Toy Story 3 was pretty awesome. I don't think it's better than the second one, but it's almost as good as the first one.
I battle evil. But I don't really win. The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger. Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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Polter-Cow - Jun 20, 2010 9:14:16 am PDT #9138 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Scrappy - Jun 20, 2010 10:20:19 am PDT #9139 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Saw Cyrus last night. It's not a big-laughs type of comedy, more of a tiny slice of fucked-up-in-a-funny-way life. Reminded me of a little scruffy 70s kind of film, in a good way. I really liked the script and acting, although the camera work is enough to drive you NUTS.
Atropa - Jun 20, 2010 10:28:41 am PDT #9140 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Toy Story 3 was pretty awesome. I don't think it's better than the second one, but it's almost as good as the first one.
What's the crying factor like? I ask this as someone reduced to sobbing EVERY TIME by "Jessie's Song".
Sophia Brooks - Jun 20, 2010 10:59:49 am PDT #9141 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
My BFF and her 7 year old son were bawling, her husband and 9 year old daughter, not so much.
dcp - Jun 20, 2010 11:17:56 am PDT #9142 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Toy Story 3 was pretty awesome. I don't think it's better than the second one, but it's almost as good as the first one.
This translates to me as "Worst of the three, but worth seeing anyway."
Jessica - Jun 20, 2010 2:57:02 pm PDT #9143 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Plotwise, Toy Story 3 is a bit of a tortured mess, but it's easily forgiveable because it so clearly stems from the creators love of the characters and this universe. You can see the writers thinking "Oh, we HAVE to have this scene where the stuff happens with the things!!!!" and then bending the plot so that awesome scene can happen. And that sort of thing happens over and over and over again, and while each individual scene really IS that aweome and completely worth it, the end result is a plot that doesn't, in the end, make a whole lot of sense. But you probably won't realize that until you get out of the theatre and are on your way home. And I still want to see it again.
And then there's the matter of the last scene, which from a critical standpoint is ridiculously overwritten and in dire need of a visit from the editing fairies, but from an audience perspective had me drowning in tears and mumbling "GODDAMNIT PIXAR HOW DO YOU KEEP DOING THIS?" under my breath for the full ten minutes.
[eta: I do have to give them props for the mother of all callbacks. THAT was not tortured at all, it was simply excellent.]
Atropa - Jun 20, 2010 2:59:56 pm PDT #9144 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
but from an audience perspective had me drowning in tears and mumbling "GODDAMNIT PIXAR HOW DO YOU KEEP DOING THIS?" under my breath for the full ten minutes.
So you're saying that I should bring extra handkerchiefs and be prepared to be sobbing into Clovis' ears?
Wait, you kind of know my reaction to certain things, so I'll ask it this way! In terms of Jilli Will Cry At This, where does it fall in this list? Lilo And Stitch, "Jessie's Song" from Toy Story 2, or the entirety of Big Fish.
Jessica - Jun 20, 2010 3:04:16 pm PDT #9145 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jessie's Song, but moreso.
Basically, I can never throw any of Dylan's toys away, ever.
Atropa - Jun 20, 2010 3:11:43 pm PDT #9146 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Basically, I can never throw any of Dylan's toys away, ever.
Oh ... dear. That's what I was afraid of. Right, sobbing it is.
Aims - Jun 20, 2010 3:14:31 pm PDT #9147 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Basically, I can never throw any of Dylan's toys away, ever.
Pfft. Like people become THAT attached to their stuffed animals and action figures in REAL LIFE. PFFFT I SAY.
t hides 12 Rubbermaid bins of stuffed animals, dolls, and action figures that date back to 1974.
Yeah.