Pixar Rankings Revealed

The Wait is Over

See the gallery below for the final, authoritative Pixar Rankings List. Ok, ok, maybe not so final or authoritative. But I had fun collecting responses anyway. Thanks for humoring me. I've learned a few things. For instance, my wife's opinions are more right than mine. Shocker! LOL.

My comments/reactions are embedded in the gallery. I'll keep the survey up for a week or two if someone new wants to add their opinion to the mix. I might have to create an updated list.

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My Pixar Ranking

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So, I am very generous when ranking these movies. All these movies are fun. I know this. I created and took my own survey to ensure that I answered as truthfully as possible. There were a few ties, I just picked the one I fancied that I liked better. I'm sure there's a scientific tie-breaker, but I didn't bother to look it up.

Remember, these are MY rankings. Though I tried my best to make it scientific, it's still just one guy's opinion. Enough methodology, here's the ranking!

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I am surprised at my results. I didn't think either of the Monsters movies would rank as high as they did. Also, Ratatouille is outside of my top-ten! Crazy.

If you want to take my survey find it below. If I get enough responses, I'll post results right here! Thanks for reading.

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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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George R. R. Martin's Character Development

• Book: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1)
• Book: A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2)
• Author: George R. R. Martin

A Quick Observation

This is not a full review. I plan to read these books and watch the HBO series and write a review on the entire saga once I have finished. However, after book two I needed to pause and express a bit of praise for a particular literary quality.

I found myself rooting for Renly Baratheon.
I found myself supporting Robb Stark.
I found myself backing Danaerys Targaryen.
Everyone hates Joffrey Baratheon.

I was engrossed in their stories and motives. I wanted them to succeed. Then I realized something, each of those characters are enemies of one another. For just one of them to succeed, the other two would have to fail. They even outright threaten each other.

Though they stood in direct opposition, I still hoped the best for them. It is an interesting dynamic that I have never felt while reading a novel before. Kudos to Mr. Martin for great writing!