"Pixar Celebrates ‘Toy Story’ 20th Anniversary, Reveals Why It Almost Didn’t Get Made"

https://variety.com/2015/film/news/toy-story-20th-anniversary-pixar-1201626673/

I enjoyed the first two. They both had great moments.

The whole Toy Story Trilogy was amazing. Great memories from it! If I had to rank all of the movies, then it would go like this.

1. Toy Story 1
2. Toy Story 3
3. Toy Story 2

Toy Story 1 is hands down my favorite animated film of all time.  The number of great moments are just too numerous to count.  Not only is the script organically theatrical and hilarious, even the dramatic effect is far stronger in this movie than it is in Toy Story 3, which I think is good but overrated.  The scene and song sequence where Buzz learns once and for all the truth about himself is a huge tearjerker for me, and it makes the ending that much more satisfying.

The second film is an excellent follow-up.  It may not reach quite the heights of the first movie, but that was an incredibly tough act to follow.  If Toy Story 1 had the funniest script and explored the nature of the Toy universe most thoroughly, the second film feels a lot grander in scale and ambition, fleshing out the universe of the franchise while retaining much of the same charm that worked so effortlessly the first time around.  I also cry hard during Toy Story 2's When She Loved Me scene.

The third movie, as I noted above, is my least favorite of the series (I can't call it a trilogy anymore because of the upcoming Toy Story 4, grrr...).  It's still a solid film, but I didn't find it nearly as funny as the first film, nor did the environments wow me the way they did in the second entry of the series.  Everybody says it's the darkest movie in the franchise, but I personally wasn't that stirred, especially considering the first movie features a villain who indulges in the abuse and even violent destruction of his and his sister's toys, not to mention he owns a seriously vicious dog.  I take particular issue with the foundation of Toy Story 3's premise, which feels more like an ambiguous misunderstanding rather than a fleshed-out transformation of the toys' owner.  In fact, I wish Andy had played a slightly larger role because then the stakes would feel so much more real rather than just an expedition to an unwelcoming place.  Even the brief nightmare sequence in Toy Story 2 feels heavier than anything that occurs at the Sunnyside Daycare.  The ending is also not as heartbreaking, imo, as everybody says it is, not just because of Andy's downplayed role in the film, but also particularly because Bonnie already has toys of her own that she cherishes, not to mention there's no indication of her family being dysfunctional to the point that Andy's toys would be of vital importance to her.  In my opinion, the ending sends a message of quantity rather than quality, which was not the case in the first and second movie.  It feels targeted towards privileged audiences who just want to buy more toys rather than those who see their toys as not just objects of playtime, but another part of them.

Sadly, I didn't get the chance to see Toy Story in theaters back in 1995, but I did get the movie on VHS a few months later and it was amazing. I know the CGI doesn't look that great today (particularly the human models), but twenty years ago it was unlike anything you'd ever seen. It's actually pretty astounding what Pixar was able to do with Toy Story given the technological limitations of the time.

Seriously, take a look at the CGI effects in the Power Rangers movie that came out in the same year as Toy Story and see how primitive they are by comparison.

(I can't call it a trilogy anymore because of the upcoming Toy Story 4, grrr...)


There's no point for a 4th Toy Story movie because I feel like it should have ended the way it did. Andy going to college and a heated battle between the toys at daycare. I thought it was a perfect way to close out the series, but now they are about to ruin its legacy and try to continue it on too long. My expectations for this movie are very low and I feel like it's going to be a major bust. With the new Pixar movies coming out soon like the Incredibles 2, Toy Story 4, and Finding Dory, it seems like Pixar is running out of ideas after making original movies from the mid 90's through the 2000's. At the state Pixar is right now almost reminds us of the early 2000's Disney Renaissance direct-to-dvd sequels.

Sadly, I didn't get the chance to see Toy Story in theaters back in 1995, but I did get the movie on VHS a few months later and it was amazing. I know the CGI doesn't look that great today (particularly the human models), but twenty years ago it was unlike anything you'd ever seen. It's actually pretty astounding what Pixar was able to do with Toy Story given the technological limitations of the time.


I first saw it on VHS about two years after its theatrical release. I've seen it on TV several times since then.

The second one, I first saw on TV about five years after it was in theaters.

There's no point for a 4th Toy Story movie because I feel like it should have ended the way it did. Andy going to college and a heated battle between the toys at daycare. I thought it was a perfect way to close out the series, but now they are about to ruin its legacy and try to continue it on too long. My expectations for this movie are very low and I feel like it's going to be a major bust. With the new Pixar movies coming out soon like the Incredibles 2, Toy Story 4, and Finding Dory, it seems like Pixar is running out of ideas after making original movies from the mid 90's through the 2000's. At the state Pixar is right now almost reminds us of the early 2000's Disney Renaissance direct-to-dvd sequels.


Don't forget The Good Dinosaur, which only has 4 critical reviews on Rotten Tomatoes so far, yet already one of them is rotten, calling it derivative.  Considering the 90-100% range is standard for Pixar when it's showing its a-game, that's not a good sign.

Honestly, I don't expect Toy Story 4 to be horrible, certainly not as uninspired as the DisneyToon sequels of the 90s and 2000s, but there really shouldn't be a Toy Story that isn't fantastic by popular consensus.  The only reason it's being made is because Toy Story is Pixar's best-selling franchise in the merchandise department, next to Cars.  Also, sequels to major films tend to sell a lot better than first movies.

I saw the first Toy movie in theaters with  cousins and a few other family members at the back in late 1995/1996.

Don't forget The Good Dinosaur, which only has 4 critical reviews on Rotten Tomatoes so far, yet already one of them is rotten, calling it derivative.  Considering the 90-100% range is standard for Pixar when it's showing its a-game, that's not a good sign.

Honestly, I don't expect Toy Story 4 to be horrible, certainly not as uninspired as the DisneyToon sequels of the 90s and 2000s, but there really shouldn't be a Toy Story that isn't fantastic by popular consensus.  The only reason it's being made is because Toy Story is Pixar's best-selling franchise in the merchandise department, next to Cars.  Also, sequels to major films tend to sell a lot better than first movies.


Wow thats pretty bad