Toy Story 3 Film Buff review
After eleven years since the second film toy story three is finally released and I can whole heartedly say nothing has changed and it has kept all of its humour and style from the 95’ days. I am so relieved that the style wasn’t changed, now I’m sure a few people will be groaning that it isn’t the most realistic film and that you couldn’t see every single hair follicle on Andy’s arm but I think that’s the beauty of toy story, whether watched on a VHS player or blue ray it still looks just as colourful.
We see all of our favourite characters and the incredible voice acting of Tom hanks and Tim Allen the only changed voice is Slinky dog (who in toy story three has a much more minor role) as his voice actor Jim Varney (best known for his comic role of Earnest).
Still I digress from the actual story, it seems that Toy story 3 is the much needed closure to series with number two ending rather openly I believe a third film was inevitable. The story does leave a good gap between the second film (around ten years) and Andy has grown up and is leaving for college.
Believing Andy no longer wants them the toy’s sneak into a box heading for Sunnyside day-care which is more of a prison than a day-care. The story is well planned and the new characters work with the film. The film can turn very sad at points and also very funny even though the last time I’d watched a toy story film I would’ve been around seven years old I can honestly say this film has the perfect humour for kids and for adults.
However the only flaw I would say is that I don’t believe a new generation; someone who had not seen the first two films couldn’t truly get a real emotional response from the film. Someone who has not grown up with the characters and did not see this film when it was the absolute peak of animation. Still I do not believe this is a comeback for toy story, I hope it isn’t as the ending is too perfect it would be like trying to add a fourth lord of the rings, great films are in trilogies and I hope Toy story stays as a trilogy.
So I say go and watch the film and do not feel embarrassed at watching a “children’s film” I was actually the youngest in cinema and that defiantly didn’t stop the “grownups” tittering like school children.
Out of five I would award this film a four, a fantastic end to a fantastic series.
Digressing from the film it’s self here is some film buff knowledge.
The more geeky among you will know what the Wilhelm scream is (it’s a Easter egg included in films such as star wars, Indiana joans, Aladdin, Hercules and yes toy story one, yes I’m sure I’m missing many more films). Toy story three had this Easter egg (I may be mistaken) not once but twice listen out for it carefully when you watch the film.
Speaking of Easter eggs the more anime knowledgeable of you will have noticed the doll of Toroto, he doesn’t have a speaking role but he does sit quietly in the background and grin in his very creepy way. He isn’t a short Easter egg either he has quite a lot of screen time which is very rare for Pixar as with most Easter eggs they’re too quick to notice)
The voice of Hamm or ‘doctor pork chop’ has been in every Pixar film, yes every film often his role is very small (like in incredible he only voiced a background character) or considerably bigger (monsters inc. He voices the yeti).
In toy story one the toys actually blink one eye at a time every single time they blink and to get the movements for the army shoulders the animators glued a large wooden block to their feet to get used to the walking style.
The toy story are notorious for their Easter eggs but so far these are the only ones I have spotted and I’m sure I’ll be watching toy story three again and again spotting more each time.
