Toy Story Reviews

Bueno, ya hace una semana de la reseña a Elemental, la aprobación fue adecuada, así que, vamos allá; A reseñar semanalmente todas las películas de Pixar una por una (en lo que subo nuevo contenido, etc).

Diría que empezamos con Toy Story, pero quisiera hablar primero de algo más; De los primeros cortometrajes del estudio. Estos primeros cortometrajes antes de su primer largometraje fueron: Luxo Jr, Red's Dream, Tin Toy y Knick Knack. Aunque se podría decir que antes que todas estas se encuentra el iconico "Las Aventuras de Andre y Wally B", sin embargo este cortometraje fue hecho en LucasFilm (donde trabajaban los pioneros de Pixar) antes de la fundación hecha y derecha del estudio. Podría decirse que gracias a este primer cortometraje (en buena parte) es que existió Pixar tal y como lo conocemos, es el cortometraje que convenció a Steve Jobs de financiar el estudio.

De estos primeros cortometrajes quisiera recalcar algo, que también es importante para hablar de Toy Story 1 (y de por qué Pixar funcionó tan bien). En Andre y Wally B, Pixar demuestra una gran hazaña a nivel de innovación técnica/tecnológica, pero también a nivel de movimiento orgánico y humano. Pese a que los dos personajes protagonicos están hechos de formas geométricas en bruto (específicamente esferas), el cortometraje funciona excelentemente bien por el nivel de vida que Pixar pudo darle a estos personajes mediante el movimiento pese a su evidente simpleza. De hecho una anécdota bastante curiosa y linda, es que al presentar el corto en la SIGGRAPH (la convención más importante de aquél tiempo con relación a gráficos de computador, el lugar donde se estrenó el corto), los creativos detrás del metraje estaban espantadísimos porque no lo tenían terminado. Tenían figuras que aun no se habían renderizado en su plenitud. Sin embargo al presentarlo, pese a lo aparentemente evidente del problema para ellos, absolutamente nadie llamó la atención al respecto: Ese es el poder de su técnica de animación. Pese a este fallo técnico, todos se mantuvieron inmersos y maravillados por la presentación.

En el primer cortometraje de Pixar, ya tal cual Pixar de modo formal: Luxo Jr. Se juega con algo similar, pero más complejo aún. Hacer que literales lámparas, objetos inanimados (que no tienen deformaciones o caras), puedan tener movimientos humanos creíbles que hagan al espectador empatizar. Esto lo lograron de una forma completamente magistral nuevamente. En Red's Dream, Tin Toy y Knick Knack se juega una vez más con objetos inanimados simulando vida de forma orgánica. Todos cortometrajes excelentes para su tiempo, pero me gustaría recalcar los dos últimos. En Tin Toy vemos a un pequeño juguete de un bebé huyendo de él. El bebé no luce del todo bien para estándares de hoy día, es un poco adefesio debido a la limitación gráfica de la época. Sin embargo, se logra animar al juguete de una forma magistral, perfectamente orgánica. Por esta razón, Knick Knack envejeció mejor, porque no hay personajes humanos en pantalla, todos son juguetes interactuando entre sí. De lejos es mi corto favorito de Pixar porque logra simular la acción, comedia, vida y movimiento de cortos antiguos como los de los Looney Tunes de una forma perfecta para la animación 3D, y con diseños MUY atractivos.

Ahí es cuando se volvió obvio que la primer película de Pixar no sería sobre humanos (aunque los tiene) si no precisamente sobre objetos inanimados. Los humanos vendrían cuando el poder gráfico se mejorara. Ahí llega Toy Story. Se debate si fue este o Cassiopeia (filme de Brasil, tengo entendido) el primer largometraje de animación 3D. Aquellos que defienden Cassiopeia dicen "es que este filme lo hace todo sin modelos humanos para comparar, Pixar hizo trampa". Pero (sin demeritar Cassiopeia, solo remarcando lo claro), pese a este argumento, inevitablemente, Toy Story luce mucho más orgánico, vivo y atractivo. No importa la ""pureza"" de la técnica de Cassiopeia, Toy Story logró hacer algo que, sin dudas, es una gran parte del por qué es recordado.

Sobre la trama, es excelente. Llena de huecos argumentales eso sí, pero excelente. El concepto de "muñecos con vida" trae una construcción de mundo nula, reglas ilógicas, y demás cosas que se notan en los primeros diez minutos. Pero eso es para quisquillosos (aunque siga estando allí, y haga que un par de escenas no funcionen tan bien a nivel guión), el guión de la película sigue siendo genial por su excelente dinámica de personajes aun recordada a día de hoy por todos quienes la vieron; La de Buzz y Woody.

En la película se introduce otro elemento clave del Pixar que todos conocemos ya amamos: Temas fuertes, para niños. Disney siempre trató temas fuertes, pero muchas veces era más en la implicación implícita. Pixar desde aquí, pretende ser más explícito. Toy Story es sobre la crisis de identidad y existencial de los dos personajes protagonicos. Woody, a quién se le ha despojado de su propósito, y Buzz a quién se le es destruido su sentido de realidad. Pese a esto, la película es muy cómica, y juega de un modo increíble con lo alegre y la tragedia, sin dudas otro de los elementos característicos de Pixar.

Amar Toy Story de adulto es la prueba fehaciente de que se siguen manteniendo en la adultez, aquellos maravillosos rasgos que nos hacían alegres en la niñez. Con esto dicho, me es imposible imaginar (porque no es algo de imaginar) la preciosa pasión y emoción de los guionistas/directores/productores/animadores/etc, que hicieron esta película en su tiempo. Hacer una película divertida, lo hacen muchos. Hacer una película ASÏ de divertida, qué hermosa hazaña.

El mensaje es precioso, de eso no hay ninguna duda. Ambos personajes, aun conociendo que "son juguetes" (muy metafórico por cierto), y específicamente con Woody, que él ha sido "intercambiado", ambos pueden vivir felices aceptando quiénes son, dónde están y con quiénes están. Grandiosa película.


La semana que viene, Bichos...

Divertida, creativa e innovadora película de los tiempos en que los estudios de animación ahora millonarios estaban encabezados por visionarios de verdad y gente con amor al arte.
La película igualmente no es solo divertida, no he visto mencionar mucho (quizá solo sea yo), la constante presencia del tema de los propósitos en la película. No por esto es una obra maestra profunda, pero es muy consecuente con su tema y marcaría lo que definiría a Pixar eventualmente; Tratar temas adultos en películas familiares.

Toy Story is just a wonderful film, that I recommend to anyone who loves animation. I will also say that it is definitely the best Pixar movie to date, all of which are extremely good, even the weaker efforts Cars and the Incredibles are well worth watching. I loved the voice talents, the talented Tom Hanks is perfect as Woody, and Tim Allen likewise as Buzz. Both characters are hugely engaging thanks to their frequent conflicts, and are well supported by excellent supporting characters like Potato Head, Rex, Ham and Little Bo Beep, voiced by the likes of Don Rickles, Jim Varney, John Ratzenberger and Annie Potts. Not to mention the hilarious toy aliens, and the creepy kid Sid. The voice talents aren't the only things worth mentioning, the film has a remarkable story and a truly irreverent script ("I'm from Mattel, actually I'm from a smaller company that was purchased by Mattel in a leveraged buyout"). But the best aspect of the movie is the phenomenal animation, which was colourful and sophisticated with brilliant character movement. Honestly, I loved this movie, and I also thought the sequel is one of the few sequels of recent times, that actually manages to surpass its predecessor. All in all, a wonderful film, that is a must-see for the whole family. 10/10 Bethany Cox.

Not to say that 2 and 4 are bad, but the first and third of the Toy Story films are the best of the Toy Story Films. Woody and Buzz begin their adventures here. Funny ending of Andy gets a puppy makes the Toys nervous, good way to end!

hi im walterwhite i gonna review toy story the first movie of pixar and first with animation of computer

Spoilers alert

the story is from the toy Woody is the favorite toy of the kid Andy but in his birthday He received a New toy buzz lightyear the new toy has better things than Woody and buzz is the new favorite toy but woddy He gets jealous and tries to throw but the two lost in pizzaplanet and they reach the hands of the neighbor of andy psychopath And if they want to escape they have to work together

end of spoilers

the story is good and New for the time 8,0

Characthers

Woody is one of my favorite characters a good protagonist 8,7

Buzz lightyear Is the same opinión of Woody but At the beginning of the movie I did not like it but then it got better 7,9

Andy Did not know how to say it but shows what a child would be like, although now with miracles the children leave their room 7,5

Slinky is good and my favorite of the another toys 8,5

Mr. Potato Head and Hamm the two are bad and horribles and the worst thing of the movie To be specific the only bad 2,4
They are unbearable

Rex Are a good - and bo peep i dont know how i gonna tale is she

the songs are good and the music all about you got a friend in me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMN4JZ8crVY

The animation for the first of Computer is not bad i not think is too good but is the first of pc

8,5

final thing

what more i gonna thing toy story is a good movie a good begin for pixar i really like it and one of my favorite Trilogies Reccomended

rating 8,8/10

and a thing is not for the critic if you are from europe you possibly watch this on friday
but asia and Australia this is gonna Will leave from saturday

this is all im walterwhite and bye

So, that's where it all started for Pixar. Of course, Pixar was working on CGI animation for more than a decade already but it was their first full length feature and the first time they reached such a broad audience. At the time, there was a pretty good buzz about this flick, I was even lucky to see it in the movie theater when it was first released but nobody expected that it would become such a phenomenon, creating a whole new trend of animated features in the process. Indeed, it was obviously a huge success and, eventually, it became a major milestone in motion picture history. Suddenly, hand-drawn animation which was mercilessly ruled by Disney was dropped and everyone, virtually every single studio, started to make CGI animated features with some various amount of success. Coming back to our game changer, like I said before, I had the pleasure to see it in the theater when it was released (like most of Pixar's features) and it was quite mind-blowing. Back in those days, it was something completely new and even though it does look a little bit old today, it was really impressive when it was released. Above all, their masterstroke was to not only blow us away technically but also to provide an entertaining, touching and rather deep story with some great characters which would be an enduring trademark in Pixar's work. To conclude, it is pretty much a classic and it is absolutely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

'Toy Story' is the start of Pixar's best franchise! And nothing can beat the 'Toy Story' series! Not even 'The Incredibles' or 'WALL-E' or whatever!

For little kids, 'Toy Story' answers the question - "Do toys come to life when you're not there?", little kids are probably thinking yes, I saw this movie when I was little and I thought "Maybe it's true!"

'Toy Story' is about a cowboy doll Woody (Tom Hanks) who is his owner Andy (John Morris)'s favourite toy, but just before they move house, Andy has his birthday party which brings an epic space toy Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) to Andy's Room, when Andy pays more attention to Buzz, Woody feels jealous and as if Buzz has replaced him! 

Pixar had never made a feature movie before but 'Toy Story' took a rather dark tone! This movie is rated PG in the UK and G in the USA and until I watched 'Brave', I thought this was the darkest Pixar movie! ('The Incredibles' is pretty dark too)

And what was dark about 'Toy Story'? Well the mutant toys (especially Babyface) freaked me out the first time I saw them! And the scene where Andy's evil neighbour Sid (Erik Von Detten)'s toys come to life before him! Fortunately the sequels were a lot less scary (except maybe the incinerator scene from 'Toy Story 3')

Pixar have made thirteen other features as of today! And I like them all! 

To an entire generation of filmgoers, Toy Story just might represent the most significant leap in storytelling that they will ever see; for all of the Avatar's blowing us away, it's Toy Story's invention, the perfection of its craft, and its massive, open heart which has garnered it universal appeal and the beginnings of a franchise with an unthinkably consistent quality...What could have been a mere tool to sell more toys becomes more of a love letter to the childlike fascination with the joy of play, and of being young. This meaning only enhances in the more mature, emotional sequels, yet the first outing is surely the most accessible as it aims merely to entertain with exhilarating set pieces, dazzling visuals and sheer charm, and there's nothing wrong with that.

The arrival of Toy Story announced two things: That Pixar is the new creative kid in town and that it is putting Disney out of business. Seriously, has Disney, before it took over Pixar, ever produced a great cartoon after 1999's Tarzan? One-or-two maybe but not to the level of their previous classics. Now, the 90's was a cool decade and I'm glad I'm one of those 90's kids because I grew up with the franchise. Instead of tackling dragons, monsters, anthropomorphic animals or flying elephants, the team of Pixar tackled the life of toys and bought forward some of the greatest cartoon characters in the history of cartoons. The animation is mind-blowing still but the 90's kids will know exactly how it felt watching it for the first time, as if Toy Story was the very-first cartoon ever produced. It still to this day remains a perennial classic and, apart from Tom & Jerry and Disney's earliest classics, can be enjoyed by both children and adults alike.

I like the sharp, witty writing and cynical, sarcastic characteristics of Hamm and Mr. Potato Head, the latter, in my opinion, the break-through character of the first film. The pop-culture references and quirky personalities also did the trick, making the toys more believable and near-human. I don't know why but I've always found the humans in Pixar productions to be very weirdly shaped, either big jaws or high-foreheads or big eyes or small head and big body and I don't even know why I'm complaining. Anyway, the human characters Sid and Andy get 10/10 stars from me because of their realism. I should know because I was both of them when I was young and now that I've grown up, have witnessed it numerous times while watching my sisters and cousins. Not only they associated themselves with Andy but their imaginations grew and became more protective of their toys, so that's a good thing, right?

The scene where Buzz finds out that he is a toy and Woody was right all along is just heart-breaking and even though Pixar has created more touching moments, this one will always be in the top 3.

In all, if you still haven't seen this and if you're planning on watching a feel-good cartoon with your kids, Toy Story should be up your alley!

9.4/10