Pixar
Posted by NotNowBernard88@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 18 comments
I have been watching a lot of films lately and rewatching a lot of old favourites. It has always occurred to me that I was 16 when Toy Story came out, A Bugs Life came out when I was 18. So more or less I have almost never had the experience of watching a Pixar movie as a child and then be able to watch it again later as an adult, which feels kind of sad to me.
tgbarbie@reddit
I watched a preview of UP in a theater filled with adults (corporate perk of Disney adjacent company) and that is a movie for adults. Not a dry eye in the house and then we all had to go back to work. Those movies, especially the early ones, get you no matter where you are. As a parent, watching Andy give his toys to Bonnie? Inside out when Goofball island went down? My heart couldn’t take it.
violetstrainj@reddit
My now-husband actually bought me a copy of “Up” for our one-year anniversary, because we didn’t get to see it in theaters. We spent that entire night crying our eyes out together.
unlovelyladybartleby@reddit
dewihafta@reddit
I still get teary eyed during this movie, but Ive only ever seen it since becoming a mom. Im sure it would have hit a lot different if id seen it as a kid.
BidInteresting8923@reddit
So true. Up, Encanto, Inside Out. I was a fully grown adult. Cried like a bitch. If I had kids the first time I saw Finding Nemo I imagine it would’ve had the same result. Little bastards made me soft.
Adrasteia-One@reddit
giraffemoo@reddit
I mean, hopefully you're a different person now, than you were when you were 16. You can still watch them again and glean different things from them depending on your age
edasto42@reddit
I get that. I am too old for the whole Disney renaissance thing that people swear by (I mean I’ve never seen Lion King, Little Mermaid, Etc). I’m ok with all of that though.
Okra-Tomatoes@reddit
The Lion King is worth seeing. Great songs and story.
edasto42@reddit
I’m good. I don’t have the nostalgic feelings, and to me it just reads as a polished children’s movie. I get that for many it will hit them differently. But I was a 17 year old rebellious punk kid more interested in getting in mosh pits and hanging out in more seedy sides of town than seeing a Disney movie. It’s just not my thing.
Now if we mention Don Bluth films like the Secrets of Nihm and An American Tail, that was my prime animated children’s films of my childhood.
small___potatoes@reddit
I just rewatched Aladdin last weekend. Great movie. Don’t know why they stopped breaking out in song in Disney movies lol
emptybeetoo@reddit
Toy Story came out when I was in high school when I was too old and never connected with me. I never really got any of the Pixar movies. They’re fine but nothing special to me. My kids have preferred other movies growing up too.
External-Flight-4680@reddit
I got to watch Optimus Prime die on a big screen when I was a kid, so there’s that.
I also got to talk my college roommate into going to see Toy Story 2. He was a big Star Wars fan, so the opening hooked him hard. Hearing him gush afterward was satisfying.
Okra-Tomatoes@reddit
The beauty of Pixar is that they are such good movies even when you're an adult.
don51181@reddit
We still had a lot of good stuff in the 80’s. I remember seeing Pixar movies come out as a teen and adult. It was amazing to see the improvement in CGI. Another technology revolution we have seen in our lifetime.
Cinderwatch@reddit
it's wild how those movies are such a big part of growing up now... but yeah, experiencing them as a kid hits different
Dalionking225@reddit
Toy Story 5 comes out in 3 weeks and I got to take my son to he 30th anniversary showing in theaters. That's was cool
BidInteresting8923@reddit
Sorry. Best I can do is The Land Before Time.