In this episode of PixMix, Patricia and Arun discuss about the first Pixar movie featuring a princess called Brave. The movie is about a Scottish princess Merida who loves archery, being independent, and is not content on following her mother's traditional lessons on being a proper woman and getting married. Fed up with her mother, she visits a witch to get a potion to get her of her. but ends up with something she didn't expect.
Originally titled The Bear and the Bow, Brave had high expectations to do very well after the negative reception of Cars 2. However, it received mixed to negative reviews from critics and fans continuing the downhill slump of Pixar's reputation while Disney was in its revival kick releasing Wreck-it-Ralph the same year. Does this movie deserve the hate it gets? Listen and find out.
In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and Chris "RowdyC" Moore discuss about DisneyToon Studios which were known for animating and producing the direct to video animated Disney movies. General consensus states that most of the movies from this now defunct studio are awful, cheap, lazy, and uninspired cash grabs taking advantage of people's nostalgia on the original movies it spawned from. Are there diamonds in the rough? Yes, but which ones? Listen and find out.
In this episode of PixMix, Patricia and Arun discuss about the 2001 animated film Monsters, Inc. In the world of monsters, humans are feared and their screams are used as electricity to power up the city of Monstropolis. The movie focuses on two monsters named Mike and Sully as they work together to get the monster scare record. However, things get disastrous when Sully accidentally lets a little girl run around causing mayhem all around. It's up to Mike and Sully to return the girl home before she's discovered.
When the movie premiered, it was one of 3 animated films (the other two being Shrek and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius) that were nominated for Best Animated Feature on the Oscars. How well does it hold up after almost 20 years? Did it deserve that much critical acclaim after following up to Toy Story 2? Listen and find out.
In this episode of PixMix, Patricia and Arun discuss about the last movie in the Toy Story trilogy (until Toy Story 4 was announced) in the form of Toy Story 3. Years after Toy Story 2, Andy is going to college and the toys fear of being taken to the dump. So, they decide to run away to a daycare center where toys will never be disowned. However, things don't appear to be as cheerful as it appears to be. What would be the outcome of the toys? Does the series conclude on a happy note?
When the movie debuted, it became Pixar's highest grossing film with $1 billion dollars worldwide and the last movie from the golden era of Pixar until Inside Out premiered. How well does the movie hold up after almost a decade after it premiered? Listen and find out.
In this episode of PixMix, Patricia and Arun discuss about the 2008 animated film WALL-E. The movie takes place in the year 2805 where the Earth has been polluted and humanity has left leaving robots to clean it up. All but one has died out and we get to see the life of the robot with doing his cleanup job, befriending a cockroach, and watching Hello Dolly. But one day, a robot named EVE was sent on a mission to find live on Earth and locates a plant. She meets up with WALL-E and together they bond with one another. Then, when WALL-E follows EVE after leaving back to her ship, WALL-E then discovers what humanity is up to.
When the movie premiered, the movie was praised by critics and fans for telling an environmentally messaged in a non-preachy way, its quiet moments, and the relationship between WALL-E, and EVE. However, since then, people are split between whether the entire movie was great or just the first half. Where do Patricia and Arun stand by this? Listen and find out.
In this episode of PixMix, Patricia and Arun discuss about the sequel from the 2006 Pixar film Cars in the form of Cars 2. In this movie, Mater is confused as a secret agent and is tasked to an important mission involving someone sabotaging the races who uses an environmentally friendly fuel. There's also Lightning McQueen partaking in a race in various places around the world such as Tokyo and Italy, but that's not important.
When the movie debuted in theaters, it made a lot of money, however critics and fans mostly hated it calling it the worst Pixar movie of all time. Is this statement true? Listen and find out.
