[L.N. Smithee]

Excellent review, L.N., thanks. I'm taking the brood this weekend. (I LOVE Pixar!)

As much as I liked Incredibles and Ratatouille, my favorite so far is Monsters, Inc., which sadly didn't get the recognition it deserved after the first Shrek movie was a sleeper smash.

It takes a lot to get me to tear up at a movie. It's a Wonderful Life gets me every time, but I was not ready for the emotional punch at the end of Monsters, Inc. At the very end, when Boo said, "Kitty!" that did it. Thank goodness I was watching alone.

[AnnaZ]

I'm a big (hugh!) fan of Pixar*. My faves are probably Monster, Inc. and A Bug's Life (you cannot beat the one-liners in that one**), The Incredibles, the Toy Storys, and then Nemo.

Cars disappointed me, but the outtakes slayed me. I've been dying to see Ratatouille since I saw the preview before perhaps the most under-rated but supremely excellent kids' flick, Meet the Robinsons (I will buy that one the day it comes out).

*
As a mother of three, I end up seeing more kids' movies than adult fare. Thus, thank God for Pixar -- a company the same age as my eldest. The overwhelming majority of the rest is either overly crude or absolute dross. Blech.


**
Slim: What's the point of going out there? They'll only laugh at me.
P.T. Flea: That's because you're a clown!
Slim: No, it's because I'm a prop. You always cast me as the pole, the broom, the stick... a *splinter*!
P.T. Flea: You're a walking stick. It's funny! Now go!
Slim: You parasite.