Is Pixar Losing Their Touch...? 

Since the dad’s just a pair of legs, doesn’t that already make him a step-father?

Pixar isn't losing their touch. Disney just confiscated their touch.

Next Pixar movie: *Touch* It’s about a family having trouble getting along. So the main characters,The family, go on a road trip to have fun. While they have havoc on the way. And in the process, they connect together and love each other. Get it. Touch.

We need another "adult" pixar movie. Y'know, one that has villains like Hopper and dark moments like him being eaten alive by baby birds. No more sequels (maybe a Monsters Inc. 2), no more heavy usage of flashy and goofy action sequences to flex the newest rendering engine. Something like the good ol days.

*Peter Quill:* _"Dance off bro, you and me."_ *Peter Parker:* [PIZZA TIME INTENSIFIES]

Felt like it’s something missing, and that was John Lasseter and Ed Catmull’s visionary. Remember when Disney went to the dark age without Walt, exactly is going to happened to Pixar until the new generation of right people.

I think the issue people have with the film is the fact we knew what the tear jearker was likely going to be (the dad) because they gave it away in the trailer. Have they maybe kept it a secret, just had the trailers mention they were going on a quest, but not WHAT the quest was, then maybe it could've had more of an impact

I really enjoyed Onward but it didn't feel like a Pixar film at all. Heck I even thought it was a DreamWorks film from the trailer, anyone else feel the same way?

I haven’t seen the movie but I feel like its gonna have the dumb “brothers argue for a bit and split up until the end” and also it’s just me but I feel like Pixar and Disney in general are hiring celebrities more than actual voice actors

These characters feel less like characters and more like the idea of characters. Like they're getting less real and more vague? Idk how to explain it, I don't think vague is the right word.

you know a nice touch for this film would be if everyone had nontraditional names and more magical-like ones

I lost interest in this movie the moment the trailer showed the legs of their father. Its like when a video game does an escort mission, you just go "Oh come on! This again?".

Onward was a really great DreamWorks movie.

I haven’t seen Onward, but I absolutly loved Coco and Inside Out. While the sequels are nothing special to me, their main movies are still great to me.

Remember, it doesn’t matter if the critics call the movie “bland” or “not all that great” If you love that movie, the movie is amazing to you. I’m a minor, and even i thought the movie was a little fast paced in the beginning, I do think this movie was a little ehh, but the movie was just pixar, a heartwarming story. It isn’t their greatest work by a long shot, but its nice and simple.

the step dad felt so unnecessary to me that i wanted to yeet him away from the story. idk why im so bothered by his existence but here i am

No, I think the entirety of Disney is losing their touch.

What really turned me off from seeing the film was its art direction. We have a world where elves, centaurs, and manticores live together in an urban setting. What does the film look like? Exactly like every other Pixar film released in the last five years. It simply seems like they're stagnating creatively. Not just in writing, but also in design. A while back there was this discussion about the main character's design and how it looked like a visual shorthand that resembled other characters like Linguini or Arthur Christmas. Perhaps this is because On some level we know that Pixar is just going through the motions with their film making. Which is sad because they used to show massive steps forward with each new film. Now that the tech has spread to other studios we're seeing other films push forward in its stead. Though maybe Soul will be the next leap for Pixar. We shall see.

I’ve always loved Pixar’s Movies, but it seems like we have all grown out of them. And the excitement for when a new Pixar movie comes out doesn’t seem to be there anymore.

I actually loved this movie. I think you missed the huge theme of self-trust/confidence, it was really prevalent and worked really well. Also, the father not having a personality was to reflect that Ian never knew him, and just having his legs doesn’t help much. They intended for us to feel left out, because that’s how Ian felt, even at the end where we don’t actually get to see the dad. I thought it was pretty cool that we got to see them awakening the forgotten magic across their journey, even without specifically mentioning what was happening, it would have been pretty dumb if they said “woah magic is making a comeback because of us” which I half expected to be said. Another thing I really enjoyed was they actually mixed two tropes with Barley, he has dumb jock vibes, but he’s a super gamer/d&d nerd. I think this was a really solid pixar film, on par with walle and finding dory

Pixar's always made movies that made me fall in love with them as a studio. I think you made a good point about Pixar losing their shine lately.

Uh, Coco was great, excuse you

Bruh moment

I don't think so, I just feel like their animation industry is parallel to Disney's. There is an A team and B team. A team is the film the studio feels will certainly do well and B team is the tentative one. It seems with all these sequels, the originals are being left on the back burner with the B team.

*Damn..I literally just did a speech on why pixar is a good studio a couple days ago only for the complete 360 from audiences lol*

As someone who's lost a parent, this movie hit me HARD. For me this is movie is amazing. I'm sad to see it not doing so well because I relate so hard to both protagonists.

My brother said something along these lines after we left the advance screening. Alot of people these days grow up with only one parent. They spend slot of time thinking they had to grow up without role models because they dont have a dad (or mom). They grow up not knowing what to do with themselves because they think they never had a role model. However, alot of people dont realize that other people can be role models as well, not just parents. So basically, I think the film is about role models, not necessarily family or father son relationships. The manticore forgot to tell them about the curse because she never actually gave them instructions. She didnt even give them the map, or any clues on where to find the Phoenix gem, they did that on there own. So why would she have "remembered" to tell them about the curse if she didnt even tell them the other stuff? And barley didnt know about the curse because clearly he didnt know about this particular quest. If he knew there was a curse, shouldn't he also know *how* to find a Phoenix gem, and not have to go to the manticore tavern? Also the brothers dont blame *eachother* for ending up back in their town, *ian* blames barley. Barley never blamed ian. Also "barley finds a fountain being deconstructed by the bad modern world" is sort of a misleading sentence to anyone who hasn't seen the film. Magic vs modern is never an issue in the movie, nor does anyone besides barley take the fountain being destroyed seriously. Had I not seen this film twice already, I would've assumed this movie had a "innovation bad" message just from that sentence. I definitely agree that ian is a boring overdone character type. However, I can't think of many characters similar to barley. The bridge scene definitely did feel tropey, although I cant think of any immediate examples? However a small detail I liked about that scene was the way barley reacted. In most scenarios, barley would said pretty much the same thing, but probably have a nervous smile the whole time. However in the actual movie he looks extremely stressed out about the fact that the rope came off, and that was a small detail that I honestly thought was kinda nice, because they didnt try to turn something that would be terrifying irl into a "haha the rope is gone" joke. The step dad and fairies were little more then small roadblocks. Honestly probably coulda been written out. Though I do appreciate a positive step-parent character for once. Okay sorry, ramble over. I do feel like this film is getting less credit then it deserves by alot of my favorite reviewers, heh. Good video though! Insightful. Made me think about a few things I hadn't considered yet!

I think the main issue with people is that they can't look past "cliches". While I always notice cliches and this film definitely has some, I always look for what's unique and fun about the film. And this film was definitely rich with it. I personally really enjoyed it. And the ending had me extremely choked up. And while I know the whole "Pixar films makes you cry" thing, I actually have rarely actually cried during one.

This movie felt like a DnD run turned into a movie, but at least it's something that wasn't romantic. I appreciate the brotherly love type of ending, and the story behind this movie was nice. It was about moving from a death in the family, but it could've been executed a bit better

I'd say the theme of the film is learning to appreciate what's around and who is around you rather than needing to have a connection with your "real" family. For example, if your parents aren't there for you emotionally, best friends can be like family. And in this case, his older brother was a father figure and taught him a lot about what it means to be a good man/person. It's very personal to the creator of the story as he too lost his father before he had the chance to form memories of him, and also had his brother to lead him.

It's so bizarre. Everyone keeps saying the film is very good - but not as good as Pixar's old works. Everyone just keeps going straight to comparing this film to other films it is not remotely similar to. The fact that its made by Pixar seems to be actively damaging its image. I loved this movie. It's not perfect but it really broke the film formula and I appreciate greatly that. I compare this movie to Frozen in the sense that Frozen was about sisterly love, and this one was about brotherly love.

It kinda doesn’t feel like pixar, but you’re right, without their other franchises, Pixar’s kinda just risking it out. It was an alright movie tho

I LOVED Onward, because it related so much to me. I think the movie was great, and I'll look back on it and smile. It's just nostalgia that makes us think the classics are the best.

I watched this movie with my older brother, and I found it extremely relatable; we both did. It's a movie about two brothers learning that they only have each other, and although they are trying to bring their father back, they realize that they only need each other, and they must learn that they work together very well with each other. At the climax of the film, Ian tells Barley that he never had a dad, but always had him. They must learn that their bond was what got them through all the challenges, Barely being an expert on magic and guiding Ian to become a better wizard but also become a better person. The theme isn't about growing up or seeing a lost loved one; it's brotherhood.

They've lost their minds while announcing Toy Story 4. NOBODY asked for that cash-grab when the franchise should've ended back in 2010; It's unnecessary. Why did you let it win the Oscar?! The Hidden World _deserved_ to win it, but Pixar fucked DreamWorks' last chance!

Where’s all my people that just genuinely loved the movie? I know I can’t be the only one...

Disney:Onward Reality:Backward

Personally, I thought that Onward was so much better than people actually gave it credit for.

The only thing that got me intrested was that Chris Pratt was playing a character. I think that the problem is with Pixar putting out one to two movies almost yearly for a while now. It gives them less time to work on movies, so less time to be creative and things get lost along the way.

It doesn’t help that everyone is scared to leave their homes to go to the movies because of the current events.

I honestly think this movie is Pixar’s growing pains they went ten years doing mediocre sequels so they haft to get used to being original again

I just had a big revelation, the brothers are Greg and Rodrick

One, they had an original IP two years ago called Coco. Two, I think this isn't a failure in my book-I think this is a step in the right direction. Like....Training wheels. This film is comparable to The Little Mermaid-that film started the Disney Renaissance, and this film kind of feels like the precursor to Pixar's classic era.

I like onward the sibling theme was great nearly cried I dunno bro maybe I'm lame

SPOILERS: As a pixar fan for as long as I can remember, no really, I grew up on two movies, monsters inc and the incredibles, both of which I watched over and over again. I've had to see each 100+ times I did see Onward, and I'd disagree. I think it was great, it felt like a Pixar movie, it felt original as well. It was emotional, yes I cried. Both characters were a bit tropey, sure. I feel like that made them realistic though, it kept things real and considering this was supposed to connect with human emotion it works. I felt a lot of depth and emotion. The family is a major theme but it's also a theme of brotherhood, bravery, trust, adventure, and growth. okay when it comes to tech demonizing, it's perfectly fine and that wasn't a thing lol. It was more about appreciating talents the bad stepdad wasn't bad lol, he was just annoying and the boys didn't like him as a replacement also with the dad's character, he was limited by the fact pixar went forwards with how he didn't have ears or eyes, so his only form of communication was physical touch. if you paid attention the tapping thing was a way to communicate, and other things another sappy part was the emotional connections with the fourth memory, his brother was a coward and didn't say goodbye to his dad because he was scared and regret it for the rest of his life. That's why he was trying to be brave throughout this quest but if you paid attention he wasn't as brave as his brother, who has this "cowardly shy" trope if anything, this feels like another controversial clickbaity video trying to get views. I kept watching to hear an actual valid point but all you said was it was unoriginal, with no evidence that a similar thing happened, oh the characters follow simple tropes, but you never looked deeper in to the characters, oh well the plot's simple, yeah that's kind of the point it's based off of a dnd style quest thing. I feel like this is greater than toy story 4 and coco, it just generally feels on par with my childhood classics. Those are my thoughts, you refuse to watch it again, that's fair. Don't let it stop you from actually noticing the layers under the tropes.

I personally loved this movie. I wasn't able to say goodbye to my dad when he passed in hospital, so Barley's goodbye scene still rips me up.

Oh really, the mom’s name is Yanny, that’s a weird name. No what Laurel AH F*** not again.

Pixar never lost their touch, everyone else finally caught up to them.

The only thing I agreed with in this whole video was that the Simpsons short shouldn’t be there.

0:35 that's subjective really, I went out really disappointed, the lesson of the past movies was that the toys should always stick together, and at the end they throw that core message at the window having Woody leave all his friends, the new characters weren't that interesting to me and I found myself not feeling nor laughing much through out the movie The ONLY memorable and touching scene for me was that little lost girl finding Gabby Gabby and later finding her parents, that hits me hard in the feels for some reason, but everything else was meh Don't think it deserved the Oscar, Klaus was WAAAAAY BETTER just saying

Pretty sure people were asking that question at the start of the 2010s

Possibly, but I’m feeling it’s failing because of the Coronavirus scares

Stock animated movie ideas: Protagonist: Thinks it isn’t special, but realises near the end of the film that it is special Also Protagonist: finds a map to a treasure Side character: finds a hidden clue to the treasure You got to do better than that, Disney. Just because you think no one will notice doesn’t mean that it’s a good film.

I fricking cried twice and this film was out just one day before my birthday in my country which in it movies are late by one day always. and it's a fantastic gift from pixar. i felt like it was my birthday gift and they didn't lose their touch. i completely disagree. +Gimme a marvel actor and i'll be happy. give me two and i'll be twice as happy. gimme two that one is tom holland makes it the best. UNLEASH YOUR INNER WARRIOR GUYS! HE'S NOT RIGHT! (not trying to hate on you because i like your channel, but not this video, probably because of the dad pipe part that made me imagine my dad in that situation which made me cry, and the mom is kinda like my mom so i can relate to that mom thing, especially as i tried to escape home once and was out for an hour or two)

Honestly, Onward just felt like a forced vehicle made by corporate businessmen as an excuse to partner up Chris Pratt (who I loved in Passengers and Parks and Recreation) and Tom Holland (Who's Spider-Man I hate) together, made with little to no effort. Pixar has just ended up like Grunge in terms of quality. It's stories used to be rather complex and introspective, mixing wonder with substance (Wall: E for example), and is often at times felt like an escape from the overall saccharine schmaltz of Disney's main animation division (Yes, I get that Lion King and Hunchback exist, so they are exceptions), but now they have become the very thing they unintentionally provided escapism from. At least we have Ghibli

I feel that it’s going to be difficult because y’all feel nostalgic for those old Pixar movies. Don’t get me wrong, they’re amazing, but there’s always going to be a natural bias favoring those. Edit: oh wait, you kinda said this.

I loved the movie honestly. I think maybe for me, i kinda felt more impacted WITH the leg scenes, and moments because its like i had that feeling in the back of my mind that they weren't going to get a long period of time with the fathers full body. So to me, it seemed more like 'oh this is kinda sad, that this is all they'll get with their dad, and he's trying his best to spend time with them too'

I don’t like this movie cuz my dad died a year ago and they make it like their getting back their father and make it look so goofy. It hurts. That’s why I didn’t watch it.

Onward was amazing! An underrated classic, I really appreciated it. Dealing with loss and getting to be grateful- it was amazing. Sure, it had flaws, but it was incredibly charming.

I realized it was a brother bonding movie at the car merging scene. Honestly, I found this movie very emotional but maybe that's just due to experiences in my own life. Even the scene with the van's 'gallop' hit me. The ending of Toy Story 3 is the only other Pixar movie that's got me like that.

I just hope Pixar doesn't begin to believe that original stories are not financially lucrative and go back to turning out nothing but sequels.

Literally any potentially straight fictional character: Disney: *i diagnose you with gay*

C'mon, don't say that the sacrifice of Guinevere tho wasn't ridiculously symbolic to the point of being simultaneously hilarious and depressing. They made the metaphorical "death" of a van actually sad.

Pixar: makes genuinely good films Disney: N O

I can’t watch the video right now but I just want to say, even though I wasn’t excited to see Onward, I absolutely loved that movie. It is my new favorite movie. It is able to tell a story creatively and make it for all ages. It’s fun but has more mature themes which makes it easier to relate to. I’m just saying that that movie is too amazing for you to imply that this movie is a sign that Pixar is losing their touch

I don't know, personally, I got really emotional at the end of this movie, and I usually don't consider myself someone who cries at movies. And I like, sobbed. Then again, I think this is one of those movies that definitely hits different depending on the person. Like the more you can relate it to your own life, the more emotional it is, if that makes sense.

Is Pixar Losing Their Touch...? Well, that's their aim so when we all get old and watch their best films all over again, we cry even more than when we first watched them,

We need more movies like Ratatouille and Up

I did enjoy the movie but I feel like they kind of squandered the world a bit, it just wasn't that interesting. The whole idea of modernisation taking the magic out of the world was maybe taken a bit too far, as the setting just felt boring and small. There wasn't the same sense of wonder and beauty with the setting that there was in finding nemo, coco, walle and even the incredibles, with that island. I feel like there was almost no point in the magical fantasy settings.

I don't care what anyone says, i loved this film and the characters involved. It made me cry (but that's sort of a given for Pixar films)

What I love about Toy Story 4 is it’s ending, it feels like it can continue with the story of the toys dealing without Woody, or the story of Woody being free

Pixar: Does 1 mediocre movie. Everyone: IS PIXAR LOSING THEIR TOUCH? IS PIXAR DEAD? OH NO! LET'S MAKE 500 VIDEOS SAYING PIXAR IS NOT AS GOOD AS BEFORE

I have no idea what happened, but Pixar movies don't interest me as much as they did way back when. It's not because the movies are bad, that's a rarity in of itself, but they just don't grab me anymore. Maybe I've just grown too old, maybe I've seen too many Pixar movies, maybe the movies really aren't as good as some of their older stuff. I'll have to think about it a lot more.

It's a good movie... people just expect way more from Pixar considering their rep from the 2000s...

I actually liked Onward, definitely not their best work though. Coco was fairly recent and that's a masterpiece. Pixar still has it, I haven't lost faith in them just yet psrsonally.

What Pixar needs to get back to its usual gems: More films like A Bug’s Life, Ratatouille, WALL-E and Up.

Either Pixar don't have great story ideas anymore OR Disney just confiscated their touch? I'd say both.

I figured it out. This movie is exactly like The Spongebob Squarepants movie. Two characters, one bolder than the other, go on a spectacular adventure to get back something lost, all on a time constraint. They even have similar scenes like the bottomless pit.

One or two blemishes won't put me off Pixar. I was one of those who enjoyed Toy Story 4, and Coco? Easily my 2nd favourite film of all time.

Disnsy forcing Pixar to release 1 film a year is there biggest mistake. If incridbles 2 and onward had more time in the oven they both would have been amazing.

"alot of crapping flims": toy story flashes on screen *are you trying to tell us something*

The reason why I don’t really favor this movie is because I feel like I’ve already seen it before. The whole elf fairy tale vibe setting reminded me of gravity falls when I first saw it.

I personally loved Onward, but I respect your opinion as always

alright there a lot I'm gonna say about this review. The main theme of the movie is about confidence. Ian is a socially awkward and very anxious guy by the start and I identified a lot with him tbh. (that's why I went ahead and wrote this comment). Through the movie we see how their father was always a confident guy, not afraid to be himself and do what he likes ugly socks and all. We see how the creatures of the land have stopped being themselves for comfort reasons, a horse that can't run and pixies that can't fly. The main antagonist of the movie is actually internal. once Ian forfeited his fears and anxieties he finally grew to become more like his father. I watched this movie twice once alone and then I made my father watch it with me and it made us both cry. honestly I identified a lot with the themes of this movie. sometimes you're afraid to take a step forward and be who you are. there's a review that conveys the meaning behind this movie far better than any improvised comment I can write. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-91__hVmi5sg.html

They also got lazy with the character designs, I mean they literally just ripped Linguini’s model from Ratatouille and just colored him blue with pointed ears and new clothing...

I Don’t Know About You Guys, But I Absolutely Loved Onward! I Thought That The Story Was Creative And That The Writing Was Incredible!

I actually really enjoyed onward

One of my biggest problems with this movie was, not only all the generic story tropes, just the whole useless journey because the thing they were traveling for ended up being where they started. I hate it

I just want a Pixar movie about Luxo Jr.

I really liked this movie, but I see what you mean with "basic characters". I think that Pixar could've added some more significant elements to the characters. It's not top tier Pixar, but it's not *bad* , I'd place it maybe near Brave

I remember finishing this film and thinking “was that...a Pixar movie?” cause for some reason it didn’t feel like it all. It felt like a knock off made by a different company but with Pixar level animation, just because the story and characters felt a bit flat. It’s wasn’t bad! But wasn’t great.

My brother and I must be the only people who loved this film. I've been pretty disappointed with pixar lately with the exception of inside out and coco but this gives me hope

The thing that keeps BUGGING me is that the protagonist looks like another character or person that I've seen before I always thought he looked like his VA tom holland But he resembles LINGUINI even more

"The mother Yanny" 😂

No. Pixar is not losing their touch. Onward was amazing. Don’t make so bold statements when they are based on personal opinions.

The biggest concern I have with this movie's plot is that why would these creatures entirely exclude magic from their lives overtime if it could still do things technology even today can't, such as... idk... BRINGING SOMEONE BACK FROM THE DEAD?

Everybody gangster till the pants start walking

4:09 *voice crack*

I really like this movie. I don't know whether it touched me emotionally, or some other reason, but it is my favorite pixar film.

i think a lot of people didn't enjoy the movie bc they thought it would be about fatherhood... but it's about the relationship between the brothers. and it was made beautifully. it's not a cliche about brothers that don't have a close relationship and AT THE END they find out they can count on each other (although ian you know........). it's pretty relatable and the characters, more than in a bunch of pixar movies, have their layers in a way which we totally understand what they're doing even if we don't agree. there's no right or wrong, they're just interacting like that i get that people didn't really conect with this story........ but still, i just think a lot of them are TRYING not to like the movie