Toy Story Full Movie Plot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ToyStory
Toy Story 3 Full Movie Plot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story_3
In my next movies, Toy Story and Toy Story 3, Disney/Pixar created an underground civilization of toys that only pretend to be lifeless when there are humans around. In “reality”, each toy has its own personality and role in the society. For instance, Sarge leads his army men on recon missions downstairs and reports back to Andy’s room via walkie talkie, RC (the remote control car) provides transportation for the other toys, and Mike (the Playskool microphone) provides the sound system for the “town meetings”. But these movies weren’t just about the inner workings of a secret society, hidden amongst the multitude of plastic toys are stories we can all learn from – at any age.
In the first Toy Story, the toys strive to establish their individuality and identity, as well as struggling to learn how to reconcile their differences. The movie begins with Andy’s birthday party, and there is constant fear among the toys of being replaced or outshined by a new toy. Woody’s worst fears are realized when Buzz Lightyear arrives and takes his place as Andy’s favorite toy. Initially there’s a great deal of conflict between Buzz and Woody, but they’re eventually able to resolve their differences for Andy’s sake. Most of the toys are able to gradually define themselves as they go along on the adventure, but Buzz has a sort of mid-life crisis when he realizes that he’s just a toy and that there are millions like him. By the end of the movie he is able to determine his individuality be realizing that he’s one-of-a-kind to Andy. Heartwarming, but not exactly original.
Toy Story 3, the second sequel to Toy Story, follows Andy as he prepares for college and plans to leave his toys behind. It's a classic coming of age tale for Andy as he moves on to another stage of his life – as our graduating class is about to do. I guess this should have provided me with a personal connection to the storyline, but I still quite disliked the movie. Despite it being a feel-good story of good triumphing over evil (Woody and the gang finally overthrow Lotso, the tyrannical purple teddy bear) along with an uplifting message of female empowerment (Barbie transforms from, well, Barbie, to a clever and strong female character), I found the movie boring and predictable. I understand it’s a children’s movie and that the storyline can’t be overwhelmingly complicated, but that’s not an excuse for the unbearable dullness of this feature.
Upon telling people that I didn’t like the Toy Story movies, I’ve received various reactions from rage – “blasphemous!” screamed one classmate – to puzzlement and confusion. The trilogy is obviously perfectly timed for our generation as we grow from kids to young adults, and from the feedback I’ve gotten about the movies I appear to be the only member of said generation that didn’t like them.
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