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Attila the Professor said:You're entitled to your opinion, obviously, especially since you are one of the most consistently well-arguing Raveners I've known, but I do feel you've got this one wrong. The Pixar canon thus far has been infused with a genuine sense of the loss and disappoints inherent in human life, even though their characters may be toys, bugs, or a rat with a penchant for fine cuisine, and I'm eager to see what else they produce - especially Brad Bird.
I think you got that exactly right. I think the animation is beautiful sure, but that's part of their passion in story telling. Before they begin to draw up something they put much time and effort in finding a story worth telling... then they use their exceptional artistry to call up very beautiful and cutting edge animation. Some might scoff that's all it is, but they're missing the mark.
Monsters Inc. is a very original story all-together. Formulaic? Perhaps... but aren't most movies to a point formulaic in some way or another? The loss and disappointments you mention are a huge part of those stories as well. In Toy Story, you learn that nothing in life lasts forever (the new toys coming, Andy growing up or growing out of Woody)... that someone "better" than you may come along and you might get jealous but that doesn't mean that someone else won't still find all the charm in you they always did... (Buzz Lightyear and Andy still loving Woody... heh...)
Anyway, I think you got it right. Well said.