Toy Story 3- NME magazine
June 18th, 2010 and we join our old childhood friends Woody and Buzz for their apparent last adventure, in surprisingly 3D. Good old Andy has finally grown up, and is heading to college, and so do we reach a possible end for all of his forgotten toys? His mum suggests that he give them all to the day-care centre, but Andy, being the sentimental guy, can’t face throwing away his true best friend… He decides to take Woody to college with him. The others, well, they are supposed to get shoved upstairs in the attic. But uh-oh, plot twist… They think they are going to the bins, panic, Woody goes to reassure them, they end up relocating to the day-care box and off his mum takes them and… Well. Basically they all end up at the day-care centre, including Woody. But wait a second? Hasn’t this happened before? I certainly recall Woody and Buzz almost getting left behind when they move house in the first film? And now Woody has gone missing again?! Hmm. So we arrive at the day-care centre. At first, the main character there, some sort of bear called Lotso whom runs the place seems nice enough. We soon learn that the day-care place is evil, and run by the disturbed Lotso bear. The characters attempt to escape, we learn why the bear is evil, the toys want to return back to Andy, a few problems along the way… etc.
Overall, it was a pretty good movie. A bit of classic adventure following from the first two, a couple of new characters that are quite amusing. A Spanish Buzz. I have to say though, that the 3D effects were rather disappointing. The only thing that the 3D did was add a bit of depth, it was like looking through a window. If I wanted to look through a window, I would do that for free at home. I suppose that’s just Pixar’s style, but I had certain expectations. The film ended with a Spanish version of ‘you’ve got a friend in me’ which was quite a highlight. I personally didn’t find the film sad, a couple of people said they cried. But really, it was what you’d expect from Toy Story. A pretty good movie, but obviously couldn’t beat the first one.
Toy Story 3- BBC Music magazineOn the 18th of June, 2010, Toy Story 3 was brought to 3D screens around the UK. We learn at the
beginning of the film that the character Andy is attending college, and so is packing his belongings. He is unsure as to what to do with his toys, and thus decides to place most of them in the attic, except from his favourite toy Woody whom he will take to college. His mother suggests that he donate the toys to the local day-care centre. Unfortunately, the animated toys conclude that they are going to be thrown away, and so they enter the box dedicated to the day-care. Andy’s mother takes the toys, including Woody who tries to console his friends and tell them to go into the attic instead, to the day-care. Our first impressions of the day-care are marvellous. The neglected toys are supposedly played with each day, and it seems an exciting life for the toys. However, Woody seems unimpressed by the information, and remains loyal to his owner. Woody concludes that he should return to Andy, and sets to leave. Woody is actually taken by a young girl outside the day-care home. He meets her toys, and they converse about the day-care. Woody learns that the day-care is not how it first seems, but that the day-care is run by the corrupt ‘Lotso’ bear. The film continues to show how Woody and his acquaintances escape the day-care, and return to their true home.
In conclusion, the film had rather a weak plot, but still relates to the audience in a way that we feel like Woody is our toy, and we cheer him on to be successful with his pursuit. The film was released in 3D, in which the 3D effects added depth to the image and made it more realistic. However, this is not as obvious as most of the 3D used in upcoming films, and was somewhat seen as a disappointment. The picture was most definitely not as good as the first.
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