Pixar is an animation film studio that all children’s movie lovers identify perfectly. This company has had several collaborations with Disney, and its films have been quite popular since Toy Story in 1995.
On some occasions, we have noticed scenes in these films that seem to be dedicated to adults rather than to children. These small parts deal with extremely sad scenes, unexpected deaths, or simply subjects that children aren’t necessarily familiar with.
Ratatouille (2007)
The food critic Anton Ego appears in the Ratatouille movie. He is the right person to approve the rat Remy’s dish with the help of Alfredo Linguini (or vice versa). One of the last scenes of the 2007 movie, shows the moment in which Anton tastes the ratatouille, and the image takes us to a memory of the critic where we can appreciate that the boy comes home after a sad day, where he was surely beaten and bullied. Likely, a child would not have noticed Anton Ego’s past, but an adult captures it perfectly.
Up (2009)
The story of Ellie and Carl in the movie Up marked the lives of many people. It is hard to see a love story with a few ups and downs where you could tell that Ellie was the active one and Carl needed her. Ellie dies of natural causes, and there is nothing sadder than seeing a grandparent alone. Kids forgot this scene after five minutes, but it’s a moment that scarred us as adults.
Toy Story 3 (2010)
We are used to seeing death approaching in many animated movies, but we know that nothing will happen. It would seem that children are designed to see these scenes and not be afraid of them. In the scene in Toy Story 3 when the toys are about to fall into the fire and die, most of us who grew up with Toy Story shed many tears, as all our memories were going down the drain, and even the toys themselves were coming to terms with it.
The Incredibles (2004)
At the beginning of The Incredibles, Bob sneaks off to work as a superhero without his wife noticing. Helen notices that her husband is hiding something from her and like most couples, her first thought is that he was being unfaithful. The little ones probably didn’t notice this, as they don’t yet have the notion of how common this can be.
Finding Nemo (2003)
Multiple personality disorder is one of the conditions we see in one of the fish that belong to the tank that Nemo comes to stop. Children would never understand that this is a real problem, on the contrary, it is one of the funniest parts of the movie, when the little blue fish with stripes is looking for his sister Flo. But if you really think about it, Dory’s life is kind of sad and tragic.
Wall-e (2008)
From an instant, we notice that Wall-e falls in love with Eva. We know that even though the robot has no heart and no feelings, he trembles before the technology of his white companion. If you ask a child, he might tell you that Wall-e was chasing her to be his friend.
A Bug’s Life (1998)
Maybe you didn’t see this movie again since you were a kid, but you’ll probably still remember the scene because it was something so strong that it stuck in your memory. Hopper, the ants’ worst villain, tries to explain how they will defeat that many ants, and without any resentment, he kills three of his henchmen.
Story originally published in Spanish in Cultura Colectiva
