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	<title>Don't Cross The Streams &#187; Pixar</title>
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		<title>Movie of the Week II: Up</title>
		<link>http://blog.melanism.com/2009/06/26/movie-of-the-week-ii-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seanathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year after declaring that Wall*E might my favorite Pixar movie ever comes maybe my favorite Pixar movie. I think at the end of the day, Up was a better movie from start to finish than Wall*E but Wall*E was my favorite Pixar character (although Doug, the talking dog, is a VERY close second).  We&#8217;ll [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.melanism.com&blog=5042126&post=2795&subd=melanism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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<p>A year after declaring that <a title="Movie of the Week: WALL*E" href="http://blog.melanism.com/2008/07/09/movie-of-the-week-walle/" target="_blank">Wall*E</a> might my favorite Pixar movie ever comes maybe my favorite Pixar movie.</p>
<p>I think at the end of the day, <em>Up</em> was a better movie from start to finish than <em>Wall*E</em> but Wall*E was my favorite Pixar character (although Doug, the talking dog, is a VERY close second).  We&#8217;ll see how I feel when I own it on Blu-Ray.</p>
<p>The opening sequence showing the relationship between Carl and Ellie through the highs and the lows &#8212; no dialougue just Michael Giacchino&#8217;s score)  was one of the most heartwrenching/touching things I&#8217;ve ever seen in a film &#8211; animated of otherwise.  If that had just been a short, it might have been my favorite film in 15 years.  The movie continued to be awesome and hilarious but those opening minutes stayed with me.</p>
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		<title>Movie of the Week: WALL*E</title>
		<link>http://blog.melanism.com/2008/07/09/movie-of-the-week-walle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seanathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fucking awesome. Upon first viewing, it is up with my top two Pixar flicks, The Incredibles and Finding Nemo. Who knows what happens when I own this gem. WALL*E has replaced Dory from Finding Nemo as my favorite animated character ever created. The fact that WALL*E and EVE displayed more personality through expressions and limited [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.melanism.com&blog=5042126&post=769&subd=melanism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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<p>Fucking awesome.</p>
<p>Upon first viewing, it is up with my top two Pixar flicks, <span style="font-style:italic;">The Incredibles</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">Finding Nemo</span>.  Who knows what happens when I own this gem.</p>
<p>WALL*E has replaced Dory from <span style="font-style:italic;">Finding Nemo</span> as my favorite animated character ever created.  The fact that WALL*E and EVE displayed more personality through expressions and limited vocabulary than most characters in live-action movies is amazing and kinda depressing.</p>
<p>I could probably go on all day about how great this movie is.  I just want to know who are the souless human beings who gave this movie a bad review to only give it <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wall_e/">97% on Rotten Tomatoes</a>.</p>
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		<title>Movie of the Week Pt. I: Ratatouille</title>
		<link>http://blog.melanism.com/2007/07/14/movie-of-the-week-pt-i-ratatouille/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seanathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was cute or at east as cute as a movie about a rat in contact in food can be. Nothing spectacular but even an okay Pixar flick is better than most other anitmated features. Patton Oswalt was doing a great Nathan Lane impression. I was happy a) that the rats and humans couldn&#8217;t speak [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.melanism.com&blog=5042126&post=586&subd=melanism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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<p>It was cute or at east as cute as a movie about a rat in contact in food can be.</p>
<p>Nothing spectacular but even an okay Pixar flick is better than most other anitmated features.</p>
<p>Patton Oswalt was doing a great Nathan Lane impression.</p>
<p>I was happy a) that the rats and humans couldn&#8217;t speak and b) that it ended the way it did.  The ending is more &#8220;realistic&#8221; than I expect from a cartoon.</p>
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		<title>Movie of the Week Pt. I: Cars</title>
		<link>http://blog.melanism.com/2006/07/08/movie-of-the-week-pt-i-cars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2006 02:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seanathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wasn&#8217;t expecting to hate it, I just wasn&#8217;t expecting to like it as much as I did. Dear Mr. Lasseter: Congratulations on another successful Pixar release. I did not think I would laugh and enjoy myself as much as I did. I came into the theater only wondering if it would be better or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.melanism.com&blog=5042126&post=352&subd=melanism&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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<p>I wasn&#8217;t expecting to hate it, I just wasn&#8217;t expecting to like it as much as I did.</p>
<p><span class="fullpost">Dear Mr. Lasseter:</span></p>
<p>Congratulations on another successful Pixar release.</p>
<p>I did not think I would laugh and enjoy myself as much as I did.  I came into the theater only wondering if it would be better or worse that <span style="font-style:italic;">A Bug&#8217;s Life</span> (it was the former).</p>
<p>Two things:</p>
<p>1) How much money did you have to pay the writers of <span style="font-style:italic;">Doc Hollywood</span> for making an animated version of their movie with cars?  Did you know right away that you were stealing a multitude of plot points or did you see the finished product and think to yourself, &#8220;Why do I have an image of Michael J. Fox in my head?&#8221;</p>
<p>2) As much as I love your movies, I feel like Pixar cartoons are moving farther and farther away from children&#8217;s entertainment.  While I don&#8217;t mind seeing animated feature for adults, the fact of the matter is that these are supposed to be children&#8217;s movies.  While I watching the movie (we went to a latter showing this time to avoid the problems I had with <a href="http://melanism.com/2006/06/movie-of-week-break-up.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Over The Hedge</span></a>), I was wondering what the children in the audience were getting out of this aside from the visuals and the occasional flatulence/gross out jokes.  I thought the same thing during The Impossibles but I think with all the car specific references, this was a little worse.</p>
<p>Otherwise, keep up the good work.</p>
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