Toy Story & Toy Story 2 in 3D Double Feature Reviews
Sophie B
Super Reviewer
October 23, 2011
Very much wished that I was able to catch these two in 3D. Reliving childhood that I hope will be around for many years so the new generations of kids can see it too.
murphmann93
Super Reviewer
June 23, 2011
Both amazing films. All of them are. Those toys will always have special place in my heart.
DreamExtractor
Super Reviewer
June 22, 2011
Both are perfect films
Conner R
Super Reviewer
April 19, 2011
Toy Story 2 is undoubtedly one of the greatest animated sequels, if not the best. Not only does it match the quality of the original, I feel that at sometimes it works even better. The world they set up in the original is expanded and we get to see not only Zurg, but the soulless Al of Al's Toy Barn. What I like about this is that it isn't just the same movie over again. Toy Story 2 has a completely different concept and explores a different side to these characters. I liked seeing the vintage memorabilia of Woody's Round-Up and Jessie and Bullseye, not to mention the absolutely genius of Kelsey Grammer's Prospector. He will always be known as the most vengeful toy of the series. However, what makes Toy Story 2 really hit home is the beautiful finale and message it has. It didn't have to do it with tears, but did it with a completely positive and upbeat attitude. It's almost the exact opposite message from Toy Story 3. As it stands for me, the real ending of this series is with part 2; it's the finest conclusion possible for these characters.
You know, it's been a while since I've actually sat down and watched Toy Story. After seeing part 3, I kind've just lumped them all into one franchise of gloom and doom. This entry is way more light-hearted and just genuinely awesome; almost exactly like I remember it being when I was 6 years old. There's actually no purposeful tear jerking moments in here, as opposed to the waterfall reactor that is part 3. This allows itself to be a beautiful and perfectly crafted kid's movie. Woody and Buzz are toys that we can all relate to and Tom Hank and Tim Allen's chemistry together makes for one of the best comedy duos. Sid always gets me with his bedroom of terror and need to destroy everything plastic and plush. The ensemble toys are great here, but then again it's all pretty much golden here. It's nice to revisit the first two movies every few years and I feel as though they are a great double feature. If the series would've just ended with these two, it would be a crown jewel. But alas, Toy Story 3 stepped in and made these movies all about crying and feeling guilty about toy death.
Toy Story 2 is undoubtedly one of the greatest animated sequels, if not the best. Not only does it match the quality of the original, I feel that at sometimes it works even better. The world they set up in the original is expanded and we get to see not only Zurg, but the soulless Al of Al's Toy Barn. What I like about this is that it isn't just the same movie over again. Toy Story 2 has a completely different concept and explores a different side to these characters. I liked seeing the vintage memorabilia of Woody's Round-Up and Jessie and Bullseye, not to mention the absolutely genius of Kelsey Grammer's Prospector. He will always be known as the most vengeful toy of the series. However, what makes Toy Story 2 really hit home is the beautiful finale and message it has. It didn't have to do it with tears, but did it with a completely positive and upbeat attitude. It's almost the exact opposite message from Toy Story 3. As it stands for me, the real ending of this series is with part 2; it's the finest conclusion possible for these characters.
KJ P
Super Reviewer
April 25, 2010
Two of the greatest movies of all time hit the big screen together, and I wanted to cry for the directors to have the second chance of showing them to the world again, so that everyone could once again cherish these works of art!
EightThirty .
Super Reviewer
February 19, 2010
Although I've already seen Part 1 it was nice to be refreshed with this "Family Flick". This "Double Feature" gave me the opportunity to see Part 2 which I haven't actually seen until now, and even better.... its 3D! The 3D ain't that great but I guess after watching "Avatar" in 3D... it sort of made this 3D experience very ordinary, I mean you do notice that its 3D but after seeing "Avatar"... I really noticed the difference. However, not a bad spend if you think about it... 1 Ticket, 2 Movies and 3 Dimensions.
PART 1: Now, what can I say?... Its a "Kiddy Flick" for sure but its the more mature kids and grown-ups who will get the sense of the message, and that's that no one likes to be second best! Although this is an adventure movie full of action and comedy which I really enjoyed, I could see that it had a dark edge of jealousy, envy and a sense of rejection which lead to evil thoughts and gave, just enough motivation to put those bad thoughts into action. Along the way however, a strong twist of repentance, mercy, justice and sharing begin to overthrow those shadows and a feeling of acceptance re-assures that the hole will be filled. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen put together a recipe of disaster and laughter that all the family will enjoy together and I must say, its quite a watch and I was pleased to re-see this in the cinemas in 3D.
PART 2: I expected a kids movie. There are elements of rejection, betrayal and questionable loyalty that makes this movie very real with situations that stir emotions and decisions that affect everybody. Despite the reality of negativity, this film does well to encourage optimism, faith, hope and true loyalty. Its about doing things for others, making people happy and holding on to what you have until its gone.
19/02/2010 (CINEMAS)
Although I've already seen Part 1 it was nice to be refreshed with this "Family Flick". This "Double Feature" gave me the opportunity to see Part 2 which I haven't actually seen until now, and even better.... its 3D! The 3D ain't that great but I guess after watching "Avatar" in 3D... it sort of made this 3D experience very ordinary, I mean you do notice that its 3D but after seeing "Avatar"... I really noticed the difference. However, not a bad spend if you think about it... 1 Ticket, 2 Movies and 3 Dimensions.
PART 1: Now, what can I say?... Its a "Kiddy Flick" for sure but its the more mature kids and grown-ups who will get the sense of the message, and that's that no one likes to be second best! Although this is an adventure movie full of action and comedy which I really enjoyed, I could see that it had a dark edge of jealousy, envy and a sense of rejection which lead to evil thoughts and gave, just enough motivation to put those bad thoughts into action. Along the way however, a strong twist of repentance, mercy, justice and sharing begin to overthrow those shadows and a feeling of acceptance re-assures that the hole will be filled. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen put together a recipe of disaster and laughter that all the family will enjoy together and I must say, its quite a watch and I was pleased to re-see this in the cinemas in 3D.
PART 2: I expected a kids movie. There are elements of rejection, betrayal and questionable loyalty that makes this movie very real with situations that stir emotions and decisions that affect everybody. Despite the reality of negativity, this film does well to encourage optimism, faith, hope and true loyalty. Its about doing things for others, making people happy and holding on to what you have until its gone.
Jose Z
Super Reviewer
October 19, 2009
If watching them in its original format were great, watching them on 3-d were simply awesome
Jennifer X
Super Reviewer
October 11, 2009
More colorful masterpieces followed â?? movies about bugs, monsters, fish, superheroes, rats and robots. These unforgettable films have transformed Pixar into the most consistent CGI animation production company in the world. Still, we haven't forgotten the studioâ??s beginnings. For two weeks only, Pixar has given us the chance to watch these 14-year-old classics back to back in 3-D, and for $10 a ticket Iâ??d say the money is well worth it.
When I was little, I remember sitting in my kitchen patiently rewinding the videotape to â??Toy Storyâ?? by hand when the magnetic strip suddenly gave out. My mom had to take me back to Kmart to buy a new tape. Last weekend, as I sat in the theater beside adults reliving their memories and kids who quite possibly were watching â??Toy Storyâ?? for the first time, it all felt so familiar.
It was funny how easily all the characters came back to me. It was like a family reunion with Woody the cowboy and Buzz Lightyear the space commander; Spud, Hamm the piggy bank and Rex; Slinky, Bo Peep, as well as Jessie the cowgirl, Bullseye and Stinky Pete the evil prospector. My brother and I used to pull consecutive "Toy Story" marathons like this all the time, watching the first followed by the second followed by the first and so on. By the fourth time around I would start to get sick of the movies, but that didnâ??t stop me from starting over again the next week.
I always preferred the sequel to the original. To this day, â??Toy Story 2â?? remains my favorite gem in Pixarâ??s star-studded repertoire, and watching it again I was reminded that no matter how sophisticated or environmentally conscious the company gets, nothing can replace the utter simplicity of toys trying to find their way back home to a little boy who loves them.
Itâ??s a film inextricably linked to my childhood â?? I watched â??Toy Story 2â?? before I watched â??Star Wars.â?? In the sequel, Pixar seems more comfortable taking risks and injecting pop-culture humor into its scenes â?? bilingual Tour Guide Barbie and Emperor Zurg saying â??No Buzz, I am your fatherâ?? â?? solidifying the production studio's image as a purveyor of magical kidâ??s films made for adults.
During the intermission, Pixar treated us to creepy footage of the infant stages of Woody and Buzz Lightyear (then dubbed â??Tempus from Morphâ??). Woody is a drawling, drooling mess of a cowboy and â??Tempusâ?? â??s mouth doesnâ??t move properly. Thank goodness Pixar fixed that snafu or else the studio mightâ??ve gained an entirely different household reputation â?? one for unintentionally making childrenâ??s horror films.
Although I wouldnâ??t say the 3-D really adds a great deal to the films, it doesnâ??t take away anything either. Henry Selickâ??s â??Coralineâ?? set the gold standard for 3-D animation transcending dimensions, and â??Toy Story 3-Dâ?? doesnâ??t come anywhere close to meeting this precedent. Even still, itâ??s refreshing that Pixar didn't succumb to the showy, headache-inducing gimmicks that most 3-D films possess. While the characters donâ??t exactly â??pop out of the screenâ?? as advertised, there are moments of shivering awesomeness. The camera careens upward to reveal â??The Clawâ?? looming down upon the worshiping aliens. Buzz Lightyear spins off the ceiling and loops around a model car racetrack, only to land upright on his feet.
Still, the benefits of watching this double feature donâ??t lie in the 3-D effects, but rather in the magic of reliving a childhood masterpiece.
In contrast to â??Wall-E,â?? which was a biting commentary on the ubiquity of mass-marketed merchandise, â??Toy Storyâ?? seeks out the softer sides of globalization, examining how a mass-produced toy can be a simple joy in a kidâ??s life, and how a kid can be a simple joy in a toyâ??s life. We put our own souls into our toys, and no matter how much we accidentally abused them or outgrew them, we still loved them. We constructed elaborate scenarios in which the hero encountered insurmountable obstacles only to get the girl. Before we all promptly turned into cynics upon reaching puberty, we were storytellers â?? idealistic champions of the imagination. â??Toy Storyâ?? captures that childhood spirit in the highest degree.
â??Toy Story 2â?? was the first movie I ever cried at. The moment when Jessie the cowgirl relives memories of an owner long grown-up while Sarah McLachlanâ??s â??When She Loved Meâ?? swells up in the background (I have this song on my iPod â?? don't judge) remains one of the most powerful scenes in my movie memory. Years later, the scene still doesnâ??t fail to get me. I had to take off my 3-D glasses to wipe my tears away.
â??Toy Storyâ?? is a film about childhood. Itâ??s about your childhood, my childhood, Pixarâ??s childhood and our collective childhood. Itâ??s about what you wish your toys did when you werenâ??t around. The movies make you want run to your attic, pull out all your dusty playthings and transport yourself back to elementary school. Back then, a yard sale was a battleground, a trip downstairs seemed like a covert mission and cars moved so damn fast. â??Toy Storyâ?? is a perfect encapsulation of youthâ??s perceptions, reminding you of what you were like when you first watched it. It reflects a time when you thought you too could go â??to infinity and beyond.â??
If mere sentiment wonâ??t get you there, the full trailer for â??Toy Story 3â?? in all its 3-D glory can be seen exclusively in theaters with the â??Toy Storyâ?? double feature. A montage of Andy growing up and leaving for college while the toys try to survive in a daycare center forecasts heartbreak alongside comedy. I am literally counting the days until June 18, 2010. Hopefully, â??Toy Story 3â?? will be the crowning jewel in this trio of childhood celebration.
In 1995, before Pixar churned out multi-million dollar masterpieces every year, there was â??Toy Story.â?? The film revolutionized CGI filmmaking with a style of animation that paid homage to the artistry of old school Disney while embracing the new wave of digital technology. â??Toy Storyâ?? was followed by a sequel, â??Toy Story 2,â?? which was brighter and fresher than ever.
More colorful masterpieces followed â?? movies about bugs, monsters, fish, superheroes, rats and robots. These unforgettable films have transformed Pixar into the most consistent CGI animation production company in the world. Still, we haven't forgotten the studioâ??s beginnings. For two weeks only, Pixar has given us the chance to watch these 14-year-old classics back to back in 3-D, and for $10 a ticket Iâ??d say the money is well worth it.
When I was little, I remember sitting in my kitchen patiently rewinding the videotape to â??Toy Storyâ?? by hand when the magnetic strip suddenly gave out. My mom had to take me back to Kmart to buy a new tape. Last weekend, as I sat in the theater beside adults reliving their memories and kids who quite possibly were watching â??Toy Storyâ?? for the first time, it all felt so familiar.
It was funny how easily all the characters came back to me. It was like a family reunion with Woody the cowboy and Buzz Lightyear the space commander; Spud, Hamm the piggy bank and Rex; Slinky, Bo Peep, as well as Jessie the cowgirl, Bullseye and Stinky Pete the evil prospector. My brother and I used to pull consecutive "Toy Story" marathons like this all the time, watching the first followed by the second followed by the first and so on. By the fourth time around I would start to get sick of the movies, but that didnâ??t stop me from starting over again the next week.
I always preferred the sequel to the original. To this day, â??Toy Story 2â?? remains my favorite gem in Pixarâ??s star-studded repertoire, and watching it again I was reminded that no matter how sophisticated or environmentally conscious the company gets, nothing can replace the utter simplicity of toys trying to find their way back home to a little boy who loves them.
Itâ??s a film inextricably linked to my childhood â?? I watched â??Toy Story 2â?? before I watched â??Star Wars.â?? In the sequel, Pixar seems more comfortable taking risks and injecting pop-culture humor into its scenes â?? bilingual Tour Guide Barbie and Emperor Zurg saying â??No Buzz, I am your fatherâ?? â?? solidifying the production studio's image as a purveyor of magical kidâ??s films made for adults.
During the intermission, Pixar treated us to creepy footage of the infant stages of Woody and Buzz Lightyear (then dubbed â??Tempus from Morphâ??). Woody is a drawling, drooling mess of a cowboy and â??Tempusâ?? â??s mouth doesnâ??t move properly. Thank goodness Pixar fixed that snafu or else the studio mightâ??ve gained an entirely different household reputation â?? one for unintentionally making childrenâ??s horror films.
Although I wouldnâ??t say the 3-D really adds a great deal to the films, it doesnâ??t take away anything either. Henry Selickâ??s â??Coralineâ?? set the gold standard for 3-D animation transcending dimensions, and â??Toy Story 3-Dâ?? doesnâ??t come anywhere close to meeting this precedent. Even still, itâ??s refreshing that Pixar didn't succumb to the showy, headache-inducing gimmicks that most 3-D films possess. While the characters donâ??t exactly â??pop out of the screenâ?? as advertised, there are moments of shivering awesomeness. The camera careens upward to reveal â??The Clawâ?? looming down upon the worshiping aliens. Buzz Lightyear spins off the ceiling and loops around a model car racetrack, only to land upright on his feet.
Still, the benefits of watching this double feature donâ??t lie in the 3-D effects, but rather in the magic of reliving a childhood masterpiece.
In contrast to â??Wall-E,â?? which was a biting commentary on the ubiquity of mass-marketed merchandise, â??Toy Storyâ?? seeks out the softer sides of globalization, examining how a mass-produced toy can be a simple joy in a kidâ??s life, and how a kid can be a simple joy in a toyâ??s life. We put our own souls into our toys, and no matter how much we accidentally abused them or outgrew them, we still loved them. We constructed elaborate scenarios in which the hero encountered insurmountable obstacles only to get the girl. Before we all promptly turned into cynics upon reaching puberty, we were storytellers â?? idealistic champions of the imagination. â??Toy Storyâ?? captures that childhood spirit in the highest degree.
â??Toy Story 2â?? was the first movie I ever cried at. The moment when Jessie the cowgirl relives memories of an owner long grown-up while Sarah McLachlanâ??s â??When She Loved Meâ?? swells up in the background (I have this song on my iPod â?? don't judge) remains one of the most powerful scenes in my movie memory. Years later, the scene still doesnâ??t fail to get me. I had to take off my 3-D glasses to wipe my tears away.
â??Toy Storyâ?? is a film about childhood. Itâ??s about your childhood, my childhood, Pixarâ??s childhood and our collective childhood. Itâ??s about what you wish your toys did when you werenâ??t around. The movies make you want run to your attic, pull out all your dusty playthings and transport yourself back to elementary school. Back then, a yard sale was a battleground, a trip downstairs seemed like a covert mission and cars moved so damn fast. â??Toy Storyâ?? is a perfect encapsulation of youthâ??s perceptions, reminding you of what you were like when you first watched it. It reflects a time when you thought you too could go â??to infinity and beyond.â??
If mere sentiment wonâ??t get you there, the full trailer for â??Toy Story 3â?? in all its 3-D glory can be seen exclusively in theaters with the â??Toy Storyâ?? double feature. A montage of Andy growing up and leaving for college while the toys try to survive in a daycare center forecasts heartbreak alongside comedy. I am literally counting the days until June 18, 2010. Hopefully, â??Toy Story 3â?? will be the crowning jewel in this trio of childhood celebration.
staindslaved
Super Reviewer
December 30, 2011
I knew about this new technical advancement in 3D since the early part of the decade, and now thanks to Avatar so does everyone else. I watched The Polar Express and Beowulf not because they're good films (they're not really) but because this new technology was like nothing I had ever seen before. The effect is not the typical "stuff flying out of the picture at you gimmick" we all think of. Instead it is an enhancement in the definition and dimension of the film. It pushes the backgrounds backwards and pulls the foregrounds forward adding a really element of space to the film. I think the biggest problem facing 3D is the huge increase in price. At my theater it's $10 for a regular feature and almost $15 for 3D. A 50% increase! That is simple shameful and movie theaters need to fix that ASAP. Despite the current cost (I'm hopeful once most cinemas convert permanently to the format and you're allowed to re-use your glasses the cost will do down) I am a huge supporter of this new advancement in the way we view cinema. Now that it's gone mainstream many critics have become...well critical of it and it's place in movies. I think they're being very close minded especially one of my hero's Roger Ebert. After all most critics and Hollywood tykes thought the invention of sound was just a gimmick that wouldn't last in 1927. That was instead the single most significant development in cinema since the invention of the camera. I think that 3D is going to be similar to color. Color was first shown in the late 30's but didn't become a staple of film till about two decades later. Has 3D been perfected, absolutely not! There are still some slight problems with light and perception and one out of every 20 or so people still seem to claim it hurts their eyes, but why are so many people claiming they hate it and wish it would just go away. How about giving some support to a new idea and being progressive for once. 3D first came out in the 50's and it took half a century for it to get this good. Who knows how well it will look 10-20 years from now. Heck who knows how good it will look in 2013 when the Avatar sequel comes out. Also here's a novel idea, if you don't like it don't watch it! They give you 3D as an option so what's with all the complaining?
Toy Story & Toy Story 2 in 3D Double Feature. I mean is there anything else that needs to be said? I'm going to use this space to talk about the new Real-D 3D technology instead of the films.
I knew about this new technical advancement in 3D since the early part of the decade, and now thanks to Avatar so does everyone else. I watched The Polar Express and Beowulf not because they're good films (they're not really) but because this new technology was like nothing I had ever seen before. The effect is not the typical "stuff flying out of the picture at you gimmick" we all think of. Instead it is an enhancement in the definition and dimension of the film. It pushes the backgrounds backwards and pulls the foregrounds forward adding a really element of space to the film. I think the biggest problem facing 3D is the huge increase in price. At my theater it's $10 for a regular feature and almost $15 for 3D. A 50% increase! That is simple shameful and movie theaters need to fix that ASAP. Despite the current cost (I'm hopeful once most cinemas convert permanently to the format and you're allowed to re-use your glasses the cost will do down) I am a huge supporter of this new advancement in the way we view cinema. Now that it's gone mainstream many critics have become...well critical of it and it's place in movies. I think they're being very close minded especially one of my hero's Roger Ebert. After all most critics and Hollywood tykes thought the invention of sound was just a gimmick that wouldn't last in 1927. That was instead the single most significant development in cinema since the invention of the camera. I think that 3D is going to be similar to color. Color was first shown in the late 30's but didn't become a staple of film till about two decades later. Has 3D been perfected, absolutely not! There are still some slight problems with light and perception and one out of every 20 or so people still seem to claim it hurts their eyes, but why are so many people claiming they hate it and wish it would just go away. How about giving some support to a new idea and being progressive for once. 3D first came out in the 50's and it took half a century for it to get this good. Who knows how well it will look 10-20 years from now. Heck who knows how good it will look in 2013 when the Avatar sequel comes out. Also here's a novel idea, if you don't like it don't watch it! They give you 3D as an option so what's with all the complaining?
Christopher H
Super Reviewer
March 30, 2010
Great time. I hadn't seen the 2nd one so this was definitely worth the trip. The 3D element was pretty cool, especially to see the 2nd one & how it looked like it was made for 3D. Never felt like leaving the 3 hours I was there. The Toy Story movies never get old for me and are seriously some of the best stories & most well made films out there today. Love them just as much as I did when I was a kid.
zdravkoduck
Super Reviewer
October 14, 2009
I really enjoyed watching this in a theatre full of kids because all the jokes I was laughing at the kids were not laughing at so I just kept it in my head that I am way cooler than all these kids put together I have such a better sense of humor than any of them. Their kids they don't know, I think it takes a certain child to really get why Buzz losing all sanity screaming "You don't understand, I am Mrs. Nesbit" is really funny...I think though I remember them laughing at that part I don't know.
Anthony V
Super Reviewer
October 9, 2009
Excellent transfer to 3-D effects, plus some extra little touches between the films make this worth watching again.
September 18, 2011
I'm kind of sick of 3D. Didn't see this because I truthfully don't think it's worth seeing again in 3D, but the original two were both good. Check out my reviews on them on their own seperate pages.
allefra25
June 18, 2010
I saw this its opening weekend. Didn't know it had its own page. Obligatory perfect review! 3D was kind of unnecessary, but it's Toy Story, so who cares?!
impersonatorofclaymation
October 21, 2009
This was a lot of fun! It certainly played well as a double feature. See full reviews under Toy Story and Toy Story 2. We miss you Jim Varney!
October 29, 2009
Love these movies! Ok, the 2nd one, not a big fan of jessie's plot line but that's ok. The 3D is well done - usually very subtle and doesn't over do it on things "coming out at you". The 3D does provide an extra little something with more visual depth. Also, seeing the 3D on a large screen farther back in the theater makes the affect work even better than being closer to the screen. Nov. 27, 09.
jdenny4
October 22, 2009
Great to see these in 3D on the silver screen but the 3Dness of it was less dramatic than the more recent films that were shot with 3D in mind, for instance, Coraline. Still, great animated classics and the kids really enjoyed it. At nearly four hours for the double feature prepare to accept the fact that some younger viewers will invariably get on your nerves. I am happy to say that my kids did extremely well and can't believe my four year old did so well.
comicgeek13
October 21, 2009
This movie totally takes me back to my childhood, now i'm imagining that childhood in 3D, which is pretty awesome
