Ranking Pixar

Inspiration

If you follow me on Twitter, you will note that I have been forwarding every Pixar Ranking that I've read. If you don't believe me—or you don't follow my micro-blog&mdashhere's a sampling of these posts:

Such a good movie. #insideout http://t.co/3HjV69pU8c pic.twitter.com/zQC7VFSw63

— Christopher Jimenez (@cjmnz8) July 4, 2015

What criteria would you use to rank the Pixar Movies? I'm thinking Story, Characters, Feels & Originality. Thoughts?

— Christopher Jimenez (@cjmnz8) July 24, 2015

Best list I've read. Even if not totally in line with my own. Every Pixar movie, ranked from worst to best http://t.co/ePLQPjib2I #fb

— Christopher Jimenez (@cjmnz8) July 23, 2015

British take. Meh. Inside Out: All 14 Pixar movies ranked from worst to best… http://t.co/wutTVhDPGa #fb

— Christopher Jimenez (@cjmnz8) July 24, 2015

Criteria

Clearly, the release and popularity of Pixar's Inside Out spawned these rankings and suckers like me click on them. That's fine, I enjoy it. Further, my disagreement with these rankings caused me to think—how do I quantify my own feelings towards these movies? Clearly, I appreciate Pixar's work. The company is out of this world! Ranking these movies is an exercise in hair-splitting.

Yet, the idea has been planted in my head. I must pursue it.

As you could see from my tweet, I ranked the 14 Pixar movies based on based on Story, Characters, Feels and Originality. What does that mean? I tell you:

• Story
  How was the plot? Did it leave the viewer satisfied? Is it a movie you could watch over and over again?
• Characters
  Did you get to know the characters? Did you feel love, admiration, symathy?
• Feels
  I laughed, I cried, it was wonderful! (Or maybe you didn't...)
• Originality
  Is this just another story? Did this movie revolutionize the industry?

Conclusion

Will I agree with my own personal rankings? I have a feeling I won't. I'll try to post my results tomorrow. In the meantime, I'll ask you to take my survey! If enough people respond, I'll post those results too!

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Library Art Argument

:: PIMPAMPUM :: Bubblr! .:.

One of my favorite Flickr Mashups is Bubblr. Bubblr searches the Flickr database on one of two levels: Tags and Usernames. You can take the images and arrange them in a comic strip. From that comic strip, you can create whatever dialog you choose with conversation bubbles. (Hence the name: Bubblr) Then the finished product is saved in the archive, where it is public. Bubblr conscientiously reminds us that your boss could technically find this strip and fire you if it is incriminating.

The comic strip can then be shared by a variety of means, including: print, emailing, blogging and del.icio.us.

As for the content of this stip, no it's not my most creative work. But it illustrates the basic features of this mashup.

http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/?custom=&id=31570