Okay... let's put opinion aside... let's just look at the facts....
Barnes writes,"Pixar’s last two films, “Wall-E” and “Ratatouille,” have been the studio’s two worst performers"
Here are the numbers...
Rank - Title - Total - Domestic - Foreign - Year of Release
1 - Finding Nemo - $864.60 - $339.70 - $524.90 - 2003
2 - The Incredibles - $631.40 - $261.40 - $370.00 - 2004
3 - Ratatouille - $621.40 - $206.40 - $415.00 - 2007
4 - WALL - E - $534.80 - $223.80 - $311.00 - 2008
5 - Monsters, Inc. - $525.40 - $255.90 - $269.50 - 2001
6 - Toy Story 2 - $485.00 - $245.90 - $239.20 - 1999
7 - Cars - $462.00 - $244.10 - $217.90 - 2006
8 - A Bug's Life - $363.40 - $162.80 - $200.60 - 1998
9 - Toy Story - $362.00 - $191.80 - $170.20 - 1995
Even just using domestic gross - which only someone who is ignorant or willful would do - there are two movies that didn't break $200 million while Ratatouille and Wall-E did. But The Rat is Pixar's #2 ALL TIME foreign and Wall-E is #4.
Do those numbers not count?
And here is a personal note... the same idiots were saying the same crap about Wall-E last year... and were dead wrong.
But back to the facts... this is a complete embarrassment for the Paper of Record.
Read the complete post at http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/archives/2009/04/does_brooks_bar.html