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Toy Story 3
Disney
Directed By: Lee Unkrich
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen
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The Short: There were heartfelt moments that you couldn’t get in any other movie and there was a general experience that felt like a fitting end to a wonderful story. Packaged with this huge 4-disc release, Toy Story 3 should be under the tree if it’s not on the shelf already.

Toy Story 3 comes to a big combo-pack Blu-ray release from Disney, and it’s not a disappointment. It’s what you would expect from one of Disney and Pixar’s most treasured releases- there’s lots of attention to detail with bonus features, the main-feature is fantastic, and the quality is superior. Really, all the way around this is a Blu-ray that your family has to have.

While watching the first two Toy Story movies, the kids get immersed with what’s going on. But for older kids and grown-ups, get question afterwards- ‘What happens when Andy grows up?’ The second movie seemed to set that story up, and so here’s Toy Story 3, 10 years after Toy Story 2, with Andy all grown-up. He’s heading to college and the few toys that he’s held on to over the years (his special ones) are stored in an old toy box in his room. Sure, they’re older and feeling neglected now, but they also just want to be there for Andy when he needs them. Somehow, when Andy’s things are getting shuffled around, the toys end up donations to Sunnyside Daycare. Sunnyside seems like an awesome place at first. It seems like the toys have found a new home with relatively no downside, but things are rarely what they seem and daycare has its downside. The toys have to band together and escape the perils of daycare and return home to Andy where they belong… even if they’ll have to wait a few years before they’re played with again.

Just like the majority of the other Pixar movies, Toy Story 3 is fantastic. It can bring on emotions that a normal movie wouldn’t be able to induce and they provide several laughs and quirks along the way. The movie is brilliant in a 360 degree fashion, which is rare for even the best movies. The story is stellar, the animation is superior, Tom Hanks and Tim Allen are still wonderful as Woody and Buzz and even the score and the soundtrack is perfect. You can’t find anything wrong with the movie. You can look for a more-rounded and better family film to be made over the last ten years, and you won’t find one. Basically, Toy Story 3 is perfect- just like the previous two movies. It stands on its own and demands to be watched.

The releases that Disney puts out on Blu-ray are never disappointing. Even the last Toy Story rereleases that came out about the time that Toy Story 3 was being released theatrically were fantastic with a Blu-Ray disc being devoted to additional material. Toy Story 3 gets a similar treatment with tons of bonus material including a commentary, tons of behind-the-scenes looks, a continuation of Buzz Lightyear’s Adventures in Space, and of course- the short Night and Day. The bonus materials are worthy of the feature and the feature is worthy of the bonus material. There are hours of entertainment to be added to a great feature.

Toy Story 3 was what you would expect. There were high expectations for the movie before it was released and those expectations were met and surpassed. There were heartfelt moments that you couldn’t get in any other movie and there was a general experience that felt like a fitting end to a wonderful story. Packaged with this huge 4-disc release, Toy Story 3 should be under the tree if it’s not on the shelf already.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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