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Toy Story (10th Anniversary Edition)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn Directed By: John Lasseter Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD Format: AC-3, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Walt Disney Home Entertainment Number of Items: 2 Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 06, 2005 Running Time: 81 minutes Theatrical Release Date: November 22, 1995
Amazon.com Essential DVD: There is greatness in film that can be discussed, dissected, and talked about late into the night. Then there is genius that is right in front of our faces--we smile at the spell it puts us into and are refreshed, and nary a word needs to be spoken. This kind of entertainment is what they used to call "movie magic," and there is loads of it in this irresistible computer animation feature. Just a picture of these bright toys reawaken the kid in us. Filmmaker John Lasseter thinks of himself as a storyteller first and an animator second, much like another film innovator, Walt Disney.
The 10th anniversary edition of the landmark film repackages most of the extras found in the original Ultimate Toy Box set plus a few more. Two keen retrospectives are new, one with an assortment of talents including Roy Disney and Peter Jackson chiming in on the film's impact. The other is a roundtable with Lasseter and three of the creators simply talking about the experiences without--thankfully--any cutaways to noisy film clips. There's a load of other extras since the Ultimate Toy Box was one of the first and best DVD sets. Missing (besides the second film, which will be released separately) is the effects- and music-only tracks. Added is a whopping DTS soundtrack along with a remixed Dolby 5.1 track. The DVD has a higher transfer bit rate for a better picture, but only high-end enthusiasts will notice it. Since the film is a digital-to-digital transfer, both versions are eye-popping. A must-have set unless you have the Ultimate Toy Box.
Lasseter's story is universal and magical: what do toys do when they're not played with? Cowboy Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks), Andy's favorite bedroom toy, tries to calm the other toys (some original, some classic) during a wrenching time of year--the birthday party, when newer toys may replace them. Sure enough, Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) is the new toy that takes over the throne. Buzz has a crucial flaw, though--he believes he's the real Buzz Lightyear, not a toy. Lasseter further scores with perfect voice casting, including Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head and Wallace Shawn as a meek dinosaur. The director-animator won a special Oscar for "the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film." In other words, the movie is great. --Doug Thomas
The Pixar Feature Films
Toy Story, 1995
A Bug's Life, 1998
Toy Story 2, 1999
Monsters, Inc., 2001
Finding Nemo, 2003
The Incredibles, 2004
Product Description: Woody, the cowboy, & Buzz, a space ranger, are rival toys until they must work together to escape the toy-torturing boy next door. No Track Information Available Media Type: DVD Artist: DISNEY Title: TOY STORY Street Release Date: 05/22/2007 Domestic Genre: COMEDY VIDEO
Timesless Treasure This video is so much fun and marks the tenth year of Toy Story being out. I think Toy Story will become a "timeless treasure" because it is great for adults as well as kids.
TOY STORY IT WAS FOR MY GRANDSON...AND HE LOVES IT!!!! THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This movie felt a little on the dark side. I wasn't quite sure how to rate this movie. I have always been a fan of Disney movies and this one just did not feel good like other ones.
The story is about two toys getting lost, and found by a bad boy who mistreats toys (for example, he cuts off the heads of toy figures and puts the heads in lava lamps to float around). The two toys who got lost in the first place hate each other until the end of the movie, so they are bickering the whole time while trying to escape the dark atmosphere of the bad boy's room. Of course every story has an antagonist that generates an antagonistic feeling, I feel that TOO much of this movie was spent in the dark atmosphere. All the name-calling between Woody, Buzz, Potato Head, etc just bugged me. The end of the story turns out wonderful, of course, and some of the scenes are really fun and heartwarming -- but really I don't get a good feeling from this movie in general.
It's not something I particularly like my kids watching. I cringe every time my 3-year-old asks to see "The Buzz Movie." He LOVES Buzz, who is the main "good guy" in the movie, and I let him have a Buzz-decorated bedroom at his request. But I limit how much he can actually watch this movie and try to counter it with more generally positive movies like Cars, Finding Nemo, or shows on Noggin.
Very good old one When you watch this movie the story doesn't let you care about graphics. You get involved with the characters from the beginning.
But anyway, the graphics are good enough for noticing the care they took with details. It is more shocking if you know it was the first movie of its kind. Originated completely by computer.
Toy Story This is one of the classic computer animated movies by Disney. A must have for any disney DVD collection, it reminds me of when I used to think my toys came alive at when I left the room. It is a great movie and again, should be in every parents DVD collection.
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