my friend wants to know
One has beloved commercial icons, and the other has kitchen appliances.
Having not seen either, I believe this is a good place to start.
I haven’t seen TS3 yet, but I believe the toys are “donated” to a day care center, and hilarity ensues.
In TBLT they were left at the vacation house & wanted to make their way back to the boy. But in both cases, it was the boy going off to college.
Anybody seen TS3 yet? I can’t wait!
If it’s anything like Shrek 14, I don’t even want to look.
Haven’t seen it, but Toy Story 3 is one of the best reviewed movies of the last few years.
99% positive on Rotten Tomatoes(141 positive, 2 negative).
Shrek 4? 54% positive( 82 positive, 71 negative)
I don’t think it’s much the same.
People, please do not bring your toddlers to this movie. They are too young to follow the story and will fuss and fidget for 2 1/2 hours (including the commercials and trailers). I’m not even sure a five-year-old could follow the story.
Having said that, yes it is a good movie and you will cry at the ending. Trying to wipe away tears while wearing 3D glasses is weird.
Also, Despicable Me looks fun. Tangled could be stupid or fun, hard to tell, but is gorgeous to look at. And where the hell is the Deathly Hallows trailer?
Don’t mess with the big baby.
I agree that it is weird tearing up with 3D glasses. I’ll always remember that this is the movie that showed me that.
Seriously, it’s fantastic enough to deal with the crying babies in the theater. Go see it.
My 4 1/2 year old loved it. Her favorite part was “Buzz’s Spanish Feature” (what she called it). I don’t know that she followed all the twists and turns, but she loved it. WAY too many trailers for a kid’s movie though. She was really getting tired of waiting during them, but settled down once it started. I bawled like a baby for the last long bit. Excellent!
Also, this was the first time we’ve been to a 3D movie where they had kid sized glasses! I’ve been begging for them for awhile, and always told they don’t have them. The theatre said this was the first time they’ve ever gotten them. My daughter was thrilled!
I saw the movie last night and I thought it was great.
When all the toys just held hands and waited for the incinerator to destroy them I almost lost it. That scene went on much longer than I expected but I’m glad it did. Felt really dark. To be fair, the movie as a whole felt alot darker.
Yes! OMG! I thought, this is pretty dark for a kids’ movie, fellas, ya think?
Yes, I agree it was darker. The toys are like slaves to whichever kids have them at any time.
Saw it last night. I cried too. It was just amazing. I think 50 years from now they’ll look back on it as a masterpiece. The voice acting was amazing. It was so detailed with so much going on.
I also really liked the short feature. The 2D outlines with 3D behind them was a fantastic use of 3D… gave it an actual reason to be there aside from just being 3D.
The movie was great, of course. I particularly loved the tortilla, and the extended imaginary sequence at the beginning. But the whole thing was great. My wife and I also both cried at the end.
50 years from now they’ll look back at the whole Toy Story trilogy as one of the finest achievements of American cinema. I’m certain of it.
Toy Story 3 is wonderful. It’s just as good as the first two, equal parts hilarious and poignant. I’m someone who’s basically grown up with the Pixar films - Toy Story came out when I was eleven, and it’s still one of my favorite movies, a treasured classic that works as well for my adult self today as it did for my kid self in 1995.
Woody, Buzz, and the rest are characters as dear to my heart as Luke Skywalker or Jim Kirk were for folks older than my generation. And Toy Story 3 completes their story - everyone’s story - in the most perfect way imaginable.
It’s a little embarrassing to admit, but I feel like a part of my childhood has finally closed the door, and I’m both happy and sad about it.
Thanks, Pixar, for everything.
I did notice the similarities to Brave Little Toaster, but they were superficial at best. I liked that movie.
I didn’t like Lotso being as evil as he was. Everyone knows a teddy bear can’t be evil! I was hoping he would be re-united with Daisy and get redemption, but apparently my mind is too full of maudlin sentimental crap to be an effective storyteller!
[spoiler]Isn’t that part of the point? He’s the “Stinky Pete” of Toy Story 3 (although IMO a more interesting character, and better villain, than Stinky Pete was). In all three movies, a major theme has been that the “cuteness” of a toy has nothing to do with whether it’s a good toy. What matters are two things: that toy’s devotion to its kid (and vice versa), and equally importantly, loyalty to its friends. Thus, Sid’s monstrous creations in Toy Story 1 are “good toys,” despite being pretty damn terrifying, because they work to protect and fix each other.
Lotso chose his path. He’s a sympathetic villain, but a complete, last-second change of heart would have felt cheap, IMO. He got what he deserved. Not death, or torture, or anything that would feel like Our Heroes got “revenge,” but rather his worst fear of all: complete and utter loss of control.[/spoiler]