I really hate when people say how "bad" newer Pixar movies are, they fail to neglect Soul, imo a great film and honestly one of their bests since Coco

Tbh the whole Pixar drama is a bit annoying

"After one good movie they are already better than Pixar" THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THIS AWFUL CRITICISM

I’m hoping Elio can be a success, the joke at the end of the trailer was really funny and I’m hoping it can be a new and inventive movie for Pixar, also I think a lot of the hate Pixar is getting is because they’re owned by Disney who aren’t seen in the best light anymore

i know this is probably a really lukewarm take but i think the "dreamworks vs illumination vs pixar" trend is really dumb. it's like you said, just because illumination made one good movie and pixar made one bad movie doesn't make illumination "better" than pixar. it feels like just more of an excuse for people to hate on movies they don't like, but completely ignoring everything else a studio is capable of i'd be willing to bet that if pixar released a movie right now that was a THIRD as good as across the spiderverse, people would change sides almost instantaneously

When Pixar adopts the Spiderverse animation style or just something different with a story as good as something like Coco or Walle they’re are dominating every animated movie that year.

I think there are 2 flawed reasons why people hate on Pixar these days 1 They treat them like they are responsible for the evil decisions that the Disney corporation makes and forget that Pixar is just an innocent animation studio that is owned by the Disney corporation 2 They forget that they still have hits to this day Like Soul Luca and Elemental, and their misses like Lightyear and Onward aren’t bad, just kinda average

Luca is honestly my favorite Pixar film. I like that it has kind of a lack of plot, it feels like you're a kid, just like the main characters. I love the studio ghibli-inspired pacing and perspective on the world. Wanting a Vespa and then being like "eh whatever imma go to school now!" just makes sense from the characters' perspective. I found Alberto's jealousy made sense, especially with his abandonment issues. I mean- he's been isolated for so long and who knows how long he hasn't had any family or friends around him, and then the one friend that he makes might get taken away.

Lemme get ONE gripe off my chest….. THEY MADE 4 TOY STORIES, 3 CARS MOVIES, BUT THEY CANT MAKE A THIRD INCREDIBLES????

People in general have very short term memories. They overemphasis or over value what happened recently instead of looking at the greater history. One huge bad thing that just happened will, in their minds, overshadow all the good stuff even if that good stuff happened for a longer period of time. The opposite is true too. In the former's case, Elemental's dismal opening made people jump to the conclusions that Pixar had fallen off even though the larger body of Pixar's recent work was good. An example of the opposite also being true is how how Dreamworks released 2 good movies in 2022 (Bad Guys and Puss in Boots) and everyone jumped to the conclusion of Dreamworks having a comeback. But a single good or bad movie isn't a trend. People need to stop acting like it is and coming to these outlandish conclusions.

I liked the movie more than I expected. I think Ember's relationship with her dad was the best part of the movie and they did such a good job building it up in the beginning. I think it would've been a more focused plot if it was just about her discovering what she really wanted to do. Despite what her dad might think of her. It also gets elevated by the fact her dad's dad basically disowned him for leaving and now he'd be put in the reversed role with Ember. I liked the romance as well, but I feel like it was setup pretty haphazardly. The first mention of them possibly dating was when Wade's boss assumes they're a couple and they have the awkward "We're not a - It could never work." Which is also weird cause why would she assume they're a couple if inter-elemental relationships, especially between water and fire, are rare. Before this point, they seemed like they were barely friends, but now they have a romantic tension between them? Once they do start dating they make a good couple, but I just didn't like how they got there. Also, I think Buzz Lightyear is more than just a generic Astronaut when he's not a toy or has Woody as a friend. The "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command" cartoon worked really well with a world built around the character. He was like a meatheaded Super Man (I haven't watched the cartoon in a LONG time, so I might be remembering wrong). I remember him being very justice oriented, but also having a bit of an ego. Also, the cartoon had interesting designs for the different alien species and technology. It felt like a Disney version of The Star Wars Universe, which is weird because now they ACTUALLY own Star Wars and they couldn't make a more interesting Sci-Fi world for Lightyear?

This video went through so much trouble for no reason, but I’m glad to see you try your best to upload it.

Oh man. This was a good video May. I agree. Pixar is a very good studio. But I find that lately I find that they have good recent movies like Luca and Turning Red, but I think that Pixar is struggling to make something super unique I guess. I haven’t seen Elemental. I guess it’s because there are so many other movies I have been seeing instead. Hopefully I’ll see it soon. And I am happy Elemental is doing good now

I believe that pixar is like dreamworks. If they miss, they miss. But when they hit, THEY HIT, and imo i think that goes for almost every movie studio

June was just a big mistake the movie industry made thinking we were gonna see every movie in one month after we all saw Spiderverse 2 if they were spread out more everything would have been better I'm glad Elemental bounced back tho can't say the same for Rubygillman..

Crazy thing is I kinda want Elemental to get a sequel or more content because there is a lot of potential and interesting ideas for the story to continue forward. Which does give for the future of Pixar.

I just finished the video and I fully agree. I don't understand the Pixar hate. It made classics like Incredibles, Up, and Ratatouille. It had some flops, but every animation studio has. I love DreamWorks and their catalogue is half masterpieces and half "whatever this is" movies. Pixar needs to grow and learn. It needs to break its own mold. But I still wait with hope for their next movie announcement, because when they try, they make incredible emotionally-driven movies.

For me I liked Luca BECAUSE it didn’t have a main big goal it’s so mundane to watch, there’s too many movies that have big plots but with Luca it feels very nice to watch

Hey! I am so glad Elemental turned things around at the box office.

1:06 THANK. YOU. I am so tired of people treating illumination like they’ve always had an amazing track record when they made only a couple of good movies and the rest are ether mediocre or just straight up bad.

I definitely think that Pixar needs to make a lot of changes to their future movies, like changing their animation style to look more Spider-Verse-esque, changing up their storytelling, hiring a new team of writers and directors, and most importantly, making more original movies and not just sequels again. Also, I do have a Spider-Verse profile picture, but that does not mean I hate Pixar. In fact, I have always been a Pixar fan since I was young, so seeing one of my favorite animation studios being in a struggling state makes me feel worried.

I feel like Pixar has been on top for so long. Now that there are SO MANY studios having successful animated movies, the competition is HEAVY! The art style of the new TMNT movie, plus Across The Spiderverse have caught everyone’s attention. If Pixar would to move on to be a more “sketch based animation style,” I would be even MORE intrigued! I gotta say, love the video! I do think, as an animator, we really have been FED this year in animated releases!

Lesson of today: never miss a awesomemay video.

I don't think people 'hate' Pixar per se, more like people hate Disney. And since Disney owns Pixar, people just put a torch to it for safe measure. After the mess that was Lightyear, yea...people's trust in Pixar just went down the drains. Since if they even screw up Buzz, how are they gonna do good on other new movies?

Elemental’s alleged box office flop was so funny cause they reported on it immediately and then surprise: the second school ended kids started watching it

For some reason my cinema showed the first episode of Carl’s date than showed Elemental!? 💀

Ngl I really liked Elemental It's not something big with a huge story and plot. It's a simple love story and don't get me wrong Wade and Ember definitely work better as best friends given they give off a more goofy friend vibe then actual romantic partners. I like Embers arc of finding her own purpose and figuring out what she wants to do but is afraid it'll make her a bad daughter. I did get invested in their romance however despite them working better as friends, especially when they first touch eachother it was a sweet moment that made me like the movie considering I avoided watcing it since I was afraid it wasn't gonna turn out good to me but I was actually surpirsed to enjoy the film, it's nothing big and that's fine animated movies don't HAVE to be about something bigger

I just hate how the earth element got like- barley anything in the whole movie

Finally, someone who doesn’t think that all of these studios are better than Pixar because they made 1 or 2 good movies

If it’s ok to love a studio after one good movie, why is it unfair to hate after one heavily flawed movie?

I actually work at a theater and I think it’s hilarious that a Claud cardboard cutout is just sitting under the stairs and no one’s taking it

While Pixar isn’t 100% in the clear just yet, their future is starting to look more brighter, promising and interesting. I doubt they’ll will ever be the same as their glory days, but to say that they completely lost their footing is an understatement. Plus who know after all of their problems are sorted out we might get something even better.

Once again, another banger review 🔥 Also Pixar please do produce “The Awesomemay Movie” 🙏🏾

Soul was one of my recent Pixar movies I still talk about the visuals and the ending is just saying appreciate the little things in life

The weird thing is, I swear I saw advertising for Turning Red TO COME OUT IN THEATERS. When I went to go see Encanto and or Sing 2 in late November/sometime in December, I distinctly remember seeing a poster for Turning Red to come out in theaters on the date it ended up dropping on Disney+ in the end. But a couple months later news came out that it was skipping theaters and coming straight to Disney+ and everyone treated it like that was always the case??? I don't know, maybe my memory is wrong or there wasn't a lot of advertising for it back in December of 2021, but I swear I thought it was going to come out in theaters originally.

This is hands down mays best video in a while!

Shoutout to those people who saw this video before it was unlisted for some reason. 👍

1:40 Actually it was during the Canadian Wildfires and the amount of smoke that spread across the continent

it is about time someone acknowledged this!! as soon as everyone saw puss in boots: the last wish everyone out of nowhere started trashing disney and pixar for being terrible studios while ignoring that they gave us countless masterpieces that dreamworks, one of the most inconsistent studios could barely top even now!

I just want good movies. I don’t care about the studio that makes it.

I don't think that Pixar is doing a bad job recently imo. The only movie that i thought it was average was Lightyear. I really enjoyed their originals like Onward, Soul, Luca, Turning Red and Elemental. They might not be in the same quality as their best ones like Wall-E, Up, The Incredibles, Ratattouile and Toy Story trilogy, but i think they're good.

Besides Soul after Incredibles 2 Pixar just kinda lost me, even though Onward was good, I lost hope, but with Elemental and the Elio trailer I feel like old Pixar is shining again

I think the reason I love Luca so much even though it has one of the most basic and honestly predictable storyline is because the characters and the settings and the vibes make it feel so cozy and wholesome and sometimes that's really all you need in a movie, not everything always has to be super complicated (this video was amazing btw)

I just want you guys to know that I recently saw Elemental in cinema. I was babysitting a little girl and expecting the film to be about as mediocre as I heard But not only did it subvert my expectations, It got me super emotionally invested. Did I mention I kinda loved this movie. I care about Ember and Wade’s relationship, they are both so likeable and I was sheeting tears at the emotional moments be it sadness or joy. I even have my explanation as to why the element city metaphor works (Atleast for me) This movie reminded me how much I am to love Pixar Not everyone will get the same experience like me but I truly grateful for those who did or at least gave the movie a chance

16:54 Yeah.. I remember watching it last year, I had high hopes for it to be good, but it just sort of became a bit boring as it got into the story a bit more, and I ended up not finishing it. Sort of mid I guess?? idk 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’m only fine with the sequels if they are actually good

I’m the kinda guy who just wants to watch a movie without any criticism bouncing around in my head

Elemental made me freaking cry

Nah trust me man, the real reason Elemental recovered massively at the box office is because nobody wanted Pixar to make Toy Story 5

I think that it all has to do with people putting Pixar at a high pedestal than any other animation studio so people expect higher emotional movies from them then for example dreamworks which is known for its mixed output on movies and so with Pixar experimenting with art styles and animation people aren’t going to be happy due to people not having a complex story or emotional character growth throughout the movie or movies for me I just see it as Pixar being more creative with their movies and stepping out of the box :l

I’ve considered Disney and Pixar to be down but not out.

10:00 actually no,my first OC was a dog back in the 90's,I still draw her to this day and now I roleplay with her,she maybe a simple dog OC,but to me,she's special,second OC is a cat which I also still draw and roleplay,in fact my profile pic is my cat OC that someone drew for me on artfight

Elemental redeeming itself doesn't change that the marketing for the movie was borderline sabotage. It just means that the reason the movie struggled wasn't entirely due to merit. Likewise, putting it up against an incredibly anticipated sequel to a breakout hit animated film was the height of Hubris thinking this is still the 00s where Shrek was the best anyone else could do. To modify a quote from one of the middling Pixar films. Pixar - "Screening in a slow movie month? I don't need that to make money at the box office!" "That was when you were young. And the only game in town. Now you're old, and everyone knows your tricks." Pixar - " . . . " Pixar's reputation was built at a time when few studios could match them in raw visuals. They used those visuals to buy themselves the breathing room to tell slower and more thoughtful stories in animation. But they can't rely on that alone anymore. They need better marketing that can sell the idea of a film on intrigue rather than the modern Hollywood tendency to just tell you what it is . . . And they need to release at the right time for family film that lets everyone come together and take a load off. I'd recommend thanksgiving and Christmas slots in the future.

The end of Inside-Out never fails to make me cry. Fr fr

Even if elemental was a success after all its because some people talked about the movie. Their Marketing team was really bad on this one or they just didn’t believed in their own movie and didn’t promoted it enough. Like for the Puss in boots movie. People hyped it up but not the ads themselves. Disney and Pixar aren’t good rn with marketing tbh. Illumination, even if their film aren’t always the best, they always find a way to make you see it. Their marketing team for the minions and the Mario movie was insane. Same goes for Warner bros with the Barbie movie. This is such a random movie, but the trailer makes the movie look funny and makes you want to see the film even if you don’t like Barbie like I do. And this film was good btw.

People hate Pixar because the new generation of writers, animators and directors aren't really that creative and are too afraid to think outside the box. Disney's forcing them to play it safe and not take any risks

Video idea: Why does KZfaq hate creators now?

pixar/disney don't care about the story anymore they just do hidden agendas and talk about things that don't need talk about

15:25 that actually sounds like a pretty cool ending! Another thing I wasn’t sure about was how Ember not only wanted to do the internship, but also stated that she wanted to travel the world…even though she never mentioned wanting to do the lather. Also, Wade just completely decided to just…go along with it? There are two ways I’d “fix” that: 1. Scrap the jokes and use time for Ember and Wade to learn more about the other elements. I mean, Clod mentioned an Earth festival, and I don’t think it would have been that bad of an idea for them to go! They could have also extended the WindBreaker’s game just a tiny bit to emphasize their culture a little more. 2. Completely scrap the internship all together (Or at least the fact that it’s so far away). Ember was terrified about what her parents would think if she left the shop, but leaving the entire city? I think her parents would be a lot more concerned about that. Besides, it’d mean that in the case of a sequel, we wouldn’t get to see more of element city, which kinda sucks. In conclusion: have the internship be in-town

Pixar hasn’t been the same ever since the CCO John Lasster left to work at Skydance animation. I don’t like him at as a person but I admire his work as he is a master storyteller in animation.

When everyone was trashing on Turning Red and saying that Dreamworks was so much better just because Puss and Boots 2 was good, and then Ruby Gilman turned out to be a huge flop was satisfying to me lol

I don’t care if it’s irrelevant it’s still a good time

Honestly, if they just went to making sequels for the classic movies like Toy Story, Cars 4 especially, Monsters Inc, etc... I guess nobody would be mad at Pixar and it would be good.

Don't get me wrong I like across the spider verse and like the characters of the movie (with a high preference for Miguel) but I think element looked amazing despite not seeing it yet

Hey man, keep the good work up.

Pixar doesn’t deserve the hate

Why was this so good, I agree wit everything in this video

what happened is that all the other companies were somewhat good with their movies, and pixar was amazing, then the other companies starting getting really good whilst pixar started falling, which caused more people to switch up their preferences

I personally really liked Turning Red and I find this drama to be a bit much. Pixar can still make great movies (Besides Lightyear) and I hope this drama can calm down.

When KZfaq needed him most, he came back

I think the reason why modern Pixar is hated is because of the reason why modern companies are hated. I think the Pixar fandom is toxic. They just think that Pixar pretty much broke their promise, they never truely said they were done with sequels, they just said they would mainly originals from this point forward. But most fans assumed they were COMPLETELY done, and that’s why they got so mad when Inside Out 2 and Toy Story 5 were announced. I mean I could see why, but the main reason they’re calling em out is for the promise Pixar never even made. It’s also that they’re kinda homophobic. They saw one gay kiss in Lightyear and went nuts, It’s all they pretty much pointed out when saying “lIGhTyEaR iS bAD”. And they’re giving into the reason that Disney makes sequels. They’re not paying to give original movies a chance, they like old movies from the 90s/2000s, so much that some people want sequels. And they’re being ignorant enough to not give an original movie a chance. After all that bombing at the theaters, I actually don’t blame Disney for continuing to make sequels. They worked so hard on originals and wasted so much money but no one cared. So sad people :(

Elemental was honestly really good tbh and Steal the Show should have been in Just Dance 2024 Edition instead of This Wish

I think you made some pretty good points across the video but one thing i was suprised about was how you said that elemental had a great opening but didnt mention the whole imigration topic within the movie which i belive the movie was really focusing on. Im just mentioning this as lots of people were suprised that this topic wss even in this movie which might explain it's recent explosion at the box office but you seem to not mention it at all. Just a minor gripe i had with that segment as i feel that was what the movie was trying to focus on and everything was mostly secondary even the romance. Still though this isnt just about elemental and more about pixar in general. Anyways good video nonethless

Hard to call modern pixar bad with movies like Soul, Luca, And Turning Red. Yes of course there have been bad movies, but the great ones are still really great.

you know what pixar needs? live-action remakes baby

I will still support Pixar, even if their movie flops, their my childhood, hopefully Elio could finally get Pixar back to greatness since Luca in 2021

I still think Pixar’s movies are doing decent. I mean sure, they’ve made some stupid movies, but they’ve still made some recent masterpieces like Luca and Elemental.

Ppl exspect this company to deliver banger after banger for ever. And when they release a mediocre film once in a while now they are “ the worst animation studio, “. Let’s not forget that Sonys films before spider verse was ASS let’s be honest. But they don’t get hate on like Pixar does

Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!

Lightyear also didnt have anything of Buzz Lightyear of star command in it which WAS the origin for Buzz Lightyear

just finished watching the video. pixar should indeed make the awesomemay movie. 10/10 movie right there

I think people are just a little too dramatic about the "bad" movies from Disney & Pixar. Don't get me wrong, they could definitely be better , especially with Disney's remakes. Honestly though, for just being regular animated movies, they still (sometimes) feel much higher in quality compared to many other animated movies, at least to me.

Another great video from the GOAT Awesomemay!

Im here from the Lego stream! You're great! ❤

The saddest part is, is that nowadays when Disney makes bad movies or ignores their critics and people are put to get them, Disney will just grab them to not only make an “apology movie” but also make a quick buck off of their animation.

Eyyyyyy we're back

Good day to watch Awesomemay ❤

10:00 That threw me back in time, but mix it with birds and thats was me a little bit before and during middle school lol

So far most movies do look really good but I feel like there's somemuch variety that movies that are just movies are getting beat but yes pixar is falling off

Wait what are your thoughts on carl's date the short at the beggining

To me it feels that recent Pixar movies like Luka, turning red, light year, and elemental feels so small scale. Compare to movies like monsters Inc, toy story, and Spider Verse.

This man is reading my thoughts🤯

Thanks for giving me something to smoke to! appreciate it!

I love the charecter design but i wasnt in love with the plot im not a like uhm a romance person but they are so cute (wade and amber) It was ok tho 6.9/10 and honestly i agree the falling love part was also an issue for me it was to short 😔 like you just met her and your madly in love? Huh?!

I love you bro. Thank you for the content!🙂❤️

I came from the lego stream. Truly one of the streams of all time

Awesomemay might be the only one who thinks that, but we will keep supporting him if he keeps making great content like this.

Other than lightyear everyone has loved every movie they’ve released recently I personally think lightyear is misunderstood

Yay the video’s back! Les goooo!!

OH MY GOD YOU MENTIONED FIREBOY AND WATERGIRL Of course, great review as always, and I really do think that Pixar is going to bounce out of this “bad movie phase” (their modern movies aren’t bad at all though) they have going on, Pixar isn’t going to fall into a deep decline or something. Just think about Soul, that was phenomenal.