RacsO Decade in Review: Animated Feature

Finalists: Finding Nemo (Directed by Andrew Stanton) funny, great and really awesome fish family story. Mary and Max (Directed by Adam Elliot) this movie gets better everytime I see it, an offbeat claymation about friendship. Ponyo (Directed by Hayao Miyazaki) Miyazaki's original and superb take on the classic Little Mermaid story.

Ratatouille
Directed by Brad Bird
2007

A simple story could go a long long way, and I think that that is where the beauty of the movie lies, is that it was a simple story told exquisitely well. "Ratatouille" is a rat story who followed his dream of becoming a chef. It was funny and is one of Pixar's most original work to date.

Spirited Away
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
2002

Master Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" puts most CGI movies to shame. I do not know how colorful it must be to linger around Miyazaki's imagination, the movie seems to be overflowing with it, yet you do not feel like you are drowning, in fact, after the experience, you crave for more.

Triplets of Belleville
Directed by Sylvain Chomet
2003

"Triplets of Belleville" is a one of a kind animation. The movie for me proved that sometimes words need not be said all the time to get your story or your message across, all you need is a great story, a wicked concept, an original music and lyrics and that is what the movie was, and it is a one of a kind experience.

Waking Life
Directed by Richard Linklater
2001

I sometimes question how come people talk and think like what they did in "Waking Life". I can only imagine the thought process that may have happened while creating the script of the movie. And how it was told is a completely different arduous task, and it is quite remarkable.

Wall-E
Directed by Andrew Stanton
2008

Pixar has had a spectacular decade, and I think that Pixar had peaked it's creativity and greatness in 2008 with "Wall-E". "Wall-E" is a love story of robots with an environmental side story. The thing of it was, the movie was sending a green message across (green not foul but earthly green) but it was told in such a way that you are entertained and in the end you will be urged to move. This remains to me as Pixar's finest.