Let's talk about Toy Story 1 & 2 (no 3 spoilers)
Discussion
To ensure there's no spoiers about Toy Story 3, I thought I'd spark up a discussion about the first 2. Beleive it or not, 1995 for the first and 1999 for the second.
What I remember most about them is that they were both ground breaking at the time. 1 because it was full feature animation, and I seem to remember 2 was the human's movement and the hair that was the big leap.
Later Pixar and dreamworks stuff got things like Fur (Monsters Inc.) and liquid (Shrek) sorted.
What's the purpose of my post, I hear you ask? Well I'm not quite sure - I enjoyed the first 2 so much, saw both of them at the cinema, and excited at seeing the 3rd tonight, so just wanted to add a bit of nostalgia to my morning
What I remember most about them is that they were both ground breaking at the time. 1 because it was full feature animation, and I seem to remember 2 was the human's movement and the hair that was the big leap.
Later Pixar and dreamworks stuff got things like Fur (Monsters Inc.) and liquid (Shrek) sorted.
What's the purpose of my post, I hear you ask? Well I'm not quite sure - I enjoyed the first 2 so much, saw both of them at the cinema, and excited at seeing the 3rd tonight, so just wanted to add a bit of nostalgia to my morning
For me, the first two Toy Story films are still the best animated films from the likes of Pixar and Dreamworks, they'll both go down as classics in the future. The supporting characters in them are also brilliant; Rex the anxiety ridden T-Rex, the sarcastic Mr Potato Head and the straight talking Hamm to name but three.
TonyHetherington said:
Later Pixar and dreamworks stuff got things like Fur (Monsters Inc.) and liquid (Shrek) sorted.
I always thought that Finding Nemo had one of the first truly decent water simulations in a movie? Not counting the Abyss, as that was an alien.Pixar were always ground breaking, but the visuals are only a part of their success. The story writing and script worked incredibly well on all levels.
I always love watching Toy Story just for the in-jokes in the book shelf behind Woody when he does the first Toy meeting.
Agree, the writing is a huge part of it. I think it's why it appeals to adults and kids too - we see so much more which keeps us interested (we're the adults, by the way) and the kids see a takling pig and a success story which they love.
I was going to re watch the original two before going tonight but not had the time, annoyingly, but each time I watched I remembered seeing more.
I was going to re watch the original two before going tonight but not had the time, annoyingly, but each time I watched I remembered seeing more.
I'm permanently keeping a HD copy of Monsters Inc on the netbook now.
One of the kids in the family was getting grouchy at weekend, thankfully had the netbook with me. Started up, put on Monsters Inc. Kept her quiet for the whole movie, she's only 4 years old, hadn't seen it before. I was just marvelling at the detail in every scene.
A few months back put Toy Story on the big screen for my little lad (just coming up to 2 years old). He absolutely loved it.
The only weak one for me is Finding Nemo. Every other one seems to be able to take repeated viewing without getting "old".
One of the kids in the family was getting grouchy at weekend, thankfully had the netbook with me. Started up, put on Monsters Inc. Kept her quiet for the whole movie, she's only 4 years old, hadn't seen it before. I was just marvelling at the detail in every scene.
A few months back put Toy Story on the big screen for my little lad (just coming up to 2 years old). He absolutely loved it.
The only weak one for me is Finding Nemo. Every other one seems to be able to take repeated viewing without getting "old".
TonyHetherington said:
That's interesting - I like Finding Nemo. Ok not their best, but still a cracker. No idea why, but particularly liked A Bugs Life too, which I thought worked very well.
It just didn't hold my attention, although it does look absolutely beautiful.Wall-E polarised opinion at home - I absolutely loved it, as did my mum, sister and son. Swmbo and her daughter just didn't care for it in the slightest.
I think the real beauties are the pixar shorts though. Presto, Burn-E, Partly Cloudy, Dugs mission - all fantastic, funny. Mmmm, I think I need HD copies of those for the netbook.
Adz The Rat said:
I really want to watch the first two again before we go to see the third one, I wonder if anywhere will be selling them cheap on dvd to tie in with the release of the new one?
£9.99 for both;http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/13953801/Toy-Story-...
I really like the Pixar logo animation before the start of each film (luxo lamp), to me its now right up there with the 20th Century Fox intro. So simple yet so effective.
I also like how they brought back an animated short before the main feature. That used to be one of the best bits of going to the cinema as a kid seeing a classic Warner Brothers cartoon on the big screen.
Was it Toy Story 2 with Wheezy the penguin in? The bit where he was on the high shelf surrounded by animated dust, which was just an amazing amount of detail for an animated film.
I vaguely remember Tim Allen do an out-take on Home Improvement where he was playing with a speaking Buzz Lightyear toy "I'm Buzz Lightyear" "no, I'm Buzz Lightyear" and ending up in hysterics with it. (It was funnier than it sounds
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I also like how they brought back an animated short before the main feature. That used to be one of the best bits of going to the cinema as a kid seeing a classic Warner Brothers cartoon on the big screen.
Was it Toy Story 2 with Wheezy the penguin in? The bit where he was on the high shelf surrounded by animated dust, which was just an amazing amount of detail for an animated film.
I vaguely remember Tim Allen do an out-take on Home Improvement where he was playing with a speaking Buzz Lightyear toy "I'm Buzz Lightyear" "no, I'm Buzz Lightyear" and ending up in hysterics with it. (It was funnier than it sounds
)I cannot believe the first one was 1995, that's amazing!
I think the story and the way that these films are written is what makes them so appealing, it was the first (in my memory anyway) film that a parent could take their child to see and genuinely enjoy on a completely different level.
I think the story and the way that these films are written is what makes them so appealing, it was the first (in my memory anyway) film that a parent could take their child to see and genuinely enjoy on a completely different level.
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Stupidlikeafox said:
You're a sad, sad little man. 
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Edited by james_gt3rs on Wednesday 21st July 11:51
TonyHetherington said:
Adz The Rat said:
I really want to watch the first two again before we go to see the third one, I wonder if anywhere will be selling them cheap on dvd to tie in with the release of the new one?
£9.99 for both;http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/13953801/Toy-Story-...
We may go watch the new one on Friday night.
clonmult said:
The only weak one for me is Finding Nemo. Every other one seems to be able to take repeated viewing without getting "old".
Each to their own I suppose, I really love Finding Nemo.My weakest Pixar's are Bugs Life, Cars, Ratouille & UP. when I say weakest I mean 3 to 4 star movies still.
Favourites Toy Stories, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, Incredibles, Wall E.
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