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chapter11 [ 9.0 ]
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Another Pixar delight, naturally---there's nothing here as alive as "Ratatouille" or as silently wrenching as the prologue to "Up", but there's familiar (and well-drawn) characters in a familiar scenario. As such, it's funny, it's heartwarming, with a bittersweet but ultimately satisfying ending, and there's really not a lot more to say about it.
Okay, okay, you *could* mention the gang's trip to the dump, perhaps one of the most tense sequences in modern filmmaking, and that scene's coda, a steely, chilling gaze into the mouth of death that's one of the darkest. Note, too, Ned Beatty's Lotso---a Pixar villain that ranks with the best ghouls of Disney's pitch-black yesteryear.
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suminjoo [ 10.0 ]
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I didn't like Toy Story 1 at all when it came out and, as a result, I didn't watch the sequel. Despite all that, Toy Story 3 was SOOOO GREAT - it was one of the best heart-warming movies. The story was very well written - I wished I have seen the TS-2, which would have made me more impressed about how the writers in 3 closed all of the loops, issues, and questions from the past two movies. Toy Story 3 is now my favorite pixar movie. Oh, no need to watch in 3D btw.
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DokBrowne [ 8.5 ]
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Not sure how to approach the movie critically. It was high-class merriment and I'll probably happily watch it another 45 times in my lifetime, with my kids or even alone, but I can't say it was A TRULY GREAT MOVIE, the way it's being treated by most people. I have no wish to disparage the magic and nostalgia it brings to viewers young and old, as indeed I am among them, but if we wanna sit down and hash this out in a more objective light, yes it's delightful, imaginative, exciting, friendly, and ultimately wistful, but perhaps the real power behind Pixar sometimes is their classiness, not necessarily their creative genius. DreamWorks movies tend to be annoying and crass and trade in ephemeral pop culture fads, whereas Pixar always makes their products with a strong touch of class and timeless iconography. To that end, they are masters of their form, and I'd much rather my children enjoy any of the 3 "Toy Story" films than the majority of non-Pixar major animated features of the past decade (Miyazaki being a clear exception). However, "Toy Story 3" doesn't break any new ground or even alter the formula of the first two movies. It indulges in our loving familiarity with the characters the way most lazy sequels do, and basically plugs different villains, settings, and conflict specifics into the same storyline we've seen twice already.
One thing I will credit, and which perhaps negates the problem of sameness felt, is the thematic progress made: if "Toy Story" the first was primarily Buzz's coming-of-age, and "Toy Story 2" was Woody's, this third and final chapter is, fittingly, the group's as a whole. It's about their bond as a unit and how the unit copes together with the end of an era. With that as the bigger picture and a fortune of good-will and charming comic adventures spilling off the screen, then maybe going through the same paces with all our beloved toy friends yet again is a moot point critically. But it still lingers, and should be a point of discussion when people are debating "the best movies of all time" or even "the best movie in this franchise"...
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| Weighted Rating | : 7.8 |
| No. Ratings | : 10 | |
| No. Reviews | : 6 | |
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