?
The story and concept of living toys had more room to expand in themes and ideas, and the 4th movie followed up as well, with good character arcs, concepts, development, and ultimately ending the franchise off with a satisfying conclusion
Ice age 2, 3, 4, and 5 are cash grabs. Toy story 4 is a fitting conclusion
Are you saying that NON-Disney movie sequels are all cash-grabs?
Toy Story 4 came out of nowhere in a massive year gap and was only created to make everyone forget about DreamWorks.
Shrek 4 was the true finale to the end.
The Ice Age franchise made a record not even that greedy *Fascist* could top, 5 feature films with no spin-offs.
Don't try to respond, because I'm renouncing Disney/Pixar until I die.
This person blocked my response. They're not worth y'alls time
Dino Toy Story 3 ended the series perfectly fine. 4 was unecessary
@@AxeIRad Keyword there being "Fine". However, 4's ended it off great. There were more themes and ideas to explore even after toy story 3, and 4 finished off that exploration in a great and satisfying way
Where’s all my people that just genuinely loved the movie? I know I can’t be the only one...
Your not alone my dude sad the movie didn't get the credit it deserves in my opinion onward was a great movie
Yeah, it's a great movie. Ppl prob didn't like it bc they can't relate to the whole scenario.
I adored this movie and would rewatch it if I can, not at home so can't. But yes, I love this movie to pieces.
0:35 that's subjective really, I went out really disappointed, the lesson of the past movies was that the toys should always stick together, and at the end they throw that core message at the window having Woody leave all his friends, the new characters weren't that interesting to me and I found myself not feeling nor laughing much through out the movie
The ONLY memorable and touching scene for me was that little lost girl finding Gabby Gabby and later finding her parents, that hits me hard in the feels for some reason, but everything else was meh
Don't think it deserved the Oscar, Klaus was WAAAAAY BETTER
just saying
Giulia CF that Gabby scene got me really emotional because she wasn’t just some boring “villain”? and actually had a good conclusion. On the other hand, I agree that Woody leaving was an absolute character break for me, and left a bad taste in my mouth afterwards
I like Gabby Gabby way better than Lotso or Stinky Pete cause they weren’t exactly irredeemable (they had bad lives) but they got hellish tortures and it was supposed to be played for laughs. It kinda soured me to repeat viewings. Seeing Gabby get a chance to be a child’s favorite toy was very heartwarming.
@@Nightman221k "hellish tortures"? Really? Pete got taken by a little girl and was likely drawn on, and lotso got stuck to the front of a truck, which isn't all that bad considering he tried to enslave and murder andy's toys.
@@kingpablothe1stoverlordoft871 i know, but the fact that even after all lotso did to them, they still decided to help him is pretty caring, i really thought that would give lotso a change of heart, it was such a missed opportunity.
I fricking cried twice and this film was out just one day before my birthday in my country which in it movies are late by one day always. and it's a fantastic gift from pixar. i felt like it was my birthday gift and they didn't lose their touch. i completely disagree. +Gimme a marvel actor and i'll be happy. give me two and i'll be twice as happy. gimme two that one is tom holland makes it the best. UNLEASH YOUR INNER WARRIOR GUYS! HE'S NOT RIGHT! (not trying to hate on you because i like your channel, but not this video, probably because of the dad pipe part that made me imagine my dad in that situation which made me cry, and the mom is kinda like my mom so i can relate to that mom thing, especially as i tried to escape home once and was out for an hour or two)
Disney:Onward
Reality:Backward
I don’t like this movie cuz my dad died a year ago and they make it like their getting back their father and make it look so goofy. It hurts. That’s why I didn’t watch it.
I’m so sorry to hear that. I can relate as well so I don’t like the movie either.:)
Sorry for your loss. I lost my mum and I loved this film and how they dealt with losing a loved one. Perhaps in time you’ll feel differently and give it a go.
Well... That's because it's aimed at kids and not really adults. I'm sorry for your loss though.
Boy u better drop them pants I am a kid though
Ryan Glover Yeah maybe one day. Thanks too.
Oh really, the mom’s name is Yanny, that’s a weird name. No what Laurel AH F*** not again.
I loved it, especially in 3D 👍👍❤️👋🥰❗️
I honestly think this movie is Pixar’s growing pains they went ten years doing mediocre sequels so they haft to get used to being original again
Personally, I thought that Onward was so much better than people actually gave it credit for.
Pixar never lost their touch, everyone else finally caught up to them.
Have you seen onward? Cheez
DaBaby Yoda exactly. I was hyped for brave but then it just fell apart when they made it a mother and daughter story. Insert every cliche here. Good dinosaur is an illumination film but made by Pixar. That’s what I mean everyone caught up to them. 3D isn’t mystical anymore.
I feel that it’s going to be difficult because y’all feel nostalgic for those old Pixar movies. Don’t get me wrong, they’re amazing, but there’s always going to be a natural bias favoring those.
Edit: oh wait, you kinda said this.
I loved the movie honestly. I think maybe for me, i kinda felt more impacted WITH the leg scenes, and moments because its like i had that feeling in the back of my mind that they weren't going to get a long period of time with the fathers full body. So to me, it seemed more like 'oh this is kinda sad, that this is all they'll get with their dad, and he's trying his best to spend time with them too'
I can’t watch the video right now but I just want to say, even though I wasn’t excited to see Onward, I absolutely loved that movie.
It is my new favorite movie. It is able to tell a story creatively and make it for all ages. It’s fun but has more mature themes which makes it easier to relate to.
I’m just saying that that movie is too amazing for you to imply that this movie is a sign that Pixar is losing their touch
Good for you, it feels nice to see a positive opinion.
Thank god I finally found someone else who likes this movie, I just got back from seeing it earlier this morning, and while it wasn't the greatest film Pixar's ever made, I did think it was REALLY good. It could've just been because I really didn't like Toy Story 4 and had low expectations as a result, but I still think Onward has some really strong points that made it a much better experience than Toy Story 4. It's no Toy Story 2 or The Incredibles, but I still think Onward can compete with some of their other movies that aren't held to as high of a regard, but are still considered great. Such films as Up and Ratatouille immediately come to my mind when I say that.
Thank God I'm not the only one who likes Onward, I found it very entertaining and I loved both Ian and Barely, though it's not the best Pixar movie it's pretty good
@@daysunflower2328 Wow, we both began our comments with almost the exact same sentence! I just got a notification for your comment and it kinda confused me at first because I thought it was showing me the comment I made but it had your profile pic next to it, and then I realized it was a different comment. Embarrassing, am I right?
When you compare this to literally any other Pixar movie, yes this is definitely grounds to say Pixar is losing its touch. Not saying it’s bad but it doesn’t live up to the other ones
I realized it was a brother bonding movie at the car merging scene. Honestly, I found this movie very emotional but maybe that's just due to experiences in my own life. Even the scene with the van's 'gallop' hit me. The ending of Toy Story 3 is the only other Pixar movie that's got me like that.
I just hope Pixar doesn't begin to believe that original stories are not financially lucrative and go back to turning out nothing but sequels.
If they do then we would have lost another great company to Disney. Its sad really, the future doesnt really look too good for animated movies. We’ve always had Pixar to look foward to for amazing movies in the animated industry but now no company is willing to take any risk.
We need more movies like Ratatouille and Up
Onward was amazing! An underrated classic, I really appreciated it. Dealing with loss and getting to be grateful- it was amazing. Sure, it had flaws, but it was incredibly charming.
Honestly, Onward just felt like a forced vehicle made by corporate businessmen as an excuse to partner up Chris Pratt (who I loved in Passengers and Parks and Recreation) and Tom Holland (Who's Spider-Man I hate) together, made with little to no effort.
Pixar has just ended up like Grunge in terms of quality. It's stories used to be rather complex and introspective, mixing wonder with substance (Wall: E for example), and is often at times felt like an escape from the overall saccharine schmaltz of Disney's main animation division (Yes, I get that Lion King and Hunchback exist, so they are exceptions), but now they have become the very thing they unintentionally provided escapism from. At least we have Ghibli
@@beep2851 I just find his presence to be annoying that's all.
in my opinion, Tom Holland’s Spider-Man is just whiny, annoying, and is often prone to breaking tension in moments that are just becoming spectacular. For example; The scene from Avengers Endgame where he encounters Tony during the final battle
And to be fair, it’s not Tom Holland’s fault. It’s Disney’s. They should just leave Kevin alone, but if it’s Kevin who wrote this character, then he should leave this Spidey alone and get writers who specialise in proper character development and complex introspection to make this version of Spider-Man less insufferable.
@@beep2851 Yeah
I also don’t like Tom Holland as Spider-Man. I just don’t see it. But frankly I’ve never liked anyone they cast as Spider-Man.
The Colorization Channel I liked civil war Spider-Man. His suit, personality and everything. But then homecoming and far from home had to ruin him
Completely agree! I said this elsewhere but the movie felt like a Pixar movie made by committee. It was good but not great and felt like they held back. The world and character situations (dead father, screw-up brother, step father /single parent house hold) could’ve really made this compelling. I wonder if they went with an angsty “Lilo & Stitch” tone the movie would’ve been received better?
What I love about Toy Story 4 is it’s ending, it feels like it can continue with the story of the toys dealing without Woody, or the story of Woody being free
I personally loved this movie. I wasn't able to say goodbye to my dad when he passed in hospital, so Barley's goodbye scene still rips me up.
Stock animated movie ideas:
Protagonist: Thinks it isn’t special, but realises near the end of the film that it is special
Also Protagonist: finds a map to a treasure
Side character: finds a hidden clue to the treasure
You got to do better than that, Disney. Just because you think no one will notice doesn’t mean that it’s a good film.
Is Pixar Losing Their Touch...?
Well, that's their aim so when we all get old and watch their best films all over again, we cry even more than when we first watched them,
SPOILERS:
As a pixar fan for as long as I can remember,
no really, I grew up on two movies, monsters inc and the incredibles, both of which I watched over and over again. I've had to see each 100+ times
I did see Onward, and I'd disagree. I think it was great, it felt like a Pixar movie, it felt original as well. It was emotional, yes I cried. Both characters were a bit tropey, sure. I feel like that made them realistic though, it kept things real and considering this was supposed to connect with human emotion it works. I felt a lot of depth and emotion. The family is a major theme but it's also a theme of brotherhood, bravery, trust, adventure, and growth.
okay when it comes to tech demonizing, it's perfectly fine and that wasn't a thing lol. It was more about appreciating talents
the bad stepdad wasn't bad lol, he was just annoying and the boys didn't like him as a replacement
also with the dad's character, he was limited by the fact pixar went forwards with how he didn't have ears or eyes, so his only form of communication was physical touch. if you paid attention the tapping thing was a way to communicate, and other things
another sappy part was the emotional connections with the fourth memory, his brother was a coward and didn't say goodbye to his dad because he was scared and regret it for the rest of his life. That's why he was trying to be brave throughout this quest but if you paid attention he wasn't as brave as his brother, who has this "cowardly shy" trope
if anything, this feels like another controversial clickbaity video trying to get views. I kept watching to hear an actual valid point but all you said was it was unoriginal, with no evidence that a similar thing happened, oh the characters follow simple tropes, but you never looked deeper in to the characters, oh well the plot's simple, yeah that's kind of the point it's based off of a dnd style quest thing.
I feel like this is greater than toy story 4 and coco, it just generally feels on par with my childhood classics.
Those are my thoughts, you refuse to watch it again, that's fair. Don't let it stop you from actually noticing the layers under the tropes.
Lily I know right. I loved Onward and didn’t hear any valid points that this guy was trying to make. :/
I agree. I feel like no one is actually reading the message and it’s components of the story under the surface level. Everything you said was right on the nose.
*huzzah! A man of quality!*
Yeah for me is on The Incredibles level, which says much, is better than great movies from this decade (like Moana) and I don't know why is bad viewed
A comment with common sense! 🙌🏻
C'mon, don't say that the sacrifice of Guinevere tho wasn't ridiculously symbolic to the point of being simultaneously hilarious and depressing.
They made the metaphorical "death" of a van actually sad.
That made me cry.
Pixar: makes genuinely good films
Disney: N O
I did enjoy the movie but I feel like they kind of squandered the world a bit, it just wasn't that interesting. The whole idea of modernisation taking the magic out of the world was maybe taken a bit too far, as the setting just felt boring and small. There wasn't the same sense of wonder and beauty with the setting that there was in finding nemo, coco, walle and even the incredibles, with that island. I feel like there was almost no point in the magical fantasy settings.
"alot of crapping flims": toy story flashes on screen
*are you trying to tell us something*
I actually liked Onward, definitely not their best work though. Coco was fairly recent and that's a masterpiece. Pixar still has it, I haven't lost faith in them just yet psrsonally.
I don't know, personally, I got really emotional at the end of this movie, and I usually don't consider myself someone who cries at movies. And I like, sobbed. Then again, I think this is one of those movies that definitely hits different depending on the person. Like the more you can relate it to your own life, the more emotional it is, if that makes sense.
I don't care what anyone says, i loved this film and the characters involved. It made me cry (but that's sort of a given for Pixar films)
One or two blemishes won't put me off Pixar. I was one of those who enjoyed Toy Story 4, and Coco? Easily my 2nd favourite film of all time.
Pixar's had fantastic films, but I feel like they fell through after the trainwreck that was Brave. Toy Story, Up, Ratatouille, Wall-E, Monsters Inc., and The Incredibles were great, but then they made 3 cars movies, a BS Finding Nemo sequel, a Toy Story 4 for some reason, The Good Dinosaur (ugh), and so many more duds and meh movies. Inside Out and Coco were good, but there were so many pointless movies in the roster that the hype is gone. At least they're superior to anything Illumination has or will ever cough out...
Even Brave was underrated in my opinion. It felt more like Pixar attempting to show a fairy tale, and it has charm and scenarios impossible in any of their other films.
Now I can't defend every Pixar film - Good Dinosaur looked pretty but was dull, and who could possibly defend Cars 2? - but I feel the majority of their works have a lot more purpose and thought than most films, even if they aren't as strong.
@@fruitlion8 Brave has gone through development hell pretty much, changing storyline and even directors if I'm not mistaken. For me at least, it shows. I like the characters, but the plot itself, although different (being at odds with a parent, as well as having both parents and siblings), was all over the place. The "villain" was also shoehorned in all of a sudden. Although he was mentioned, he didn't really do anything except appear in the 3rd act to make things exciting. Maybe I need to watch it again, but my first viewing of it was pretty unimpressed. The Good Dinosaur just made me angry though. That was a mess! D:
I personally loved Onward, but I respect your opinion as always
4:09 *voice crack*
I got 3 onward’s ads on this while listening to how onward wasn’t great.
Everybody gangster till the pants start walking
I have no idea what happened, but Pixar movies don't interest me as much as they did way back when. It's not because the movies are bad, that's a rarity in of itself, but they just don't grab me anymore. Maybe I've just grown too old, maybe I've seen too many Pixar movies, maybe the movies really aren't as good as some of their older stuff. I'll have to think about it a lot more.
I think it’s just worse now. Ratatouille and monster inc were they’re peak
It's a good movie... people just expect way more from Pixar considering their rep from the 2000s...
I just want a Pixar movie about Luxo Jr.
"The mother Yanny" 😂
I might be going to see this film today, I hope I'll enjoy it since I LOVE fantasy things :D!!!
Plush Toy Bonnie
Let me know how it goes. I really loved it and started crying at the end.
@@cartoonhoodie131 will do :3! Cant wait to see it!
Plush Toy Bonnie I saw it yesterday. It was great!
What Pixar needs to get back to its usual gems: More films like A Bug’s Life, Ratatouille, WALL-E and Up.
I remember finishing this film and thinking “was that...a Pixar movie?” cause for some reason it didn’t feel like it all. It felt like a knock off made by a different company but with Pixar level animation, just because the story and characters felt a bit flat. It’s wasn’t bad! But wasn’t great.
The thing that keeps BUGGING me is that the protagonist looks like another character or person that I've seen before
I always thought he looked like his VA tom holland
But he resembles LINGUINI even more
Literally any potentially straight fictional character:
Disney: *i diagnose you with gay*
and then the character is only gay. no real traits like real gay people have. they are there to be in the movie for 2 lines to say something gay and then leave.
wish it were like that then maybe LGBT people would be getting some real recognition
Why do people say Disney (or Hollywood in general) is making every character gay? The vast majority of movie characters (including Disney characters) are still straight.
They turned Le Fou in the remake for Beauty and the Beast gay when he was one of the straightest characters in the original...
ptttt how he was up on Gaston, I wouldn't be surprised if Disney heard all the gayjokes people made in the 90s about him and decided to make it canon
You gonna make a review on Killer Bean? He’s getting a sequel (as a 10+ episode series on YT) so I feel like it makes sense to get a good refresher about the storyline
The reason why I don’t really favor this movie is because I feel like I’ve already seen it before. The whole elf fairy tale vibe setting reminded me of gravity falls when I first saw it.
I got an Onward ad right before this.
Either Pixar don't have great story ideas anymore OR Disney just confiscated their touch? I'd say both.
I’m glad that this was different than frozen 2 toy story and dumbo live actions where two people or groups don’t get to see each other again
Off topic but could you please but a list of all the background music you used in the Video? They're all really great and i really wanna check them out.
Same here.
Ngl when I seen onward I wasn’t really.... what’s the word- impressed :/ I thought it was okay? It was kinda boring it took a lot of self control to not pull out my phone and use it
Disnsy forcing Pixar to release 1 film a year is there biggest mistake. If incridbles 2 and onward had more time in the oven they both would have been amazing.
My brother and I must be the only people who loved this film. I've been pretty disappointed with pixar lately with the exception of inside out and coco but this gives me hope
I honestly think its for a certain audience who relate like me for example my dad died before I was born and my best friend who's dad died just a week after he was born also I've had some friends who's parents got divorced early on so for people like me or anyone I mentioned really will get a good feel of what the characters are feeling and sure for most of the
Audience can't relate because they never felt the emotional impact. Pixar isn't losing their touch their just making it stronger for certain groups at the sacrifice of their other audience members but it also makes it more memorable for people like me and if you think about the message like that you will probably enjoy this more.
I love the yanny/laurel thing he does lol
I think what the movie has a problem with is the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. The mix it up where there is a small resolution HUGE rising action and just little bits of climax. What that does is just makes the movie seem slow and boring. And i cant even remember the charcters names!
I figured it out. This movie is exactly like The Spongebob Squarepants movie. Two characters, one bolder than the other, go on a spectacular adventure to get back something lost, all on a time constraint. They even have similar scenes like the bottomless pit.
don't compare that at all omg did you see the ending? it was amazing
Onward was fabulous, and had a great thematic conclusion to ideas set up via consistent narrative elements... it was great...