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Re: What is your favorite Pixar feature film?
Hmm..... Toss up between Wall-E and Up, with the Incredibles taking third.
I think the Pixar movies are now what the Disney movies used to be. And probably because they brutally tackle death.
Look at Finding Nemo: first few minutes and Marlin's wife AND millions of offspring are killed.
Incredibles: superheroes actively being recruited and killed. Its emphasized that the villains WILL kill the children if caught.
UP: Charles Muntz plummets to his death. Ellie dies a slow and emotional death, where the effects are really felt through the movie. All of the adventurers sent to find Charles Muntz or to do unrelated research are murdered by Charles Muntz.
Wall-E: the entire biosphere of the Earth is decimated. Those who can't affoard to get on those ships basically live in a Borderlands/Fallout/MadMax theme park with real radiation for the remainder of their lives. Since we don't see any survivors after 700 years, its pretty clear they were all dead. Also, it is hinted that each captain was killed by Otto once a positive plant result was received, in order for him to follow his directives. Similar situations would have happened on the other ships, since none appeared to reach Earth before the Axiom. As an added bonus, I'm sure a large number of ship passengers died trying to acclimatize to the dangers and toxins of Earth.
Monsters Inc.: Now this one's pretty dark. How many children were captured and tortured to death so their screams could be harvested? Seems like Roz had Waternoose under investigation for a LONG time before the whole incident with Boo.
Hmmm....... I think I'm actually going to go with UP. That movie pulled so many emotional heartstrings in me as an adult. And was one of the things that lead me to actually getting a dog.
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