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They must be paying the voice actors by the word because nobody spoke through all 11 of the short except Ducky and Bunny from Toy Story 4. Dory gasps and I think I heard her saying "Wow" but that is literally it. At first I thought they were doing it that way so they didn't have to pay them at all, but Ellen and Craig T. Nelson (at least) did get credited.

My parents have absolutely despised each other for as long as I can remember, screaming vulgarities at each other on the regular. That is why I'm happy Pixar popcorn has come to make me feel happy after my deadbeat father and excuse of a mother have finally split. Thanks, Pixar. You're my new parents from now on.

This is a series of very short films that usually have a cute gag or two in them. I watched them all in about 30 minutes and none really stay with you. I think the problem is the shorts are left over gags from the films-apparently at least. The animation doesn't seem quite as polished as normal. Moreover, the shorts have very little dialog, voicework. That seem less a commitment to being cinematic than a budget decision to not pay Tom Hanks again.

When I first heard that Pixar would release some new shorts, I was expecting something along the lines of the five-minute shorts they usually produce. I was disappointed to find out that these are microscopic skits that don't really add anything to the original films. "Popcorn" is not a good title; perhaps "leftover crumbs" would be more accurate. My favourite was the Incredibles doing their chores with their powers. But even at its best, I feel that Pixar's labour would still be better spent just producing more great films instead of these harmless but pointless diversions.

Given these shorts are all only about two minutes long this is harmless enough project but you do keep asking yourself what the point is. The animation is of course excellent but the lack of voices on a couple of them is a real shame and a few seem like deleted scenes from the parent movie that were rightly excised.

For me the most interesting part was the popcorn themed variations on the Luxo Jr. opening logo.

As a Pixar fan, 'Pixar Popcorn' is a fun short series to watch for infinity and beyond!

Not going to lie, this is very weak by Pixar standards. Even the animation felt a bit below par if you ask me. Only two of the shorts have proper voice acting, and as a result are automatically some of the better ones. The Incredibles shorts were my favourite of the bunch, because they kind of had a plot and gags that were fairly interesting for 2 minutes, but the rest? Completely pointless and mostly a waste of time. One plus side is you'll only need around 20 minutes to binge through all of them. Disappointing.

4.5/10

With new shorts series like Disney's Short Circuit and Pixar's own SparkShorts, it is refreshing to see these studios freed of the weight of their franchises to experiment both narratively and visually.

In Popcorn we see Pixar experiment once more with even shorter shorts and this time with the tricky proposition of playing within their best-known franchises. Not a studio to shy away from a challenge, it is very welcome to see that they are not content with telling stories in too straightforward a manner.

A majority of these shorts are dialogue-free, which is a great surprise. Wall-E showed that Pixar can work with silence, and that is cemented with the Popcorn shorts. Most of them are quite nice small scenes and gags.

Of these my favorites were the domesticity of the Incredibles ones, the silent comedy of the Coco one and the chill of the Soul one. This Soul short might be the most surprising one in its reflective atmosphere, tying to other left-field Disney+ projects like Zenimation and the Disney Park Sunrises.

I love how it just was so good, i love Pixar! Please make a Walle one or Inside Out 👍

It's always fun to see what Pixar is up to, and I appreciate their attempt to do something a little different, but these shorts don't really work. With virtually no voice work everything feels like a pantomime which really saps the life from the characters and thereby the shorts themselves. As a result they're too hollow for a more mature audience, and too boring for a younger one. Ironically, for the few episodes that do have voice acting, the short becomes entirely about the voice work, swinging entirely too far in the other direction. In short (pun intended), these are a swing and a miss for me.

Well, this is quite unique. Disney and pixar would maybe make us curious about those movies.

Despite the great animation the shorts have almost no voices no stories are just boring.

Bring on season 2! My kid loves the first season. It's cute, funny and is the perfect amount of time just before nap or bed time!

Lack of voices and even the animation doesn't look as good.. expect way more from Pixar and Disney.

Some of these shorts are quite fun but most of these are quite bland and the lack of voices are really noticeable. The Soul one was particularly bad since it was literally trailer shots reused for the short. The Incredibles ones & the 2nd Ducky/Bunny one are particularly great.

Umm no talking - not funny. Guess they didn't want to pay the actors. Not really the same as others at all!

Combined 11 short film. Each of them are all great. Storytelling was amazing.

These short films are decently cute and fun but completely pointless. Nearly zero dialogue. The ducky and bunny episodes are the only ones with actual talking. I was looking forward to these but pretty underwhelmed. Something seems off or different with the animation as well. It's not terrible or unwatchable, but noticeably different than the quality from the respective movies. I'd say if you're a hardcore Pixar fan they're still worth a quick watch. You can watch all of them in about twenty minutes. But don't expect them to add anything meaningful to the story or any character development. They're okay for what they are.