One example was Meet the Fockers, which was so terrible that I don't really have any desire to watch Meet the Parents anymore. Before "Fockers" was released I counted Meet the Parents as one of my favorite romantic comedy movies. Did you know they are actually making a third movie? Well they are not getting any money from me.
. . . Rabbit Trail . . .
Let's get back to Toy Story 3. When I saw the trailer I thought, give me a break, Andy is in college and still has all of his toys from his toddler years (Etch, Mr. Spell, Wheezy etc.). Then I saw the movie. Boy was I wrong!
--Spoiler Alert--
Most of the toys have already been sold or thrown out. This includes Bo Peep (sniffle). The three remaining soldiers decide to parachute out of the window rather than facing the trash can. It is emotional from the get go. The toys reminisce about their glory days when Andy played with them and even try to get his attention by hiding his phone.
I almost fell apart completely at the end. I fought a lump in my throat so big that to give in I would have been audibly annoying to others around me. Meanwhile the tear faucets were on with every adult in the theater (and very few kids). The emotional subject matter is above them in much the same way as the first 5 minutes of Up.
I think that it should have received a PG rating rather than a G. --Major Spoiler Alert-- The scenes with the freaky Big Baby (who my kids loved), the incinerator that threatened their lives, and the part where Lotso is fastened to the truck are definitely not scenes for a G movie.
If Toy Story had been a newer movie and not the CGI pioneer that it was then I would say Toy Story 3 was the best of the Trilogy. It has Toy Story 2 beat by a long shot (since it never explains how Woody doesn't know about Woody's Roundup or being and "old family toy"). I especially enjoyed the Return of the Jedi like scene where Big Baby tosses Lotso into the dumpster. Ken is also a new hilarious plus to this film.
I am not a fan of the Day and Night Pixar short at the beginning. The message of diversity was okay but the focus on living it up by lusting after girls or running to Vegas was also not G content. It was by far the worst of the shorts that Pixar has made.
This movie is definitely worth seeing. We saw it in 2D and it was awesome! I think the 3D craze is overrated and over-inflates and misrepresents where a movie lands on the highest grossing film list (i.e. Avatar). See it how you want, but make sure to see it. It is the best movie so far this year.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot, the Monkey RULES!
4 comments:
yeah, i just got back from seeing it! definitely almost had me in tears..very sad when he decided to pass on his toys to a new generation and got one last play in with them.. wasnt a fan of the big baby, very creepy. loved ken & barbie, great additions! all in all i thought it was great! 3D was not worth seeing because there was literally nothing in the movie that "popped out" at you.. everything just barely stood out from the screen. :/
Oh, Nate! I LOVED IT! We went to see it last weekend and, unlike you, I was SO excited to see it! We also love the first two and watch them over and over again. I did think parts were a little too intense too. They didn't bother Caroline (because I don't think she quite knew all that was going on) but they did bother my 7 year old cousin. She told me she loved it but that the part with the fire was scary. I do disagree with you about the Day and Night. You read a lot into that. I loved it too! I just had all around love for it all! Go Pixar! :-)
I liked meet the fockers
Theres going to be a third called Little Fockers ;)
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