Toy Story Review Celebrating 30 years of this classic film.

 

My review of Toy Story, celebrating 30 years of this classic film.

Toy Story has been part of my childhood for years, and it's hard to believe it's been 30 years since this film came out. It was the first CGI animated film. Toy Story has been part of our childhoods, as it started Pixar, and we got two fantastic sequels and a fourth film that no one wanted, and now we are getting another film that no one wants. We all love the characters of this film, like Woody, Buzz, Bo Peep, Rex, Slinky, Hamm, Mr. Potatohead, and later Jesse, Bullseye, Barbie, and Ken. The first film started it all and made the way for 3D animation.

Here's my review of Toy Story, one of my favourite Pixar films, to celebrate 30 years of this great film.

The film is about Woody, Andy's favorite toy, and the leader of the toys in Andy's room. Now that Andy is moving to a new place, Woody wants to make sure everyone is prepared to leave. It's Andy's birthday, and he gets a new toy called Buzz Lightyear. Now we all know Woody gets jealous of Buzz, and Buzz also believes he is a space ranger, not a toy. It's funny how all the toys think and disagree with Woody, too. I always find that scene with Buzz looking like an alien hilarious.

LOL now it's a meme.

Now, in the film, Woody gets jealous of Buzz to the point that he wants to get rid of him and become Andy's favourite again. Fun fact: In the original story draft, Woody was going to be a villain, and he throws Buzz out the window on purpose, but John Lassender and the developers decided not to do it because they wanted Woody to be a good guy, and they wanted the audience to say, "Woody don't do that." Because in that scene, Woody is shocked by what he did and worried about Buzz. He wanted to hide him from Andy, but the other toys, jealous and losing respect for him, had had it with him. But not Bo Peep and Slinky Woody, who eventually realize the error of their ways because they were being selfish jerks.

Later, Woody and Buzz get into a fight and are both left behind at the Gas station. Woody and Buzz argue, and then Buzz tells Woody the universe is in trouble and that Zurg is going to blow up the planet, to which Woody snaps at him. I don't blame Woody; even the other toys would be like, "Okay, you are not a space ranger," because in the following films, they agree it was weird. 

In the film, we meet the villain, Sid. You can tell how scared the toys are of Sid, and even Summer Camp can't teach this kid to be well-behaved. 

Sid is this teenage kid who loves to destroy and torture toys for fun. He's basically a messed up version of Andy and it's funny how parents never stop him for doing this I mean my parents would. 

Sid was a funny villain because he was just a kid who loved to torture his toys until Woody stops him and teaches him to play nice with his toys.

When Buzz learns he is a toy, not a space ranger, it is a sad scene until Woody tells him being a toy is a lot better, and he tells him he is a cool toy. Woody even admits he can't compete with Buzz, and he knows this whole mess was his fault. Woody and Buzz make amends and work together to escape Sid's place until Buzz gets taken outside by Sid. So Woody works with the toys Sid tortured, and it is satisfying to watch them stop Sid from blowing up Buzz.

Remember playing with your toys nicely. 

Buzz and Woody chase after the moving truck, and I gotta be honest, as a kid, I love the look on Mr. Potatohead's face when he realizes Woody was right and he was helping Buzz. 

Mr. Potato Head deserved this. I'm just glad they redeemed him in the following films. 

The favorite moment of the film is when Buzz falls with style and Woody yells, 'Infinity and Beyond.'

Great scene, and they reunite with Andy. The film ends with them celebrating Christmas, and both Buzz and Woody are now best friends, shocked to learn that Andy got a puppy. 

They are both like oh crap but as we know in Toy Story 2, Woody loves the new dog Buster and even trains him. 

Toy Story is still one of the best animated films ever made, and the songs like You Got a Friend in Me still hold up. The cast of the film includes Tom Hanks, Annie Potts, Wallace Shawn, the late Don Rickles, the late Jim Varney, John Ratzenberger (Who went on to voice so many other Pixar characters), and, of course, Tim Allen. It's interesting to know that this film redeemed Tim Allen's career after his past drug problems. 

I love this film, and it was part of my childhood and still is. 

I don't want to see another Toy Story film because the second and third films were great, and the third film had a perfect ending. They really should have stopped after 3. I give Toy Story a 10 out of 10.