[quote="SJU61982" post=375589][quote="Jack Williams" post=375520][quote="L J S A" post=375517]I feel like I've seen less movies this year than in others and haven't kept up with what is up for what awards, but "Parasite" was probably the best movie I've seen in theaters this year. Saw the new Almodóvar movie last night. Enjoyed it a lot.[/quote]
Saw parasite this past week and was blown away. Also saw 1917 a couple weeks ago and thought it was great. If one of those two win best film I will be happy.
As for the Toy Story and Frozen 2 comment I saw above, I strongly disagree.
I grew up on the toy story movies and a lot of people seem to think 4 was not a worthy entry in the series. I actually disagree. The movie itself was extremely fun and well paced. On top of that, I really liked the message of that film. I thought it was a lot more powerful than frozen 2. Toy story 4 dealt with a lot of mature themes like self worth, finding your purpose, etc.
As a senior in college who doesn’t really know where he’s going after graduation in terms of career, that film totally struck a chord with me and the way it handled characters who felt lost in a way but found their purpose.
That’s probably too much of a deep dive into a toy story film, but yea, I loved it[/quote]
My main issue with Toy Story 4, is that I felt it was totally unnecessary. One of the things I liked about #3, was that I felt it ended the saga effectively. This one just felt like a pointless add-on, IMO. It wasn't bad, per say, but didn't add anything to the saga, IMO. I've always been a bit of a contrarian on the Toy Story films, though. 2 and 4 were the two movies that everyone praised, but that I thought were just OK. OTOH, I think that 1 and 3 are classics, where the reviews on them were solid, but not spectacular.
Frozen 2 was not as good as the original, but I liked the story. It lacked the killer musical number that the first one had, but this was more about story, and Elsa's character (who I find easy to sympathize with), and I just plain bought it, more then I did Toy Story. Frankly, it's the first thing I've seen Disney do right with Frozen since the first film came out, since the Broadway musical, and the EPCOT ride, both left quite a bit to be desired, IMO.[/quote]
I just personally thought it was a great epilogue of sorts to the original trilogy. When I saw the movie in theaters, my parents and sisters who went with me said what you said, the movie didn’t feel “important” enough or it didn’t have enough weight to it in a way.
I totally get that, I actually think toy story 4 should have been branded as a Woody spin off film and not an actual follow up to 3.
But at the same time, as I said before, I think the film had a lot more weight to it than people give it credit. Some may find it silly, but I really found it profound how (SPOILER) Woody realized how blessed he’s been to have kids his whole life, and found a new purpose giving other toys that feeling as much as he could.
It was a worthy follow up to 3. He said his goodbyes to Andy and found a new kid, but then came to the realization that maybe it was time to help others find that purpose in their lives and feel what he’s felt for so long.
To me that’s a brave choice for Pixar to make after they wrapped everything up with a bow on it in 3. It made the characters like woody feel more alive than ever even though they are toys.
Apologies if my posts are really long I just really love talking about movies and Toy Story 4 was fantastic to me.
