Supermovie Topic

[Twilight Wolf]

Yep. Watching all of them, too, one at a time.

[Hi no Seijin]

It's Jar Jar's voice that gets to me.  Otherwise, I could care less about him.

I really have no desire to see the fourth Shrek movie, but I liked the first one, and I saw 2 and 3, so now I feel like I should finish out the whole series.

[Mysterious F.]

You know what's strange? By making the prequels, George Lucas has effectively cancelled out one of the most famous plot twists in movie history. I mean, George Lucas is no genius, but that's shockingly stupid. At least you watched them in order of age, TW. (Though you probably already knew the twist in the first place.)

[Hi no Seijin]

Really?  It's the Star Wars prequels that destroy the plot twist and not the fact that the original trilogy has been around for thirty-plus years, giving everyone enough time to learn that Anakin Skywalker grew up to be Darth Vader?

[Mysterious F.]

Forgive me for thinking that if you rename the original trilogy episode IV, V, and VI, and create episodes I, II, and III, you intend for them to be watched in that order.

[Hi no Seijin]

Whocares, it doesn't matter what order you watch them in today.  It's common knowledge that Darth Vader is Luke's father; it's why no one puts it in spoiler tags.  The prequels didn't cancel out the plot twist; time did that.

[Mysterious F.]

Don't most boys watch them before they are 10? Do you think most 9 years olds know the twist? I don't.

[Hi no Seijin]

Congratulations.  I know wholeheartedly regret rejoining this thread.

MANDATORY CHANGE OF TOPIC!!!!

Out of curiosity, is that new...western...Jonnah Hex based on a comic book?  I watch the trailers and I get the impression that it is.

[Mysterious F.]

Yes, and there is only a single 'n.'

[Mysterious F.]

Toy Story 3 - Surprisingly better than the first two, and joins films like Pinocchio and The Brave Little Toaster in the category of "****** up children's films."

Also, a Totoro doll makes a cameo. <3

[Deku]

Toy Story 3 - Surprisingly better than the first two, and joins films like Pinocchio and The Brave Little Toaster in the category of "****** up children's films."

Also, a Totoro doll makes a cameo. <3

I agree.
This is the only one that... well... I mean... It was hard for me not to cry in the end. I didn't cry but it was really hard not to. There were some pretty dark moments in the movie. All in all, I was really really impressed with it, and I'd be hard pressed to say it was in fact better than the first two. The first one to actually stir up emotions in me. You know what's funny is that when I saw Toy Story 1, I was about Andy's age. Now, watching Toy story 3, he's about to go to college just like me. Do you think they planned that?

[Mysterious F.]

They planned it. Also noteworthy - Andy has been voiced by the same kid in all three movies.

I like the first two Toy Story movies, but compared to, say, Finding Nemo or Up, they seem more like a glimpse of the greatness Pixar would later reach - practice. They just aren't very affecting. Hey, at least they're funny and smart.

To rank every Pixar I have seen (all of them):

1. Finding Nemo (2003)
2. WALL-E (2008)
3. Up (2009)
4. Toy Story 3 (2010)
5. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
6. Toy Story 2 (1999)
7. Cars (2006)
8. Toy Story (1995)
9. Ratatouille (2007)
10. A Bug's Life (1998)
11. The Incredibles (2004)

Totoro:

[MagmarFire]

I agree.
This is the only one that... well... I mean... It was hard for me not to cry in the end. I didn't cry but it was really hard not to. There were some pretty dark moments in the movie. All in all, I was really really impressed with it, and I'd be hard pressed to say it was in fact better than the first two. The first one to actually stir up emotions in me. You know what's funny is that when I saw Toy Story 1, I was about Andy's age. Now, watching Toy story 3, he's about to go to college just like me. Do you think they planned that?

Yep, totally planned. They pulled a sharp J.K. Rowling on that one, and I'm glad they did. It was a smart move, too, considering the majority of the viewing audience is over the age of sixteen, apparently. Excellent for marketing.

Hard not to cry? Hoo, boy, do I second that notion! Luckily, I was able to hold it in until I made it to the car door, but...yeah, I couldn't hold it in forever. I mean, (nearly) killing off some of the most beloved Disney characters in history by burning them in an incinerator!? If you couldn't notice the gravity of the situation and recognize the major emphasis on nakama in that scene, your heart's simply impenetrable. That includes the ending when Andy reflects on his childhood and just about all his toys' characters for us to laminate them in history.

EDIT: Gosh darn it, IE, for being so darn inconsistent!

[Darth Wyndisis]

I thought Toy Story 3 was a very good movie.  There were a lot of good laughs in it as well as a touching ending.

They should totally make a Toy Story 4 where they bring back Sid from the original Toy Story and show that he has been so traumatized by what happened that he went insane and started his own religion where he is the god of all toys and he like, sends his toys on missions to kidnap kids' toys and bring them to his temple that he built out of building blocks at the North Pole.

[Mysterious F.]

They should totally make a Toy Story 4 where they bring back Sid from the original Toy Story and show that he has been so traumatized by what happened that he went insane and started his own religion where he is the god of all toys and he like, sends his toys on missions to kidnap kids' toys and bring them to his temple that he built out of building blocks at the North Pole.

Well, at least it's original.