"I'd proudly stand up next to you, and defend her still today"
"…Well, not *me*, but, you know, my neighbor's kid…"

Disney owns Pixar?
I guess legally that might be true, and I can't remember the exact parameters of the deal, but didn't Disney essentially say to them, "We have been failing and failing for a decade and you are making all our money and we'll do whatever we can to keep you as partner"?

I am an admitted Cars apologist, and I can only defend it so far, so I have no problem with anyone choosing to ranking it last.

I hate to say it, but:
In response to all the Pixar ranking, here's how I feel:

Name an artist. Anyone. Anybody who writes lyrics.

coldplay
I'm going to quote this blog (mypoproks.wordpress.com) because she says it better than I could:

Spielberg
It's interesting the only proviso for the list was "Not Directed By Steven Spielberg", but then he produced at least three of the selections.