Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Toy Story 3

Who would've thought that you would ever cry over a bunch of plastic toys?
Toy Story, you succeeded to capture my heart again.

A true veteran fan of toy story as I grew up with "Andy" and my favorite, Buzz Lightyear, Pixar has really succeeded to top off the series with a story that touched the deep reaches of your heart, vicariously bringing you back and reminding you of the pure innocence, imagination, and love of our beloved childhood.

Andy is all grown-up now and is off to college.  He decides to pack all of his dear toys (save for Woody, whom he intended to take with him to college) and keep them in his attic. However, through a mix of events the toys are taken to the local daycare. Welcomed warmly, all the toys are...
thrilled to learn that the daycare is a much more lively, better "new home" for them; Woody on the other hand is dubious of the welcome and encourages the toys to come back with him to Andy's home.  They refuse and Woody ventures to return to Andy alone.  Soon, the friends learn that the main toys at this daycare are selfish and have bad intentions; thus the friends attempt an escape for freedom.

Just like they did in UP, Pixar has triumphed to emphasize the importance of our deepest relationships. Through this TS3 has accentuated the concept of family and the significance of "sticking together."  The film really touched every human emotion possible.  It contained really clever elements of humor, fear, touched on the idea of depression & abandon (latzo's & his companions' story & the roller-phone's story), proved the humanity of longing for love and necessity for attention, and most importantly the true meaning of family (being there for your family no matter what).  Under this umbrella, TS3 evoked memories of the innocence and love of your childhood and how you must always cherish it and never throw it away.  In your childhood you enjoyed the simple pleasures of life with your imagination, innocence and most importantly your pure love; embrace it and share those golden moments with others.

Be it you don't like animation films or pixar (for god-knows-what-reason!!) you MUST NOT skip this film.  This is NOT a simple child's movie.  It's rated G for everyone because it literally entertains everyone of all ages.  TS3 may be about a bunch of toys, but that is Pixar's magical creativity to portray their deep message of family and the love in childhood through the story of toys - physical beings of our childhood we can actually relate to.

I applaud this film and if you successfully connect this to your childhood and familial relationships (which thanks to Pixar's original creativity should be done subconsciously) you will too.

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