One of the ONLY animated FILMS ever!

Rating: 10/10 (14 April 2002)

There is a rule in the movie world that some things are MOVIES and some are FILMS. Movies are just there to make money or fail at making any points or sharing any real ideas. Films are there to inspire and challenge the today you are in, or add thought to what would otherwise be a movie. Toy Story 1 was on the boarder of Movie and Film, I believe it to be a movie more than a film. However Toy Story 2 is no question a film. It's about growing up and moving on from a parent's point of view. But what makes it a film is it's inspiring touches that make it about what the viewer thinks it's about. As I think it's about how one should live there life before they die. Should they worry about what happens when you die? Should they try to preserve themselves by joining a group of people and living in a glass case? Or should they love and share love with whomever excepts it? Well our hero is faced with all three but chooses (wisely) the love theme.
Woody is worried about Andy (his owner) throwing him away when he gets his first rip. He's afraid Andy will discard him since he is now a broken toy. (I guess this could relate in many ways to how adults fear their children will put them in nursing homes when their old and crazy). Woody then meets a group of toys that form a complete collection with him. This collection is rare and when assembled will be cased in a glass box for viewing only. (This sounds like religion in how it tells everybody to stay away from any fun they might have and makes them with fear.) This fear is very real in Woody as he is a broken toy and now knows he can't play (live) forever. After some really fun sense their is a point when Buzz Lightyear (Woody's counter part.) gives a speech about how isn't it better that Woody enjoy his limited time with Andy and have a neverending storybook of memories than to trap himself in a box where kids can look at him but the memories will be limited. This rings a bell with every parent. I could go on and on with reasons why Toy Story 2 is the greatest animated film to date, and will probably (like Beauty and the Beast) hold up for years and decades to come. **** (out of ****)