{"id":375,"date":"2010-06-17T14:36:10","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T21:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=375"},"modified":"2010-06-17T14:36:10","modified_gmt":"2010-06-17T21:36:10","slug":"daily-dose-review-toy-story-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=375","title":{"rendered":"Daily Dose Review: TOY STORY 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Dark in places and light and funny in others, this third and reportedly final TOY STORY film continues the Pixar hit tradition.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a student of the TOY STORY films, the first of which is now 15 years old.\u00a0 The first TOY STORY, released in 1995, was the maiden voyage for Pixar marking the first fully computer-generated full-length feature film.\u00a0 The second film was released in 1999 and again last year in 3D.\u00a0 TOY STORY 3 is Pixar\u2019s first IMAX release.\u00a0 So, dig deep fathers, your little ones will want to see this one not only in 3D, but surely in the IMAX 3D variety.<\/p>\n

TOY STORY 3 picks up years after the second film.\u00a0 Andy, the boy in the first two movies, is now going off to college and the remaining toys have not been played with in a long time.\u00a0 Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex, Hamm , Barbie and others return with new concerns as Andy prepares to leave his childhood home for a dorm room.\u00a0 Woody reassures his fellow toys that Andy will take care of them\u2014a nice, safe, warm attic awaits.\u00a0\u00a0 But Buzz and the others are not so sure and they fear the presence of garbage bags.<\/p>\n

In time, the toys find themselves mistakenly donated to a local day care.\u00a0 This is where the story goes from sentimental to dark and even a little scary.\u00a0 The day care is ruled by a grandfatherly stuffed bear named Lotso (voiced very well by Ned Beatty).\u00a0 Initially, the day care appears to be a wonderful place for the toys.\u00a0 Lotso explains that since the children are constantly rotating through the day care, the toys will always be played with and there will be no heartache.\u00a0 But the toys quickly learn that the utopia they believe they\u2019ve found is anything but a paradise.<\/p>\n

This TOY STORY entry can be playful and entertaining in the same way that CARS charmed young viewers.\u00a0 But the political dynamic of the day care adds sophisticated elements to the narrative, which will help draw in older audiences.\u00a0 Since TOY STORY fans are now more mature, I think that the \u201ctoy hell\u201d description assigned the film by its director Lee Unkrich is entirely accurate.\u00a0 But don\u2019t allow this to put you off, there are more than enough touching moments to balance out the intense and scary ones.<\/p>\n

Commenting eloquently on the relationship that children have with toys, TOY STORY 3 might feel a little dated.\u00a0 In our current society, toys have a very short shelf life, as children trade the old ones for the new trend.\u00a0 In this process of constantly upgrading kids\u2019 appreciation for what they have is often lost.\u00a0 I think that the comment here on childhood isn\u2019t an ode to consumerism and materialism, rather, the TOY STORY films, particularly this one, want us to focus on the emotional connections to the toys and the growth of imagination flowing therefrom.\u00a0 TOY STORY 3 opens with a whimsical sequence in which a young Andy plays with his toys putting them into a grand adventure.\u00a0 It\u2019s not the toys, those bits of plastic and fabric, but the memories evoked by their presence that remain most important.<\/p>\n

Funny and thought provoking, TOY STORY 3 will remind us of a time when toys took us places and taught us life lessons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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