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#9 - Finding Nemo (2003) Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich - 1/12/2013

One of my favorite Pixar stories, and an excellent example of what Pixar does best - simple, yet powerful ideas that connect to all of us. These are stories made for families - stories that appeal to the children, stories that transform the adults into children. They speak to the fears, hopes, and senses of humor of both children and adults. While there are nods to only the adults (e.g., The Shining reference), they never stoop to the level of rudeness and lewdness to throw a bone to the adults who have to watch. Maybe that’s the difference. Adults want to watch Pixar movies. They have to watch that fourth Shrek movie.

It looks absolutely stunning on Blu-ray (and honestly the 3-D isn’t bad too), a reminder to myself that I really need to pick up Planet Earth/ the Blue Planet.

#3 - My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Hayao Miyazaki - 1/2/2013

I want to hug ō totoro

The perfect mix of childlike purity, complex emotion, and total cuteness without being too fucking whimsical.

Despicable Me (2010) Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud

The perfect movie to add to a 4-day sick day movie marathon (13 total - I had forgotten about The Robber in a previous count).

Guess what? Still laughed like a very ridiculous small child.

#131 - 6/11/2012

Despicable Me (2010) Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud

I love this movie, I love it so much. Normally, I’m not a huge fan of movie stars doing animated movies instead of voice actors - take a listen to Rob Paulsen’s Talkin Toons podcast  to check out some amazing voice actors talking about the business - but I LOVED Steve Carell as Gru. 

Also, I am a 12 year old boy who laughed for five solid minutes over fart gun.

#107 (my actual 100th movie of the year!) - 5/27/2012