Cute Family Movie

Rating: Null/10 (16 September 2011)

Toy Story is a great movie for children and adults. Children will enjoy it simply because it is a cartoon. They will find it exciting because it shows toys coming to life which is something every child pretends with their toys. It's a good movie for children because it teaches them about jealousy, friendship, and teamwork. Adults will appreciate the animation and the accuracy of the details in the toys. Most of the toys used in this film were ones most people had as children. Such as, Mr. Potato head, the slinky dog, etch-a-sketch, and the army men.
The theme of Toy Story is friendship. The movies theme song was titled "You've Got a Friend in Me". The friendship in this movie is about overlooking insecurities and finding a true friend in someone that you think would be your biggest enemy. A 2001 movie called Monsters Inc. is directed around this same theme. A little girl named Boo should be afraid of the monsters as much as the monsters are afraid of her but they form a friendship that overcomes their differences.
Toy Story is about the lives of toys owned by a boy named Andy. Andy is having a birthday and he gets a new toy named Buzz Lightyear. Andy's toys worry about him getting new toys because they are afraid they will get lost or donated. With the arrival of Buzz, Woody fills that Andy will like Buzz better. He tries to lose Buzz but instead he accidentally knocks him out of a window. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen were brilliantly matched for being the voices of Woody and Buzz Lightyear. The personalities of the actors and characters seemed to be a perfect fit. The other toys in the movie, Mr. Potato Head (Don Rickles), Slinky dog (Jim Varney), Pig named Ham(John Ratzenberger), Rex the dinosaur (Wallace Shawn), and Bo Peep(Annie Potts), feel like Woody did this on purpose because he was jealous of the attention Buzz was getting from Andy. In order to make things right Woody realizes he needs to get Buzz back. Woody and Buzz both wind up separated from Andy and this is where their adventure begins. From this point on they work together to get back to Andy's before his family moves. Along the way Buzz realizes that he is not a space ranger but a toy. Woody tries to help Buzz understand that he is not just a toy and that he is very important to children. Woody convinces Buzz that they must get back to Andy. At the conclusion of the movie, Buzz and Woody are helping each other make it on the moving truck. They finally make it next to Andy who is excited to see both of them.
Toy Story is about the friendship that is formed between Woody and Buzz. Once Woody was able to get passed his insecurities he realized that Andy could have two favorite toys. The motif of friendship is displayed throughout the movie by the relationships between Woody and Andy, Woody and all the other toys, and between Woody and Buzz. They also form a friendship with the strange toys at Sid's house. This movie is a true example of friendship.