{"id":349,"date":"2010-07-30T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T05:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmstripcomics.com\/?p=349"},"modified":"2010-07-26T21:18:49","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T02:18:49","slug":"not-all-kids-movies-are-created-equal-follow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmstripcomics.com\/?p=349","title":{"rendered":"Not all Kids Movies Are Created Equal – Follow Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

A little while ago, I posted about kids movies with intention of seeing Toy Story 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Well, since then I have seen Toy Story 2<\/span>, Toy Story 3<\/span>, and How To Train Your Dragon<\/span>, and I stand by that thought…not all kids movies are created equal.<\/p>\n

First off, I need to address these three movies in particular.<\/p>\n

Toy Story 2<\/span>: Wow. I cannot believe I had never seen this movie. It was so good, clever, and creative.<\/p>\n

Toy Story 3<\/span>: WOW! This movie was incredible. It helped that watched Toy Story 2<\/span> right before I saw it, but it was really really good. It also may influence my perception of the movie that I’m a kid at heart with a wild imagination who still loves a trip to Toys”R”Us and plays with toys regularly. Basically, this was the best movie I’ve seen in 2010 (ahead of Inception<\/span>), and it’s a good thing that I was wearing big 3D glasses because I may or may not have needed something to cover some waterworks at the end of the movie.<\/p>\n

How to Train Your Dragon<\/span>: This was a good movie that would’ve been better in my mind if I hadn’t seen it after Toy Story 3<\/span>. It also didn’t help that I picture all the voice actors as Rated R comedy actors and not as family fun adventure movie actors.<\/p>\n

Which leads me to my point of this post.<\/p>\n

As we were leaving the theater after seeing How To Train Your Dragon<\/span>, my wife and I were talking about the movie in the car (as I always do<\/a>). She liked the movie, and I did to as it was the third best movie I’ve seen so far in 2010 (behind Toy Story 3<\/span> and Inception<\/span>), but there was something about it that I couldn’t put my finger on. I was trying to talk through some nit-picky points as to why it didn’t live up to the standards of Toy Story 3<\/span> and Up<\/span>, but she wasn’t having it. Until I finally said, “It just didn’t have the love that Pixar movies have.”<\/p>\n

And that said it all.<\/p>\n

It is not a secret that I’m a huge fan of the Pixar movies. But I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one. After seeing the movies and watching a few documentaries and interviews with the Pixar powers-that-be, it’s obvious that these movies are crafted to be perfect. There really is care and love put into these movies.<\/p>\n

That’s not to say that How To Train Your Dragon<\/span> wasn’t good. It just didn’t make me feel wowed like a Pixar movie. That’s also not to say that a non-Pixar movie like Shrek<\/span> can’t be as good.<\/p>\n

I guess what I’m getting at was ironically said best by a friend of mine. “The music, movies, and books that become your favorites are the ones that say what you’re truly feeling in a way that you can’t put into words yourself.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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