Infinity and Beyond by
decor_noctis Oh gosh, you guys. If you loved the Toy Story movies even half as much as I did, if Toy Story 3 owned your soul and dragged you back into this 'mythology' for one last wild ride with a smile on your face like it seemed to do to so many this summer, then you simply must watch this fanvid. Must. You must. You. Must.
There seems to be a lot of vidding to Kesha*, especially "Tik Tok", going around these days. Which makes sense: catchy fast-paced songs like these make for excellant vidding fodder if you can get the timing right.
And this one does, but how. In fact I'd venture to say it's the best one I've seen thus far. It manages to keep the fast pace and use the beats and audio keys right, never growing repetitive despite only having so many scenes to draw from. There are some really precious uses of image/lyric matching, and overall the whole thing just makes me smile like crazy and bounce a little in my seat. You can probably tell if you look really hard for it, but on casual watch I can't specifically notice the inevitable difference in animation quality between clips from the different movies either; an excellant job is done blending them all seemlessly together. It reads as one fast-paced, fun, rollicking adventure of this lively crew of beloved characters.
Really, if anything, the perfect tribute to the movies, and the showcase display of how well-done this vid really is, comes in the emotional 360 it spins me into: going from the giggly happiness and broad smiles of about 1:33 on, to the sudden heartwrench at 2:10, and then just when I think I can't take it anymore at 2:40 I'm laughing all over again.
*Sorry yo, but I refuse to use the $ sign. Never will. You can't make me, I don't care how it's "supposed" to be. I reject and rebel against the idea that this is supposed to be acceptable use of those well-meaning extra punctuation signs that never hurt anyone these days. (And I'm stubborn on this issue: despite all my literal years of being a huge fan of hers, Pink still don't get no ! sign from me. It's an i, girlfriend. Deal wit it.)