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Awesome Montage Takes Heart-Warming Look at '25 Years of Pixar'

by Ethan Anderton
March 29, 2011
Source: YouTube

Recently we've featured some cool video montages highlighting the work of Christopher Nolan and some of cinema's finest opening title sequences. Now we have yet another fantastic look back at a niche in motion pictures as the folks at Go Into the Story (via SlashFilm) recently found this amazing montage titled 25 Years of Pixar. The video lovingly looks back at Pixar's work from the infancy of their short films in the 80's all the way up to their forthcoming sequel Cars 2 which hits theaters this summer. If you love Pixar as much as I do, then you'll love this fond look back into the past and may even have a few tears to wipe away.

YouTube usuer NkMcDonalds put together these scenes from Pixar's expansive filmography (his list of music for the montage can be found here), and it really reminds you just how impressive and consistently fantastic their films have been. Honestly, you'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't like at least one Pixar film, and nearly every child is more than familiar with Buzz Lightyear or Lightning McQueen. This montage is also evidence of how powerful films can be by inciting emotions and feelings through characters we've known only for a mere 90 minutes. Pixar truly has truly left a mark on my life as a child and as a film-lover. How about you?

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From around the web:

ilovecupcakes

omg THAT was my childhood....gotta wipe away some of the tears...
- BigGuy1802
  
  I live thousands of kilometres away from America, in what is largely considered a third-world country.. and that was my childhood too.
Jericho

ooooh... tears emerge and stream in rejoice from my eyes as i partake in this beauty...manly tears of course but still tears
SkylerB619

Best. Montage. Ever.
http://superliminal.wordpress.com/ Nat

Too bad the audio was a bit off a one point otherwise just brilliant, brilliant. Brought tears to my eyes, the wuss I am...
Ken7eleven

Amazing
Anonymous

Great Job! Pixar should hire this guy.
Anonymous

Nice use of Sigur Ros! "Hoppipolla" is a beautiful song. This was a great montage, really had heart much like most Pixar films.
lane

while i'm sick of Pixar montages, this guy just nailed it! i mean, the Sunshine score and Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros are super overused... but they really are the best. And the way Pixar is going about storytelling, it feels as epic as these songs. (Damn I wish they hadn't made Cars (still a good movie)). Plus, the final selections of the Toy Story 3 inferno (most intense thing Pixar has ever done), and then the Wall-E yelp was the perfect way to end it. And, super weird coincidence: the "I'm Sheriff Woody Howdy howdy howdy' is my favorite joke in any Pixar movie". Basically, this guy read my mind
- Anonymous
  
  lane "Hoppipolla" will never be overused...no Sigur Ros song could ever be overused.
Zach

I just watched my childhood pass before my eyes. I needed to wipe away a few tears.
Anonymous

Gah! As if Pixar movies wouldn't make me weep more than any other movies already, this montage had to use John Murphy's Sunshine theme! Not fair!
shizkid

My life just flashed before my eyes
Rubix89

Hey guys, here's one I made a while back just before Toy Story 3. Not trying to toot my own horn, but just spreading some Pixar love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb11utQ-emw
deltavoyage

Honestly, nobody does it better than Pixar. Nobody.
Hart37

The Toy Story trilogy, Monsters Inc and Finding Nemo are still some of my favourite movies. I think I cried in almost all of them too lol
Jimmyjuce

Pixar is kin and tat proves it
David Darida

My childhood was more than just the Pixar...what about WB ? And now Dreamworks do much better animated movies than Pixar....
- tweet
  
  there are only 3 good dreamwork animated films. Shrek, Kung fu Panda, and How to Train Your Dragon. the drove Shrek into the ground with horrible sequels and look like they are trying to do the same with kung fu panda. Pixar constantly puts out iconic movies. there really is not contest. End of story
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http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Sam-Russell/597160506 Matthew Sam Russell

nahh the one you posted on this site a few months ago was much better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwoPtQevOTE&feature=player_embedded
David Banner

April 12, 2011....... The Incredibles on Blu-Ray! Wheeeeee!!!
Anonymous

Manly tears.
Alex C.

Pixar is the only company in the world I would pay to work for.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001344572784 Nicki Siders

absolutely superb
Anonymous

Pixar is one of my all time favorite content providers. The only regret that I can see is their relationship with Disney kind of tarnishes it. Fantastic job on the montage. I like that you even included some of their earlier work. I haven't seen any other Pixar montage, so I don't have anyone to compare against. Additionally, thank you for the exposure to Sigur Ros - I'm sure I've heard his/her music in a movie or two, but I never had a name to go with it.
Chunkymonkey325

you know that feeling you get when you see something amazing and it sends chills through your body? this video did that for me.
http://badfairy.net Bad Fairy

STUPID
- You have no soul.
  
  Blasphemy.
- Nashapro
  
  your a dumb shit shut up if you cant remember your childhood than you cant remember your life
  - Hayley
    
    Re: Bad Fairy... YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE! Re: Nashapro... Maybe they didn't have a childhood. Maybe they just woke up one day a complete jerk who has no soul. We should not berate those who are less fortunate than the rest of us LOL
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LOVE IT!!!!
Iliana

Dammit, after almost giving up my dream of being an illustrator and animator this video made me realized why I fell in love with it at first <3 Thank you.
gwalk

I cried....Simply beautiful. I love those movies so much, and they are a part of my childhood that I am forever grateful for : )
Anonymous

beautiful
anon

Hoppipolla. Great.
The Ninjastick

Pixar, by far my favorite film studio and the only ones to get me to cry. :')
Tylersweet

I just cried like a baby, that was amazing!
Face

this sucked i waisted 5 minutes of my life watching this bull shit and i hope you all die
Angelicatrejo15

just cried...
anon

we want to grow up so fast, but when we do grow up we're just gunna look back and miss it all
KeybladeKing22

This proves one point, and one point only. Pixar Studios is the king of animation. That had everything to do with my childhood ever, and it was perfected into five minutes. Reflecting on it only makes it more memorable.
Grinson

quite good
Sandra

Oh my gosh that brought up soo many childhood memories! especially Monsters Inc. Amazing video!
Rockmite69

Thank you
http://dbakeca.com Dbakeca Italia

Thx for this! Pixar is the best!
Zunorichi

Wimper... more wipmer...tears of joy...smile
Raina

OMG i wish there was more movies like toy story and nemo my favourites ever i cried at the end of toy story
Hederrachelle

:') that was awesome. amazing the impact movies and especially music can have on emotion
Meow

This is my childhood <3 <3 And no matter how many times I see these movies, I will always cry :') :') <3
Skye582

SQUIRREL! I almost fell out of my chair laughing through my tears.
http://bologna.bbakeca.com/bakeca-donna-cerca-uomo/bologna-1 Donne Bologna

Absolutely great! Love it!
Rockvixen4life

just saw a big part of my life pass before my eyes (im 27)...and it was beautiful! smiling thru the tears of nostalgia!
Michelledries311

Omg i absolutely love these movies this was what i grew up on Congrats Pixar for making my life better even though it was for a mere 90 some minutes... you guys taught me stuff that i never that i would have learned from those films... I am deeply appreciated... and thank you
Michelle311

Omg i absolutely love these movies this was what i grew up on Congrats Pixar for making my life better even though it was for a mere 90 some minutes... you guys taught me stuff that i never that i would have learned from those films... I am deeply appreciated... and thank you
http://twitter.com/Dennismenis321 Dennis Downham

I must have watched that first Toy Story movie 50 times with my kids when they were young...Some of the fondest memories I had with them...I miss those days when they were young and we actually spent time together...
Jmsbinda7

WOW. Its inspiring. Holy crap.
Jmorosk8er

That...... was beautiful!.... thank you for letting me dream, feel, and connect with some of the fondest memories i had, and continue to have with pixar films. Thank you.
Donruth30

best video ever!!!!!!!!!!
mimi

My grandson died 3 days before he was 7. We buried him with his Woody doll. He LVED Toy Story. It makes me too sad to see it, but thank you for the fun you supplied for him.
bonaparte3

I'm a 65 year old man- and I love these movies. The guys at Pixar are geniuses.
http://www.facebook.com/Anglat Brandon Ferrell

Wow. This video just showed me how much Pixar was my entire childhood. I loved every one of those movies and shorts.