(Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios)PIXAR RAISED the bar so high a decade ago with a spectacular three-year streak of original films that the studio is forever measured against its own success. But given the slate of films since then, as well as going forward, Pixar especially needed the new “Coco” to succeed. The prospect of Pixar going from much of 2015 to well into 2020 without an original winner would have somewhat altered the studio’s image. Let’s hope Pixar continues to make space for at least several original winners each decade. Read more:How Pixar’s ‘Coco’ became a huge box-office hit‘Coco’ forced Pixar to dive deep into a real-world culture — and add some diversityReviews say ‘Coco’ is a return to form for Pixar, with welcome diversity

Source: Washington Post November 27, 2017 17:03 UTC