Yesterday, we asked commenters to give us your Top 5 Favorite Pixar Films in order, which we have now compiled into one comprehensive aggregate list to determine once and for all the greatest Pixar movie ever made (or, more accurately, to just create a fun meaningless list with a bunch of numbers.)
Counting #1 selections as 5 points, #2 selections as 4 points, and so on, yesterday’s comment thread yielded these results:
10. A Bug’s Life (7 points)
9. Cars (8 points)
8. Up (64 points)
7. Ratatouille (65 points)
6. Toy Story (78 points)
A Bug’s Life actually ends up with the booby prize, though it’s still hardly a bad movie (and features a villain named Hopper, which is awesome), with Cars avoiding the distinction by a mere one vote. I imagine Up will climb the list before next year, as many commenters admitting they either haven’t seen it yet or wish to see it again before it cracks their beloved Top 5 (I had no such reservations, I thought it was an instant classic).
After the jump, your Top 5 Pixar movies:
5. Toy Story 2 (97 points)
4. The Incredibles (100 points)
3. Monsters, Inc. (101 points)
2. Finding Nemo (139 points)
1. WALL-E (145 points)
WALL-E, the dystopian future robot love story, takes the crown (but couldn’t even take a Best Picture nomination, despite being prrrrobably the best movie of 2009). I’m surprised at Finding Nemo second; it’s a really fun movie with a lot of awesome scenes, great action, and more jokes than most of the other Pixars, and it may be the most watchable Pixar film of all-time (which is saying something) but to me, it didn’t quite punch me in the gut with lifeitude the way WALL-E, Up, and Ratatouille did (I realize this is splitting hairs, but the whole list is, any of these movies would be a worthy #1, except, well, you know who.)
Toy Story 3 next summer — looking forward to an updated list for 2010. Provided, of course, that the internet hasn’t imploded on itself by then.