looks like Pixar has another potential hit on their hands.

is it just me or does the director look a lot like Doug Jones?

I'm not completely sold on this film, however people who've seen longer stretches of footage say it's sublime and Pixar haven't made an average film yet (I quite like Cars even if it is a league below the others). Hopefully this film allows for the 'Golden Age' of animation to carry on for a few more years...

I wasn't completely sold either until I saw this. I'm not saying that this has won me over 100%, but it's looking better than I had previously thought. Having the director give a little more of a storyline and giving me a little better sense of Carl really helped. I just hope it turns out better than Cars, which (I must disagree) was less than average.

Me too (three?). I felt Pixar really missed the mark with Cars. It felt rather dreary to me and it wasn't a story I could attach myself to and love like I could for nearly all other Pixar movies. I did enjoy it more after a couple of watches - I think I "got" the intended story and message better - but I still didn't find it very enjoyable. Even Ratatouille was more enjoyable but, sorry, no amount of tweaking can force me to stomach the notion of rats (RATS!) preparing food. Yes, I get the intended irony, but, sorry, still a horrible idea. Excellence in story, presentation, and animation are all hallmarks of Pixar's genius. You expect Dreamworks and other studios to be licking Pixar's boot heels, but when Pixar misses the mark it feels especially bad.

I've got to disagree on Cars; that movie was positively inspired! The voices used were great, Paul Newman (an accomplished racing driver himself) was brilliant. So many of the voices were connected with cars or racing. Look up the names and their stories to see how they are incorporated in the story. The crash scene with 'The King' was a nearly frame-for-frame reproduction of the crash in the early '70's that Richard Petty was involved in in that exact car (a Dodge Charger Daytona). Yes, the storyline was largely borrowed from Doc Hollywood, but different enough to still qualify as original. As a long time gearhead, and a mechanical engineer, I will admit to some bias here, but I've got to defend this film as it is far deeper than you guys are giving it credit for.
I've followed Pixar since it was a division of Industrial Light and Magic in San Rafael, CA (I used to work just down the street from their studios). I've yet to see anything from them that wasn't great both technically and artistically.

Just my $.02.

Yeah, I'm getting a little tired with the elitist bashing of Cars. Not your world, you didn't get it...fine...that doesn't make it a bad film. It wasn't made for you. The same way Ratatouille wasn't made for Nascar fans.

I agree, Cars was the first Pixar effort where I was seriously bored and thought only a kid or Nascar fan would enjoy this. I just felt it wasn't as witty as their other movies. As for Nascar not being my thing, I have no interest in gourmet food or french restaurants either but enjoyed Ratatouille more because the script was sharper. Hopefully Pixar will keep up their record of 'nearly all' great movies with Up.

wow, that's amazing!
love Pixar

This movie seems like it will be a knock out for Pixar, I cant stop imagining all the potential this movie has for moving audiences, and making the movie hero a grumpy old man seems like a nice idea.

By the Way, its spelled Peek not Peak.

How long till we look back and say Pixar was better back then than it is now.

I think it's inevitable that they'll eventually lower in quality, however I don't think that will be for a long time. Not until all of the "higher ups" have retired and been replaced and even then it'll take some time (just my humble opinion anyway, how long did the "golden age" for Disney last?)

Serious? HAVE YOU SEEN WALL-E

Serious? HAVE YOU SEEN WALL-E!!

I dont agree! Even when the trailers stop saying...from the director of toy story/incredibles/insert pixar film... Pixar only send out 1 movie a year so that movie has to be bloody fantastic

I have seen Wall-E and it was fantastic. But that's the whole point. How long can Pixar keep it up. There will eventually be a catalyst of change for Pixar. Maybe it has already happened. Could Lasseter's shift to running Disney as a whole be it (I personally doubt it). They will one day produce a bad movie, this is an inevitable fact. It may be a blip or a longer stretch but it will happen.

Another possibility is that one studio will surpass Pixar. Yeah they are great now but which genius is waiting in the wings at another company with that screenplay that will surpass anything Pixar has ever made. Pixar isn't automatically first and they have to work hard to stay ahead. Every other 3d animation studio in the world wants to be Pixar. One of them will get it eventually.

Between this and Gran Torino, dare I say that we might be entering an age of old men in Hollywood?

jesus fucking christ....

It was a joke. Lighten up.

Not really. They're still leagues ahead of most studios now. They dare to do something....dare I say it? Creative.

I think they're exactly where they need to be.

Haha im 110% sold on this film! Pixar Fan to the end

Should be a fun film. Looks good.

hyped for this...there guving so little away

hyped for this...they're giving so little away

It looks really promising, I'm just wondering when they are going to get around and start work on Toy Story 3.

LOL< now that was pretty funny!

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yeah, amazing movie. Good work pixar!

I'm so excited for this movie, Pixar are SO consistent with the quality of their films, I don't think people realize how amazing it really is. It's kind of like the early years of Disney feature animation, I think it's awesome we get to be around to see these films in theaters.
O.K, fanboy praise finished.

with as much money as pixar is bringing in i would like to see there team grow and branch off into other type of projects. maybe creation an ongoing show or miniseries, raising the bar for animation in next generation games, or why not try doing an adult movie with an established director who is looking to branch out like the coen brothers or wes anderson (who finishing his first animated movie The Fantastic Mr. Fox).

by adult movie i dont mean a pron.

Isn't Andrew Stanton directed the half animated half live action John Carter of Mars?

This is getting better and better by the minute.

THE OLD MAN IS SO CUTE!!!!!

From the trailer.. this doesn't look too good..

which is why it will once again be amazing. I remember when I thought "Finding Nemo" looked not so great in trailer form... whoops/

Never doubt Pixar!

They already are working on it (it takes three to four years to make these films). I'm guessing that they've been having the actors recording their lines.

I I thought that was a very early step in the production. Would they not have done that by now?

Yeah, they probably have done it already. Also, not to be rude, but you kind of contradicted what you said in the first post. They're most likely working on composing the models and whatnot, or something of the sort. I, like you, am incredibly excited for Toy Story 3.

How so? Personally I don't think I contradicted myself anywhere.

(Unless you are not talking about me in which case I apologize in advance)

Sorry for being such a Smart Alec. I just meant this: in your first comment you said "I wonder when they are going to get around and start work on Toy Story 3." Then, you said that you believed they had already done the voice work. So technically, you figured that they had already started work on the film from the start, but you still asked when they would start on Toy Story 3. Technically, doing voice work is "starting work on the film." (I know I'm a loser, =)

Sorry but it was Palmer that asked whether they have started Toy Story 3.

They need to show more than just the 1 clip over and over in all of these videos.

I am so excited - I'm a flight attendant that worked the flight back from Caracas with the whole crew. One of the animators even did a little Bruce the shark sketch for my two boys. They were a great group of people and we had a great time. Of coarse Pete Docter was very busy taking notes. I asked - was Venezuela for business or pleasure, they said I would fully understand why they camped for 3 weeks in the jungles of Venezula. I have the utmost respect for these guys.

Just saw the movie yesterday and the animation is great, the story was depressing. We did not go away with a happy "can't wait for dvd" feeling.