Toy Story 3 (now includes spoilers!)- Page 4

[adamgreer]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 1:59pm

I know we still have 6 months to go, but I think we might have the very first animated film to win the Best Picture award here. I really do.

You're not the first person I've heard say this, and I completely agree with you. The Best Animated Feature Oscar is all but engraved at this point, too.

I have not been this emotional and this affected by a film since I saw Schindler's List for the first time when I was in high school. I got teary-eyed yesterday explaining the incinerator sequence to a colleague.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 2:24pm

Maybe Pixar can tackle Te Holocaust next!

[wendilin622]

Posted: 6/24/10 at 3:31pm

I literally just walked in from the movie. It was one of the best movies I've seen in a very long time and it was absolute perfection. So many thoughts and memories going through my head right now....The idea of growing up and moving on from childhood....the nostalgia of old toys/life. It really was a perfect movie. Add me to the list of people who sobbed throughout the last 20 minutes of the film. I am also soaking it in and would love to go back and see it. Although... I don't know if I have any tears left!

[strummergirl]

Posted: 6/27/10 at 1:10am

"Maybe Pixar can tackle Te Holocaust next!"

Well I would kill to see Maus on the big screen, especially in Pixar animation. Honestly I am surprised that has not been made into a movie yet.

As for the film (saw it in 2D), it was everything I could ask for. I cried the last 10 minutes of the film like everybody else. It really captured the nostalgia we have for toys and joy we get even when those moments are far and few as we get older, less attached. I did not find the Big Baby scary so much as really sad. The poor thing was lied to and was used, the flashbacks really made me look at the character in that light.

I do think Lotso got what he deserved. He's stuck there until there is nothing left of him.

Did anybody else think about the film The Brave Little Toaster in that whole sequence at the dump? I have always seen connections to the films, actually, but that in particular drew parallels.

I think my favorite part was that Barbie and Ken had such extensive knowledge about their fashion and history as dolls, while Barbie could also hold her own as a political theorist. Also loved "You Got A Friend In Me" in Spanish.

Bonnie was so cute and definitely a worthy new owner.

Definitely a Best Picture nod for sure.

[wendilin622]

Posted: 6/27/10 at 9:10am

I LOVED that Barbie was not the typical ditsy blonde. She was smart, fearless, independent. I loved loved loved that.

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 9:55am

I finally got to see it this weekend and don't really have much more to add than what was already said. I thought it was perfection and I can't wait to see it again. And...with the news beging so gloomy lately it's just the kind of heart warming film I needed.
In addition to all the moments everyone has pointed out I also LOVED the "Spanish Mode" Buzz Lightyear.

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 10:08am

From the incinerator scene on, I was gone. Not welling up, but tears streaming down the face, heaving sobs. I have not cried that hard in years.

[blueroses]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 5:04pm

"I did not find the Big Baby scary so much as really sad. The poor thing was lied to and was used, the flashbacks really made me look at the character in that light."

Me too. When he (she?) saw the "Daisy" locket and whimpered, "Mama?" I lost it.

I loved TOY STORY 3. I haven't been so affected by a film in years. I don't cry easily and I was a wreck. I had to put my beloved dog to sleep last week (he was almost 15) and it all hit so close to home...the toys whose existence centered around giving love and happiness to their owners. The impermanence of relationships, love, loss, growing up, moving on, having to say goodbye. But it was also hilarious, action-packed and entertaining, marvelous to look at. I would see it again. And again. TOY STORY 3 was magic. This was everything a moviegoing experience could be.

And what an ending, huh?

I've got to tell you, when I saw Buster, I cried even harder. I thought, the toys will miss Andy but at least they can go on and find "life" with another child. Sweet little Buster is so old...he is going to die.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 5:36pm

I loved Buster in that movie. I was laughing so hard when he first came in. Yes there is something very sad about old dogs but they are hysterically funny too! He wanted so much to be of help but just couldn't do it anymore!

[strummergirl]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 6:10pm

Buster is definitely bittersweet. He goes from puppy at the end of the first film to old, fat, and arthritic. Hysterical in his scenes but sad when you think of mortality in this film. Even the toys had that right in their faces.

[Q]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 6:39pm

****SPOILER****

An interesting moment for me was when Barbie fooled the inchworm by wearing Ken's space suit, and he saw her pink high heels as she walked away. I wasn't sure how to interpret his reaction of muttering, "Ish!" and then just walking away.

What I really noticed was that moment easily received the biggest vocal reaction of the movie - our sold-out theater of 1100 exploded into laughter. Exploded. And I wasn't sure what to make of that, either.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 6:58pm

I wasn't bothered by it. Ken reminded me of Dana Carvey's "Lyle" the Effeminate Heterosexual.

Updated On: 6/28/10 at 06:58 PM

[Q]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 7:53pm

I wasn't bothered, per se, just not sure how to interpret the intent. The audience reaction - and its intensity - did intrigue me.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 8:05pm

Well despite his protests I believe everyone in the audience, myself included, felt that Ken would be at home in High heels. Let's face it Guys in Drag= Funny(most times).

It was also something the audience was in on that the Glo-worm wasn't.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 8:06pm

The biggest laugh I noticed was when Big Baby stuck out his tongue to Lotso after dropping him in the dumpster. Every child in the theatre cracked up, but not a single adult. I found that intriguing myself. Children have awful senses of humor.

Updated On: 6/28/10 at 08:06 PM

[SNAFU]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 8:10pm

My biggest laugh was the runaway train of orphans! That and poor old Buster.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 8:15pm

I remember when I saw Toy Story 2 in theatres, when Emperor Zurg told Buzz that he was his father, every adult in the theatre roared with laughter, but the kids were silent. It was probably my favorite audience reaction ever at the movies.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 9:16pm

Thanks to the BWW poster who pointed out Sid was the garbage man because I was the only person giggling at that part. Wonder what happened to his sister Hannah?

[blueroses]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 9:19pm

"My biggest laugh was the runaway train of orphans! That and poor old Buster."

I loved the trolls! Spanish Buzz was my fave, though.

Barbie and Ken's disco party was great. I got a kick out of Big Baby's gold lame diaper. (and I love how he found a mommy figure in Barbie)

[singtopher]

Posted: 6/29/10 at 1:14am

Just saw the movie today.

The theme of letting go of your youth was particularly profound for me. At 25, I'm still young, but no longer "just a kid." Also, I was 10 or 11 when the very first movie came out, so I've grown up with these characters and this was a wonderful way to say goodbye to them. Hell, I'm getting a lump in my throat just thinking about it.

It makes me wonder how/why Pixar can write these fun, adventurous, yet profound stories time after time, yet there so much other crap out there. Do they just have all the talent, or are everyone else not working hard enough?

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 6/29/10 at 2:14am

Wonder what happened to his sister Hannah?

Third year at Harvard.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 6/29/10 at 12:10pm

This is ridiculous! A mother called the film sexist because there are very few female characters. Quote, "Bo Peep is 'inexplicably' missing -- and the ones that are present are either too talkative (Mrs. Potato Head), stupid (Barbie) or driven partly by a desire to find love (Jessie)."

http://community.todaymoms.com/_news/2010/06/28/4577181-toy-story-3-called-damaging-full-of-careless-sexism Updated On: 6/29/10 at 12:10 PM

[singtopher]

Posted: 6/29/10 at 12:19pm

^Doesn't surprise me.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 6/29/10 at 1:16pm

I posted the link.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 6/29/10 at 1:54pm

Jaw dropping film, right up there with some of my all times faves. At 31 this film had me blubbing like a little girl at the end.