Toy Story 3

[SmartAleck25]

I bet they're happy that they let Barbie into the franchise now, huh?

Anyways, I was on Box Office Mojo, and I saw that Toy Story 3's budget was around $200 million! Anyone else surprised that it cost so much to make it? But I guess it paid off, since this is some of the best animation I've seen in a while.

[PatrickvD]

I bet they're happy that they let Barbie into the franchise now, huh?

Anyways, I was on Box Office Mojo, and I saw that Toy Story 3's budget was around $200 million! Anyone else surprised that it cost so much to make it? But I guess it paid off, since this is some of the best animation I've seen in a while.

well, it does have a HUGE celebrity voice cast. I know we always blame Dreamworks but this time Pixar really brought in some big names for TS3. Though I doubt they were paid millions.

Imagine Whoopi Goldberg getting paid that much for her... I dunno, four lines, in the entire film? Timothy Dalton's screen time was also minimal...

Anyway, not entirely sure where the $200 million went. But Pixar's budgets have been going up lately.

[pap64]

we need to stop sheltering our kids so much. there was nothing inappropriate for kids in there, no cursing, nudity, extreme violence. they can take it. kids like thrilling movies. and there was just enough light hearted fun to balance things out.

I definitely agree. So the kids got scared...let them be scared! It's good to have different emotions!

Funny you should mention this. The Nostalgia Critic once said in one of his videos that he believed that kids LIKE being scared, because it makes things interesting and even fascinating.

I personally think that kids constantly see worse in every day life, such as the death of pets o family members, problems with the parents, school/bully problems and the like. While I do understand that exposing kids to so many sad and depressing things CAN affect them in the long run I think that as long as there's a happy ending along with a message of hope and faith kids will be fine.

It may be the Christian in me talking, but it's important to teach kids that even if life doesn't always go the way we want it too, and at times it can be too much to endure, there's always a lot of happiness to look forward to, a lot of beauty to experience and knowledge that enriches the heart and soul, and I believe the writers at Pixar know this.

This is why despite Up starting on such a bittersweet note it has a very uplifting and inspiring ending, because in the end despite being in the winter of his years Carl learned that there was still a lot to enjoy in life, and made some great friends in the process. And in Toy Story 3 despite what happens everyone is safe thanks to both their friendship and faith towards each other.

This is a very important lesson for kids to learn, and I believe that this should be change for their sake. It would be underestimating their intelligence and denying them of both the great and bad things about life.

[sunhuntin]

I plan to let my kids watch more adult / scary films at a young age. I know I'm not my unborn children but growing up, I watched "Child's Play" "The Emerald Forest" and other adult/scary films and ended up fine. Look at older children's movies such as "Labyrinth" - much more intense than the output of today.

i saw childs play at a young as well... maybe about 7 or 8? i loved it! my brother, who is 5 years older, ended up terrified of his cabbage patch kid. lmao. i also saw bits of candyman and others. movies like that are good for kids in moderation. it shows them that life isnt always roses and bad things can, will and do actually happen. IMHO, if you show kids happy, lovey-dovey movies all the time, then they are gonna be in for a shock when they hit the real world.

[SillySymphony]

I've been meaning to post this for a while now.

Ever since I heard of the Sunnyside of Toy Story 3, I now think of this daycare that I driveby daily as the real-world version:


Looks innocent enough, right?


Well, if any toys wanted to escape it's easy enough with this short chain link fence.

I'll never look at a daycare the same way again...

[Kyle]

There are are daycares named sunnyside. not sure how similar they are though to the one in the movie.

[ajmrowland]

while i dont plan on showing my kids scary films(personally. I just dont like them that much), but movies like Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Superman, Coraline, and others are on the list.

[jediliz]

I saw the movie in 3D yesterday (I wanted to see it in 3D before it left town) and made my dad stay for the entire credits.....there was not a scene (during the credits) where Al from Al's Toy Barn was revealed as Andy's Dad......were did that thing come from? Can someone tell me?

[UmbrellaFish]

I saw the movie in 3D yesterday (I wanted to see it in 3D before it left town) and made my dad stay for the entire credits.....there was not a scene (during the credits) where Al from Al's Toy Barn was revealed as Andy's Dad......were did that thing come from? Can someone tell me?

It was just a joke.

But I fell for it, too.

[jediliz]

oh okay....I figured that. I made my dad stay because I was so sure there would be a scene.

Also, how did Andy learn Jessie's name.......cause at the end Toy Story 2 he called her Bazooka Jane (I think it was Bazooka Jane).

And I know they were Andy's toys....but one of the ways Woody got Jessie to come with him at the end of Toy Story 2 was the line "he has a little sister" so you'd think Molly might have played with Jessie at one point.

[Margos]

OMG, you're right, jediliz! He did call her Bazooka Jane.... My theory is, maybe his mother knew a thing or two about "Woody's Roundup," maybe from her father or whoever it was that passed Woody on to Andy.

[Luke]

Or he could have Googled it and found out. Andy seems pretty handy with that laptop.

[Kyle]

OMG, you're right, jediliz! He did call her Bazooka Jane.... My theory is, maybe his mother knew a thing or two about "Woody's Roundup," maybe from her father or whoever it was that passed Woody on to Andy.

We've gone through this before, I think you guys are thinking way more out of the box than you need to. All he had to do was pull her pull string, hear her say "HI I'm Jessie!", no research or knowledgeable person needed. I'm sure that's also how Andy knew that she loves critters too.

[Big Disney Fan]

I finally got to see the movie just today, and I must say, it was absolutely intense, especially near the end. I was making tense motions, it was that intense.

I will never look at day care or losing something (anything at all) the same way again.

Oh, yeah, and where Lotso, the antagonist is concerned, let me put it this way: he is huggable by name, but he is not huggable by nature.

[Timon/Pumbaa fan]

We've gone through this before, I think you guys are thinking way more out of the box than you need to. All he had to do was pull her pull string, hear her say "HI I'm Jessie!", no research or knowledgeable person needed. I'm sure that's also how Andy knew that she loves critters too.

It doesn't explain how he knew Bullseye's name, but maybe Jessie has a line for Bullseye's name to(but then why didn't Woody mention Bullseye in his voice-box?).

Then again, if we're really going to nitpick plot points, we might as well go back to Toy Story 2 and ask why Stinky Pete wasn't more valuable and worth more than Woody as in real life it is always the more obscure and less manufactured toys that are more valuable.

As for toys existing in Wall-E's world, they can't as like Cars, Wall-E in an alternate reality where live-action people create animated robots and then become animated as they hang out in space. Since the characters in Toy Story are animated, they obviously couldn't meet.

[Kyle]

She has a phrase "you haven't seen Woody or Bullseye have ya?". If her on screen counterpart has that, I'm sure Andy could connect the dots.

as for Woody being more rare than the prospector, consider he was part of the first wave or something that has something specific about it that makes it impossible. theirs probably a number of woody dolls on the market, but maybe theirs only like, 50 of these particular type or something.

Also consider Ebay was only in its early beginnings back then.

[blackcauldron85]

Video Interview with Bob Whitehill – Stereoscopic Supervisor on Toy Story 3
http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/2010/07/13/vi ... y-story-3/
(via laughingplace.com)


"Barbie Meets Ken" 'Round the World
http://www.laughingplace.com/Latest-ID-74848.asp

[Neal]

Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich has insisted there are no plans to make Toy Story 4. The third instalment, starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, has already been a box office hit in the US, taking a bumper 109 million US dollars in its opening weekend, and is set to repeat its success here - and the leading men have voiced their encouragement for a fourth film.
But Lee, who has worked on all three movies, said: "We have no plans to make Toy Story 4 at all - we try to end Toy Story 3 in a very lovely way, with the story of Andy and his toys." While there are no intentions for another full-length feature, he revealed there will be a short film with all the characters, which will be shown with Cars 2. "We are looking for ways to keep the Toy Story characters alive. We do still want them to be in the world," he said. "We are doing a short film, using all the characters, which everybody is a part of, which will be coming out next year in front of Cars 2."

Producer Darla K Anderson added: "I have no idea about a Toy Story 4 nor have I heard any plans, but I am thrilled the actors are thrilled about the world and the characters that they are wanting to play these parts. It's a great thing when people have so much positive energy about your movie." Toy Story 3 is in cinemas now.

[sunhuntin]

is it just me, or does it read like they think cars 2 wont do so well so are using toy story as a way to get people in?

[PixarFan2006]

Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich has insisted there are no plans to make Toy Story 4. The third instalment, starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, has already been a box office hit in the US, taking a bumper 109 million US dollars in its opening weekend, and is set to repeat its success here - and the leading men have voiced their encouragement for a fourth film.
But Lee, who has worked on all three movies, said: "We have no plans to make Toy Story 4 at all - we try to end Toy Story 3 in a very lovely way, with the story of Andy and his toys." While there are no intentions for another full-length feature, he revealed there will be a short film with all the characters, which will be shown with Cars 2. "We are looking for ways to keep the Toy Story characters alive. We do still want them to be in the world," he said. "We are doing a short film, using all the characters, which everybody is a part of, which will be coming out next year in front of Cars 2."

Producer Darla K Anderson added: "I have no idea about a Toy Story 4 nor have I heard any plans, but I am thrilled the actors are thrilled about the world and the characters that they are wanting to play these parts. It's a great thing when people have so much positive energy about your movie." Toy Story 3 is in cinemas now.

Well, at least we don't have to worry about Toy Story being milked dry (unless they make more than one short).