Saturday, June 19, 2010

Play time is back

It's been fifteen years since the first time that toy box was opened and the world was introduced to for the first time the lovable toys belonging to a young boy called Andy and we saw what toys really do when the door is closed. Andy has finally grown up and we get to see what was foreshadowed in Toy Story 2, what happens when a toys owner gets too old for toys. Toy Story 3 is PIXAR's eleventh film and will probably add a few more Oscars to Pixars already huge collection.
The film follows toy cow boy Woody (played by Tom Hanks), space ranger Buzz Lightyear (played by Tim Allen), and all the rambunctious toys in Andy's room and their beloved owner Andy is all grown up and moving to college and the gang fears being left alone or worse...being thrown out (dum dum duuuuum!). And through a strange series events the gang finds themselves stuck in a daycare that seems like paradise at first but turns into a nightmare led by a large pink bear named Lotso (short for Lots-0-hugs, played by Ned Beatty).
For those fans of the film series you will be pleased to see many shout outs to the previous two Toy Story films as well as previous Pixar films such as a kid wearing a Lightning McQueen T-shirt to a sticker of Nemo in Andy's room. But all in all the film repeated the actions of almost all Pixar films and touched on a very emotional tone, causing many people (yes, including guys) to tear up. And the thing that I found comedic was as I was entering the theatre to see Toy Story 3, and dominant portion of the people seeing the movies were teenagers and adults, which contradicts the generic law of animated movies. And whether it's from the films humor, the lovable characters, or the films strong emotional moments I strongly say that Toy Story 3 is the (so far) best movie of 2010. And I give Toy Story 3 a 9.4, a solid A.