Burton's Crane, a man of the Enlightenment who only believes in reason and science, is plunged into doubt when he enters Sleepy Hollow, a village that wouldn't look out of place on the estate of Baron Frankenstein. And the townsfolk have reason to fear. He realizes that reason may have its uses but that science cannot answer every question posed by the imagination. He does not try to transform the past into an MTV special. Some things never change.
Archetypes are eternal.
Burton isn't trying to change the world but his movies, like all good art, help us see the world behind the facades. Kids will love the colorful big-eyed animated toys, a gang of pals whose limbs may be fashioned from plastic but whose hearts are made of gold. The big buckaroo's heart is torn. Toy Story 2 is full of hilarious elements, such as the scene where Woody's pals cruise a toy store in a plastic truck and stumble into a Barbie Doll beach party. Unlike the strobe-fast Pokemon movie, Toy Story 2 moves with deliberate but never hyperkinetic speed.