12-2-17
#myDecemberGoal
Story
is King
Last
night, I watched the movie Coco. It’s
Pixar’s newest original movie and I’d recommend going to see it. I’ve always
liked Pixar movies. As a matter of fact, Bug’s
Life was my first ever movie that I saw in theaters. However, I became a
big Pixar fan during the summer of 2016. I was a unit coordinator at Camp
Tecumseh and during our pre-summer training the directors explained what the
theme would be for the summer. My fellow coordinators and I were all sitting in
the basement of the leadership center (TLC) when the directors played a youtube
video for us about how Pixar approaches its storytelling. Here’s that video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTM-AdrIpaE
After watching it,
the directors told us that the summer’s theme would be “Story is King.” As a
camp counselor, I learned to apply storytelling both to how I approached
getting to know my campers and teaching them life lessons. It’s easy to judge
kids behavior on silly things like sugar rushes and wanting to fit in. However,
when I took the time to hear my campers’ stories and what they’d been through,
I began to understand why they behaved the way they did. By listening to their
stories and sharing my own, we gained each other’s respect. And that made me a
better counselor.
I think hearing
people’s stories is a good approach to building any relationship, whether it’s
with our friends, family, or random strangers. When we decide to judge people quickly, whether it's because they have disabilities like Nemo or are an angry old man
like Carl from Up, we’ll never be able
to truly understand them. And when we don’t understand them, we won’t be able
to treat them the way they deserve.
To conclude, I
could write an even longer post about why I love Pixar, but I promised to keep
these short. I’ll attach below my list of favorite Pixar movies and when each
was released. As we go forth, let’s strive to ask people what their stories are
before we judge them. I believe it’s a better way to love each other. And if
story is king, then love is the kingdom.
-Brody
My Favorite Pixar Movies:
1. Wall-E
– 2008
2. Inside
Out - 2015
3. Up
– 2009
4. Ratatouille
- 2007
5. Finding
Nemo - 2003
6. Toy
Story – 1995
7. A
Bug’s Life - 1998
8. Coco
- 2017
9. Monsters,
Inc. - 2001
10. The
Incredibles – 2004
11. Toy
Story 2 - 1999
12. Toy
Story 3 – 2010
13. Cars
– 2006
14. Monster’s
University – 2013
15. Brave
- 2012
16. Cars
3 – 2017
17. Finding
Dory - 2016
18. The
Good Dinosaur – 2015
19. Cars
2 – 2011
In Chronological Order:
1. Toy
Story – 1995
2. A
Bug’s Life - 1998
3. Toy
Story 2 - 1999
4. Monsters,
Inc. - 2001
5. Finding
Nemo – 2003
6. The
Incredibles - 2004
7. Cars
– 2006
8. Ratatouille
- 2007
9. Wall-E
– 2008
10. Up –
2009
11. Toy
Story 3 – 2010
12. Cars
2 – 2011
13. Brave
- 2012
14. Monster’s
University – 2013
15. Inside
Out - 2015
16. The
Good Dinosaur – 2015
17. Finding
Dory – 2016
18. Cars
3 – 2017
19. Coco
- 2017
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