Rediscovering Pixar

Knucklehead
Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
edited January 2010 in The Clubhouse
Well, I havent seen any Pixar movies since my system has changed around a bit. Decided to watch Monsters inc, man was I blown away by the audio! Just finished The Incredibles as well, these movies rival any other when it comes to Pixar laying down the audio. :D
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  • coolsax
    coolsax Posts: 1,824
    edited January 2010
    Pixar does amazing movies and all of them always sound and look great, along with having great stories!! I own all of them on SDVD except for the Toystory series, which i like just never got around to getting them.
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited January 2010
    My favorite PIXAR movies are Cars and Meet The Robinsons
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  • coolsax
    coolsax Posts: 1,824
    edited January 2010
    actually the meet the robinsons was only a disney movie... it was not done by pixar
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  • mrbofus
    mrbofus Posts: 297
    edited January 2010
    Pixar has great "short stories" as well. I often find that an animated movie is more enjoyable than most shoot em up cuss cuss f this and f that movie. At least pixar uses other words than F F f f fffffffff F***
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited January 2010
    Pixar's best movies for audio are the ones mixed by Gary Rydstrom (Monsters Inc., A Bug's Life, Finding Nemo, Toy Story 1 & 2). Not to take away from Randy Thom and Ben Burtt's excellent work since then, but I kinda' hate that Rydstrom left Skywalker Sound to go write/direct for Pixar. The guy did some of the best audio mixes I've ever heard, including Minority Report, The Haunting, Saving Private Ryan, Strange Days, Jurassic Park, Backdraft, Terminator 2, etc. Can't wait for Finding Nemo, Minority Report and Saving Private Ryan to hit Blu-ray!
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  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited January 2010
    coolsax wrote: »
    Pixar does amazing movies and all of them always sound and look great, along with having great stories!! I own all of them on SDVD except for the Toystory series, which i like just never got around to getting them.

    My daughter got Toy Story for her 2 year old after getting Woody and Buzz dolls. ( when she has pigtails, she looks like the little girl in Monsters.inc) Just like her mom, babygirl likes to watch over & over, memorizing lines.

    They're eating breakfast a few days ago and she points to her dad ( who is best described as a BIG old boy) and says in a 2-year old Woody voice, "YOU ARE A TOY!"

    hilarious.
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