"Toy Story" Talkback (Spoilers)

[Blankments]

Hang on for the comedy that goes to infinity and beyond!

Woody: "Uh, Buzz, we missed the truck!"
Buzz: "We're not aiming for the truck!"​

Release Date: 11/22/1995
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios
Director: John Lasseter
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf, Erik von Detten.​

Plot Summary: Young Andy's playthings, including the sardonic Mr. Potatohead, a Slinky Dog with a southern drawl, an anxiety-ridden dinosaur, and some very gung-ho toy soldiers, are led by Woody, a pull-string cowboy doll whom Andy adores. But on his birthday, Andy receives a self-possessed, gadget-laden spaceman action figure named Buzz Lightyear, who quickly becomes Andy's favorite. Soon the overlooked Woody becomes very jealous. But when a turn of events leaves Buzz and Woody lost in the "outside world," they have to get along in order to find their way home. And they'd better do it quickly, because the lad and his family are moving tomorrow! However, their trek is interrupted by Sid, Andy's cruel, malicious neighbor--who loves to destroy toys...​

COMMENTS?​

This was my most watched movie when I was five and is still one of my favorites. In honor of the threequel coming out soon, I will post talkback threads of each film each month. Discuss away!​

 

[Surreal Kangaroo]

This is my favorite Pixar movies. It's one of those movies that you can watch again and again without it ever getting old. I give it a million stars.

 

[SpongeJosh]

This is my favorite Pixar flick as well. There's just something magical about Toy Story. It might just be the toys coming to life, but the plot, the animation, the voices, and some of the lines are just amazing. I hadn't seen it for years until I picked up the blu-ray and what a way to come back to it. I'll always love this movie, for nostalgia, and for the fact that it's simply fantastic.

 

[Lavenderpaw]

This is one of my favorites for it's moments of inventiveness and depth. From the camera angles to the interesting perspectives and sassy '90s slang. You can tell it's from another time, but it's timeless indeed.

 

[Monterey Jack]

Even though, from a technical viewpoint, the film looks a wee bit primitive 15 years later (holy cow, the leaves on the trees in the background never move! ), the story remains endlessly engaging for all possible age groups. I was 21 when the movie came out, yet I felt like a giddy 10-year-old while watching, totally swept up in the film's sheer sense of play while the adult in me chortled at the subtle off-color gags ("What's up with him?" ~ "Laser envy...!"), excellent voice work and dazzling-for-its-time use of CGI. 50 years from now, Toy Story will remain timeless.

 

[the_joker]

i think everyone's said everything that can be said about this movie, though i would like the other toys to get a little more screen time (but that's just me)

 

[RonDrakenfan17]

I have the film on VHS, love it.
One of my favorite Pixar films, has so many funny moments.
Woody was the best here, he was the only sane one
I give it 5/5.

 

[Deadman]

not only is it one of my favorite animated movies, its one of my favorite movies period.

 

[defunctzombie]

I don't think this is my favorite of the Pixar fare, but it's one I do enjoy. I remember the merchandising for this thing very well. K-mart had a big display that I got some stuff from, and I had this really fancy Buzz doll that popped the wings and everything.

 

[Daxdiv]

I love this film. Really, I do. I think this one holds more of an emotional tie for me due to how when the VHS was released, it was around the time I went into surgery when I was a kid, my parents bought TS VHS as one of my "Get Well Soon" gifts. I still hold on to the VHS to this day.

I really love the characters in it. Woody still stands as one of my favorite characters in a Pixar film. Sure the CGI in it is outdated by today standards, but I can still go back and enjoy the story in it.

 

[wonderfly]

From the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:

"Toy Story Turns 30, Plans Quiet Birthday"​

"1995 was a weird year for theatrical animation. It was the year everyone thought they had it all figured out — until they didn’t.

Walt Disney Studios’ most recent film was The Lion King. It had been a huge hit — their biggest hit ever. The toys flew off the shelves. The video game topped SNES and Genesis charts even though its second level was incredibly frustrating. The videotape was a fixture of every carpeted suburban living room within weeks of release. One thing was clear: the future was in 2D animated Broadway-style musicals with epic plotlines. Hunchback of Notre Dame was getting animated of all things. But before that, Disney had what it expected to be its biggest hit yet: Pocahontas.

Internally, Disney had assumed The Lion King would be merely a middling success; a stepping stone on the way to their REAL blockbuster. So if the response to Lion King was THIS big, Pocahontas had to be even bigger! In the weeks leading up to its release store shelves were crowded with pink-boxed merch featuring the Powhatan’s smiling face — as well as a new line from a rival toy company also called “Pocahontas” that coincidentally launched itself at the same time. I remember walking into the supermarket and seeing dual displays for both Pocahontases stacked next to each other.

Oversaturation? Well, it was believed that 90s Disney simply could not miss. Then this movie came out."

Read the full article here.

 

[Classic Speedy]

Pencils vs. Pixels, which I watched recently, was all about the tension in the animation industry after Toy Story debuted. In fact, after seeing the movie, some animators had a deathly feeling of "well, that's it for our line of work." Obviously 2D animation is still with us, even if not so much in theaters, but it's a shame that some who didn't adapt dropped out of the industry altogether and are now doing completely unrelated careers.

Anyway. The original Toy Story is still a favorite of mine, even if Pixar has made leaps and bounds of progress in its visuals since '95.

 

[wonderfly]

Forgot to post above, so I'm posting it now:

Here's the "30th Annniversary" video released by Pixar:




The timing is a bit weird, as Toy Story wasn't released in theaters until November of 1995, but....I suspect Pixar is wanting to have the whole year to celebrate.