Pixar vs Dreamworks

I don't use any other social media nowadays so I'm posting this here. I've had an argument about this with my friends, I was wondering what other people's opinions are.

Which is better, Pixar or Dreamworks?

How would you compare each studio's lineup of movies?

What is your favorite Pixar movie and what is your favorite Dreamworks movie?

 

How about the lineups as a whole? I'm not into many new movies either, but what do you think about pre-2017 Pixar Vs Dreamworks

 

My favorite Pixar is the Incredibles, and my favorite Dreamworks is the Prince of Egypt, and overall I like the direction that Dreamworks is headed in. I get why Pixar is so critically acclaimed but I feel like most of their good work is from before the 2010s. I think Soul was alright, besides that everything has been pretty lame.

 

Have you see the Prince of Egypt tho? Many people think it looks like another kids movie and then are baffled by how incredible it really is. The movie trailers don't make it look as good as it is.

I saw something on Youtube that was a valuable point about why Pixar has been having trouble writing good stories nowadays. Stories used to be about a rash/arrogant or misguided character that learns a lesson through events/other characters. Nowadays Pixar movies treat the characters as perfect people who are right about everything and the purpose of the movie is for that character to "fix" the system they live in. For example, I haven't watched it but I've read Turning Red is about a girl who's mad at the world while she's going through puberty and she gets to embrace who she already is by the end of the movie. Also, Elementals is about a character who lives in a world that segregates the different elemental characters and I'm assuming one of the elements goes and fixes the system or whatever. And Luca's message is accepting him as a sea creature. Why do we have to have all these modern themes about stuff kinda resembling racism in kid's movies? It's stuff that doesn't really happen anymore in the Western world, I think racism should be saved for historical movies. Instead, I wish Pixar would deal with more inhuman things in mythical worlds, questions like:

Can humans tame dragons?
What if toys could speak, move, and think?
How do fish feel when captured from the wild?
What if monsters were civilized?
What do rats and bugs feel like living in a human's world?
What if superheroes were banned?
What if cars for alive? (although that's a little ridiculous for a 3 movie franchise)

These are all unique premises that bring forward new and original problems for characters to solve. Monsters inc. is kinda an example of characters changing a system, but it's so much more unique than "racism bad" like elementals.

Dreamworks doesn't necessarily have a wider range of quality in terms of movies (Shark Tale is just as bad as Cars 2), but I think they're headed in a great direction with the success of Puss in Boots 2. I'm happy Dreamworks has 3 solid flagship franchises (Shrek, Kung-Fu Panda, HTTYD), and they still seem to have the talent and potential to expand.

 

Also I gotta mention that Illumination finally took a W since the first Despicable Me, which is the Mario Movie. It was nothing special, but the fact that it wasn't dogshit means Illumination has some potential in the future. Also, the money that movie's making is insane, they are definitely gonna invest more into Mario.