I absolutely love this movie and ive watched it hundreds of times.
I used to sing the soundtrack almost every day for my cat Gizmo who is my best friend and the absolute love of my life.
Every Wednesday when I came out of school I went to my grandma and she would have these awful and super cheap microwave hamburgers, plum lemonade with Sprite and she would turn on Toy Story for me.
She has dementia now, and I can't have a conversation with her anymore.
I miss those Wednesdays so much! I miss Gizmo who died almost a year ago now.. I miss my grandma...
Words can't describe how much this movie means to me! :heart:
I just went to the supermarket, bought those awful microwave hamburgers that they apperantly still sell and also the same lemonade and Sprite. I'm eating it from my grandma her plate. I bought some Easter branches which ive never done before but my grandma used to buy them and this year because she can't I decorated them with her cute Easter decoration that she has been using for so many years! And all this while watching Toy story like we did every Wednesday... :heart:
Full Review: https://www.jake-s-entertainment-reviews.com/movies-and-televison/toy-story-1995
Even for their very first movie, Pixar’s Toy Story is a movie with clever comedy, impressive animation for its time, a great music score, an intriguing and adventurous story, and most of all, characters with human qualities that are both relatable and understandable. This movie has an incredible legacy and would further cement Pixar into becoming a beloved household name for many families across the globe. John Lasseter and his team told the story they always wanted to see. Thankfully, though the film faced many hiccups on the journey, the end result was a critically and financially successful movie. This movie would continue setting the stage for many other Pixar classics. No matter how many of them would do just as good, if not even better than the last, we’ll probably never forget the movie that started it all.
(Final Grade: A)
Watched this more than twice. Love it each time I rewatched.
A technological breakthrough (the first entirely digital animated feature), John Lasseter's comedy would be astonishing if only for the realism of the film's design. But Lasseter and his writers (there are six others who get credit) have fashioned a screenplay simple in story line but complex in structure and emotion; it's also rollickingly funny with a spate of memorable lines that have real depth to them. As two beloved toys vying for their owner's affection, Tom Hanks and Tim Allen are splendid--they join forces with Lasseter's formidable crew to make their characters come completely alive. You feel as if you know them thoroughly by the conclusion and are moved by the life lessons they've learned, lessons you would want any child to learn. In addition to the main performers, the voice cast is perfectly suited to the toys they're called upon to represent: there's Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head, the late Jim Varney as Slinky Dog, Wallace Shawn as Rex, the timid dinosaur, Annie Potts as Bo Peep and John Ratzenberger as Hamm, the talking pig. Laurie Metcalf is the voice of the child's mother. A supreme accomplishment, you can watch it over and over again and still find something new every time--it's animation's "Citizen Kane".
One of my all-time favourite films! Loved it since I was a child and I don't think I will ever not love it. Woody is the perfect character and by far my favourite out of Andy's toys. All people should experience the magic of Toy Story, no matter their age. 10/10
Sid reminds me of this kid in high school who turned to me in math one day and asked if I wanted to set fires with him after class.
the most relatable part of this movie is when buzz becomes self-aware, has an existential crisis and sinks into depression
If you wore out the VHS tape of the movie like I did. You already know that this is the best movie ever made.
a classic,,,, I am aware but bro the animation of the people tripped me OUT like good god, also the dog??? why were mans eyes so big? Rlly said :eye::lips::eye:
anyways I get it, its 1995 but it rlly took me out of the actual story:sob:
The secret life of toys can be traumatic. ;)
I see how that was an influential movie. Animation technique still looks good but of course it shows that this is first generation CGI from 1995. 1995! I still appreciate that they were able to create such graphics in 1995.
The story ain't bad (it ain't great either) but I always assumed the story is as much for kids as it is for grown-ups but I was wrong: it's very much a kids' movie. "Rated through the eyes of a kid", it's a very good movie, probably a solid 9. I'm not a kid though. Still great fun.
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Toy Story (1995) https://trakt.tv/movies/toy-story-1995
Toy Story 2 (1999) https://trakt.tv/movies/toy-story-2-1999
Toy Story 3 (2010) https://trakt.tv/movies/toy-story-3-2010
Toy Story 4 (2019) https://trakt.tv/movies/toy-story-4-2019
Because I'm obsessive compulsive, I am going to force myself to write a few words about a truly revolutionary bit of animation called "Toy Story". People rave about it all the time so I am probably just covering something already discussed extensively.
Recognizing "Toy Story" for what it was is simple. It brought computer animation into the mainstream. It looked wonderful and in fairness it still does. The story is an exciting and heartwarming tale about friendship. The voice work, the characters, everything worked and it remains the movie that really started it all for Pixar and paved the way for other animation studios like DreamWorks.
I think my favorite part of the movie is the mission that the toy army men embark on by order of Woody. The reason I didn't rate it any higher was because I personally didn't love the story and Buzz Lightyear grates on me a little, but I'm not sure why. "Toy Story" definitely deserves the legendary status that it has gained.
The cgi aged like fine milk. The story isn't all that interesting. And Randy Newman. By all accounts I shouldn't like this movie but it has a certain charm. There's no denying it's importance for cg animate movies since. Some jokes are quite funny. My favourite part is the scene where they traumatise Sid for life. I forsee years of therapy for this kid. The voice acting is great although for half the movie I was convinced Buzz was voiced by either John Goodman or George Clooney.
"Toy Story" is a solid animated film that is both well-written and enjoyable, for the most part. In saying that, pacing issues are present around the middle section, and several plot holes caused me to suspend disbelief to a certain degree. The best example of this would have to be with Buzz Lightyear. Early in the film, he acts like a toy when Andy is present, even though he believes he's a space ranger. It made Buzz's character arc less compelling to me. However, I must praise Pixar for its accomplishment, creating the first-ever computer-animated film.
Overall, a pretty solid film, despite some problems that lower its quality.
The CGI in this movie obviously shows it's age but it was interesting to see how CGI looked 25 years ago. "It was the first entirely computer-animated feature film, as well as the first feature film from Pixar." [0]
From the rendering it's obviously worse than what we could do today in real-time but I assume at that time it was amazing. However, I was most impressed by the animations. I would assume they didn't have things like motion/performance capturing at that time and likely not even decent skeletal animation / rigging systems to make the animators' lives easier (i.e. it was pretty tricky to create those animations). The story/idea was kinda interesting and there where some funny moments but I was basically only watching it for some CGI history (probably fun to see how the CGI improves towards the 4th movie).
Some interesting facts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story#Animation ("27 animators worked on the film [...] To sync the characters' mouths and facial expressions to the actors' recorded voices, animators spent a week per eight seconds of animation. [...] rendering on a "render farm" of 117 Sun Microsystems computers [...] Finished animation was produced at a rate of around three minutes a week. Depending on its complexity, each frame took from 45 minutes up to 30 hours to render. The film required 800,000 machine hours and 114,240 frames of animation in total.")
Btw: "Toy Story's cast of characters forms the basis for the naming of the releases of the Debian computer operating system, from Debian 1.1 Buzz, the first release with a codename, in 1996, to Debian 11 Bullseye, the most-recently announced future release." [1] (but Debian Sid is the only "release" I've used that is named after a character from the 1st movie).
[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story#Other_influences
[8.2/10] You don’t have to look hard at Toy Story to find a metaphor for the state of animation in the 1990s. Woody the drawstring cowboy, beloved by his owner, represents the old hand-drawn style, delighting audiences for decades and full of home-spun charm. Buzz, the flashy and gimmick-filled spaceman, represents the budding advent of computer animation, threatening to displace the old favorite in favor of what’s shiny and new. It’s a future that the movie itself represents.
Watching the film, you can understand the anxiety and trepidation from lovers of traditional animation. Even twenty-five years later, Toy Story looks remarkably good for a computer-animated movie released at a time when the Internet was just reaching the general public. There was a novelty to the movie as the first feature-length film animated with ones and zeroes rather than ink and paint and in their first at bat, Pixar immediately showed what they could do.
Granted, some of that stems from the smart choice to follow in their shorts’ footsteps and stick with toys as the main characters. If you look at the humans, it’s not hard to discern that there was still a ways to go in terms of realistic figures. But if CGI toys look a little plasticky? No big deal! They’re supposed to!
More impressively, Toy Story’s characters are extraordinarily expressive. With his rag doll body, Woody can move with a gangly grace and nicely toe the line between cartoon character and real life object. When Buzz has lost his marbles or Woody is exasperatedly trying to convince his partner-in-crime that he’s a toy or the two of them are rocketing to their owner, their facial expressions are memorable and full of range. Even the way the toys drop and collapse when a human comes in range has a memorable sense of motion to it. The look and the physics of all of this isn’t exactly real, but it’s real enough, making you believe that walking, talking toys are possible, if only for an hour and change.
And yet, what stands out in the film isn’t just its visual approach, which has been far surpassed and become almost standard in the modern era; it’s the story and characters. Woody and Buzz rightfully took their place in the Disney pantheon as some of the studio’s most memorable and iconic characters, and for good reason. For one thing, Tom Hanks and Tim Allen clearly give it their all. The former uses his everyman charm to find the heart in a good toy who lets his anxieties bring out the worst in him after he’s upstaged, and the latter channels William Shatner and adds some unassuming depth to the spaceman brought to earth.
Each of the two leads has a wonderfully-realized, interconnected arc. Woody is Andy’s favorite toy, a place of privilege that’s jeopardized when this fancy new space ranger comes to town. Suddenly, Woody’s gone from reassuring all of the less-cherished toys that there’s a spot for all of them in Andy’s heart and no one’s being replace, to resenting the johnny-come-lately who's unseated him in the plaything pecking order for both their fellow toys and for Andy. An effort to sideline his competition spirals out of control and is taken for attempted murder, and the once proud leader and hero to the fellow toys is kicked out and ostracized by his former believers.
It’s naturally a little exaggerated, but rooted in something relatable. Buzz doesn’t believe he’s a toy, and despite not knowing or cherishing the sterling place he occupies in Andy’s heart, he’s managed to dislodge Woody from it. The frustration at someone who’s bested you without really knowing or trying is palpable, and it makes Woody relatable in his struggle, even when he does some regrettable things.
For his part, Buzz has to grapple with the epiphany that he is, in fact, a toy and not an academy space ranger like he believed all this time. The realization that he cannot fly, that he’s not a vaunted intergalactic hero, that he is, as Woody puts it, “a child’s plaything” understandably drains the effortlessly confident Mr. Lightyear (née Nesbitt) of his self-esteem and purpose in life, leaving him loopy and eventually distraught.
And yet, as so often happens in these films, the two are forced to work together through all of this and eventually find their way to the other side together. The film does a good job of setting the stakes, not just in terms of the thread of Sid, the “psycho” kid from next door who likes to dissect and blow up toys, but also in terms of Andy and his family’s moving day, which has the potential to leave the two of them lost forever when the two end up stranded. It’s a set up for plenty of hijinks and adventure, as well as growth.
Frankly, one of the most impressive things about Toy Story is that it’s just set piece after set piece, each more impressive than the last. The army men’s inspection of Andy’s birthday party, the race to get to Pizza Planet, the escapade in the claw game, and the various schemes and races against time once they arrive at Sid’s are all expertly crafted. The animators aren’t afraid to get a little scary, with Sid’s Frankensteined toys striking horror notes and the attacks from Sid’s dog, Scud, calling to mind Jurassic Park.
Still, eventually the film casts those woebegotten toys as allies, who fix fellow toys after Sid’s “experiments” rather than cannibalizing them. With their help, Woody and Buzz are able to not only escape their torturer’s clutches, but scare him off from abusing his toys ever again. From there, the film turns to a heart-pumping race against ties, full of excitement, twists, and visual excellence as the duo use every trick in the book to get back to their beloved Andy.
But it takes them working together. Through all of these adventures, Woody realizes that Buzz isn’t a rival, but a friend, one who helps Woody despite what he did to Buzz, even after everyone else turned on him for it. And Woody helps Buzz see the joy and glory of being a toy, how even if it’s not quite being a space ranger, bringing joy to a child’s life and basking in that love can be no less fulfilling. It takes both of them working together to succeed here, and in the end, Woody turns his resentment into friendship; Buzz sheds his disappointment and takes flight, and both of them find their way back to the boy they love, with a closing moment that suggests there’s room for both of them.
Nevertheless, that comes with a mildly grim realization that lingers on a rewatch of Toy Story a quarter century later. Despite that hint at coexistence, Disney doesn’t make traditionally animated feature films anymore. The Pixar crew all but took over the studio’s film animation department. If you take the old vs. new metaphor seriously (and, in fairness, the movie works just fine without it), then the new won and, just as Woody feared, eventually displaced the old.
Or maybe it didn’t, at least not completely. While traditional animation has been mostly relegated to television in the West (and even there, much of it is digital and/or flash animation), computer-animated films have continued to make great leaps in style and beauty in the twenty-five years since Toy Story debuted. Beyond the film’s own sequels, releases like Inside Out, Moana, Into the Spider-Verse, and Klaus have shown that there can be no less artistry, no fewer wondrous worlds created, no less majesty and splendor crafted with the click of a mouse than with the stroke of a pen.
More to the point, Toy Story itself demonstrated that even if the package changed, the soul could remain the same. Even before it was fully enveloped by The Mouse, Pixar picked up the baton from the Disney Renaissance, releasing some of the most imaginative, entertaining, and heartening animated films in history, at a time when Walt’s former studio was near-moribund creatively. Computer animation won out over the long haul, but Toy Story heralded the way that even if cel animation and CGI couldn’t necessarily coexist on the big screen, the charm and heart and spirit of the one could still live on with, and through, the other.
A stunning feature film entrance from Pixar! 'Toy Story' is a true delight, from the first second to the last.
The CGI animation is excellent. All the toys look brilliant, as does the world itself - I love the feel of it. The music is very good, Randy Newman does a nice job - "You've Got a Friend in Me" is a cracker.
Tom Hanks leads a strong cast. Hanks plays Woody, to fantastic effect. He is the best part of this film. Tim Allen is great, too, as Buzz Lightyear. Don Rickles (Mr. Potato Head), Wallace Shawn (Rex) and John Ratzenberger (Hamm) also bring fun.
Everything else is just as terrific: the humour, the pacing, the plot - I enjoy it all. There are probably some flaws in parts, namely Buzz's supposed unawareness, but nothing impacts the viewing experience. Go watch!
Friend I'm here Friend I'm here If the stage is bad And there are so many problems that have no end Don't forget you heard from me Friend I'm here.
The visuals don't look as polished as we've come to expect, so it's a testament to the quality of writing that this movie is still as good today as it was sixteen years ago. I can't undersell the ingenuity of the filmmaking, either, as Pixar does more with limited technology and a thin rule book than most CGI specialists can manage today.
Careful, artistic shot selection and playful direction really do a lot to compensate for the occasional bad render, and a world-class cast of voice actors takes care of the rest. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen deserve every bit of recognition they get for their roles as Woody and Buzz; they really put the film on their shoulders and carry it over the top, shifting something that would've probably been pretty good in other hands into a raging success.
A classic movie with strong writing and acting. The CGI however suffers. Maybe it's a result of reading for such ground breaking techniques. It was beautiful when it first released but rewatching it it's very dated looking. It doesn't help that it also pretty much sits in the uncanny valley. The toys look much better than the people and not that they feature much but they do have positions and it really just funks up their looks. Later versions will be fine.
10 - Totally ninja!
The classic, the one that started it all. What is there left to say, great kid movie and I can't believe I've waited so long to see this one.
What can I say? Toy Story is easily one of the best movies from recent history. I haven't met too many people that didn't enjoy the original Toy Story. On a historic stand point, Toy Story set the standard for animated films going forward. The contributions that the film has made to the art, the iconic characters and catchphrases that are now instilled in pop-culture, and a cast that can't be rivaled, Toy Story is an absolute much watch. The storyline of the film is great, the jokes are perfect for both adults and children, plus like any Pixar film, the amount of Easter Eggs will keep you wanting to watch Toy Story over and over. I can't say enough positive things about this film!
Toy Story is a masterpiece, and one of those few films that changed the medium forever. It was the first fully computer animated film, and took CGI to a whole new level. But more than that, it created a whole new way of storytelling that could appeal to both children and adults. With a powerhouse cast that included Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Jim Varney, and Wallace Shawn, it’s clear that Pixar took the film seriously and wanted quality performers to bring the animation to life; and they did. Toy Story is a creative and imaginative film that elevated filmmaking to a new level.
The original. More or less the best animated movie of all time. Fantastically written and great characters.
This was the first movie I saw in theaters and I saw it countless other times on VHS. I haven't seen this in a long time and it really made me feel nostalgic. It doesn't look as great as I remember but the story and music are amazing.
One of Disney/Pixar’s best!
Awesome movie.
heart touching story.
always a cute movie to watch
Dubbing movies should be a captical offense. So much of the movie’s soul gets lost. I just saw this in English for the first time and it’s HILARIOUS. Tom Hanks voicing Woody is my new favorite thing in life.
Toys are for all ages
One of my favorite films of all time.
"Reach for the sky"
awesome
While Pixar’s Toy Story certainly made game-changing technological achievements as the world’s first wholly computer-animated feature film, it never detracted from its thematically rich narrative that is so brilliantly attuned to the traumatic existential crises we humans experience. The impact of this intimate connection with the viewer is further enhanced by the similarity of its two main characters’ struggles. Being his owner Andy’s favorite toy, Sheriff Woody has enjoyed the luxuries of constant playtime and the role of authority figure among his plastic brethren, developing a fierce loyalty for Andy alongside a concerning selfishness, so when he discovers Andy’s new birthday present, a high-tech action figure named Buzz Lightyear, he responds to this possible replacement with a cutthroat hostility in the hopes of avoiding the bottom of the toychest, directly contradicting his posse’s philosophy of simply “being there for Andy”. But through a series of trials and tribulations, Woody comes to reach an emotional synthesis with Buzz after an understanding of his own struggles: this new toy never intended to be a threat; he was simply fulfilling Andy’s needs, yet was also facing an inner crisis himself, upon realizing he actually was a toy, not the elite Saturday-morning cartoon space ranger he’s modeled after. Catharsis is finally reached not only when Woody regains respect among his friends, but when he inspires and reminds Buzz of his endless worth as the most revered figure in his young owner’s life. While Toy Story certainly works as a witty buddy-comedy-adventure, its superficial entertainment all plays second fiddle to these toys’ sophisticated psyches struggling to find common ground, and it boasts analogous parallels with those facing midlife crises, a child fearing a deficit of love and attention when a newborn sibling comes around, as well as those taking the next step from childhood bliss to the strenuous real world.
A masterful landmark in animation that observes the preservation of mankind's moral values in the midst of power feud, existential crisis, and assured impermanence...all through the eyes of talking plastic.
Very cute movie and a classic. Today it feels a slight bit childish compared to other Pixar films that came after it, but it's very charming never the less. Animation is great, especially for the time, and the support cast is alright.
You Are A Liar
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Toy Story is the classic Pixar movie. It has a long list of amazing characters, and it paved the way for so many more animations! The story is beautifully written and you'll find yourself feeling emotional over pieces of animated plastic.
this is one prop laserdise for THX I'm a doo doo head. # kissie time #ShiftvW8
this movie is has the THX logo again. #ShiftvW8
Probably best animated movie ever. As charming and funny as revolutionary.
Cinema Paco. Picture 5, 4.5 Sound. I liked very much, well done, although technically inferior to Up or Wall-E, liked me more
This is my favorite movie of all time :)
I can watch this movie hundreds of times without getting tired of it!
They all die in the end
I always love this movie... ALWAYS!
Hands down one of the greatest animated movies of all time.
Movie of my childhood. Whatched it so many times with my brother, that we know what the characters will say. Awesome work of Pixar !
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It has been many years since I watched the original Toy Story, so it was only fitting that it is the first movie I watched with my kid (while he is also watching the screen). He watched the whole first hour without looking away! The movie was even better than I remembered and it is clearly the best of the four (all of which are great)! It's a classic!
Rating: 5/5 (:star:) - 10/10 - Must See