One thing that manages to stick out when you think of Pixar is the tears that are shed in every one of their 17 films. What is important, however, is how they use these upsetting moments to touch the hearts of children and adults alike. How Pixar was able to effect an 8 year old me, whilst also effecting my dad when we went to watch Up is truly marvelous! Here is a list I have conducted of the saddest moments throughout the years Pixar has been entertaining us. 12. Cars - Doc Hudson's story Doc Hudson’s back story was the first Pixar moment that had an effect on me the first time I watched it! I mean I didn't weep, but i was gently satisfied by his story, and could then develop a better understanding with the character. The story of Hudson also had an effect on our arrogant protagonist Lightning McQueen when he was to give his title up to save the King in the Piston Cup. This film carried multiple messages, and showed audiences how important it is to help other people, and that winning is nothing, as we see with the reaction Chick Hicks gets when he crosses the line. The real recognition is giving up time to help other people. 11. Brave - Merida's mother Elinor as a bearBrave was an interesting film based on a Scottish family, in which Pixar tried to break away from those typical princess roles, and portray Merida to want to be... brave, basically! But not in an annoying way, not just for the point of equality! Merida is still however that wonderful princess who has all of those moody hormones and that tight fit family! However, as the film draws to a close, and the curse that Merida aided with putting on her mother that made her into a bear had not yet rubbed off. Merida steps into the fighting and action to declare to her father and the rest of the Scottish warriors that this is her mum, and they should not kill her. As sun rises, we are led to believe that her mother is still a bear. This is dealt with wonderfully and shows how family is important to all of us, and that you should never really declare hate against anyone, as you never know the consequences. 10. Monsters, Inc. - Sulley says bye to Boo Monsters, Inc. taught us to treasure our friends and not to judge those who we don't know. The film is full of emotional moments often centered around Sulley and Boo, however, when Sulley is forced to put Boo back into the real world, it becomes apparent to Sulley he will never see this young girl again, someone who he has committed so much time into saving and looking after. What is even more sad, is that Boo is oblivious to what is about to happen, and opens her cupboard door to find that it is now just a cupboard. As the film draws to a close, Sulley is handed a piece of a door, which allows him to enter Boos room one last time, as we hear the noise of Boo shout 'Kitty' once more and see Sulley smiles, we can leave the film happier. This film simply shows audiences of all ages that you should treasure those closest to you, as you don’t know when the last time could be. Pixar delicately deals with these subjects with brilliant characters for our entertainment, showing these films to represent life and not just a comic strip aimed to make people laugh, but aims to make people feel. 9. Toy Story - Buzz finds out he is a toy So as we know, Buzz believes he is a real Space Ranger throughout the majority of Toy Story. This is until he aims to escape from Sid's house/dungeon when he sees a TV advert advertising himself in mass numbers. It is here that Buzz gets a strong incline that he is a toy. But it grows as Buzz leaps from Sid's stairs, crashing to the floor and breaking his arm. As the camera zooms out, we see Buzz laying on the floor looking in the distance, with the realization in his eyes that he is just a toy, and has lived this falsified existence. Although we know Buzz is just a toy, we are upset to see that Buzz has found his limits. When the film draws to a close and Buzz saves Woody, Woody announces something Buzz had told him all along that Buzz can fly. However Buzz corrects Woody with what he had told him all along! He was falling in style. Here we see its OK, maybe even a happy tear! 8. WALL-E - WALL-E forgets Eve WALL-E is just an emotional film anyway! WALL-E is quite literally the cutest thing in the world! He was the BB-8 before BB-8! When WALL-E leaves Earth, leaving his cockroach behind, this is already sad enough! But what really pulls your heart strings is where we see Eve fix WALL-E who had risked his life to ensure the safety of everyone else. However with the replacing of certain parts, WALL-E suffers memory loss, and ignores Eve and moves on to make garbage cubes and do what he was programmed to do! After seeing how Wall-e tried so hard to grab Eve's attention and the heights he went to, to ensure the two robots fell in love, to see this moment is really heart breaking. 7. Toy Story 3 - The toys face the incinerator So when the toys faced the incinerator, around 3/4 of those watching the film believed that the toys were to fall into this mass fire whilst still holding hands, as we see their faces melt and their fur burn as the camera zooms out announcing our most loved characters dead. Maybe we might even catch a glimpse of Woody’s hat not quite fall into the fire yet as the film fades out! However we was lucky enough for this not to happen, but I can’t believe anyone thought it would anyway? Disney and Pixar are very delicate with how they deal with certain moments, they would never do such a thing! This is Toy Story 3, not Saw 3! I can’t really comment on how delicately they dealt with this moment, apart from the fact they didn't let it happen. 6. Toy Story 2 - Jessie's story Finding Jessie's story in Pixar shows that this cowgirl who is so desperate for Woody to stay and not return to Andy isn't because she is moody and angry with Woody's behaviour but simply because she was slightly jealous! She was abandoned by her owner, an owner who loved her. She just didn't want this to happen to Woody, like it could have potentially happened in Toy Story 3! This flash back clip was maybe one of the most heart breaking moments and saw Jessie being shoved under a bed and to be found years later, to then be left in a donation box after she had been played with one final time. This scene is really like giving away a pet! These toys have feelings and meant that as children we could never throw anything away again because we felt so sorry for this inanimate objects! What made the scene even worse was the song, 'When Somebody Loved Me' accompanied the scene. Pixar simply chose such a simple thing as throwing something away or getting rid of a pet and put it to the point of view of this toy and BANG! Floods of tears. 4. Finding Nemo - Nemo and Marlin reunite Some would say that Coral dying in Finding Nemo was probably the saddest part. I disagree, Coral was in the film for such a short time, the real problem was where Nemo was found and reunited with his father! This wasn't so much a sad moment, but heart breaking in the sense that the story was concluded and after Marlin had dedicated so much to finding Nemo, he had succeeded and everything was going to be happy again after a few tears. The whole way through the film you want the duo to be reunited of course, no one wants them to stay alone, so as we see the film draw to a close with such happiness, we are actually flooding with tears! 3. Up - The montage in Up I feel like some would put this as their number one, so controversial choice! The beginning scene in Up, accompanied by that piece of music is guaranteed to make audiences well up straight away! During the film we are supposed to support this BITTER man, so by chucking in a five minuet montage that really grabs all aspects of life, we can understand exactly why this man is BITTER and fall in love with him and his story! This one montage will always be one of the most remember-able moments of Pixar cinema, and will never be forgot! Clips which include the couple being told they can’t have a baby, and Ellie becoming depressed is subtle enough that all ages will understand, but has an effect on these age groups in different way, and results in something so beautiful! 2. Toy Story 3 - Andy gives away his toys Andy giving away his toys ruined my life for about 3 weeks! I couldn't believe that could do such a thing! When he got one more chance to play with them, before waving them off, people of all ages began crying in the cinema. A 15 year build that resulted in Andy not wanting to hand down Woody, but then decided on it anyway, along with the rest of the gang, our best loved Disney characters ever! 1. The Good Dinosaur - Arlo and Spot say goodbye So this film flopped hard for Pixar! I mean hard! So some may not agree with this one being number one! But let me tell you, before seeing Me Before You this year, I have never cried so much at a film! There are multiple parts throughout, but the one that really got me is where our lost dinosaur Arlo is still heading home when his silent human companion Spot finds a family who want to take him as their own. Arlo encourages Spot to leave but he just refuses and refuses, until eventually he does, ending with tears for both of our protagonists. I think the reason for this being so sad is because we know both of their stories quite well and we have basically developed a rapport with them throughout their journey, and as Arlo starts crying we feel his pain, that this dinosaur who had nothing, now once more has nothing!
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With the recent release of Pixar’s, Finding Dory, I took it upon myself to re-watch last years The Good Dinosaur. To be honest, I didn’t have a lot of hope for the film. Could Pixar really bash out two good films this year?
Inside out was amazing, check out the review if you haven’t seen it. It was probably one of my most favourite animated films and for that reason I, for not one second, believed this could live up to it. The Good Dinosaur is about young Arlo, a dinosaur, who along with all the other dinosaurs were not wiped out 65 million years ago. When a rainstorm washes poor Arlo downriver he ends battered and far from home. Arlo then meets young critter Spot, a half dog human boy who helps Arlo and, together the odd duo hike in order to reunite Arlo with his family. The film starts off slow, but in good Pixar fashion shows how important something is, this time being family. But then the dilemma struck, as we were chucked head first into this quite silent adventure film, which did not feel like Pixar whatsoever. Arlo was quite annoying but yet still a fairly accurate interpretation of a child, whilst dog boy Spot was also quite similar to a dog companion. There was some great symbolism in this film, which showed you the world through a child eye, as you begin to discover the faces in the rocks, and the dark, scary no go zones. The film had a strong base around family and leaving your mark on someone or something in this world, however it still does not feel like a Pixar film! There was no obvious image of a pizza planet truck, the letters, A113, nor any other particular Pixar Easter egg. The visuals in this film were fantastic! The pictures and small image haikus were amazing. The effort that gets put into these mountain ranges and trees is phenomenal (yet, they don’t manage to put nipples on Spot – oh well.) Some characters were rather pointless and were in here for no reason at all, and there for a bid at a cheap laugh, which children probably would enjoy, just not those of an older audience. Having said that, with no Pixar film last year, I think the company have returned this year with a different ego, and a different way of making films. The two recent films have been rather grown up, with aspects of depression and real life matters weaved in. So instead of there being a buffer, there is now this element of real life replacing all of that colourful escapism and pleasure. However, one thing that was promised in Pixar fashion was a sad scene. Oh, for sure there was a sad scene. Multiple, actually. Woah it was sad. I mean sad. This film was made brilliant through these scenes, which could bring grown men to tears! The scenes were brilliant and by the last scene, we were all drenched in our own tear. This film was actually probably sadder than Toy Story 3! Overall, this film was a wonderful film, with great visual effects, and great landscapes, which were really shown off during the film, however don’t go watching this film, expecting to be over filled with Pixar creations, because you will be disappointed if you do, you wouldn't think it was Pixar at all, even the reoccurring John Ratzenberger could even go unnoticed – still worth a watch! So the 2015/2016 fashion sucks. Everyone wears the same right? Boys where black denim skinny jeans, or jogging bottoms? Shirts buttoned up to the top or a plain white top with one word on that they dont actually know what it means...Right? What about the hair? Every white guy in American went into that barber shop, and said 'Give me that Macklemore hair cut'! Is it a matter of self esteem? Why does everyone want to dress the same now? We are no longer individuals! Once upon a time, if you were an individual you were a 'hipster' now if you dress like everyone else or ridiculously, you are a 'hipster'?
Our self-esteem is what we build our life upon, and when we have confidence we feel more that we should be ourselves and create this identity we have. Obviously you can't buy confidence, and it's just a subjective matter, but the concept of labeling someone through what they choose to wear or consume can lower ones confidence deep deep into the ground. What does hipster actually mean? Well without taking to Urban Dictionary, to find some word boggled definition, a hipster is a guy or gal who creates their style, and avoids the mainstream? Right? Ok, in reality some might believe they know everything in popular culture, wear glass lens glasses and driving Starbucks coffee, but really, they have made their own identity right? So what's so bad about that? When did being hipster become a bad thing? When did calling someone hip become a bad thing? You mean that because someone wears what they like, whether they resemble Danny Zuko, A lumberjack, or Noel Fielding, they are being original and making their own original identity. It suddenly became something around five years ago where if you didn't wear what everyone else did you are laughed at or a 'Twat' or something else that is not quite clean for this blog post. But yet, why should you jump on the band wagon and do what everyone else does. It's not then your identity, its everyone elses too. You don't get recognised for blending into the crowd, you get recognised for standing out, being your self. Be yourself - Top tip, be hip, dont be a jock, go to shpock, and buy a second hand frock, Be loud, and be very proud. Don't join the train, grow your mane, don't refrain. I have tried to be a blogger for sooooo long! But I must say, I have had this particular blog for about 4 days. Not long at all. But I would really like to say Thank You to those who read this blog. As the stats have been telling me, I have had more viewers and unique viewers in the last 4 days than I have on any of my blogs in a year. I can tell you now I have had quite a few. About once a week I'm going to tell those who come to my site some stories and a bit about me and what ever else, so I'll leave that for now! I YouTube, you can hear me and see me there too! I'd love it if just one of you watched one of my videos, there is one just attached to this site on this site. I also podcast twice a week where I discuss good bits of the news and funny stories, not sure if I will carry on or not with that or not, but hey ho, we will see! Cheers! So Frozen became the biggest animated feature film ever in 2013 when it hit the big screen. But how come the wonderfully brilliant Tangled isn't anywhere near as popular? Rapunzel's Tangled was released two years earlier, in 2011 and Tangled has all the right elements for a Disney mega-hit. So, why is Frozen loved so much more? Guys who will sit on a stool on a stage with a guitar and a microphone. Damn those guys are good. Music is a big part of my life, in the last 18 months I have seen 28 live musicians and have another 4 booked up before the year is over. I love music.
But I must say, some of the biggest artists on the planet, which I too love, SUCK! I have seen Take That twice, once upon a time they were rather big, now not so much, but they are still widely loved by the world over, and no one can really turn down a cheeky listen to classics like Never Forget or Pray! Likewise I have seen the well loved Olly Murs who was an excellent performer and a brilliant show man! On the other end of the scale I have seen the rather ancient singers like The Pet Shop Boys and Neil Diamond who all these years on still impress. you will come out of the film knowing that you hadn’t wasted your life and that actually, yeah it was quite a good film! So yesterday my girlfriend went once again to the cinema to see another Disney film. This time it was the remake of the classic not-so-classic Pete’s Dragon from the 70s which you probably saw when you flicked through the channels when staying round your grandmas.
Why should I be judged on my writing skills, in a History examination? So today A-Level examination results were received, which means that whether you are a teenager, parent or friend of someone who is finding out their results today, you are under pressure in some way.
Last year I gained incredibly bad anxiety that put me under a lot of pain, all because I was worried for the outcome of my exams. I revised all the time, as I felt guilty not revising, but over all, the knowledge didn’t go in. The problem was, my English skills! ...genuinely wonderful, the visual effects are brilliant So Disney’s newest spectacular Zootopia (Or Zootropolis, depending where you live!) has hit DVD now, so whilst it was at the cinema, I went along with my Disney loving girl friend to see the film.The film is based around a murder mystery sort of film, only cartoon, and without the murder. All predators and prey live together in the city of Zootopia. ‘When Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) becomes the first rabbit to join the police force, she quickly learns how tough it is to enforce the law. Determined to prove herself, Judy jumps at the opportunity to solve a mysterious case. Unfortunately, that means working with Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman), a wily fox who makes her job even harder.’
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