Hey Everybody! Shane, here! Sorry I didn't take this exercise seriously. I thought by adding a joke pick for my number 5 (ha ha, I'm a funny guy!) that it would add plenty of lol's cause it's such a controversial pick (ha ha, I'm a controversial guy!) but I now realize I have disrespected the list and would like to apologize. Anyways, enjoy the rest of the picks, they're gems!
My mom rules. In fact, I think after the egregious error of not taking us to Toy Story she made a point to take us to every Pixar film that followed, so she very much made up for it.
I cried...for real, I'm picky when it comes to movies but monster inc is the only movie I can watch more than once and actually pay attention to the plot. 😭😭💖
I'll say this: it's absolutely a classic Pixar film from when they were back in their prime, but I've always felt like it's somewhere in the top ten, not really the top five. It absolutely deserved an honorable mention, though.
Tow Mater gets so much disrespect for how good of a character he is. Although I'm not a massive fan for Cars, Tow Mater was an icon of my childhood and I'm fully behind Shane for that no 5 pick
Listen, as a fellow Midwesterner, I understand Shane's defense of Mater, every Midwesterner has a relative *EXACTLY* like him. He hits a very familiar spot for us lol.
I can get behind Shane's opinions on Cars. Idk why, i just like watching over and over again. Plus, the music and the atmosphere of the movie reminds me of home, so i guess that adds to why i love it, regardless of the slander. (I do understand why some hate it tho, the reasons are very valid)
Hoai-Tran’s list is sooo good!! 👌🏼👌🏼 I probably would’ve put The Incredibles higher but it’s hard to take nostalgia out of it for me because I watched it a lot when I was a kid.
Cars is underrated, Lightning has a humbling experience and has to learn what it's like to live without and go back to basics. It's about learning how the world is much bigger then yourself and your dreams, follow up with commitments, respect your elders ect.
I don't know about y'all, but Meet the robinsons is one of the most underrated animated movie of all time, plus that ending with "Little Wonders" playing in the back tho
This is the best show on Watcher hands down. The experts always prove why they belong in that chair (I've actually started steaming my buns), Shane is consistently sacrilegious in the best way, Ryan is so earnest, and (I cannot overstate this point) Ryan and Shane's chemistry is one of the best on RU-vid. This episode was great.
For me: 5. Wall-E just a lovely sweet film. It came out when I was 8 and I loved it. 4. Finding Nemo this mostly here because of Dory being one of the first films I ever saw with a character that was disabled in some way 3. Monsters Inc I watched it so many times growing up it's tied to wonderful memories of my uncle looking after me 2. Inside out I have chronic pain and it came out when I was 15 and struggling a lot with depression and coping and this idea of happiness and sadness not being mutually exclusive really helped me. 1. Brave I know that one won't be on most people's list but that idea of your families expectations vs your wants really resonated with me when I was figuring out I was a lesbian. I felt my illness and disability was already letting my family down and didn't want to add another disappointed to my list (no one in my family would ever really think or say that it was my own issues) but the way they learned to see and love eachother for who they are made me think about how loved I really was too.
Brave is in my top 5 too! I just love that movie. It's beautiful to look at, I love the story. It also has an amazing soundtrack that I listen to often.
I wouldn’t put brave in my top 5 b/c as a whole i didn’t think it was very good. but like you I do love its themes which personally resonate for the reasons you said! For me though the real kicker is the complicated mother-daughter relationship. And I like that the protagonist is also the closest thing the movie has to a villain and her arc sort of revolves around realizing that her mom is not the villain but just the person she’s closest to
I love HT's take on Inside Out, it is the same take I have on it, I have a degree in psychology and plan to become a counselor, I think it is important how Inside Out represents emotions and their complexities for children. It is my number 1 pixar movie.
Seriously! I am a counselor, and when that movie came out my job got way easier for like one year. It did not take long before they had all forgotten about it, though.
The visualization of emotions and 'core memories' really helps with parts work and trauma therapy. My therapist brings it up frequently and we would watch clips in our DBT group sometimes. It's a great film
@@M0IVD0 maybe obvious but it was to show that just being happy all the time is destructive and isnt healthy, we have to feel and acknowledge our other emotions to be healthy
My husband spent most of his time in the movie expecting Bing Bong to betray Joy and Sadness, and so when the big tear-jerker moment happened, it was extra upsetting because he felt like he'd not been fair to him.
Shane: "This is my frown" :C Me: *wheeze* And speaking of Pixar movies, Inside Out and WALL-E are definitely up there for me but how no one remembered Monster Inc. That was definitely the one that did it for me.
When Hoai-Tran was talking about why she put "Inside Out" on the list, I wanted to tell her, "thank you!" That's how I feel about the movie, but most people seem to miss the lesson.
@@anamahilom8978 idk about the usa but in the uk we spell it as 'murked'. not sure if it originated as slang for mercenary or not, but colloquially that's not how we tend to spell it.
Inside Out connected with me because I was that kid that was super unhappy with moving but was able to adapt. Me and my mom watched it together and she somehow realized how upset the move had made me. I wasn’t one to visibly show a ton of emotion, only when provoked. I cried a ton, but not with Bing Bong either
I’m not the biggest fan of Finding Nemo because it’s the movie the teachers always reached for when I was in elementary school. When I hear the name the 10 year old inside of me is screaming “Not again!”
bkstarfire agreed! I can’t stand it. Won’t watch it again. Dread the day I have children and they want to watch it 😂 Between school and it being my sister’s fave. It was always one and I just.. can’t
I’ve never liked that movie. However I LOVED “Finding Dory”. It was far more superior to me, and I’m sad none of them put it on their list. Like it was sad Nemo getting lost, but I felt the storyline for Dory’s movie was more impactful. I actually cried - but “Finding Nemo” leaves me annoyed. I feel like it’s the characters I find grating, and I liked the way they came across in the 2nd movie more.
As they mention Toy Story 4 being in theaters when this was filmed, I'm going to guess Onward wasn't out yet. I saw Onward a few weeks ago and I loved it! My top 5 are: 1. Coco - I have probably watched it 50 times. It is amazing. Perhaps my favorite movie ever. 2. Onward - It really struck a chord with me 3. Monsters Inc. - This was the first movie I ever saw in theaters and holds a special place. 4. Ratatouille - A beautiful movie! 5. Brave - Many people rank this low, but I love it!
See, while I love brave it's in my 10 ten for sure but not in my top 5 just because I didn't like how she was this extraordinary princess in every aspect and then at the end she sews to save the day. It seemed a bit, lackluster. I expected a bigger ending but i appreciate the family message behind that and i think they couldve made a better save the day ending that didnt involve an activity that many would consider a "womans task". I think it wouldve been nice to see the resolve link back to her archery skills instead.
I don't get all the negativity I've been seeing about Onward. Personally I wouldn't out it into my top 5 but I do think it's a very fun movie that was a good watch all the way through and did some things I didn't expect it to.
mine and idc what people say: 5. Up 4. Ratatouille 3. Coco 2. The Incredibles 1. WALL-E okay lemme explain: -up: tugs at your heart strings but so cute. i love how carl changes to become a loving old man it’s just great. it would be so much better if there wasn’t a villain but still, love it. sad music too. everytime i hear it i cry. -ratatouille: so simple but so good. i love how it’s focused on a rat and a human. the soundtrack is incredible, the visuals are incredible, everything is just incredible. it’s so rewatchable too. i also like that my anxious self doesn’t get second hand embarrassment that’s a plus. -coco: I FORGOT HOW GOOD THIS MOVIE IS. i love it so much it makes me cry i don’t care i love it. i love the representation of mexican culture and the way that miguel kinda realizes about his true family and the relation to music it’s just so good. it’s so sad, so good, i just love it. also, the music, incredible. i will never get over how good this movie is. -the incredibles: OH MY GODDDDDD THIS MOVIE IS SOOOO GOOD. the only thing that would make it better is if the animation was better. the second one has incredible animation, incredible score, and i love how the kids get more attention and kind of get to save the parents in a way, it’s great in the third act but not the first two. it’s just mid tho. anyways, the first one is SO GOOD. i love the action and the mystery and the family dynamic, but it’s also very good at showing the parents’ struggling marriage and relationship and then it healing once they all save each other. i also love the kids. so much fun. anyways yeah it’s great. -wall-e: AHHHHHHHHHH ITS SO GOOD. again, fantastic music, fantastic story, fantastic animation, everything is great. i love how it’s kinda just a silent film, a love story between two robots trying to save earth and make it sustainable for life again it’s just awesome. is it realistic? absolutely not but i also don’t care. so good, makes me cry when i rewatch it, eve and wall-e are just the cutest. I LOVE IT. OKAY I LOVE IT. that’s all the yap-attack is over.
Not to be controversial, but I kinda love Cars. It would be in my top 5. Of course, I do have a bias, growing up in the American plains and my grandpa loved it and he passed away so it always reminds me of him. But I think it's a very genuine film with good music and a wonderfully detailed world and I think Cars 2 was a nice finisher for such a personally resonating film.
My Nephews loved cars, i thought it was alright but what really got me and made me cry was when the King got hurt and Lightning McQueen thought of Doc on his accident. He decide to lose the piston cup to help him finish his last race.
He is right that the second part is better than the first but both are great! I thought ryan being a paddington lover ment he had taste in movies but his opinions in here are dissapointing😔
To me the marketing of Up pretty much killed the movie. I remember the first teaser was just the house flying with balloons, so I was expecting some kind of adventure in the skies. When it wasn't about that I just was disappointed
This is the first time I've ever commented on a video. And just to say Ryan is correct that Mater is the worst character in any Pixar film ever, but Shane is correct that Cars is a brilliant movie.
I will never understand the negativity towards the cars characters. Lightening McQueen starts out as a spoiled, selfish, shallow character who's sole focus is winning the Piston cup. Through meeting the Radiator Springs folks, he learns to be compassionate and do things to make people happy, not just for his own gain. He even sacrifices his win to make sure his competitor crosses the line with grace and dignity. If that isnt good character growth, I dont know what is! Each resident of radiator springs are distinct and memorable too
my favourite pixar movie of all time is Soul. i don't think i've ever cried that hard at a movie. i literally had to pause it. THE SCORE?! immaculate. 10/10
I 100% agree with Hoai-Tran when it came to Inside Out. I didn't like billabong, but the protagonist breaking down in tears on her parent's shoulders really hit home.
7:46 THIS RIGHT HERE! I remember seeing Inside out and Big hero six in theaters and sobbing (TW brief mentions of suicidal ideation) I dealt with childhood depression that was triggered by the death of someone I was extremely close to. I had no tools or support to cope with my greif or the guilt. Everyone told me that expressing emotions made me weak and a burden. I thought the numbness I felt was just growing up and at 10 years old I spent most nights wishing I would be killed in an accident or in my sleep because I just couldn’t find anyway to justify me being around anymore. The one thing I really loved was animated films, and I remember watching these movies as a teenager and realizing how much having films that focused on greif, guilt, and depression in children would have helped me feel seen and would’ve helped me get the support I needed. Both films are far from perfect but the fact that they were the first animated films I can remember that focused on childhood depression puts them in my top five.
I was psyched to see UP on Ryan’s list but disappointed that he didn’t mention the scene where Carl opens up his wife’s adventure book and finds out that she had filled it with pictures of them.
Up is my top Pixar film. It gets me every time. Sometimes I watch it if I just need a good cry. It helped me get through losing my Mom. The fact that I love adventure film's with that feel helps a lot too. lol
It’s funny because if you go to Disneyland Paris, there is a whole area devoted to that film. My friend went there and they had hedge mazes for “Alice in Wonderland”, and beautiful stained glass windows...But I think she said it was kept as clean as ours are here in the US. But I’m not sure if there’s a ride AND a restaurant dedicated to the movie, but I know I’ve seen pictures with a HUGE sign for the film.
Ha! I agree, but I tried watching it tonight with my 6 yr old daughter. It was surprisingly on Utube 4 free but she didn't want to watch it 😒we both had to agree on what we wanted to watch
@@trentturek6019 the movie didn't make me cry therefore it's bad take is the worst take to view a movie. Up definitely made people cry at the very beginning but does anyone remember anything afterwards? Cars is a masterpiece, practically the car version of Kuzco: Emperor's New Groove ngl
I was pregnant when I saw Inside Out in theaters. There was ugly sobbing in the theater. Sad Brave wasn't on anyone's list. The mother/daughter journey to repair their relationship is done so well
I wasn't pregnant when I watched Inside Out, but I am a bit of a crybaby and a huge sucker for coming of age stories, so same. Also, yes. Brave was a nice little thing too, with it being one of the first Disney princess movies to not include any hint of romance in the end and mainly focused on the rare dynamic of a somewhat rigid mother and her rebellious daughter.
I really do love Brave; I'm a queer with a shitty mother so it really made me empathise with Merida. As the movie went on and explored Merida and her mother's relationship it sort of played out a fantasy in front of me wishing my life was like that, so it's always a comfort for me to rewatch (plus Merida not needing a male love interest always makes me feel like I'm valid in my lesbianism as opposed to so many disney films with the princess falling in love with a man and wed by the end.) Truly an underrated film that appeals to so many people.
Y'know, it's funny- the first time I saw Brave was a year after I lost my mom. I was... I think 13? Either 13 or had just turned 14. And I remember being so _angry_ at Merida. Just furious. I felt like she was such an ungrateful brat to her mother who tried so hard, and I couldn't watch the movie again for years afterwards. And then when I was about 21 and somewhat better adjusted, I rewatched it and found myself realizing- no. No, Merida wasn't a brat. Merida was a young teenager who loved her mother very much, and who's relationship with her was being affected by really daunting circumstances- (who wants to get married at that age?) and the feeling that she wasn't being taken seriously. She loved her mom, but she had a right to be upset. Both things were true. I'd been upset as a kid because it felt like watching a reflection of my own relationship with my mother, and being only able to focus on all the things I'd done wrong. All the ways I'd been a bad, undeserving daughter. All the things I'd never get to say sorry for. And then seeing it again as an adult made me realize that I hadn't been an unredeemable monster, I had been a 13 year old girl. The fact that I fought with my mother didn't mean I loved her any less, and she had _known_ that. Both things were true. Brave helped me move on. It's a special movie to me now.
It always seems to get glazed over for some reason which is confusing as heck because I’d say it’s like nearly perfect in every conceivable way and it’s so unique! The visual style, the music, everything about it is special. Sigh.
WHEN RILEY CRIES IN INSIDE OUT I SOBBED. It can be so hard and difficult to admit to your parents that you’re not okay with something that happens (mainly in an out of control situation) in terms of sadness. It’s so important to tell children to tell their parents if something is wrong especially depression or sadness. She even says I know you want me to be happy but I’m not okay and this is really hard. In my family emotion was not something expressed often especially tears. So seeing that movie at 18 I was so moved and wished I would’ve let me parents in a little more on things I was struggling with. You can feel so embarrassed and feel that your emotions aren’t valid when you’re young because adults are always saying life when youre a kid is easy. And for so many out there for different reasons it can be so hard. Inside out was the first Pixar movie that I immediately was like I cannot wait to have kids and have them watch this.
I can’t believe all three of them slept on Monster’s Inc. That movie is so good and expresses emotions about just loving and supporting each other through difficult situations. When Sully wants to help return Boo, Mike is right there with him which just shows this friendship that is pure and amazingly entertaining. Smh it’s definitely my no. 1 pixar movie.
My issue with Monster's Inc is that the 11th hour villain trope is used way too much (Up, Toy Story 2 and 3, Coco to a certain degree (but it was heavily hinted at throughout the movie.) I think its a really good movie that just falls flat on the third act. Personally, I think a Bug's Life would edge it out of my top 5.
As soon as I started the video I thought, "immediate top 3: Monsters Inc., Up, Toy Story. But I'd have to think about the other two if I were doing a top 5."
Yeah, I agree. Toy Story, Up, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc, and A Bug’s Life. My top 5 easily, but that doesn’t mean that those are the only amazing Pixar films. That’s just because there are way too many great films to only have 5 lol
@@ethanterry7021 Yeah, I always appreciated Wall-E, but nothing in it really resonated with me the way Monsters did. Its take on the future is done times a dozen, and most of its charm comes from the scenes of Wall-e and his dame interacting, that's it. Monsters has a broader spectrum. The scene where Sulley unintentionally terrifies Boo still gets me as an adult.
My favorite part is everyone’s appreciation for the scores while even discussing the composers by name! Not enough people recognize great scores, and they actually find it weird that I borderline obsess over the score of a movie. I mean... the way that the music sounds underwater in Finding Nemo/Dory is such a creative way to make music. Using regular instruments and music theory techniques, the music very clearly resonates with the audience as being underwater. And it’s not exactly something you can always explain, but even outside of the context of the film, the music feels as big and deep as the ocean. You are almost literally drowning in the vast openness of the arrangements. With watching the film, most people would describe it as feeling like they’re in the ocean. And Pixar does that with all of their films. Not just Finding Nemo. The score for nearly every film is incredible.
Argument: Antoine Ego isnt a villain. Hes someone who has lost the joy of his work, which the movie puts hard emphasis on. Enjoyment of the job is what Remy adores and thats what Ego forgot
Yes! And rewatching the movie now, as someone who chose a passion as a career and forgot about the passion along the way, it just made his character so much more relatable to me.
THIS IS WHY I'M A SHANIAC, RATATOUILLE IS THE GREATEST ANIMATED FILM EVER, AND I TOO WOULD LOVE TO BE SMALL AND SLEEP IN THAT WINDOWSILL WITH GRAPES AND CHEESE.
I agree. I hate the movie. And “Finding Nemo”. And I’ve never seen any of the “Toy Story” films after the 2nd one. I realize I just don’t like Pixar films all that much for some reason, and I don’t know why.
I think Ratatouille doesn't get enough credit. I love how fleshed out the characters are, like how Remy is supposed to be the good guy, the protagonist, but is also very pretentious while also dealing with leaving his family to pursue his dream. I like how he needs Linguini to achieve his dream, and in turn Linguini achieves success and skill, bit only because of Remy. Also, I really love the visuals and the aesthetic of it. It's very classy and French. Ego is also an interesting character because he isn't pure evil like some other Pixar villains. Ratatouille is definitely my #1 Pixar film.
I also love it because it’s one of the most accurate films about food because of the extent of research the team did on real professional kitchens. They even depict the tiniest details about a chef and the kitchens, it’s amazing. A bunch of celebs and chefs like Anthony Bourdain and Gordon Ramsey love it because of that.
@@kittykitties4220 it was predictable, but for me it didn’t sway away from my enjoyment of the movie. also because i relate to the movie a lot, i think it holds a special place in my heart :) i would honestly prefer a predictable scene rather than a sudden one that doesn’t quite make sense, but that’s just me :p
Tbh, when HT said “If you take Pixar out of the equation, it’s a fine film.” Does she think that Pixar only does serious and/or emotional movies? Cars is just a movie for fun and they seem to ignore that.
Here's my little take on Inside Out. The part that made me cry was watching the islands break down inside of Riley as she progressed through the film. I suffer from a lot of anxiety and depression and have had periods of time where I was a shell of the lively, firey, creative person I am with just a shell left behind. Seeing those core parts of her get torn down hurt me a lot and watching them spring back up at the end made me so warm 😃
