The Pitiful Downfall of PIXAR 

What is your favorite Pixar film?

I feel like Pixar won't change their business model until the situation gets so bad that even the sequels are losing money.

Fun fact. A lot of the pixar movies from the innovation era was created in ONE evening One day, when some of the founders of pixar were having lunch they thought they’d need amazing stories. So they would all pitch ideas for stories and draw rough sketches on the table. They would come up with the stories for wall-e, finding nemo, etc. That lunch break created 2 billion dollars for them

Disney went from the "it's not just for kids" to "it's not even good enough for kids"

Studio ghibli definitely should be a part of this conversation. It’s rare an animation studio from Asia can make this kind of impact on the western world. But love your video non the less, I appreciate your respectfulness and understanding.

The fact that we are living in a day and age where DreamWorks, Illumination, and Sony are all kicking Disney’s and even Pixar’s ass in the box office at the same time is still mind blowing…

I feel bad for Pixar. I love their classic movies, but seeing them struggle because of greedy Disney makes it even worse.

My brother told me about spider verse and how incredible it was, I didn't believe him. A month after he told me I had time to sit and watch it, I was blown away. Puss in boots 2 was unbelievable as well, I went in expecting to laugh at it but ended up really enjoying it, that movie had style and you can tell people enjoyed making it.

I know people don't want to acknowledge that Pixar was John Lasseter. He's why their movies worked and he was the formula. When he was made head of Disney Animation he spear headed some of Disney's most successful animated movies (Frozen, Zootopia, etc). Right now it seems like Pixar is on auto-mode trying to recapture what they once had but without knowing how to execute it properly.

Puss in Boots didnt revive Dreamworks, because it was never dead. Dreamworks always expreimented with different styles and demographics and stuff, the reason people saw Dreamworks as struggling creatively was because they where focusing on younger audiences for a few years. You just cant compare that to Pixar and the great milking

Something to keep in mind about Across the Spiderverse's high employment rate is that over 100 animators had to leave during production due to unsustainable working conditions. It's a shame because they could've slowed down production to keep people happy and healthy and still make bank.

I personally like Luca, it's not groundbreaking or anything like that, it's just a simple movie that is just there for you to have a good time and relax a little bit. I also like the art style, it's cartoony without going too far to be annoying like turning red or the boss baby

I feel old. This guy is actually 2 years younger than I and he narrates like a wise man who writes a good script to do videos.

Pixar fell off

Spider-verse was SUCH a wake-up call to the animation industry, I genuinely have no idea how Disney/Pixar haven't woken up and smelled their burning toast yet

I get what you’re saying about into the spider verse being absolutely incredible on a low budget because it’s stunning but also the treatment of their animators is absolutely insane and exploitative. It should have cost more. They need to have paid their animators more.

Unfortunately while I love Across the Spider-Verse, the treatment that many of animators were and currently still are receiving is atrocious and disheartening. Animators work around the clock to make these movies and their often Underappreciated and underpaid for their hard earned work. Right now a huge writers strike is taking place and it is still not ending. resulting in a years long project that took so much hours of abuse and pain not even seeing the light of day anymore. Beyond the Spider-Verse has been delayed indefinitely and it is unclear when this movie will see the light of day anymore. While Hollywood is currently at war with studios and writers, animators are being laid off because of lack of projects being in development.

The only groundbreaking thing Elemental did was having the main characters made out of special effects. Not an anatomy of a model character covered in fire, water, air, ect, actually elements morphed and moved into a body. I don't think any animated flick has done that, ESPECIALLY since special effects, like fire, is the most difficult thing to animate. So to have the special effects the main character has to have some praise.

Thank you for making an actual video going through the history of pixar and Disney instead of a twenty minute rant about how terrible the companies are

For me, Up and Wall E are the best pixar movies. The montage from Up still tears me up, its insane how pixar fell over the years.

When you compared the amount of money that these studios used to create these movies and emphasized Spiderverse's low budget in comparison to other movies, I couldn't help but think about the hundreds of spiderverse artists who were underpaid and overworked over the course of the project, so much so that they had to quit.

The irony is that the people of the studio absolutely didn’t want their movies during the pandemic to be put on Disney+, but they did it anyways and now look where they are.

Disney as a corporation is the embodiment of what happens when a business takes over artists. Art dies when you prioritize business over art.

I didn’t mind Turning Red and Luca at all. They both seemed to almost be like coming of age stories and finding yourself, other Pixar movies have those basic premises as well. With that being said, the cost of these movies is absolutely insane, given what smaller budget movies can do with more effort.

Those Boxoffice bombs are actually a lot worse when you factor in marketing costs and distribution fees (usually with tickets sales split between the cinema and the studio). Not to mention interest on the money financed to make the movie. A typical high budget production had to make up around three times its budget only to break even.

I think something really important to note is that although Across the Spider-verse employed so many animators, the way they were treated was abysmal. The artists were put through ludicrous amounts of overtime and unnecessary revisions just because the people in charge of the project had the power to do so.

It's sad that Pixar has been seemingly stuck with going for realism in their animation style. Obviously not all their recent movies focus on realism as their stylistic choice (Turning Red is one good example), but animation is so much more than just recreating real life through animation.

I really feel bad for Pixar. They’ve always been one of my favorite animation studios by far and still is. I know they’re still able to make fantastic films as good as the ones in the golden days. Just hope Disney can leave them alone to their own devices… This is YOUR fault, Disney!

The fact that Elemental surpassed ATSV in the box office lol

I feel bad for Pixar, I really do. But seeing Disney failing is really satisfying.

Elemental being the movie that marks the 100 year anniversary of disney is such a slap in the face

I almost cried after this video, you gained a subscription man, great montage, great storytelling, great video from all aspects

Toy Story 3 was not just some money printer, it was a great movie just like most of the ones that came before it and continued the story and message of Toy Story 2 expanding it to some darker territories.

Across the Spider verse did employ a ton of animators and have a smaller budget. But the animators also got really underpaid and had a terrible experience doing that. So...not a great tradeoff even though the movie turned out great

I think it's fundamentally a management problem, when an animator isn't performing they lose their job (which is not to say all animators who lose their jobs lose them because they weren't performing) but when upper management keeps making the same mistakes there's no mechanism to oust them before it brings the whole company down.

Great video. It was surprisingly not boring and quite interesting. I can see alot of effort has gone into this keep it up👌

Well written and well edited man.

The frustrating thing about Elemental is the marketing is so ass it doesn’t talk about the best part of the plot. A movie about someone immigrating with their family to a new country and trying to be their own person separate from their family is a great message for an untapped audience, and the art style looks fun. But the marketing played it off as a element Zootopia and nothing more.

Just to note Nintendo basically had Illumination on a leash so that Mario didn’t fall into common pitfalls of modern films which also contributed to it’s success. Edit: The film from what I can infer seems decent in that the adults will tolerate it but won’t think it’s awful but little kids enjoy it more. Also the fact of the matter is that name recognition definitely boosted it’s success both in terms of IP and people involved. If Nintendo did not make script changes then it would have been a standard illumination film and a mediocre one overall. Also it probably exceeded expectations from the first trailer drop.

So nobody's gonna talk about how Across the Spiderverse was crunched to all hell with edits were being made from higher ups once scenes were already competed, proving that to Sony money is still more important than creativity.

They have insane technical skills but what lacks is the writers room, it needs to bring a fantastic story again

As amazing as Across the Spider-Verse was, I really do hope that Beyond the Spider-Verse is delayed to avoid rushing and overworking the animators. And I hope studios don't take the wrong lesson of wearing down the animators to make good product.

I hate how Pixar went for emotional masterpieces with deep morals to the classic Disney “let’s do this because money” mindset. I think the main thing to blame is Disney they ruin everything they touch.

guillermo del toro’s Pinocchio was absolutely beautiful and had an amazing story, I normally don’t cry at movies but this made me cry, please watch this movie, it has a beautiful story, and beautiful animation, the new Pixar could never amount to that masterpiece

I love your editing the way u put so many memes and amazing sounds in it love it!

Man to be honest Spider Man into the spider verse changed the whole animation genre and just showed us that how good a movie made with passion,soul and love can be instead of being repetitive and continuie adding more numbers of a movies title that is already ended

Fun fact about Lightyear, the film was apparently going to have a more mature tone to it before Disney stepped in and requested a revision, citing that the film had "too much loss" for it to be family-friendly, so the story and script were revised and what we got was the result of Disney's interference.

In my own professional opinion, one of the reasons Pixar's failling is because they stopped using John Ratzenberger's voice in their movies. Pixar just ain't what it used to be without him and still will never, ever be the same without him, whatever way it is!

I'll always thank Pixar for creating Mrs Incredible and exposing young me to women with fat dumpers

I wish pixar made more short stories they were so simple and fun

How it ends by devotchka playing was a sweet treat as soon as I heard that echo-ey synth, I think, love the music choice throughout the video and how every frame of the video doesn't get boring but catches my eye. Thank you. It was at 11:06

i’ve never found a youtuber that makes content more tailor made for me lol from the lingo to the takes to the basketball, im definitely watching a few more videos

The LEGO movie and Into the Spiderverse is a showcase on how to push animation forward. Pixar and Disney are interested in all these technological specifics that don’t really speak to the general audience. Like the Lego movie and Spider-Man are taking the idea of playing with Lego’s or reading a comic book where we would use our imagination the fill in the “action”- take that now crank it up to 100 and throw it on a big screen! I don’t care how realist water or hair physics is in an animated movie when you can literally choose any other way than realistic.

Flaming hot take: Soul was a great movie with a novel concept and could fit in the Innovation Era in terms of quality, but it was sadly overlooked and underrated. Disney did not give it enough exposure or marketing, and it felt like they just dumped it on their streaming service. It's my mom's favorite Pixar movie and it's sad to see it constantly lumped in with the mediocre Pixar movies of recent years.

I absolutely love this video! I never really thought about it the way you're explaining it! I do think the editing is a bit much, kind of distracting at points of the point you're trying to make. But besides that it's awesome! Definitely sharing with friends

glad I just found your channel, you've got some great content bro!

With the success of both Spider-Verse movies and Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, I think it’s safe to say 2D/3D hybrid animated films are the future of western animation.

While it does suck to see Pixar fall off like the teenager in their prime during high school it's great to see animation in general take a big leap that wasn't possible before with it really opening the eyes to people that animation is more than just a way to distract the kids

Into the spiderverse changed my life, and across the spiderverse made me a whole other person. I will never take these 2 movies for granted and I'm so greatful that it was even released to begin with. I just hope beyond the spiderverse won't be a rushed hot mess

Haven't watched the last 3 pixar films. However the quality of the pixar films before that are still head and shoulders above everything else Disney is shovelling out. I love how down to earth Luca was. Actually a breath of fresh air. It took the time to slow down, respect its audience and just be a slice of life film. Im a big fan of Ghibli and believe at a minimum 3 of their films are more deserving than the films that took best animated films of the given year. However I think it is more telling of the Hollywood machine. An eco chamber of out of touch elites that no longer take risks. Btw Coco is my absolute fave, followed closely by The Incredibles and Toy Story OG

As much as i love Spider-Verse, I'll always feel the LEGO Movie is underappreciated nowadays

You're an insanely talented editor. I've seen too many of these Pixar/animation "video essays" and yet yours still stands out as super entertaining and heartfelt.

ILY FOR THE BH INSTRUMENTALS IN THE BACKGROUND AHHHHHHH

6:42 Timestamp for Monsters University (I loved you referencing your video about it!!! Love that video!"

"Animation is art" is probebly the most important line ever to remember these days in modern animation. This art form can do anything and it's not just one thing I remember watching an interview with Brad Bird and he mentioned this. I remember more specifically Brad Bird said "Animation is an artform."

It feels so weird seeing Pixar begin to fail, I remember movies like Up being among my favorites when I was younger.

Okay this is a good video essay with really solid editing, but I also want to bring attention to the banger music choices for the different sections. That is all (:

This video is amazing and perfectly describes the Pixar situation! Amazing analysis!!

Modern Pixar is so sad because classic Pixar was a shining example of how artistic vision and money-making could co-exist. Their films were immensely profitable while still being engaging, fun, well-told stories. All that was thrown out the window for tons of uninteresting sequels to stories that were self-contained and didn't need to be continued, because it wasn't enough that they were making money, they needed to make _all the money._ Tragic example of how the desire for more and more can damage a studio.

Lightyear could have worked if they made it a fun, colorful sci-fi adventure like The Fifth Element or Ratchet and Clank, but instead they made an Interstellar Annihilation knock off.

This video, in its coherence and well constructed thesis, is also art. A really good job, I loved it

Absolute W for using the Utopia Overture at 3:12 and The Social Network OST throughout the video. The original Utopia show is my favourite show of all time and I love the Social Network, the soundtracks by Cristobal Tapia De Veer and Nine Inch Nails are amazing. Also, Cuphead is my favourite game of all time and it was nice hearing some of its soundtrack in this video.

Even though it just came out on Netflix this weekend, Nimona totally belongs among the list of innovative films from other studios showing up Disney/Pixar. It has the kind of quirky-yet-relatable characters and heartfelt message that Pixar used to be known for, plus distinct stylised animation. Which is pretty funny given that Disney had the rights to the film at one point, but apparently rejected it for being too gay.

Amazing analysis man, you didn't have to start playing the Up song at 18 minute mark though I am currently crying

Cars 3 was also awesome and a tearjerker. Lightning grew up from being "me, me, me!" to giving way for someone younger, like how Dinoco and Doc Hudson gave way for him when he was young. Sucks that it lost money because of how bad Cars 2 was.

As someone born in 2001, I can relate to basically everything you said. I grew up with the best animation movies, not only feom Pixar, but from everyone - Shrek, Ice Age, Dinosaur(we have these 3 on VHS that my bro and would watch every time we went to our grandma's), Wall-E, Ratatouile, the Toy Story trilogy, The Lion King, Finding Nemo, Cars(the first movie I ever watched in a cinema), How to train your dragon, Kung-Fu Panda, Rango, Despicable me, Madagascar, The penguins from Madagascar(including the TV series) and don't even get me started on all of the other amazing animation series such as Gravity Falls, Sponge Bob, Fairy Oddparents, Transformers Prime, Phineas&Ferb, etc. Man, did we have the biggest feast as kids. And now with the Spider-verse movies and Puss in Boots:The last wish, I feel like the creativity and innovation has returned, after a decade of near-constant slop. Hope Pixar changes stuff around, as unlikely as it sounds with Disney on top. Their innovation era movies will always be part of our childhoods and a part of us.

My mom said Nemo was my favourite film as a baby. She would reminisce about how I would watch it every day, over and over. The second the Credits rolled, her and Dad would start the movie all over again... And they said I loved every second of it. Recently rewatched it after a few years, and... *...I still love it.*

i love hearing the silly Utopia song once in awhile, fire ass channel keep it up G

Thank you for recommending this, mr. Douglass

Sad to see pixar felling in the box office and in movies, didn’t think Skipper would talk about Pixar’s but it was very entertaining as always, thought it would take another month for you to make a new video

Did you know that Disney Will Re-Release 8 Classic Movies? 1. Toy Story - July 21 2. Frozen - August 4 3. Beauty and the Beast - August 18 4. The Incredibles - September 1 5. Coco - September 15 6. The Lion King - September 29 7. Mona - October 13 Also, one non-animated movie: Pirates of the Caribbean Really Disney? After what you did to Johnny Depp? Do they think people who were upset at them for how they treated Johnny Depp will just go back because they release a movie with him in it? Do they want to guilt-trip Depp into returning? ''Look at all your movie fans. Do it for them.'' Let me speculate why those animated movies in particular are being re-released. 1. Toy Story 5 is coming 2. Frozen 3 is coming 3. A ‘’live-action’‘ Mufasa movie is coming 4. ‘‘Live-action’’ Moana and cartoon series is coming 5. Beauty and the Beast was the first full-length animated feature to be nominated for Best Picture. And its remake isn’t hated as much as many others. 6. Coco re-release is for representation. After they canceled ''The Owl House'' and their new show ''Primos'' controversies they are hated from all sides. 7. The Incredibles is just a beloved classic and its sequel made tons of money. All those movies made a lot of money. I wonder how they will censure the re-releases. Remember how they changed the drier in ''Lilo and Stitch'' into a pizza box? Will they keep all the ''spicy'' scenes from ''The Incredibles'’? Will they keep the horny triplets from Beauty and the Beast? Particularly the scene in which LeFue is checking out their boobs?

Dawg your editing is fire

Omg the transition from Monster INC to the buzz lightyear box was amazing

Time stamping every piece of Hotline Miami music 0:43 Scattle - it's Safe Now 1:33 Light Club - She Meditates 5:38 Scattle - Knock Knock 7:53 M|O|O|N - Hydrogen 12:32 Prey Growl - Detection 13:02 Scattle - Knock Knock (again) 14:00 CoConuts - Silver Lights 15:10 Sjellos - Chamber of Reflections

I'm still confused why they continued Toy Story, you could not have asked, or made a more perfect ending with 3. Anything for money I guess.

Lassiter was the soul and heart of Pixar. When he quit after MeToo accusations the company became an empty shell.

My lord the editing in this BANGS

I like the message of hope in here about the Disney model failing in the face of actual art. With the rise of AI and the working conditions that led to the writers' strike, it's good to be reminded that audiences ultimately do want art with their entertainment.

This is 2000s for Disney all over again. With the rise of CGI Animation and films like Pixar, Shrek and Ice Age being successful while Disney Animation was struggling by playing it safe and still making hand drawn Animation, which is why films like Treasure Planet, Atlantis and Home on the Range being box office bombs. And now in 2020's, stylized animation took over and realistic CGI fells apart.

This has to be one of the best edited videos I've seen on this platform. In addition to the great script, all the background music choices and cuts really made me laugh. Never thought I'd see a LeMickey joke or TF2 MvM in a serious video essay but I'm so glad it exists.

bro just made a whole emotional banger well done bro

“Animation is not dead because Pixar lost their way. Animation is in a new Big Bang because the Disney mindset is failing. Not everything is about money, animation is more than just a way to shut up your kids. It touch’s people, it changes their lives, and is art. *Animation is Art.* And I’ll forever love animation and what they’ve done for me, including Pixar.” That is probably the most beautiful quote I have ever heard from a video synopsis. Very well said! 👏👏

Amazing video, well done on the writing and editing. I was born in 89, and can relate to all this. Once I saw Good Dinosaur in theaters in 2915, I knew things were different from there on. But I own all their movies on 4K and Blu Ray. Pixar will always be special to me.

The innovation era coincided with my children's childhood perfectly. I loved those movies probably more than my kids. We watched the DVDs over and over and over. Then my kids grew up and we didn't spend time watching Pixar movies together anymore and I just assumed I didn't like the later movies because it just wasn't the same as when they were young, but I realized I didn't like the post innovation era movies, not because my kids were older, but because they just weren't very good. Excellent video and excellent music.

As a 2000’s kid, I must say I am so happy I was born in the generation where my childhood was growing up with peak animated movies that were truly the embodiment of “Wholesome Childhood Memories” and felt like magic was truly a real thing.

Now I know this isn't a movie, but as anyone seen Arcane on Netflix?! The stylistic choices made gives it's own unique mark in the animation landscape. While I will always love Pixar from the 90's to the 2000's era, animation with style and character is alive and well.

This video got recomennded to me just after elemental PASSED across the spider verse lmao

I recently had an opportunity to watch a screening for an upcoming Pixar movie. Having seen ATSV in the same week, it was a chore to sit through the entire film, which is a shame, because it’s the got the most interesting plot hook they’ve had in years. Visually and emotionally, it seemed like another rehash of the weird, empty films they’ve made since the pandemic. It’s clear that the trend isn’t going to be broken anytime soon, and being the same age as you, it breaks the kid in me.

Your exposition is touching and well crafted! And yes, the day Pixar will stop taking their audience for granted, the day they remember animation is for all ages, not for little kids only, that will be they day of their return with shining colors!

6:00 “kids like to play with that woody” that’s definitely one of the quotes of all time 😬