Toy Story 3 (MOVIE / 2010)I cannot say enough good things about this movie. It took the characters that many have loved for years and took them on an incredibly different adventure than we have seen before. Sure, there is obvious parallels of the toys being stuck in a prison, but that's not what the movie is really about. The movie is about the inevitable changes that happens in ones life and the ability we have to meet those changes head on, and on our own terms. There are not as many laugh at loud moments in the film as in Toy Story 2, nor does it get as depressing as the first film. Toy Story 3 strikes a balance between sadness and joy that I haven't experienced in a theater for a while. In the end I was tearing up, not out of sadness but because there was a real connection to the characters in the film. Pixar is now 11 out of 11 in not only the Blockbuster game, it will make a lot of money, but in making films that continue to surprise an audience who thinks it has seen it all. Again, I can't say enough good things about this film other than see it now and see it often as I can't take the fact Shrek the Third and Forever After could make more money.
Loved it! Lyza wasn't scared at all. In fact, last night she put her Buzz into this little basket and said he was in prison. Nice.
ReplyDeleteI totally geeked out near the end when they got thrown into the trash truck, that being the industry in which I am currently employed. The waste to energy plant is a sort of recycling center and it sort of fit nicely with the overall recycling sub-theme of the movie.
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ReplyDeleteP.S. You should consider checking out the TV show "The Good Guys." Colin Hanks is...Colin Hanks, and the main female talent is pretty weak (probably because their part of the script is really bad). But Bradley Whitford (a.k.a. the douche in "Kate & Leopold) is a real crack-up.
ReplyDeleteThe show is super formulaic, but it reaches that stage of stupidity and slapstickishness that make it very funny (at least in the first four episodes).