That frantic screenplay has the toys, who come to life when there are no adults and kids around, thrown into one Perils of Pauline adventure after another. Did Disney, which owns Pixar, pressure them to go with something familiar for Pixar’s second foray into 3-D, after Up? ( Toy Story 3 is also being released in 2-D.) That’s possible because the film simply doesn’t do much that’s fresh with its likable and diverse characters and the film’s 3-D effects, fine as they are, seem to be driving the story instead of serving the needs of the screenplay, which was written by four writers, Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich, who also directed the film.(Four writers on one film is two writers too many.) I’m actually not sure why the folks at Pixar felt the need to revisit Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of the gang of toys, after the previous two excellent movies in the series, released in 19, respectively. But it’s not and it also suggests something of a continuing slippage in quality control in the company’s output. That's a lot of layers for a stuffed bear.I wish I could say that Pixar’s Toy Story 3 is up to the high standards of most of their previous films. Tom Hanks continues to give sincerity a good name as the steadfast Woody, and Ned Beatty makes Lots-o superficially welcoming but secretly cynical. "Toy Story 3" is presented in 3-D, and the effects are subtle and appropriate. I shouted with laughter over one joke that paid off with a sigh and another that concluded with an infant blowing raspberries.Īs always, the production details are flawless. Director Lee Unkrich (co-director of "Toy Story 2," "Finding Nemo" and "Monsters, Inc.") doesn't even need words to tickle us. Barbie has a standout moment when she says something surprisingly philosophical and well-reasoned. Potato Head's plastic features transposed onto a floppy tortilla, for instance, or Buzz capering like a caballero when he's switched to Spanish-language mode - and showers of verbal wit. This is a dazzlingly inventive film, overflowing with flash and fun. It certainly agitated me.īut if that sounds like heavy stuff, it isn't. The tense finale, bringing the toys face to face with a monstrous recycling shredder, may be problematic for the youngest viewers. Substitute "plastic" for "meat" and you've got the toys' predicament. In "The Wrestler," Mickey Rourke's over-the-hill grappler calls himself a piece of meat no one needs anymore, a sentiment anyone past age 50 can understand.
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The movie finds moments of honest pathos in the prospect. In keeping with the idea of toys outliving their usefulness, "Toy Story 3" adds a thread of tension with the threat that the toys could end up as landfill. Gag-a-minute DreamWorks films have a higher humor quotient, theoretically, but Pixar movies delight on a deeper level. What makes Pixar the world's best film studio is its dedication to meticulously crafted stories, and those dramatic dilemmas back there in the shadows ensnare our emotions, making us fret for the characters when they're in peril and cheer when they do something clever. Every Pixar story revolves around childhood issues of separation anxiety and the grown-up need to find a meaningful identity.
Oscar-winning screenwriter Michael Arndt ("Little Miss Sunshine") honors the standard Pixar template and extends the themes of the earlier "Toy Stories." Like all Pixar films, this generates a playful friction between high-spirited humor and serious themes.
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