Anyone else excited to see this movie? I grew up with Toy Story so i'm excited for it! My favorite is still the original! So far i head good things about it!
my 4 year old daughter is about to come unglued waiting for this movie. we let her watch the originals last summer with her male cousins, thinking she wouldn't like them because it is a "boy" movie and she is into the Disney Princesses and other girlie stuff, bit now TS and TS2 are daily viewing in our house now. she has her Jesse the Cowgirl costume from Halloween last year all laid out on her bed just waiting for Friday to get here, so she can wear it to watch the movie.
Should be good. I noticed in the previews they play on the Ken Doll being gay. Interested to see how far they run with that. What? Like you're not.
I head you're good at hear. Anyway yes I'm excited about this movie too. I love the first two movies and as Pagan said, anything Pixar does is gold. Also glad Michael Keaton has been able to find work again as the voice of Ken.
I was 8 in 1995 when the first one came out. This is my movie too. I cannot wait to take my son. It's gunna be fantastic
I'm going opening weekend of course, just like 15 years ago for the first one! Except older. I wonder if there will be more teens/20-somethings there. A facebook page called "move out of the way children I've been waiting 11 years to see Toy Story 3" has almost 2 million people. The group is so big now that Lee Unkrich, the director, actually sent a message to the members! funny stuff. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd_duZFQvG0"]YouTube- A Message From Lee Unkrich[/ame] Some interesting things from a review- "Dazzling, scary and sentimental, Toy Story 3 is a daringly dark and emotional conclusion to the film series that made Pixar famous." "There are scenes – almost too intense for a children’s cartoon – that will have your heart in your mouth and your jaw on the floor, and those, a fitting coda to a great film series, are why this movie will be remembered." Daringly dark?...Pixar taking it to a new level?
the wife and i saw it last night with our three girls in tow (ages 10, 7, and our TS fanatic; 4). none were disappointed, and i thought it was amazing. we had gotten our little one a book about the storyline of TS3 already, so we had a pretty good idea where the plot was going, but still plenty of surprises, lots of good belly laughs throughout, the new characters fit in seamlessly, they explained why a few of the old characters weren't around anymore, with their usual eye for detail, and in the credits, showed where pretty much every toy in the move ended up. just classic Pixar, doing it right IMHO. i have not seen a movie get a standing ovation like that in awhile. i will say this though: we paid the premium to see it in IMAX 3-D, and while it was good and i don't regret it, and the whole movie was 3-D, there were not lots of "jump out" effects made specifically for 3-D, like "How To Train Your Dragon," for example. so if cash is tight right now, i think you will enjoy it just as much on a regular screen for about half the price. Michael Keaton as Ken was great, and he and Barbie are attracted to each other, and they make that clear, but he is also clearly effeminate, and it comes off great on-screen. Ned Beatty as Lotso is very good as well. and as mentioned, there are some very dark parts in the movie, and i was surprised my 4 year old handled them, to be honest, but she did and so did the other little ones in attendance, because it was very intense. but there were also many tug-at-your-heart-strings moments, and the ending is just gold, IMHO. and to the question about the crowd, there were lots of late teen to early 20 somethings in attendance, the original market for Toy Story back in 95, probably the majority of the audience. we went at 8:00pm, which for my little one is bedtime usually, so there were not as many kids her age there. but from looking at my facebook page, tons of my friends took their kids of similar age to see matinee showings yesterday. oh, and the Pixar short film at the beginning was excellent too, i thought. i'll bet the weekend box office figures are good. enjoy y'all!
I will echo the sentiments of SICK and say that I could also not hold back the tears. On two seperate occasions my eyes filled up so much with tears that I just could not do anything but let them out. And yeah, I had a "heart in your throat" moment, and I haven't had one of those watching a movie in years. The prison break storyline didn't really interest me all that much to be honest. It was really the nostalgia factor and the laughs that kept me interested through that predictable part of the film. It is the last fifteen minutes that are truly special though. Voice acting was top notch as usual. Joan Cusack and Tom Hanks continue to be the stars of the show. Blake Clarke (you might now him as the farmer without a tongue from the Waterboy) is seamless as Jim Varney's replacement for Slinky. Among the new guys (for which I think there were too many) I enjoying Timothy Dalton as Mr. Priclepants the most with Barbie's a close second (I can't remember her name, but I know that she was the voice of Ariel in The Little Mermaid). For those who haven't seen it yet, keep a look out for a little girl when they first enter the daycare. That is an more grown up Boo from Monsters Inc. She has a blue kitty (she calls Sully Kitty in Monsters Inc.) and has a conversation between it and the sunflower that went something like this. "Boo!" "I'm scared!" "No, I'm your friend!" The daycare is full of references to other Pixar movies including a Lightning McQueen toy and a stuffed Mr. Stingray. I went to a 4:50 showing today and I only saw three kids under ten in a packed theater.
All kinds of other "Easter Eggs" in the movie, too. Spoiler Loved when I realized Sid from the original was in this one, too.
I just got back from watching this movie, and it easily joins the pantheon of other pixar classics. Pixar really has a way of capturing human emotion, not through elaborate plots or designs, but subtly. It takes me ALOT to cry during a movie, and if i were not in public, i would have been bawling like a baby, as it was a few tears sneaked through my iron clad defenses. Pixar was genius in this not only for their animation, plots, laughs, but honestly the timing with which they did this movie. The kids who grew up watching Toy Story, like me, are now young adults, and having Andy be that same age really added a connection to what pixar knew would be the main demographic that wouldn't have been there if this movie had been released 5 years before or in the future. I'm leaving for college this saturday, and all throughout the movie i couldn't stop from seeing my own soon to be experience, and while the movie wasnt Pixar's greatest or the best movie i've ever seen, this movie had more personal impact and a more personal connection to me than any other movie i've ever seen. In short, go and watch the movie, take your kids to watch the movie, because what you'll be watching will essentially be the childhood nostalgia of a generation that is coming of age brought to life.
After growing up with the first 2 and owning the replica toys back then...which were thrown out by my parents...that was almost depressing, but so good. There need to be a 4th sometime....those toys need to go with his kids. Full circle right?
I've heard the same thing from everyone who saw it...crying at the end. I drove 35 miles to see it Saturday night in IMAX only to get out of the car and realize I left my wallet home. Gunna go this weekend.
It was a great movie, definitely worth the 10+ year wait. Forget the Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, now we know what the real trilogy is...
Here's some nice news...It should be all funny too, we can't handle the sad stuff after the 3rd one. http://arts.nationalpost.com/2010/0...-and-beyond-pixars-toy-story-is-not-over-yet/ The film’s director Lee Unkrich told MSN that while this film can stand as a bookend for the series, there is always room on the shelf for more from Buzz and Woody, including a forthcoming short film: “I really tried my best to end the story of Andy and his toys and bring that story to a close in a really nice way at the end of this film. That being said, we know that people love the characters, love Woody and Buzz, and would hate to say good-bye to them completely. I don’t know that there would ever be a [Toy Story] 4. We don’t have any plans for one — but we are trying to find ways to keep the characters alive. We have announced we’re going to do a short film in front of Cars 2 that uses the Toy Story characters. We’re going to keep them alive; they’re not going away forever.” I also read Tom Hanks said "bring it on" and Estelle Harris wants to do a 4th one. There may not be a 4th, but a short seems perfect. I said they should do a Christmas Special on network TV or something...would get huge ratings, and only 1 hour long, and wouldn't risk making a bad 4th full length movie. [Let's be honest though....It's Pixar and Toy Story, a 4th one would never be bad.]
It was right after the toys mention Bo Peep is gone. Woody then has a flashback where he brutally rapes her (and the sheep!). followed by Woody pimping her out...and Bo Peep dying from a heroin overdose. I can't believe how amazingly real these Pixar charactesr are.
Saw it in 3-D yesterday. As others have said, there were no real pop-out effects but I didn't mind so much, I had a gift card to get into the movie anyway. I had forgotten much about the first two movies since I didn't really hold them dear to my heart growing up but I did feel 'something' between the dynamic of Andy and his growing up/leaving the toys behind. Hey Toys 'R Us was right, I don't wanna grow up 'cause if I did, I couldn't be a Toys 'R Us kid.
I saw the movie tonight in 3D, it was actually the first 3D I've seen in the movies. I agree that there wasn't much if any pop out effects but it was still a really really good movie. Not sure how I'd rank it with the other two Toy Story movies, as I loved the other 2 as well. The only thing I really didn't like about the movie was the land fill part, because it was pretty cliche.
Hmmm, that would be an interesting thing to look up. I would initially doubt he is the all time money leader, even if all of the Pixar movies combined equal just over 5 billion dollars, I'd guess like Tom Hanks or Jack Nicholson (someone that's been around in Hollywood forever and been in tons of things) off the top of my head would hold that record. But man I could very well be wrong, 5 billion dollars is a huge huge number. EDIT: The more I think of it, the more I think you may very well be right.
Did anybody else find the scene where... Spoiler Mr. Potato Head becomes a tortilla ...to be oddly disturbing? I'm sure the guys up at Pixar knew it as well, hence the long shot of him just walking around like a stroke victim.