Toy Story 3 (now includes spoilers!)
Toy Story 3 (now includes spoilers!)
#1Toy Story 3 (now includes spoilers!)
Posted: 6/17/10 at 9:38pm
The early review are rapturous. I can't wait to see it in 3D on Saturday night!
"the studio's greatest achievement since 'The Incredibles,' and -- just maybe -- since the original 'Toy Story.'" Parts of the movie, he writes, have "the poignancy of a Tennessee Williams play."
-Entertainment Weekly
"While "the movie segues into a prison escape thriller with apocalyptic undertones, the suspense [is] always leavened with laughs." Calling the movie a "masterpiece," Ms. Puig also writes, "the tale touches the heart as no movie in recent memory has done."
- 4 out of 4 stars from USA Today
"...as sweet, as touching, as humane a movie as you are likely to see this summer." Some scenes, he writes, may be frightening to small children. But that seems like a small quibble. According to Scott, on the whole, it provides "sheer moviegoing satisfaction" and is "wondrously generous and inventive."
-NY Times
I can't wait!
Early reviews for Toy Story 3
Updated On: 6/19/10 at 09:38 PM
#3Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/17/10 at 10:16pmI'm getting antsy, but I don't think I'm gonna have a date this weekend. Unless I go with my folks, but then we'd have to go during the day, and that means hundreds of unruly children.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
pushdabutton
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/2/05
#4Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/17/10 at 10:43pmI took the day off from work tomorrow just to go to the first show of Toy Story 3. I have been waiting for this movie for a long time now. I just hope it lives up to my expectations.
#5Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/17/10 at 10:44pmSO EXCITED about this movie. Going at one point this weekend to see it.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#6Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/17/10 at 11:06pmI was considering *maybe* going to see it this weekend, but after reading that I'm definitely going!
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
JudasIscariot
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/05
#8Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/18/10 at 2:38am
Just got back from it and all I can say is wow. The reviews really are justified. It's a phenomenal film, and it's nostalgic while being really relatable to the audience. I was 5 when the original Toy Story came out, so I am around Andy's age. Toy Story was a big part of my childhood and it's really nice to see Andy aging with us and just dealing with the whole issue of growing up and moving on.
Really nicely done, and now I need some time to soak it all in. It's very bittersweet because we know that this is the final chapter, and they ended it so beautifully.
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#10Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/18/10 at 8:51am
We're going at 11:45 tonight, hoping to avoid kids.
I'm ok with 3D for a movie like this -- it's not like it was tacked on later - it was actually filmed in 3D.
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
#11Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/18/10 at 12:27pm
I went to the midnight premier last night and I too am still soaking it in. All I can really say is that it was a masterpiece, go see it for yourselves people so we can chat about it, haha.
For those uneasy about the 3D, I actually thought it was very well done.
Goshen doesn't do High-School-shows.
JP2
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/07
#12Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/18/10 at 1:13pmToy Story 3 is The Dark Knight of animated features. I was mesmerized. I laughed hard, and I wept harder.
#13Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/18/10 at 1:17pmMy son went to the midnight showing last night and due to technical difficulities, it started an hour late (at least he got a voucher for a free movie). He was hoping to avoid the kids too but he said sitting right behind him was this 5/6 year old kid with a buzzing Buzz Lightyear toy that asked every 5 minutes what's going on, what's happening... Why would someone take a kid that young to a midnight showing? Anyway, he said the movie was really good!
#14Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/18/10 at 2:14pm
I LOVED it! Big Baby is the scariest Disney character EVER! IMO, Ken stole the show. He really is a Diva. The finale really had me in tears. You just know this will break box office records and Disney will not be able to let this go. I predict Disney will announce within a week TOY STORY 4,which is lame because they could not have wrapped the story up any better.There's nothing else say, so a 4th film would just be to milk an already good thing. It was just flawless.What surprised me most was the emotion this story had. Seriously, you will need to bring some Kleenex.
By the way, I never noticed this but heard people in the theater talking about how when the film came out in 1995, Christian groups were angry that the 2 kids in the film had a single mother. I can hear the Christians asking the questions now. Is she divorced? Gay? Do the 2 kids have the same father? Did she have the kids out of wedlock? Oh the horror! (LOL)
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
pushdabutton
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/2/05
#15Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/18/10 at 2:50pmI went to the 9:15 am show this morning and managed to avoid all but a dozen kids. The audience was only filled with about 20-25 people so it was perfect. The movie was another masterpiece and was just as good as Toy Story and Toy Story 2. I agree with everyone, it got very emotional at the end. Very well done.
americanboy99
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/06
#16Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/18/10 at 3:56pm
Looks like we've got one of our ten Best Picture Oscar nominees already pretty much set in stone...
So thrilled to see this movie. Truly can't wait!
#17Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/18/10 at 4:50pm
You just know this will break box office records and Disney will not be able to let this go. I predict Disney will announce within a week TOY STORY 4,which is lame because they could not have wrapped the story up any better.There's
John Lassetter has stated unequivocally that there will be no more films in this series. This is the only franchise in the Pixar cannon he was willing to go on the record to say that about, so I believe him.
#18Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/18/10 at 5:02pm
Just got back from this as well. First, let me say if you're thinking about shelling out the extra cash for 3D, don't. I forgot I was even at a 3D movie until near the end when I remembered I had glasses on. It adds absolutely nothing to the film. Now that said...this is a masterpiece. It's Disneys best film since the last Toy Story and should set a new standard to which all animated films should strive to equal. The last twenty minutes had me sobbing like I was seeing OLD YELLER for the first time. From the *spoiler* Trash compactor to the end credits I was just a mess. But they did end this series in the most beautiful, touching and appropriate way they could so I couldn't be happier.
Oh, an Big Baby scared the piss out of me and will make your kids throw out their baby dolls the second they get home.
#19Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/18/10 at 5:51pm
I personally think the monkey was scarier than Big Baby.
Of course the ending was teary, but there were several other times during the film where I was teary-eyed.
All in all, I think I was just glad it wasn't watered down to be a little kid movie.
And well said JP2.
Goshen doesn't do High-School-shows.
#20Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/18/10 at 7:35pmEvery person I've spoken with who has seen it has RAVED about it. That, along with the raves here, and the rave critics reviews make me REALLY excited to see this tomorrow night.
#22Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/18/10 at 7:59pmYeah. I forot to mention all of those people have also said they were crying during the last 15 minutes and that there wasn't a dry eye in the theater.
#23Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/18/10 at 8:01pm
And Armond White once again ruins a perfectly good tomatometer rating.
http://www.nypress.com/article-21357-bored-game.html
Now 99%.
#24Toy Story 3
Posted: 6/18/10 at 8:43pmI just LOVE the comments posted at the bottom of that review.
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