By far a great example of what friendship truly is!!!!

Rating: Null/10 (18 September 2011)

This film is about a little boy named Andy who adores his toys and about the lives of those toys and the experiences they have while living with Andy. Some of the toys are Woody the western sheriff played by Tom Hanks, Buzz Lightyear played by Tim Allen, Mr. Potato head played by Don Rickles, Slinky Dog, Rex the dinosaur, and Bo Peep. The main characters are Andy, Sid (the mean kid next door), and Andy's mom. Andy's favorite toy and best friend is Woody. Woody is a sheriff from the Wild West and he and Andy are best friends. These two do everything together, but when Andy is not around, the toys come to life. Woody believes that he has the greatest life a toy could ever have; until, Andy's birthday party. This is where we meet Buzz light year the super hero that saves the galaxy from evil. Woody has a brief flash of jealousy when he realizes how much attention Buzz is getting, so he tries to set Buzz up and it goes all wrong. Buzz falls out the window onto Sid's property and this starts the beginning of Woody's quest to get buzz back and redeem himself with the other toys. The overall theme or message of the story is friendship. You got a friend in me, written by Randy Newman and performed by Tom Scott, is the theme song for Toy Story and encompass the exact message the creators of this film were going for. This holds true for movies like The Fox and the Hound and Milo and Otis. These movies take us on adventures where strength courage and friendship are prevalent and felt throughout the entire film. The director in this film used many different techniques to get the viewer to feel what he characters were feeling, he also used techniques to establish the theme throughout the film without over killing the message. One of the techniques Lasetter used was motifs of friendship. For instance, Woody struggles with trying to get Buzz to understand that he is a toy and not a real space ranger because he cares about Buzz's feelings. During this time they get lost, they are at odds because Woody knocked Buzz out the window and throughout all of this, they work together to find a way to get home to their favorite pal Andy. Every scene in the film displays examples of friendship, and I think they did a great job of showing the audience the importance of this simple act of humanity that we as people tend to forget. Although it was a children's movie this film was sure to impact the adults as well.