Browsing Tag: pixar

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    Monsters U ID Cards

    April 27, 2013

    I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the marketing around Pixar’s upcoming Monsters University is pretty brilliant.

    The university website is pure genius, for starters … and happens to be done by a college friend of mine! (Super smart guy. Super creative.) The Twitter account is also very well done (and also done by my friend’s company, I think), especially with funny tweets like this one:

    They also have some pretty nifty offline marketing in place. Cari and I went to see 42 last weekend (really good) and came upon this big Monsters U cardboard display in the lobby. It’s about the student ID cards and there’s an opening where you can stick your own face in and get a photo. So we did!

    monsters-u-id-cards

    I haven’t seen something like that in the theater lobby before — pretty clever if you ask me. And yes, I’m really looking forward to June 21st. The first one, Monsters Inc. was my all-time favorite movie for several years. So I have high expectations for this one….

    Miscellany

    My Future Employer: An Inside Look

    December 4, 2009

    I’ve been saying for years that some day I will work at Pixar. Even if it’s mopping the floors or cleaning the dishes in the commissary, I will work there. Seeing a video like this recent CNN feature only makes me want to work there sooner….

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    UP and the Academy Awards

    November 18, 2009

    Up movie posterJust like they did last year with WALL-E, Disney/Pixar is pushing UP for “Best Picture” at the Academy Awards. They even have a nice web site pimping UP and all the other Disney/Pixar movies they feel are deserving.

    Only thing is, unlike last year when WALL-E was robbed, I don’t think UP deserves it this year. It’s a good movie, but not a great movie. (My review.) I kinda feel about UP the same way I felt about CARS after seeing it the first time. I’ve actually come to like CARS a lot more since watching it on DVD a few times … so maybe Santa will bring us the UP DVD this year and I’ll feel the same way?

    That would be nice.

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    Hi, my name is Dug, and I LOVE you

    July 16, 2009

    I mentioned before that UP wasn’t my favorite Pixar movie, but I absolutely loved “Dug,” the obedient dog whose job was to track and find “Kevin,” the rare bird. So I just had to add him to my growing Pixar collection:

    Hi there!

    He has seven phrases and sounds awesome when you make him talk.

    I’d been watching DisneyStore.com for a while, waiting to order him — but they’ve been sold out. So, I finally tried eBay and BAM – found him, and for about the same as it would’ve cost on DisneyStore.com.

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    My UP Review

    June 8, 2009

    Up movie posterI didn’t blog much about UP in the last couple months, and for good reason: I was avoiding any and all trailers, previews, previews, spoilers, you name it. But the lack of posts wasn’t a sign that I wasn’t excited about the movie — to the contrary. Around the house, we were counting down the weeks and days until May 29th!

    Despite the recent health issues I’ve been dealing with, the whole McGee clan did manage to get out and see the movie right after it came out. Since both Cari and Sean don’t see 3D stuff too well, we all went to the 2D version.

    And out of the four of us, I think I’m the one who liked it the least.

    It was good, but not great. The “marriage/life” mini-film at the beginning, showing Carl and Ellie’s life together, was absolutely brilliant. One of the best pieces of Pixar movie-making I’ve ever seen. All kinds of emotion in it, and both Cari and I were crying when it ended. But the emotion didn’t carry over to the rest of the movie for me. I never connected with UP the way I did with, say … Wall-E or Monsters, Inc. or even Finding Nemo.

    For now, UP is probably in the middle of the pack among Pixar movies for me. But there’s hope yet: I felt this same way about CARS after the first time I saw that, and have come to like it a lot more on repeated viewings. Maybe the same thing will happen with UP?