Has Pixar Past Their Renaissance?

Pixar is one of my favourite film studios, not only does it look like the coolest place to work (They have an entire room dedicated...to cereal) but they have also made some of the greatest films of all time, not just in animation, but of all of cinema. Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Wall-E and Up. They're one of the few companies that can genuinley say that they have changed the industry for the better. But i'm sure i'm not the first one to point this out, their last fews films haven't been very good. Cars 2 sucked, Brave was meh, Monsters University was pretty decent. But this is a company that can do better than pretty decent, if their films aren't seen as masterpieces then most people would consider it a failure. And the fact that their last few films aren't as great as others, people have started to question whether or not they've past their prime. In my opinion, no, every company goes through ups and downs, hell, even Disney has experienced this multiple times. Fact is, no matter how much talent Pixar has behind every film, not each one is going to be great, however, i do believe that this might all change next year.

For you see, Pixar has not released a film this year, but instead, we will be getting two films next year in 2015, Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur. Yes. Both of them are original films, because if anything has been proven, it's that Pixar are best with original stories, because their sequels (Excluding Toy Story) usually are a dissapointment. And judging from the marketing of Inside Out so far, which is only 7 months away, it looks like it is going to be amazing, and a return to form for Pixar. Not to mention with Pixar legends such as Pete Docter (Monsters Inc) directing and Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3) and Bob Peterson (Up) writing it, i see no reason why this should fail. So, in the end, is Pixar past their renaissance? No, they've just hit a bump in the road, but Monsters University showed signs of Pixar returning to form, mostly within the last third, so here's hoping that will carry over into an entire movie.

-Danny