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Movie Review: Toy Story 3
Jun. 30th, 2010 09:03 amThere is little that I can say, because I'm still choked up - this is a beautiful show.
I had been anxious to see it, because Howard Tayler, whose reviews I always appreciate, was ample with his praise. RottenTomatoes gave it a 99, which means even the most jaded cynics had something good to say about the film (although Armond White, Cole Smithey and Jeremy Heilman must all be dreadfully depressing people in real life.)
One always goes into follow-up movies with a certain sense of trepidation. The dark era when "Fievel Goes Fishing Garbage Out of Subway Grates" and "Land Before Time 47: The Gerontosaurs" went straight to video just to milk a few more dollars out of a long-moribund franchise still leaves me a bit jittery when any movie company announces a sequel of a sequel, but in this case Pixar has scored the hat trick.
Andy's all grown up, and the gang has to face their final challenge together. The villains were unexpected, the emotions powerful enough to bring out the hanky, and there were enough twists and delights to make me laugh through my tears; (I think my favorite review is by Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly - beware, it's got spoilers). I just wanted to kidnap Bonnie right off the screen and take her home to hug.
We saw it in 2D, and I'm not sure the added depth would have been worth the extra money in this case, but if you like 3D films, there are some scenes in this one that would probably make it worth the extra few dollars per seat.
Go see this one, it's worth your time.
Overall Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.
I had been anxious to see it, because Howard Tayler, whose reviews I always appreciate, was ample with his praise. RottenTomatoes gave it a 99, which means even the most jaded cynics had something good to say about the film (although Armond White, Cole Smithey and Jeremy Heilman must all be dreadfully depressing people in real life.)
One always goes into follow-up movies with a certain sense of trepidation. The dark era when "Fievel Goes Fishing Garbage Out of Subway Grates" and "Land Before Time 47: The Gerontosaurs" went straight to video just to milk a few more dollars out of a long-moribund franchise still leaves me a bit jittery when any movie company announces a sequel of a sequel, but in this case Pixar has scored the hat trick.
Andy's all grown up, and the gang has to face their final challenge together. The villains were unexpected, the emotions powerful enough to bring out the hanky, and there were enough twists and delights to make me laugh through my tears; (I think my favorite review is by Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly - beware, it's got spoilers). I just wanted to kidnap Bonnie right off the screen and take her home to hug.
We saw it in 2D, and I'm not sure the added depth would have been worth the extra money in this case, but if you like 3D films, there are some scenes in this one that would probably make it worth the extra few dollars per seat.
Go see this one, it's worth your time.
Overall Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.
