Pixar was back with one of its best sequel to its best Pixar movie!

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2013)

Toy Story 2, much like the original, is simply said, an all time classic! There really isn't much to criticize with this film as most of its elements work really well together.
John Lassester was back for the direction of Toy Story 2, and whilst he was there, it was pretty safe to believe that he would get it right a second time. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen playing Woody and Buzz respectively were as fine as they could ever be and John Cusack playing the new character Jessie was fantastic.
The story is quite similar to its original but with plenty of variety and originality. In the original, Woody and Buzz had to use each other in dire situations to come on top but here Buzz leads a rescue team to save Woody from the toy stealer, the owner of Al's shop.
Now, I liked this movie for several reasons.
1) It made me laugh more than the first 2) The new characters in the film were exciting 3) It was great to see Mrs Potato Head and the puppy who were the newest of Andy's toys at the end of the first film
I thought the writing for this movie was intelligent. I also thought that the direction of John Lassester was just fantastic as he knew not to spend too long without much plot movement. In fact, pretty much every scene had relevance to the story. Only great direction can do that. Also when introducing female characters, it can normally be extremely annoying but not in this circumstance! It was all brilliantly done!
The voice acting, like I said, is better than ever and the story is extremely entertaining. Half way during the movie, I wasn't sure this movie was to be a success as I hadn't seem it in a long ,long long time but I was thankful that it was superbly concluded.
During Pixar's Golden Age, Toy Story 2 is placed as one of their finest films and a joy for adults and children to watch