![]() The long awaited, much anticipated Toy Story Land opened at Hollywood Studios on June 30th 2018. And I think that’s a beautiful sentiment.Get set to travel to infinity and beyond. The first Toy Story illustrates a crisis of identity, which is solved by merely learning to be comfortable with oneself. The film ends with him accepting himself as a toy and just learning how to be himself. But when he finds that he’s powerless because he’s been taken by Sid, he can’t fly again, and feels the sting of failure, he must look inward and evaluate himself. Early on, he’s cocky, arrogant, and believes he can fly. I love to look at these scenes because they fully show how Buzz develops over the course of the film. This really is the perfect culmination of the two story arcs Woody has learned to work alongside Buzz and understands what makes him great, and Buzz has learned that he’s just a toy, but has used this to his advantage. When Buzz admits that his flight is just him “falling with style,” he accepts the fact that he is just a toy. “This isn’t flying, this is falling, with style!” Buzz stretches his wings and they detach from the rocket, gliding on the wind. In one of the most iconic scenes Pixar has ever put to film, the duo lights the rocket, and they shoot up into the air. It’s powerful.Īnd then, in one of the last few scenes, Buzz and Woody are making their escape from Sid’s House, with a rocket strapped to Buzz’s back. Looking at this scene, it’s no wonder that this was the movie that changed animated film forever Buzz’s facial expressions convey a lot of what’s going on in this scene. It’s a sequence that teems with emotion and perfectly encapsulates the feelings of failure and self-doubt. He peels back a sticker on his arm to reveal the words “Made in Tawain.” Cue Randy Newman’s “I Will Go Sailing No More,” which is probably one of the most heartbreaking songs I’ve ever heard.īuzz tries to fly out the window, but falls and injures himself. “Not a flying toy,” the commercial says quietly. One of the most notable scenes in this section of the film is Buzz wandering into another room and seeing a commercial for a Buzz Lightyear toy. Woody, rather upset, scoffs, “That wasn’t flying, that was falling with style!” But it’s too late, Buzz is popular, loved for how cool he is.Īs the adventure goes on, Buzz and Woody find themselves in Sid’s house, entirely powerless. The first scene with Buzz results in him lucking into flying around the room. So it’s not surprising that Buzz’s arc is easy to track throughout the film by building upon the motif of flight. This is what makes Buzz such a hit among the other toys and with their owner, Andy. Buzz questions everything he knows about himself.Īs a toy, Buzz’s main advantage over Woody are his wings. On the other hand, Buzz? Buzz gets existential. All he does is learn to cooperate with other people and share the spotlight, despite still being Andy’s favorite toy. ![]() But, if anything, Buzz should be the main character in this movie. Yes, Woody is the main toy of the series, the other movies make that apparent. Now, I could talk about any assortment of things that Toy Story does wonderfully, but what I’ve decided to focus in on is the character arc of Buzz Lightyear, which I believe to be the emotional center of the film. But damn, if the original Toy Story isn’t just a phenomenal movie, I don’t know what is. Will Toy Story 4 be better? We’ll have to wait and see. In this regard, the first Toy Story might have been the most influential film of that decade (aside from perhaps Pulp Fiction). Is Toy Story 2 better? Is Toy Story 3 better? Probably. It spawned two sequels, with another one on the way, while changing the way movies were animated and launching Pixar Animation to the forefront (which lead to a slew of other amazing films). It’s no stretch of the truth to say that it was, definitively, the most successful children’s movie of the 1990’s. Toy Story, for many people of my age, was a crucial part of childhood. At long last, I’m writing about Toy Story! people see my post about Harry Potter post and say “Why don’t you write about Harry Potter more?” And all I’ve been saying is “Why can’t I write about Toy Story more?”
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