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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I like Ratatouille, Nemo and the Incredibles better. I thought the first act was great but like Wall E, once more characters and dialogue came into play, the luster faded for me.

I'm in the camp of liking the Pixar "silents" less than the talkies. I admire the no-dialogue achievements of the UP montage and the Wall-E first half. But I think those are easy to achieve with animation. Comparisons to live action on this score are not fair.

I think it's harder to achieve animation excellence with dialogue-driven stories or segments, and I do in fact prefer the 3 Gemini Cricket mentioned over UP or Wall-E. But there we go ranking children again. To say I prefer Finding Nemo over UP ignores that I prefer UP over just about any movie I've seen in the last couple of years.