Potato Head (Estelle Harris), Slinky Dog (Blake Clark), Hamm (John Ratzenberger), Sarge (R. Woody (Tom Hanks) is, not surprisingly, the "favored" toy selected to join Andy at college while Buzz (Tim Allen), Mr. It's hard not to believe that even they have realized the true magic of this very special cinematic experience. The magic of the Toy Story trilogy may well be revealed in the fact that 15 years after the original film so many members of the original cast return. A mishap occurs in which toys intended for the attic are accidentally donated to the daycare and, thus, our adventure begins. It is important that we have each other and, indeed, in Toy Story 3 the communal existence of the toys is of utmost importance.Īs Andy prepares to leave for college, his mother (Laurie Metcalf) requires that he either send his toys to the attic, pick out what he wants to take to college and/or donate the toys to the daycare. Pixar, along with screenwriters Michael Arndt ( Little Miss Sunshine) and John Lasseter along with director Lee Unkrich, manages to honestly yet gently portray this world in which sometimes we are wounded and battered and torn by the experiences life affords us. Yet, love changes and sometimes hurts and even disappoints. In essence, it is a variation on the whole theme of The Velveteen Rabbit, a world in which love has made real the most delightful of childhood toys and, in turn, the perceived love of these toys has made their human counterparts real, as well. This is the world in which Toy Story 3 plants itself, a world in which adults and children and toys are intimately intertwined through their common life experiences. In this year, Andy (John Morris) is preparing to head off to college and the toys who have served as his life companions are facing all the fears, doubts and anxieties that we all face when we are forced to confront our own mortality, our declining contributions, even worth, in the lives of those around us.Īgain, how is it that only Pixar has managed to learn that children are fully functional human beings who can laugh and cry and hurt and learn and really, really love? We are now 15 years after first becoming introduced to Andy, his toys and the world in which they live. The Toy Story trilogy may, in fact, be our only full-length animated masterpiece series. Yet, the creation of a cinematic trilogy has, more often than not, been ruled solely by a desire for box-office receipts than artistic integrity.
Kieslowski's Three Colors trilogy? Without question.
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There are films that are masterpieces, but seldom does Hollywood manage to create a series that can be truly considered a masterpiece.
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While there's virtually no doubt that finances played a role in the decision to produce a Toy Story 3, in the hands of Pixar it feels less like a decision ruled by the almighty dollar and more like a decision in which the creative geniuses at Pixar created an animated perfect storm of circumstances that allowed the return of Buzz, Woody, Barbie and the rest of the Toy Story gang a full 15 years after the series debuted and made us all realize that animated films could truly be something special. How many "third" films can you recall that honestly lived up, even remotely, the the series' original?īut, this is Pixar. The notion of a third film in a series would be, in ordinary circumstances, cause for concern or, at the very least, a sarcastic sneer at the company's corporate greed and lack of imagination. How is it that in a Hollywood where virtually everything that achieves success that not a single company has managed to emulate the success of Pixar? A Pixar film never talks down to children, but instead talks up to them. All you have to do is sit down one weekend and immerse yourself in Pixar's world where children are embraced and regarded as intelligent and insightful beings. How can other film companies not catch on? How is it that year after year after year Pixar manages to create master works while the "also rans" only occasionally achieve box-office success and only rarely receive anything resembling true critical acclaim?
How can Pixar so consistently produce films that are so magnificent to behold, stimulating to experience and so wondrously celebrating of the internal and external worlds of the child? The answer, quite simply, is a resounding "No!" Is there another American film company that grasps the world of the child with as much beauty, tenderness, humor and respect as Pixar?
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