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Highly Overrated But Still Good

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

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I should say that "Toy Story 2" isn't a masterpiece, but still entertaining. What I particularly liked about it is how we see some characters' histories expanded and even get introduced to the evil Emperor Zurg (Buzz's sworn enemy). As usual, there are some references to movies outside the franchise to catch the adults' attention.So, the tykes will probably enjoy the action while the parents will laugh at the references. Not my favorite movie by any stretch but still fun. I suspect that back when Wallace Shawn first made a splash in "My Dinner with Andre"*, no one ever envisioned him voicing a toy dinosaur in a Disney movie (or even starring in a movie like "The Princess Bride").*My parents met him and Andre Gregory around the time that MDwA got released. The four of them had dinner together and had a philosophical conversation about the movie.

All three Toy Story movies are wonderful. The second continues to feature the adventures of Woody and his sojourn in the greater world. Once he is kept home because of an arm "injury," he finds himself taken away (quite through an accident) and set to be placed in a toy museum. He gets wanderlust as he imagines himself immortal. But what is not there is his friend Andy who left him behind. Soon his friends come to "rescue" him because they see what is happening to him. They also come to realize that there is villainy afoot from a man who has a financial interest in him. What happens is that Woody must be rescued from himself as much as the bad guy. I thought the first movie was amazing, but the second is a worthy sequel.

Toy Story 2 was the sequel that confirmed Pixar was here to stay. After A Bug's Life didn't do as well as the company could have hoped for, they needed a huge hit. So why not a great sequel to the movie that started it all? In this one, Woody is stolen by the creepy toy collector we all turned out to be (played by Wayne Knight), and Andy's toys must go out and rescue him before Andy gets back from Cowboy Camp. Meanwhile, Woody finds out he's a rare toy from an old television marionette show when he meets Jessie (Joan Cusack), Stinky Pete (Kelsey Grammar), and a horse named Bullseye, who were all characters on the show as well. So the toys are on a hilarious, exciting, and fun adventure while Woody needs to decide where his loyalties lie. This movie is as good and, in many ways, better than its predecessor. It's absolutely hilarious, with so many gags is possible to miss quite a few of them in the first viewing. The animation is improved upon. The adventure has high stakes. Everything feels like an action film, except for kids. However adults cam find so much enjoyment too. This film tackles abandonment and growing up, and what it means to be loved. Absolutely amazing. I give this film a 9/10.

I'm going to agree with CinemaSins that while this film blows a lot of modern animated films away, it's still the worst of the Toy Story trilogy. Toy Story 2 has more engagement-starved moments than Toy Story and the sole major improvement was to the animation, which is still as timeless as ever. I did love When She Loved Me, and I was about as morose as Jessie was when I heard that it lost the Best Original Song to You'll Be In My Heart from Tarzan. It gives Toy Story 2 an emotional edge over its predecessor, though I could not possibly care less about the assortment of inside jokes Pixar split across each frame, including Flik and Heimlich in the blooper reel and Geri as The Cleaner who repairs Woody. Some other references abound, too, but overall this is a film that is worth your time, a rarity for anything Disney (or Disney-related) slaps "Sequel" on to. After one low point with A Bug's Life, Pixar is now invigorated and can put Disney's traditionally animated films in their place.