So Pixar tried to make their first Disney film.

At least it's better than Disney's animated features from the last decade (Princess and the frog notwithstanding) and a vast improvement on the first true failure, the nearly unwatchable 'Cars 2'. But for the first time, innovative won't be a word popping up in people's reviews. We've seen these story beats, and jokes, and characters, and magic tricks before.

On the plus side, lest I sound too hatey, is that the…

I didn't ask for this film and I'm pretty sure I don't know anybody who did. My little girls are younger than the original two films and though I had pretty positive feelings towards the first installment back in '97 (when I was 14), I haven’t really been clamouring to show it to them. So I have no idea who this film was made for or why(aside from the obvious “Hollywood Scratch”) Add to that the highly publicized fat budget,…