Toy Story 3

[Alex]

I expected someone wouldn't like it but with 120+ reviews counted it is still 100% at Rotten Tomatoes (though I do see some tepidly positive in there, such as Ebert).

Toy Story 2 is also 100% though, so that is not a reliable indicator of whether iSm will like it.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

I happen to know someone who won't watch Toy Story 2. Again. Because he saw it once and he loved it so much and it made him so sad that he can't bear to watch it again. But it's lovingly tucked among our-- I mean, this person and his wife's-- DVD collection.

[Gemini Cricket]

Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear Commerical (Circa 1983)

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I've been avoiding this thread until I saw TS3 but having just returned from the matinee, I can finally talk about it.

I liked it quite a lot. Going into the film I fully expected to have my heart strings tugged, but even though I thought I was girded against it, I definitely got choked up.

I agree with Strangler Lewis on one count: I also think Lotso is pretty much Stinky Pete in a furry costume.

Do you folks think Big Baby is creepy because of the Uncanny Valley or some other reason?

What happened to Bo Peep? I don't recall her demise in TS2.

I loved Night and Day! I thought it was incredibly imaginative, original, and perfectly hybridized 2D and 3D animation styles.

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear Commercial (Circa 1983)

So that was a real toy?!? I saw that commercial on actual broadcasts twice last month and just thought it was a sly promo for TS3.

[Chernabog]

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

So that was a real toy?!? I saw that commercial on actual broadcasts twice last month and just thought it was a sly promo for TS3.

Lotso is not a real toy, he was made up for TS3. Disney/Pixar did those commercials for viral (as opposed to bacterial) marketing. The japanese one is the best.

Oh and they did mention something about Bo Peep getting sold at a yard sale or something.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Damn. I work on viral campaigns for a living and I have never seen a better one.

ETA: Japanese Lots-o-Huggin'

[scaeagles]

What an outstanding movie. Simply loved it.

[scaeagles]

I am curious....I had heard the movie wasn't 100% on RT anymore so I went and looked at the negative review (only the blurb, not the whole thing). The main point in the blurb was that the movie was too full of product placement and that the movie was not about imagination, it was about consumerism.

I have tried to remember the product placement - any product placement - and I can't. Am I forgetting something? Or the consumerism? I am wondering if anyone here who has seen it might agree with that or if the guy is just trying to be a controvesial moron.

I am ready to go see it again today.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

The main point in the blurb was that the movie was too full of product placement and that the movie was not about imagination, it was about consumerism.

I have tried to remember the product placement - any product placement - and I can't. Am I forgetting something? Or the consumerism?

Hahaha, sounds like a Gemini Cricket sort of review.

[Alex]

I haven't looked at RT yet, but I'm going to make a prediction.

If the negative review is from a well-known critic, I'm going to guess it is Armand White (he also really didn't like Wall-E or Up).