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Pixar Animated Buddy Movies

With Varying Degrees of Parental Themes

Monsters Inc.

2001

Actors

  • John Goodman - Sullivan (Voice)
  • Billy Crystal - Mike Wasowski (Voice)
  • Mary Gibbs - Boo (Voice)
  • Steve Buscemi - Randall (Voice)
  • James Coburn - Waternoose (Voice)
  • Jennifer Tilly - Celia (Voice)
  • Bob Peterson - Roz (Voice)
  • Stylish opening with jazz and unique animation
  • Doors and monsters
  • Monsters work together to make monsters inc
  • Foreshadowing of human child walking into factory
  • Two main characters
  • Energetic small one (coach) (comedy)
  • Big calmer muscular one (athlete) (straight man)
  • Main conflict
  • Boo
  • Sully likes her and wants to put her back where she came from
  • Mike does not like her at all
  • As sully’s affection for her grows, so do Mike’s problems caused by her
  • Things come crashing down, and the two separate, followed by a reunion where Mike changed his mind
  • Big chase scene through doors and world followed by main antagonist being dispensed and the twist villain being taken away
  • Great opening setup that draws you into the world, and the epilogue shows the world different but improved because of the world

Background

After Mike and Sulley are banished, Sulley hears about a town and begins preparing to head down the mountain to find a door. Mike gets very upset about this and the two have a fight before Sulley leaves for the village without Mike.

The typical buddy movie involves two characters from different backgrounds and/or viewpoints of life that are forced together in order to accomplish some sort of goal, and over the course of the journey the two characters go through some sort of change or growth which usually ends with the two characters have a better understanding of the other and becoming friends in the end. There is also typically some sort of journey the two must go on, exploring many weird and wacky places. I have added another layer to this with these three movies featuring a third major character that is the main focal point of the main conflict/goal. This character is typically either the child or a child figure for one or both of the main protagonists, and so all three of the movies have a lot of parental themes in them. And finally all three of these movies come from the same animation studio. So any themes that play throughout most Pixar movies (ex: seeing what life is like for something in a unique way) can also be seen throughout. And to make sure I accounted for everything, One movie has two male leads, one has two female leads, and one has a male and female lead. With these very specific circumstances in each film I believe that I will be able to explore each of these to the fullest extent.

Finding Nemo

This scene focuses on Mike and Sulley splitting up, as it is a pivotal part of the movie. Mike makes a heartfelt speech. The shots in this scene rarely have Mike and Sulley in the same shot, and if they are they’re far apart to represent the distance between them.

(Start at 2:20)

2003

Final Thoughts

Actors

  • Albert Brooks - Marlin (Voice)
  • Ellen DeGeneres - Dory (Voice)
  • Alexander Gould - Nemo (Voice)
  • William DaFoe - Gill (Voice)
  • Great heartbreaking open
  • Then establishing the world in a positive way and the relationship between two of the three main characters
  • Two characters meet and are instantly sort of at odds
  • Marlin is so stressed and worried and Dory is carefree and forgetful
  • Shows through
  • As main characters are working on main journey, the third is dealing with their own struggles and new environments
  • Pattern is set piece for the buddies, then back to third character situation continually building
  • Everything seemed to be building up to it working, only for things to go bad
  • Main two characters split apart because Marlin thinks Nemo is dead, but Dory wants to stay friends anyway
  • Ends with big set piece thing to try and save one of the characters and resolve the story

Movies

These three movies are some great examples of the buddy movie, especially in the animation industry. While Inside Out lacked some of the charm of Monsters Inc. and Finding Nemo, it still had the same level of quality you'd expect from Pixar. I loved watching all of these movies again, seeing Sulley, Marlin, and Joy go through these journeys as parental figures and as friends. Their character arcs were, and still are great and I didn't even realize all the little things that add up to this great arc until watching them again. The growth in friendship, as well as the growth of parent and child made me tear up at times. The specific moment of the main characters' separation is what I focused on, and while it may be a bit of an overused trope today, when you used right, it can be fantastic. I look forward to continue to see more of these tropes as I examine and analyze movies in the future

Inside Out

Monsters inc. - 2001

Finding Nemo - 2003

Inside Out - 2015

2015

After seeing Nemo seemingly dead, Marlin gives up hope and leaves Dory. But before he can Dory gives a very heartfelt speech, but it’s not enough and Marlin leaves anyway

This scene is about Marlin leaving Dory. Dory makes a speech. And the shots here also have them either not in the same shot, or very far apart.

Actors

  • Amy Poehler - Joy (Voice)
  • Phyllis Smith - Sadness (Voice)
  • Richard Kind - Bing Bong (Voice)
  • Bill Hader - Fear (Voice)
  • Lewis Black - Anger (Voice)
  • Mindy Kaling - Disgust (Voice)
  • Kaitlyn Dias - Riley (Voice)
  • Great opening introducing us to Riley and the emotions
  • Introducing the two main characters of Joy and Sadness that they have such differences
  • Explanation of world and how it works and now the way joy and sadness are thrust into this journey together
  • Sections to their journey every time before going back
  • Joy always tries to stay positive which gets really annoying and sadness can sympathize sometimes
  • The two characters split apart with Hoy trying to take a tube and then falling down into the place where things get forgotten
  • Joy learns to trust riley and the other emotions before things get too bad
  • This wasn’t as good as the other one

As everything begins falling apart, Joy and Sadness approach a recall tube and attempt to get in it. However Joy stops Sadness from entering the tube so she does not “corrupt” the core memories, and tells her how she needs to be happy. Joy then separates from Sadness, and falls down into the lost memory place.

This scene is about Joy and Sadness splitting apart, if only briefly. Joy makes a short speech. And then as Joy leaves, the shots are showing them being further and further apart.

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