Finding Nemo[/I], I think Pixar hit the perfect level of amusing and touching film for kids with a heart, theme and story for the adults as well. After that point, it almost seemed like they were more interested in what they could get out of the adult audience, culminating in Up, where you have that opening scene that absolutely destroys you, followed by 80 minutes of boing sound effects and talking dogs. And I love that movie, but it's a mess. From then on, though, they seemed to thrive under the idea of making the saddest movie possible and almost seem to have lost the thread of what makes a great total film. Inside Out being called their saddest film ever basically has me terrified that they once again are just trying to make the audience cry without telling much of a story otherwise.
I don't even know how you can compare Ghibli and Pixar since the audience isn't usually the same, nor is the animation style.
