Maidgethma Wonderfully offbeat film!

Majorthebys Charming and brutal

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Hamish Joy The documentary of the history of Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar is absolutely a fabulous success story. It has been often spoken of as an overnight success, but as Steve Jobs says in the film, most overnight successes takes years of hard work.It was interesting to see the evolution of animation and the kind of dedication and vision that goes behind something that is - in hindsight - a no-brainer decision. For me, I was surprised to see the fat Steve Jobs in here. The images of slim Steve Jobs with his penetrating eyes was so strongly embedded in my mind that every time Steve spoke, I hardly heard what he was saying over the sound of how chubby he looked. :DAlso, I found out Pixar's original foundation, Lucasfilm, had to regretfully let go due to lack of funds. It was once again a surprise for me that George Lucas, the creator of the 'Holy Trilogy', had a cash problem.It was also surprising that even after an unsurpassed, unimaginable success with it's first feature release, creating a whole new genre, raking in cash, accolades and awards, Pixar still had bureaucratic challenges for almost all of its releases. I guess I don't understand Hollywood executives or production houses. But that's OK - I understand the movies, and Pixar is pure magic.

daallen I love animated movies and Pixar reigns supreme, virtually uncontested. That said, The Pixar Story doesn't really do justice to the franchise or the quality of the films themselves.It's clear from the outset The Pixar Story is going to be more about commercial success than animation, more suited to an MBA graduate than the animation enthusiast. Very little emphasis on art, heavy emphasis on box office.The financial aspect could still be an interesting story to tell, but it rings hollow as mild adversity early on is portrayed as an epic struggle to get Pixar launched. And after each mammoth success is outdone by the next, the focus is solely on the financial aspect, and the stresses of each new director to make their film a bigger box office hit than the last.It's really a documentary about Pixar the business, not Pixar the animation studio. If you are an animation enthusiast, skip it.

jasper102011 Jasper102011 here to review The pixar story.Pixar is the company with a luxo lamp as a mascot and a cabinet full of academy rewards.This film shows that great movies and great story's can go through pain and hard work and even one of the best film company's can go through that.The man himself john lasseter has the idea for computer-animation or CGI but Disney dumps it with john stuck at lucasfilms and make very famous short films. A hard-core pixarfan would stare at the screen watching every step of the way because I am one and one word would move the story onwards.The pixar story is a overall brilliant documentary, the movie tells that its not the technology that makes the movies great, but its the people who make it.I really like the film with its interviews with famous Disney animators and tells you when pixar had a problem, it tells you how they solved it.i wish pixar make a sequel for the more modern movies.If your a really big fan or you just heard of pixar i highly recommend it so grab some popcorn and enjoy!

TheLittleSongbird As a huge animation fan, I like the Pixar films very much. They are funny, poignant and are beautifully animated with lovable characters. In fact, while I prefer some of their films over others there is no Pixar film I hate. I saw this documentary by chance knowing little about it, and I loved it. The Pixar Story was so interesting and even moving. The interviews are well delivered and written, and I found them and how certain scenes were animated and done really intriguing. I also loved the music and the animated sequences featured especially for the door climax from Monsters Inc and the incredibly moving When Somebody Loved Me from Toy Story 2(Tom Hanks summed it up brilliantly). The Pixar Story goes along at a good pace and is a perfect length too. If anything though, I would have liked to have seen more of the Pixar shorts, as some of those are gems. But this is just nitpicking and doesn't take away from the fact that this documentary is wonderful. 9/10 Bethany Cox