Toy Story 3
IT IS AWESOME
AND AMAZING
PIXAR HASN'T FAILED ME YET OH MY GOD IT'S FANTASTIC and also terrifying at parts those poor little kids who will be there
it's like OH YEAH WE'RE BACK IN TOY STORY LAND WOO-HOO!1!!! and then HOLY COW WHAT IS GOING ON and then HOLY SHIT IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING jesus christ I originally placed this above The Incredibles in terms of dark Pixar films, but Incredibles still stands above because that one has humans actually dying (I guess Wall-E would count for that too but)
it's so good
- GOD BUZZ'S RESET SCENE. I WAS ACTUALLY QUITE WORRIED especially with the darkness and the spotlight and that baby, talk about Uncanny Valley come to life. Maybe Pixar is gently referencing even more of Tin Toy in this one? We have the moving toys, now we have the freakish baby dollthing in the mix.
- WHAT THE HELL THAT TRASH INCINERATOR I was 80% certain they would actually burn up in there and my face was a perpetual D8 that whole scene and I kept thinking HELLO NIGHTMARE FUEL FOR THOSE CHILDREN and also HELLO NIGHTMARE FUEL FOR ME
- And yet Buzz as the space-nut was pretty hilarious even though he was the new muscle for Lotso. Plus the Spanish mode. The Spanish mode.
- I was a little disappointed that Jessie took a backseat in this movie (imo), but Barbie had some great screentime. "From 1967, right?" ri-i-i-ip
- TVTropes tells me the garbage collector is Sid! I DID NOT NOTICE but I should've guessed that no one appears in a Pixar film by chance. I will look closer next time!
- As the girl next to me said, Woody is secretly an evil mastermind and makes crazy plans that actually work. BEST PLANS. Mr. Tortilla Head. Which made me wonder: are the Potato Heads the only ones who can move their separate body parts because they're detachable? Neither Buzz nor Woody could move their detached arms. I suppose that makes sense.
- SPEAKING OF DETACHED ARMS, I looked closely and was SO HAPPY to see that Woody's right arm was still a little puffy from being repaired in the second film. YES, ATTENTION TO DETAIL! CONTINUITY! Although I realize his magnifying lens burns have mysteriously disappeared.
- Yes, I cried at the end when Andy actually gives up his beloved toys. Because it's not a Pixar film unless I shed tears. Toy Story 2: check. Finding Nemo: check. Ratatouille: check. Wall-E: check. The Incredibles: check. Up: BUCKETS AND BUCKETS.
- It's also really fun to chronicle Pixar's technology, since Toy Story was the company's first feature film. I mean, the animation was pretty rockin' when it came out but when I watched it on TV it was like... oh lol. The humans look more human-y and the toys have really awesome detail, but they didn't look completely redone by the CG.
- I WINCED AND CRINGED AND MADE DISGUSTED NOISES the whole scene when the toys were being "played with" by the Caterpillar Room kids. Yeah, kids play like that, and I was certainly no exception (I made my plastic horses fight each other and legs broke off and flocked skin was stripped off and notably an eye was lost), so I think it's more "augh these characters are being treated so badly" as opposed to "augh these toys are being treated like that."
- ... as I'm thinking now, how did Lotso enforce his hierarchy when he also had to deal with the adult humans who ran the daycare? Like, Jessie's hat would definitely be a choking hazard with kids who put everything in their mouths.
- Basically the entire midnight showing audience was a huge college/high school reunion. I am pretty sure everyone was college-age, which completely makes sense, as everyone saw the first two films as kids.
- The thing I continually love about Pixar is that they don't create a new original universe in every film: they just switch your point of view. Toy Story is just about... your toys! Navigating a world that is big and terrifying in a way that normal humans don't think of. A Bug's Life is about those ants who always get on your picnic food. Finding Nemo focuses on the ocean and the awesome world there. Ratatouille is about RATS, those germ-filled vermin people generally avoid. And still, this new point of view is just as incredible, intense, and heart-warming as any fantasy world.
- The preview of that owl movie, the uh ... "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'hoor" I am not sure of the story but hot damn, the animation was gorgeous.
I think this was a worthy conclusion to the Toy Story saga.
AND AMAZING
PIXAR HASN'T FAILED ME YET OH MY GOD IT'S FANTASTIC and also terrifying at parts those poor little kids who will be there
it's like OH YEAH WE'RE BACK IN TOY STORY LAND WOO-HOO!1!!! and then HOLY COW WHAT IS GOING ON and then HOLY SHIT IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING jesus christ I originally placed this above The Incredibles in terms of dark Pixar films, but Incredibles still stands above because that one has humans actually dying (I guess Wall-E would count for that too but)
it's so good
- GOD BUZZ'S RESET SCENE. I WAS ACTUALLY QUITE WORRIED especially with the darkness and the spotlight and that baby, talk about Uncanny Valley come to life. Maybe Pixar is gently referencing even more of Tin Toy in this one? We have the moving toys, now we have the freakish baby dollthing in the mix.
- WHAT THE HELL THAT TRASH INCINERATOR I was 80% certain they would actually burn up in there and my face was a perpetual D8 that whole scene and I kept thinking HELLO NIGHTMARE FUEL FOR THOSE CHILDREN and also HELLO NIGHTMARE FUEL FOR ME
- And yet Buzz as the space-nut was pretty hilarious even though he was the new muscle for Lotso. Plus the Spanish mode. The Spanish mode.
- I was a little disappointed that Jessie took a backseat in this movie (imo), but Barbie had some great screentime. "From 1967, right?" ri-i-i-ip
- TVTropes tells me the garbage collector is Sid! I DID NOT NOTICE but I should've guessed that no one appears in a Pixar film by chance. I will look closer next time!
- As the girl next to me said, Woody is secretly an evil mastermind and makes crazy plans that actually work. BEST PLANS. Mr. Tortilla Head. Which made me wonder: are the Potato Heads the only ones who can move their separate body parts because they're detachable? Neither Buzz nor Woody could move their detached arms. I suppose that makes sense.
- SPEAKING OF DETACHED ARMS, I looked closely and was SO HAPPY to see that Woody's right arm was still a little puffy from being repaired in the second film. YES, ATTENTION TO DETAIL! CONTINUITY! Although I realize his magnifying lens burns have mysteriously disappeared.
- Yes, I cried at the end when Andy actually gives up his beloved toys. Because it's not a Pixar film unless I shed tears. Toy Story 2: check. Finding Nemo: check. Ratatouille: check. Wall-E: check. The Incredibles: check. Up: BUCKETS AND BUCKETS.
- It's also really fun to chronicle Pixar's technology, since Toy Story was the company's first feature film. I mean, the animation was pretty rockin' when it came out but when I watched it on TV it was like... oh lol. The humans look more human-y and the toys have really awesome detail, but they didn't look completely redone by the CG.
- I WINCED AND CRINGED AND MADE DISGUSTED NOISES the whole scene when the toys were being "played with" by the Caterpillar Room kids. Yeah, kids play like that, and I was certainly no exception (I made my plastic horses fight each other and legs broke off and flocked skin was stripped off and notably an eye was lost), so I think it's more "augh these characters are being treated so badly" as opposed to "augh these toys are being treated like that."
- ... as I'm thinking now, how did Lotso enforce his hierarchy when he also had to deal with the adult humans who ran the daycare? Like, Jessie's hat would definitely be a choking hazard with kids who put everything in their mouths.
- Basically the entire midnight showing audience was a huge college/high school reunion. I am pretty sure everyone was college-age, which completely makes sense, as everyone saw the first two films as kids.
- The thing I continually love about Pixar is that they don't create a new original universe in every film: they just switch your point of view. Toy Story is just about... your toys! Navigating a world that is big and terrifying in a way that normal humans don't think of. A Bug's Life is about those ants who always get on your picnic food. Finding Nemo focuses on the ocean and the awesome world there. Ratatouille is about RATS, those germ-filled vermin people generally avoid. And still, this new point of view is just as incredible, intense, and heart-warming as any fantasy world.
- The preview of that owl movie, the uh ... "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'hoor" I am not sure of the story but hot damn, the animation was gorgeous.
I think this was a worthy conclusion to the Toy Story saga.