Friday, January 14, 2005

Toy "Sorry" Pew!

Toy Story 2 (1999)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Woody Harrelson
Directed by: John Lasseter
Rating: G
Genre: Children and Family
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Review
The reality is that the animation techniques used on this film, while possibly "state-of-the-art" are just not believable. I just found that I did not believe that the toys could walk and talk. Without "buying into" that conceit, the movie didn't work for me. With digital effects, wouldn't it be possible to "shrink" real actors in a larger background and make up them up as toys? That seems me like it would be a better use of the technology. Woody Harrelson was hilarious, though.

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