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Hello Cinephiles,
Today we’re talking about the 1995 Film Toy Story.
Story
This is a movie about jealousy and mob mentality. It’s a terrifying look into the worst of humanity dressed up as a kid’s movie. The jokes and overall message of teamwork and accepting who you are are nice however.
Score: 0.5
Characters
This is a group or characters that belongs in a grimdark survival horror or maybe a Stephen King film. They are overall unlikable and cruel to each other. This works for the plot, but means that I’m almost cheering for Sid.
Score: 0
Dialogue
The dialogue is quippy and very well thought out. It has an almost Disney-style of multiple levels for adults and kids. It is a little heavy on the exposition, and the gags sometimes last way too long.
Score: 0.5
Visuals and Music
The movie is visually impressive for it’s time, but after almost thirty years I looks very dated. The lighting, liquids, and anything with fur is really plastic-looking, which works for the toys. The humans are weird uncanny valley rejects.
The music and sound mixing were clear and beautiful.
Score: 0.5
Fun
The movie was more fun than it should have been. Despite the despicable characters and forced story, the world building is great and everyone laughed a bunch.
Score: 1
Overall
This has all the wonder of future Pixar movies without the amazingly relatable characters. It’s a first draft for their formula and unfortunately doesn’t land as well as it could. Still fun and looks okay, considering it’s almost thirty.
Final Score: 2.5 Stars out of 5