Pixar movies have gone down in quality

Thanks for the considerate response, Pro. (1) Rebuttal #1 I'd like to clear a misunderstanding. It appears Pro believes my line, "Brave is essentially better than Toy Story 3" was the main argument for (1). Not at all. I merely used that example to support my claim "Quality and emotion is interpreted differently depending on the individual." Of course I knew Pro preferred Toy Story 3 over the likes of Brave, but my point was not to convince Pro to re-evaluate her opinions but merely to address how her assertion is subjective and cannot be proven by statistical means. There is no way to measure the decrease in quality or emotion, was what I was trying to emphasize. What I wanted Pro to refute was my main statement, not the supporting statements. Since Pro agreed on THAT main statement, I do not feel the need to address it further. Instead I will negate Pro's claims (1C), for (1A) and (1B) were his/her's defense for Toy Story 3, which is irrelevant to the debate. (1C) Once again, Pro you've misinterpreted my claim. Not once did I deny Toy Story 3 was a successful film. What I did say was that I found it unpleasant and unsuccessful in terms of EMOTION, but that was just my perspective solely for the purpose of proving an example. Indeed Toy Story 3 IS a successful film, but I did not disagree in the first place. Moving forward, my refutation for "Cars(2006), considered an abnormality in Pixar's highly rated list of films, was redeemed by the 'bouncing back' of the movie, Ratatouille." To summarize, Pro claims that though Cars was indeed rated lower compared to other Pixar films, it was redeemed, while the 3 most recent Pixar works have yet to prove themselves worthy. This is imprecise because Brave accomplished some great achievements as well, which you can consider as a redemption. Besides just winning the Academy Award which Pro wrote earlier, here are a few other accomplishments. 1. Globe Awards for Best Animated Feature Film 2. BAFTA Awards for Best Animated Film 3. Women Film Critics Circle for Best Animated Females 4. Annie Awards for Production Design 5. American Cinema Editors 6. Pixar's 8th highest grossing film 7. Release in a total of 4,164 theaters (a record high for Pixar) 8. Release of short story La Luna (paired with Brave), which was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and the 84th Academy Awards (Sources for the above will be supplied at the end of round) (2) Rebuttal #2 My apologies, I didn't intend to only include sequels for Pixar's future releases. The other films that have been confirmed include : Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, and 3 other untitled, unannounced films. Using the fact that most of the prepared films are sequels to support, "Pixar is lacking of ideas" is inappropriate because a) As Pro mentioned, Pixar may only be interested in the money. This in no way disproves my claim, nor supports Pro's. Just because they are interested in money does not prove Pixar is losing influence in the industry, it just shows that, sequels = more money. In fact, it's easier to gain money from a sequel than ANY new film because viewers are already affiliated to the concept (creative or not), and that only shows that Pixar knows how to succeed in the industry not how much they value the art. b) Refutation for "Pixar only creates sequels because of lack of inspiration" The film Monsters Inc.(2001) which was insanely successful and considered the epitome of Pixar's talent, was followed by Monsters University, a film that Pro declares less innovative. Monsters University was confirmed in 2005, 4 years after the release of Monsters Inc. This disproves Pro's claim "Pixar only creates sequels because of lack of inspiration" because at the time, Pixar still had the great streak that Pro says is no longer lasting. The company was still in its prime when Monsters university was in planning, ultimately meaning that IF Pixar indeed lost inspiration, they lost it back then, not currently. It also implies that Monsters University may have only been a slight blunder, for great Pixar films have still been releasing after 2005, such as Up and Wall-E "redeeming" the loss. c) By saying that the sequels were products of mediocrity on Pixar's part, this is counter- productive for Pro. My elaboration: Cars 2, a recent film rendered lacking in emotion by Pro, topped at international success while surpassing another Pixar sequel, Toy Story 2. Though both films were highly anticipated and were BOTH sequels, Cars 2 was dominant over Toy Story 2(which Pro preferred). My point overall for c) is sequels does not = lack of inspiration supported by the example above, therefor proving Pro's claim invalid. 3. Rebuttal #3 Pro fails to negate/ bring up my third main claim about trends so not much to rebut here... But as for Pro's argument regarding loyal followers, I agree but that's the case with every movie including Pixar's most popular ones. Consider Toy Story 2 and Cars 2 that I just mentioned. Toy Story is clearly more popular than Cars since Pixar is currently making the fourth movie which is extremely rare in the industry. Yet, Cars 2 still surpassed Toy Story 2 meaning "loyal followers attend every Pixar screening despite quality" would apply to both movies, though Pro finds one triumphant over the other. 4. Rebuttal #4 A) Sorry for my poor use of terminology. What I meant to voice was that Dreamworks is closely associated to Walt Disney because they are a partnership and Disney takes care of the marketing and distribution. The fault was mine. B) Pro's rebuttal for B was an opinion, which cannot be disproved so I'll respect that. My over-arching theme for B was that Pixar was not reiterating the same concepts but was only giving glimpses to appeal to viewers' emotional senses. Also it seems there was a misconception regarding the subject as said by Pro, but I don't think it's very credible or significant to the debate, so I'll refrain from pointing it out. C) Pixar no longer has the lead in display resolution because other companies have improved, which both sides can agree on. I'd just like to say that just because other companies have improved in this area does not mean Pixar has regressed, which is the topic of our debate. As far as I'm concerned, Pixar is still refining it's skill in animation just like in the past. Source Citations : [1] http://en.m.wikipedia.org... [2] http://www.dreamworksstudios.com... [3] http://www.pixar.com... Thanks for the debate dodo; it was immensely fun. If you're ever in search for a debate on cartoons/animation, do not hesitate to contact me. No one's a bigger cartoon enthusiast than me. I conclude, vote CON!!