Name: What is the Pixar Moment?
Uploaded: 2019-05-13T06:00:06.000Z
Duration: 10 min 12 s
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In almost every Pixar film, there's a MOMENT.

It's the scene you remember years later, when you cried or laughed like a child.

These moments make us forget we're watching a movie --

for a few seconds at least, we're part of the story.

For this essay we're going to focus on scenes from three films:

Though the movies themselves are very different,

they each have a key scene that centers on what writer K.M. Weiland calls,

Characters usually have a preconceived notion about themselves, others, or the world.

“It's not that I like the Empire, I hate it,

but there's nothing I can do about it right now.”

The story slowly tears down that falsehood so the characters can grow and learn.

Sometimes the hero learns this lesson early in the story as the inciting incident.

Usually, the realization is saved for the climax,

when a character needs knowledge to overcome the final obstacle.

And it doesn't have to be the protagonist who believes the lie.

We'll wait for your father to come home, and when he gets here, I'll tell him that I did it.”

So let's examine how Pixar creates these moments of self-realization

and how we can find the Pixar moments in our own lives.

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Toy Story centers on a clash of egos between two tiny toys.

Buzz thinks he's a real space ranger on a mission to save the galaxy.

"I protect the Galaxy from the threat of invasion from the evil Emperor Zurg."

While Woody believes that he alone is central to Andy's life.

“In a couple of days, everything'll be just the way it was. They'll see.”

Toy Story's Pixar moment comes at the climax of the film.

After Woody rescues Buzz from Sid, a series of obstacles keeps them from joining the others.

All of these letdowns bring the audience's hopes to a nadir,

preparing us for the final triumph when Woody lights the rocket.

In this moment, Buzz acknowledges, with glee, that he's not a real space ranger–

“This isn't flying. This is falling with style.”

[In unison] “To infinity and beyond!”

Woody lets go of his self-importance and accepts his new buddy.

So both have a more realistic sense of their places in the world.

And now that they've given up their egotistical delusions,

they're free to experience the joys of friendship.

“Besides, when it all ends, I'll have old Buzz Lightyear to keep me company.”

So Toy Story's Pixar moment encourages us to break free of rigid preconceptions about who we are.

and we can perform feats we never imagined possible...

[Screams] “This is the part where we blow up!” “Not today!”

EVERYONE remembers the first ten minutes.

Carl and Ellie's marriage was happy, but tinged with sadness.

They couldn't have children and couldn't afford their dream vacation to Paradise Falls.

“I'm saving these pages for all the ADVENTURES I'm gonna have!”

When Ellie passes away, Carl believes she died unfulfilled.

He wants to bring their home to Paradise Falls

so he can finally make her dream adventure come true.

“I'll send you a postcard from Paradise Falls!”

Along the way he meets obstacles to this goal.

“Whether you assist me or not, I am going to Paradise Falls if it kills me!”

After succeeding, he shuns his new friends so he can be alone in his grief.

Notice, the first piece of furniture he sets upright is Ellie's chair –

Now he's essentially waiting to die, so he and Ellie can be together again.

He flips through the final pages of Ellie's adventure scrapbook.

The camera slowly pushes in on the photos and in toward Carl's face as he sees a lifetime of smiles.

Together, we realize that Ellie was grateful and content with her experiences.

Carl believed he failed Ellie by not giving her excitement.

But her final message says that she never regarded her life as a waste.

Like Carl, many of us project our worldviews onto the people we care about.

Even when we're trying to make our loved ones happy,

we can be blinded by our assumptions of what that means --

and fail to understand the people closest to us.

Up teaches us that to truly know our beloveds,

we have to see the world from their perspective.

And also, we should remember that every day with them is an adventure.

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