I love a good typo.

PS: Ruling out any Pixar-friendly critic as being non-credibile is a lot like saying you hate any day that ends in "Y." How do you find any critics to trust if you dismiss 99.99% of them?

But at least Pixar has someone with no interest whatsoever in their films to correct people on their behalf.

And it's not just that their films are "the holy grail for the younger set," the truth is Pixar's movies are, on the whole, much better than almost any movies released for kids OR adults. Their plotting, their humor, their characterization... basically everything ZBobroberts mentioned above that you ignored are all pretty substantial reasons for why they've got it right. They have the very fortunate position of writing and producing how they want without studio interference, because... they are the studio. It's their house, their rules. Disney just distributes the films when they're done. So they take the ideas that sound and feel the best to them in terms of what works the best for the stories they tell, and they go in that direction. It's really just that simple.

And Carmilla and Chum... when it comes down to it, if you don't see the charm or the reasons why people seem to enjoy Pixar movies so much, I doubt anyone can tell you anything to turn you around. Who am I to tell you sunshine is better than rain? If you prefer the rain, it's your call.

I would be interested to know, though, what kinds of movies you folks (Carmilla and Chumkid, I'm talking to,) think have come out in the past ten years or so that are well-written, are worth repeated viewings, and generally make you feel "very glad you watched them" kinds of movies. I'm not going to say mine is right and yours is wrong; I'm just trying to get a sense of your bearings in terms of your preferred style(s) of movies. You say Pixar movies are uninspired... what do you consider inspired filmmaking or storytelling?

I don't think that there is a single entity out there whose entire body of work has been 100% exemplary, IMO. Even some of my favorites have parts in them that I don't enjoy as much. Everyone has their opinions, though.

I love Sci-fi, and am probably one of the few that loved AI. I love it when a story deals with emotions (real or perceived)from non-sentient beings.

2) By refusing to back up your claims, how is anyone supposed to take you seriously?

That's like me saying "the world is ending. I'm not gonna say how or why because you all are fucking idiots. It just is. Deal with it."

That's fucking retarded. And how many of your favorite movies are 100% on rottentomatoes.com? I'm betting, uh, none.

I've never had the "guts" to say that Pixar's movies are all crap. I always told people I really liked The Incredibles because I thought if anyone believed I didn't love it, I wouldn't be worth talking to. So I toed the line, just like everyone else who "liked" the movie. The same with the Toy Story movies or Finding Nemo or even A Bug's Life... the real reason I put those movies in my DVD player every few months is because I'm afraid somebody might come to my house and see me NOT enjoying a Pixar movie! I mean, what would people think of me if they didn't believe I genuinely liked Pixar movies? They'd think I was a Satan-worshipping, puppy-kicking, child-abusing communist, no doubt!

You are absolutely right, saying that my proclivity for light-hearted, well-animated, well-written family comedies has NOTHING to do with personal taste, but rather a need to sing the praises for "boring repetitive movies." Thank God one of the last free-thinkers of the world was posting on AICN to tell me I had been socially conditioned to think Ratatouille was actually enjoyable and worthwhile, and that nearly every single major critic in the world was in on this vast conspiracy! Thank you! Thank you so much! If it wasn't for you I'd never understand that movies that millions or even billions of people love MUST be complete shit! So if you'll excuse me, I'm off to go watch... um... I don't know, some movie that every reasonably intelligent person hates, so that I'll know what real cinematic quality is! Anyone know if Police Academy 7 is available on Netflix??

FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST, THANK CHUMKID ALMIGHTY, I AM FREE AT LAST!

But you come in here and post to a bunch of people obviously interested in Pixar movies intimating that we're all drooling, mind-controlled morons because we don't like what YOU think is good storytelling. And don't pretend you didn't come in here wagging your finger, kid. You knew you would get plenty of attention by volunteering to be the voice of dissent.

So what is it? Mommy and Daddy never paid enough attention to you and now you need to shout your opinions over the rooftops of the Internet? Did they not let you watch the shows you wanted to watch as a kid so that you grew up hating the things everyone else got to enjoy? Or are you just such an outcast that you have to wear a big overcoat of disdain for anything enjoyed by the "everyone elses" of the world? Is this just you "owning" your misfithood? Trying to make everybody feel stupid because no one else appreciates what a genius you really are?

Like I said before, kid, enjoy life on the outside. To us you'll always be the weird dude looking in through the window.

What?? Since when have any of the critics (worth listening to) ever cared about the public's movie preferences? I can't remember finding a SINGLE positive review for Spider-Man 3 this summer, and I don't think I saw any glowing reviews for POTC 3 either, but everyone knew those movies were going to make shitloads of money, and the "retarded masses" were going to go to them by the short-busload. What you're saying makes no sense. And you don't think these critics even have the sack to admit Pixar movies have "problems?" When was the last time you ever saw a professional critic claim a movie had zero flaws?

And what if... just WHAT IF it's possible that seemingly everyone, critics and average people alike, enjoy these movies because they are genuinely enjoyable and maybe YOU just don't get it? Is that even a possibility?