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if you vote for wall-e…..get a grip

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I have a grip. On REALITY. 😏

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Once again our coastal liberal elite bloggers (Rafi excluded) show how out of touch they are with the common folk with their smug belief the rat chef movie is better than the most important cinematic critique of modern capitalism of the last century.

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Rafi lives in MN. And he’s correct about WALL-E vs. Ratatouille.

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Clearly it’s his Midwest sensibilities that gives him the wisdom to see Wall-E is the superior film.

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philistines!

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If you vote for the rat… you’re a drip

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so clearly rat chef. wall-e is ruined by the “hur hur fat people” shit

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Even if you ignored that, it just ain't that good. Ratatouille clears.

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May 16Liked by Jack Mirkinson

[restaurant waiting room]

me: [chanting] rat chef rat chef

other patients: rat chef RAT CHEF

secretary [pounding on iPad] RAT CHEF RAT CHEF RAT CHEF

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Waiting room, patients, and secretary…what restaurants are you going to???

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don't meal shame me.

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Wall-E is the best Pixar movie and it’s not even close.

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I’m hearting this because I believe Wall-E beats the rat, but I like Up more than Wall-E. That said, I won’t raise too much of a fuss over anyone arguing Wall-E is the best.

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The first and last 20 minutes of Up is stellar. The middle is…fine.

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no lies detected

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L.A.Noire.doubt.gif 🧐

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It's coco but of these two obviously wall-e

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Yes, this. Ratatouille may be in the Top 10, but it's not nearly the best. This commentariat seems to be forgetting:

Toy Story

Toy Story II

Toy Story III

Toy Story 4

Finding Nemo

Coco (thank you for mentioning it)

Inside Out (my personal fave)

The Incredibles

Monsters Inc.

Soul

Most to all of these are better than Ratatouille and Wall-E. But of the two it's Wall-E.

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inside out wildly overrated sry

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Inside Out freakin STINKS from the inside out

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Brutal poll. Gotta go with Ratatouille because WALL•E should’ve been a 30-minute short film.

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I’m all for art being objective and people having different perspectives, but I consider Wall-E to be so far and away the best Pixar movie that I genuinely don’t understand how it could be a topic of debate.

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As silly as the idea is that one or two small robots alone can in a few hours overturn an entire class system of robots, teach humans collective self-reliance, and lead them to save Earth from certain environmental doom, at least it’s not an Ayn Randian “meritocracy is everything”-fest...which even then is undermined by the revelation of Linguini’s true heritage

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I don't think Rat Chef is even in my top 5 Pixar movies. Never had a desire to see it a second time.

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Incredibles -> Toy Story -> Wall-E (obviously) -> Up -> Coco...

Soul is better than OK!

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I forgot about A Bug's Life... at least equal with Coco

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The correct ranking is:

1. The first 15 minutes of Up

2. WALL-E

3. Ratatouille

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Wall-E > Rat. But Up beats them both imho, if for the opening act alone. Also for Pixar shorts, Kitbull is the fucking goat and it’s not even close. I’ve been banned from even showing it in our house because every time I do both my wife and I start sobbing. Second place to Partly Cloudy, third to Bao.

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both are great! (i still voted for the robot though)

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Robot beats rat. That’s just science.

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I never like movies that feature tech and I agree Wall-E is better. Neither is the greatest Pixar movie, though

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do tell, what is?

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Coco or, and I may be the only person who thinks this...Soul

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ok we don't even have to do a poll about this...you ARE the only person who thinks it's Soul. (coco fucking rules though)

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Soul is good. It's ok. Lol

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you went from "maybe the best pixar movie of all time" to "good" to "ok"....i hope this is not in response to peer pressure, this is a safe space

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Hahaha it's ok I'm alone here, I loved it. Also during covid and my existential crisis, very necessary

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Coco is a masterpiece.

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I think Ratatouille is the better film overall, but the first half of Wall-E — before the humans show up — is sublime. (Which isn't to say that I dislike the second half.)

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Neither compares to the first ten minutes of Up.

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I’ve yet to make it through those first ten minutes without crying.

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I voted Rat Chef...but only because I never saw Sad Robot...

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Wise choice

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Wall-e for sure on this one. I was sad-robot about Incredibles 2. The first one, for me, was the best Pixar movie to that time, but the second one didn't measure up.

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