Comments on: Toy Story 3

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This Too Is Meaningless » Blog Archive » Oscar thoughts 2011 — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:09:49 +0000

[...] nominees, but the field is still strong (I haven’t seen The Illusionist yet, though). But Toy Story 3 will win, naturally, even if How to Train Your Dragon was fantastic and a huge [...]

By: Scotty 3

Scotty 3 — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:16:06 +0000

This movie was really good. I gotta go back and watch the others in order to determine which I like the best. What got me most about Toy Story 3, though, were the religious allegories throughout the movie.

Spoilers ahead:

For example, Woody (Jesus) reminds the other lonely toys that they’ll remain together together when Andy(God) puts them all in the attic(Heaven), but all the other toys feel betrayed by and denounce Andy when they end up on the curb by mistake, so they end up at the abusive daycare center (Hell). Then, as if it wasn’t obvious, Lotso taunts “Where is your kid(God) now?” before sending them to their fiery fate in the incinerator.

I found this to be really interesting that Pixar added these kind parallels into the movie. My friend I saw this with, who is a rabid Pixar fan, says he believes Wall-E is somewhat based off of Noah’s Ark and Adam & Eve. Just something interesting I noticed that I think added another nice level of depth to the movie.

By: Tim Irwin

Tim Irwin — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:19:40 +0000

To be honest, I didn’t notice the hearts above Ken and Barbie until you pointed them out. You are most certainly right, though; Pixar’s attention to minutiae consistently provides additional depth to each of their films, no more so than in “Toy Story 3.”

By: Jeff (Second Reel)

Jeff (Second Reel) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:26:23 +0000

“But there is a scene (and major spoilers may lie ahead) that moved me even more, as the toys are facing their inevitable death at the hands of the incinerator. There’s a moment of understanding between all of them where they accept their fate and relinquish themselves to the fact that they will perish. But they will perish together, and that is where they find their comfort and peace.”

Perfectly said. I thought this was one of the best moments in the movie, and while I suspected it couldn’t be the end of the toys, I was entirely prepared to accept it as the end of the film.

Definitely had moments of Great Escape, and I also liked the quick references to Mission: Impossible (when Woody falls out of the tree and is saved from hitting the ground by his pull-string) and Return of the Jedi (when Big Baby — a great, weird character — picks up Lotso, Vader-like, and throws him in the trash).

I missed this in the movie, but I just noticed in your still above how the hearts on the window are placed right between Barbie and Ken. This is a superficial example of Pixar’s deep success: they mind the details (and they don’t start shooting until they have locked down a really great story).