Toy Story 3 - Page 7

innerSpaceman · 06-30-2010, 12:55 PM

Tangent Warning
I liked Titanic, but mostly because I am a Titanic freak, and I loved the verisimilitude of the ship and the sets and everything down to the dishes, and the way the sinking happened. It all LOOKED exactly like it would have.

But I had no feeling for fictional characters and their stupid class-barrier romance and their fake deaths.

Conversely, A Night to Remember, an earlier film about the same events, filmed on a barge with a four dollar budget (comparatively speaking), moves me to tears when the Titanic sinks and the stories of real people are involved. Of course, the sinking was directed more like a tear-jerker than an action flick, but I found that much more fitting. Too bad the sensibilities of one couldn't be combined with the art direction of the other. Together, they make one helluva good Titantic film.

Still would not be as good as Toy Story 3.

Alex · 06-30-2010, 01:42 PM

Yes, a tangent, and I've probably said before, but I found Titanic to be an immensely compelling movie while watching it. But it is one of those things where as soon as it was over I couldn't quite understand why I had been so caught up. But I've only ever seen it the one time so I don't know if I would be so entranced again.

RStar · 07-01-2010, 06:59 AM

Mr. Tortilla Head was histerical!! It was so out of the box that it was almost jarring, and made me stop and think "what were those guys smoking when they came up with that???"

But there was so much fantastic humor, that it balanced the darkness and sadness, and was such a roller coaster of emotion that by the time that the tear-jerking end came along you are an emotional wreck and can't help by cry like a blubbering 3 year old. Masterfully done!

Cadaverous Pallor · 06-30-2010, 10:05 PM

We're going to see it!!! This weekend!!! YAY!!!!!!!

My expectations are a bit high

Alex · 07-01-2010, 05:26 AM

Well, since both iSm and I are effusive in our praise it falls to you or GD to take up the curmudgeon role. Make us proud.

Strangler Lewis · 07-01-2010, 08:17 AM

Without going so far to say that everyone has lost their minds, I'm going to have to blow it the raspberry. Some of the major problems:

1) the set up was tedious.
2) the villain was a retread from Toy Story 2.
3) the conflict at the daycare center: the problem of the lack of age appropriateness was contrived and uninteresting. Perhaps the plight in which our hero toys found themselves was meant to evoke some of the horrors of the 20th century, but it still needed to stand on its own, and it did not.
4) The moving set up of the characters' demise at the dump--which, frankly, I was expecting--was shat on to throw in another claw joke.
5) At first I thought Bonnie was a poor kid who was stuck at the center where her mom worked. Then it looked like she was quite well off. Why did she deserve all the toys?

Etc.

Yes, there were some good jokes, and a few moving bits, but it didn't add up. For a more moving meditation on the putting away of childish things, I recommend listening to Puff the Magic Dragon a few times and saving the ticket prices.

Alex · 07-01-2010, 05:41 PM

You're certainly free to not like it. Though I will say I simply disagree with your point #2, I'm not sure what you would want with #3, and #5 doesn't make any sense to me as a criticism of the film (though nothing I saw suggested she was well off).

But if you didn't like it, you didn't like it.

Alex · 07-01-2010, 08:35 AM

CP and GD, you're off the hook.

innerSpaceman · 07-01-2010, 10:21 AM

Yep, he handled that quite well. But the only thing contrived was SL's entire take on the film. I can only surmise that he was on the rag that evening, or the popcorn had glue in it.

Ok, yeah, yeah, entitled to his opinion ... but, well, since apparently 99.99375% of human beings on the planet disagree, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that opinion is simply Dead Wrong.*

* I'm just being facetious: Most people love Toy Story 2, and I pretty much think it's an amusing piece of sequel crap.

Strangler Lewis · 07-01-2010, 10:47 AM

I could work myself into a lather comparable to my lather about Cars in that Toy Story 3 seems to imply that unless you have the perfect, creative job, your life is unfulfilled. Except that it undercuts that premise in the closing montage by showing all the toys at the daycare center working together to let the little ones play.

The whole bad situation at the daycare center was contrived, forced and unconvincing. It's not like these kids were Sid or anything.

As my dad might have said: El Stinko.

06-30-2010, 12:55 PM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Tangent Warning I liked Titanic, but mostly because I am a Titanic freak, and I loved the verisimilitude of the ship and the sets and everything down to the dishes, and the way the sinking happened. It all LOOKED exactly like it would have. But I had no feeling for fictional characters and their stupid class-barrier romance and their fake deaths. Conversely, A Night to Remember, an earlier film about the same events, filmed on a barge with a four dollar budget (comparatively speaking), moves me to tears when the Titanic sinks and the stories of real people are involved. Of course, the sinking was directed more like a tear-jerker than an action flick, but I found that much more fitting. Too bad the sensibilities of one couldn't be combined with the art direction of the other. Together, they make one helluva good Titantic film. Still would not be as good as Toy Story 3.
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07-01-2010, 06:59 AM	#3
RStar Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Me & Manyard hangin out! Posts: 5,433	Mr. Tortilla Head was histerical!! It was so out of the box that it was almost jarring, and made me stop and think "what were those guys smoking when they came up with that???" But there was so much fantastic humor, that it balanced the darkness and sadness, and was such a roller coaster of emotion that by the time that the tear-jerking end came along you are an emotional wreck and can't help by cry like a blubbering 3 year old. Masterfully done! __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! www.StarTownGifts.com
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	We're going to see it!!! This weekend!!! YAY!!!!!!! My expectations are a bit high __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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07-01-2010, 08:17 AM	#6
Strangler Lewis Doing The Job Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In a state Posts: 3,956	Without going so far to say that everyone has lost their minds, I'm going to have to blow it the raspberry. Some of the major problems: 1) the set up was tedious. 2) the villain was a retread from Toy Story 2. 3) the conflict at the daycare center: the problem of the lack of age appropriateness was contrived and uninteresting. Perhaps the plight in which our hero toys found themselves was meant to evoke some of the horrors of the 20th century, but it still needed to stand on its own, and it did not. 4) The moving set up of the characters' demise at the dump--which, frankly, I was expecting--was shat on to throw in another claw joke. 5) At first I thought Bonnie was a poor kid who was stuck at the center where her mom worked. Then it looked like she was quite well off. Why did she deserve all the toys? Etc. Yes, there were some good jokes, and a few moving bits, but it didn't add up. For a more moving meditation on the putting away of childish things, I recommend listening to Puff the Magic Dragon a few times and saving the ticket prices. __________________ Live now-pay later. Diner's Club!
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07-01-2010, 05:41 PM	#7
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	You're certainly free to not like it. Though I will say I simply disagree with your point #2, I'm not sure what you would want with #3, and #5 doesn't make any sense to me as a criticism of the film (though nothing I saw suggested she was well off). But if you didn't like it, you didn't like it.
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06-30-2010, 01:42 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Yes, a tangent, and I've probably said before, but I found Titanic to be an immensely compelling movie while watching it. But it is one of those things where as soon as it was over I couldn't quite understand why I had been so caught up. But I've only ever seen it the one time so I don't know if I would be so entranced again.
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07-01-2010, 05:26 AM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, since both iSm and I are effusive in our praise it falls to you or GD to take up the curmudgeon role. Make us proud.
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07-01-2010, 08:35 AM	#8
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	CP and GD, you're off the hook.
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07-01-2010, 10:21 AM	#9
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yep, he handled that quite well. But the only thing contrived was SL's entire take on the film. I can only surmise that he was on the rag that evening, or the popcorn had glue in it. Ok, yeah, yeah, entitled to his opinion ... but, well, since apparently 99.99375% of human beings on the planet disagree, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that opinion is simply Dead Wrong.* * I'm just being facetious: Most people love Toy Story 2, and I pretty much think it's an amusing piece of sequel crap.
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07-01-2010, 10:47 AM	#10
Strangler Lewis Doing The Job Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In a state Posts: 3,956	I could work myself into a lather comparable to my lather about Cars in that Toy Story 3 seems to imply that unless you have the perfect, creative job, your life is unfulfilled. Except that it undercuts that premise in the closing montage by showing all the toys at the daycare center working together to let the little ones play. The whole bad situation at the daycare center was contrived, forced and unconvincing. It's not like these kids were Sid or anything. As my dad might have said: El Stinko. __________________ Live now-pay later. Diner's Club!
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