TOY STORY 3

[falafel]

I have never seen Wall-E or Cars. Not interested either.

I do love the other 8 though. Monsters Inc and Up both had me tear up.

There's really no reason not to see Cars. Wall-E is certainly a pass (although I enjoyed it). If you love the other 8, as you say, you should really see cars.

[RobinFinderson]

I find these comments interesting because, since nearly every Pixar film has received stellar reviews, I don't see how this new one getting raves is any indication that you'll like it more than RATATOUILLE or UP. Metacritic has RATATOUILLE as the best-reviewed of all of the Pixar films. Not saying I agree, just wondering how your reasoning works.

And if MONSTERS, INC. doesn't have lasting appeal, why is it the one my kids watch the most? Should I tell them to stop because they're backing a losing horse?

I've been caught in the act of disastrous review writing AND my flawed logic has been exposed, all in one morning. Now I just need to post some crappy photos and the triple crown of Robin's sucktatude will be complete!

I'm a Pixar fan. Not a a fan-boy, but a definite fan. When I look at reviews and hope for the best, that is just me hoping for the best (in other words, not another Up!).

[marsupial]

I was just letting GL see our rankings. sheesh.

Sorry, I was confusing you with TripletDaddy who sounds an alarm anytime someone starts a thread on a topic which has already been covered.

[Green Lantern]

Sorry, I was confusing you with TripletDaddy who sounds an alarm anytime someone starts a thread on a topic which has already been covered.

Thanks for the thread link guys. Turns out Johnny Lingo and I were alarmingly similar in our rankings.

[creekster]

I thought Up was a total mess (except for the universally acclaimed beginning sequence). TS3 is getting great reviews, so I hope this means that Pixar has gotten back on the right track.

Pixar has produced some stellar films (Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, TS1&2), but a decent number of its properties were only great compared to the other animated features that came out the same year (Monsters Inc., Cars, A Bug's Life) and really don't have lasting appeal. Then there are the two concept films, Wall-E and Ratatouille, both of which I appreciated for their visual awesomeness more than the stories (the food critic in Ratatouille was awesome). I think that Up was a disaster in story telling, with the one exception being the opening sequence, which deserves its universal acclaim.

TS3 is getting rave reviews, which I'm glad to hear, because I was afraid we might be getting more Up, and less The Incredibles in the years to come.

I liked Up. The dog gag made me laugh very hard.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

I saw Toy Story 3. It was excellent. Definitely better than Cars, Up and Wall-E.

But my personal favorites are still Ratatouille and the Incredibles with Finding Nemo close behind. The comedic highlights of the movie are Ken and the first time the toys are played with by the kids. I didn't know this until afterward, but Ken is voiced by Michael Keaton.

I saw Toy Story 1 playing on a 120 or 240 hz TV over at Costco and it looked downright primitive. I don't have a 120 hz TV, but I'm wondering if one could turn it off sometimes, it makes computer animation look kind of crappy. Toy Story 1 already looked dated.

[Pheidippides]

I saw it with my kids today. Fantastic, but I love all the Pixars and definitely count as biased. My order of favorites constantly shifts, so I can't say where it falls in the pantheon.

My favorite bit was the Tortilla sequence. Great. But the most amazing bit was that the ending had me in tears - not because of any special message but because Pixar has somehow managed to get me emotionally invested with a computer-rendered visual representation of fictitious toys. Amazing.

[BoylenOver]

(apologies for making this a Pixar thread, and not a TS3 thread)

Re-watched "The Incredibles" last week. Still amazing. I never picked it up on it before, but the name of Syndrome's secret island is Nomanisan.

I'll have to re-watch the first two Toy Story films this week. Sounds like the fam is going next weekend.

[dut99002]

We took our little boy to see it Saturday. If you like Pixar movies, the previous Toy Story installments, or good cinema then I highly recommend seeing it.

The animation was excellent (which is to be expected with Pixar) and the story made sense, with a good balance of comedy, drama, and adventure.

I, too, got a bit teary eyed by two parts in particular (the dramatic dump sequence and the ending). This was my favorite movie of the year thus far and I'd happily pay to see it again. It really was a great movie.

[dut99002]

I didn't know this until afterward, but Ken is voiced by Michael Keaton.

Keaton also did Chick Hicks' voice on Cars.

http://pixar.wikia.com/Chick_Hicks

[dut99002]

Another piece of useless Pixar trivia I learned today: Barbie in Toy Story 2 and 3 is voiced by Jodi Benson (who also voiced Ariel in The Little Mermaid).

http://pixar.wikia.com/Jodi_Benson

[dabrockster]

I liked Up. The dog gag made me laugh very hard.

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[Color Me Badd Fan]

BTW, I was watching a Pixar documentary on CNBC earlier this evening, it was really interesting. They kept on showing a guy with a beard and I kept on thinking that I'd seen him before. As it turns out, I was at his house in Marin County one time back in the summer of 2002 when I was working in the Bay Area. I had some friends who were friends with one of his kids. I remember hearing that he had something to do with Pixar. He had a plasma TV that was probably about 46 inches big and cost $10,000. It was very impressive in 2002. He was hanging out in a room that housed his computer with the biggest monitor I'd ever seen in my life.

It turns out the guy is Ed Catmull who's now the President of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios. He was the brains behind the development of a significant portion of the technology behind the computer animation at Pixar.

[beefytee]

BTW, I was watching a Pixar documentary on CNBC earlier this evening, it was really interesting. They kept on showing a guy with a beard and I kept on thinking that I'd seen him before. As it turns out, I was at his house in Marin County one time back in the summer of 2002 when I was working in the Bay Area. I had some friends who were friends with one of his kids. I remember hearing that he had something to do with Pixar. He had a plasma TV that was probably about 46 inches big and cost $10,000. It was very impressive in 2002. He was hanging out in a room that housed his computer with the biggest monitor I'd ever seen in my life.

It turns out the guy is Ed Catmull who's now the President of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios. He was the brains behind the development of a significant portion of the technology behind the computer animation at Pixar.

He's a big U of U guy as well.

Catmull Rom Splines are also named after him. They are a pretty slick way to create smooth paths using control points.

So it is pretty impressive that he has come from this technical background but made is way to the top in administration.

[PaloAltoCougar]

A very good movie. I liked Up! and Wall-E, but TS3 has a more consistent story line that builds nicely and ends very satisfyingly. Many LOL moments as well as some genuinely touching scenes (as we prepare for our last child to head out to college, the final scene really got to us). The stratospherically high level of creativity, imagination and humor is really astounding at times.

And you'll love it if you hold down the reset button on Buzz Lightyear for more than five seconds.