Good Stuff

Rating: 10/10 (2 July 2010)

Pixar does it again (yeah everyone says that because they deserve it), funny - sorry hilarious, didactic for both kids and adults, dramatic, and definitely first class entertainment. Technically speaking, all characters outsmarted their earlier performance both animation-wise and character-wise. What we expect Woody or Buzz to do is right there. At one moment, when Buzz goes Spanish all the theatre exploded in laughter it was hilarious. When Andy is giving away the toys you could hear people crying both young and adults and unashamedly. The didactic feature gains more importance because it is not straightforward. Toy Story makes us think about themes such as boredom, the purpose of our existence, retirement, loyalty, friendship, trust, the environment, giving for charity, the fact that at one moment we need to let go of things we cherish because holding on to the past makes things stagnant. We only learn to appreciate the things we have (including emotions) when are about to lose them. Yet, we must be courageous enough to keep moving forward. All are great lessons. What's more important is that there is no glorification of crime Hollywood style. I advise people to watch it again and again and take their kids too.