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saw this tonight in 3D. absolutely fucking amazing. best film i've seen at the cinema in ages and pisses all over inception, which i saw yesterday.
 
Yup, it's absolutely briliant. The Toy Story films are the only film series where every installment is better than the last one and that's a real achivement considering the first one is a classic. This must be the best part 3 ever made. Its by far the best Hollywood film I've seen all year and it's so much smarter, more thoughtful and so much better written than the dreary bunch of live action blockbusters released this year. Brilliantly funny and also genuinely moving, it's one of Pixars two or three best films.

I've got a newfound respect for Barbie too since I saw this. Who thought she had it in her. :D

strung_out said:
saw this tonight in 3D. absolutely fucking amazing. best film i've seen at the cinema in ages and pisses all over inception, which i saw yesterday.
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The action scenes are are actually shot and edited in a way that is way more exciting than anything in Inception.
 
it really was so so good. it had action, suspense, pathos, camaraderie, great visuals, an awesome villain and a cracking storyline. i went in not expecting too much, having seen the first one 15 years ago and not caught a pixar film at the cinema since. really unexpected pleasure and my only regret was that although i saw it at the local independent picture house, i'm sure it would have been ace on a huge screen. pleasantly surprised by my first 3D experience too.
 
not necessary (think i saw 1 when it first came out and 2 on dvd possibly) but it helps to have an idea of the characters first, and there is a broad story/journey depicted across the three films.
 
Stigmata said:
Never seen a Pixar film. Heard they're good. Should I watch 1 and 2 before seeing this one?
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The characters have relationships with each other that develop and change over the three films and it would help. It's a self contained story though and you would probably enjoy it, not having seen the first two films.
 
Really looking forward to this a lot, I might drag my other half to this this weekend, Shes been driopping massive hints about wanting to see inception but I recon this would be a far better choice.
 
I saw this yesterday and loved it. My 11 year old and 7 year old were howling with laughter.
 
just seen this. it was brilliant! best trilogy since night/dawn/day of the dead ;)
the characters are brilliant, esp barbie & ken
the acting is spot on and it's so well written and funny. it deserves loads of awards.
virtuosity - this is how you do a family film.
 
I thought it a dark film, the over tones in places where too close to bone for some people especially those of holocaust survivors.
 
extra dry said:
I thought it a dark film, the over tones in places where too close to bone for some people especially those of holocaust survivors.
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I think you're reading too much in to it tbh. The whole prison/dictator/totalitarion regime plot line was pretty standard.

Although Barbie's line - "Authority should derive from the consent of the governed, not from the threat of force" was a bit :eek::eek:
 
but at that point, you don't ponder whether that is libertarian or socialist, you just want to shout out 'go barbie!'
 
Saw this at the imax a few days ago - thought it was absolutely brilliant, although thought it was much too grown-up for kids - there were a few splashes of laughter from the kids in the audience (we went to the midday showing), but not as much as you would expect.

Despite the imax cinema having brilliant air conditioning, there was a lot of dust in the auditorium - it just kind of built up towards the end, and it got into my eyes a LOT at the end of the film. Could hear a lot of sniffling and snuffling around me as well. The last scenes just get you, despite you knowing you are being mercilessly pushed through the emotional handwringer in a fairly obvious way, it still manages to get you. Thank heavens for the credits, so i had time to compose myself before leaving the theatre!
 
hektik said:
Saw this at the imax a few days ago - thought it was absolutely brilliant, although thought it was much too grown-up for kids - there were a few splashes of laughter from the kids in the audience (we went to the midday showing), but not as much as you would expect.

Despite the imax cinema having brilliant air conditioning, there was a lot of dust in the auditorium - it just kind of built up towards the end, and it got into my eyes a LOT at the end of the film. Could hear a lot of sniffling and snuffling around me as well. The last scenes just get you, despite you knowing you are being mercilessly pushed through the emotional handwringer in a fairly obvious way, it still manages to get you. Thank heavens for the credits, so i had time to compose myself before leaving the theatre!
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Hee hee!

Without giving anything away, is it as bad as the last few pages of Winnie the Pooh?
 
I didn't cry at the end.

Maybe it's because I had no problems letting go of childhood and because it's the best end possible for Woody and the crew. It was the scene earlier in the incinerator that really upset me. When they all start to hold hands, that got to me more than any scene I've seen in a while.
 
reno - i teared up at that bit too, but the ending got me....

not because it was mega-sad, but because it was so bitter-sweet - you knew that andy was doing a good thing, and it was hard for him to do, but he still did it. it was happy, but heart-wrenching. lovely stuff.
 
I'm CG animator and I'm in total awe of the quality of animation in Pixar films and they are always still getting better. Caught some of the first Toy Story recently and it looks really a bit ropey now on a technical and animation level
 
i agree with reno that for me, the incinerator scene was a lot more emotional than the ending. the ending was ace too, but i definitely felt a little moistness in the corner of my eye when they all held hands
 
I wanted to be moved but remained unaffected. Essentially, the way it's supposed to get you is to play on every parent's fear that their children will grow up and no longer need them, leaving mum and dad as archaic and irrelevant as Woody and Buzz. But I long for the day when this happens, and would be overjoyed to pack Goneril and Regan's spotted hankerchiefs and see them bugger off to seek their fortunes. So the emotional manipulation failed rather. I felt rather sorry for Lotso, though, when his henchmen turned on him and withdrew their support. That was a poignant scene.
 
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