Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[innerSpaceman]

So did I. But it's not because the 2nd and 3rd acts were sequels - at least not in the traditional sense. All 3 films were lensed at the same time. The last two films sucked, however, like sequels often do. They were edited after the first film was released, and I happen to think a re-editing more along the lines of Tolkien's original structure would be much better. So perhaps they were sequels in all respects that matter for suckitude insofar as any story constructions decisions were made.


I have no real knowledge, but I rather think the story construction was decided far in advance. Sometimes sequelitis is just in the cards, whether subsequent movies are true sequels or not.



As for the 3-D in Toy Stories ... meh. It was neither a detraction nor an amazement. Like with UP, it worked really well in a couple of sequences, and was worthless in most others. It's a gimmick I don't really like. (Though I remember being pleased with Nightmare Before Christmas's 3-D treatment a few years back).


According to mousepod, John Lasseter announced at D23 that TS 3-D was a gimmick to give kids a chance to see Toy Stories in theaters, now that the home theater phenomenon has obliterated Disney's old-school 7-year re-release pattern which allowed each new generation of children to experience the films in theaters as was intended by the filmmakers.

To the extent the gimmick worked to get some kids in the seats for the 2-week run of Toy Stories, I give kudos for that. (Though there were some notorious kids decidedly NOT in their seats during last night's screenings. mousepod chastized the parentsfor letting their kids run all over the theater, and so the family left the auditorium mid-TS2, heheh.)