Comments on: Up: Pixar Bastards Have Gone Too Far This Time

By: phil

phil — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:26:24 +0000

“contradicting for the sake of contradicting is useless and dumb.” That’s what angry feminists do lol

By: Vinss

Vinss — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:20:44 +0000

The negative opinion you gave about the movie for all the wrong reasons sort of makes me think you’re the kind of person that tries to contradict everyone because no one does; now I’m okay with contradicting popular beliefs when it’s worth it, but contradicting for the sake of contradicting is useless and dumb.

Accusing Pixar of abusing of their popularity to create more and more heart-warming movies is outrageous by the simple fact that it’s their objective; in the film industry, the main goal of a company is to attract a great audience and please everyone that walks in the theatre to go see their movie; Pixar has achieved something big by attracting adult and children to the same movie and pleasing both during the viewing (followed closely by DreamWorks), you’re accusing them of their own success; what would you suggest, that they stop making movies people enjoy and like? Pixar’s target audience is children and parents and they have mastered their interaction, it’s their objective and their job and they perform exquisitely. Contrarily to DreamWorks with flops such as Shark Tales or Flushed Away, Pixar’s movies have always been suited for both adulthood and childhood, if they go deeper and deeper into the heart warming, it’s simply because that’s the key of their success and it’s on their way to beating their last movie.

Obviously, you have little to no knowledge of CG animation and modeling, because the movie is beautifully composed, the 3D modeling is a perfect mix of realism and cartoon and the textures and meshes are superbly crafted, the animation is flawless and the artists’ work on Up was great.

I suggest you try and get an opinion of your own instead of merely trying to create some bullshit opinion you half-assed together by saying the opposite of what people say. Going against the masses is alright if you have a good reason for it.

By: norskboreskblekkmettle

norskboreskblekkmettle — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:40:19 +0000

The only thing more predictable than your average children’s film is the response they get from wannabe renegade/anarchist/communist (yes I know a blatant contradiction but don’t let them know that) websites and their blind sheep followers who are probably too bonged up to come up with interesting opinions of their own.

Indoctrination? Indoctrinating…what exactly? Does it say “George W. Bush is your new god… hail the Aryan race” when you play it backwards?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:27:52 +0000

To Ms. Eileen Jones:

I enjoy reading your review. I actually work for a PR firm and I’m supposed to troll sites, but just wanted to say, good review.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:07:41 +0000

I am a PR bot whose job is to find reviews not sufficiently positive, and try to undermine the reviews. Please someone put me out of my misery.

By: Serge

Serge — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:35:54 +0000

12. brenda | June 1st, 2009 at 8:11 am
raaarrrggghhh i’m a derivative pseudogonzo journalist who is angry about cartoons somebody please take me seriously

this is a good example of “Falatia ad hominem”. when you can’t put better arguments on the table, you atack the critic’s personallity.

how dull and pathetic

By: u2r1

u2r1 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:15:04 +0000

@33 - ЛЮБА

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By: steve macdonald

steve macdonald — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:07:37 +0000

Re: 16

Disney didn’t exactly purchase Pixar, it was more like the other way around. When the dust settled, the acquisition left Steve Jobs as the majority stock holder of the Disney empire. As I keep telling people, Apple rules.

By: Dante

Dante — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:25:52 +0000

The … house flies?

Anyway, great review, Eileen! You had me at “waterboard you with the gushing tears of a million pathetic orphans.” Awesome! I wish I could write essays as funny as this one.

By: bbrtz

bbrtz — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:15:00 +0000

how can you spend your time watching and then even reviewing crap-cartoons (animation, whatever) like that?
I mean, I don’t get it. The reviewer seems to be completely aware of the fact that these cartoons are complete crap, boring, sugary, tasteless and, despite their seemingly innocuous, “childish” story and style they’re just appalingly ideological indoctrination.
SO here’s the big question: why don’t you stop reviewing crap like this and watch (and review if you feel compelled to do so) some good films that you like??!?
wouldn’t that make more sense?
i don’t get it.