Toy Story 3 (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray) [Region Free]

Although I already had this movie on DVD, I wanted it in 3D and was pleased to see it came in a 3 disc blu-ray set containing lots of extras. I’ll never understand why Pixar are no longer producing 3D versions of their movie disks - 3D adds so much to the viewing experience. Ok so 3D TVs no longer exist, but played on a 3D projector - wonderful!

Another Toy Story movie, which is pretty much self contained so you don't need to have seen the original two to get into this.Back in toy story two Woody had to think about the fact that one day his owner Andy would grow up and not want to play with toys anymore.And that day has finally come. Andy is all grown up, heading off to college, and what toys he hasn't got rid of are stuck in a box gathering dust.Will Andy give them away to local kids, a daycare centre, or will he take them to college with him? It's different options for all.Following a series of misunderstandings the toys find themselves at a daycare centre and getting played with again. And Barbie finds romance. And things are not what they seem here. Can the toys adjust to their new lives? Will those who should be going to college get there?And will anyone be able to move on and say goodbye?The latter is the whole theme of the film and that makes it very powerful drama at points and may just leave some with a tear in their eye.There's great invention, a lot of great new characters - Barbie's new boyfriend Ken, who is absolutely not a girl's toy! is the best of these, and is superbly played by Michael Keaton. Also watch out for Big Baby, a baby doll who is played for a few scary moments and can be rather geniunely creepy as a result.Whilst this ends the story and it's great to see all the regular characters again this is though lacking in the one thing Pixar usually manage so well. Sheer originality. It doesn't break enough new ground. And with the sad and dark moments humour does tend to get thrown in just because the story needs it at a certain point. A certain thing that happens to Buzz being an example of this.Of course if you haven't seen either of the previous films you shouldn't have any problem with that and you'll probably love this. And if you have seen them then you should like it a lot. But you may find it doesn't quite hit the heights of the first two.The dvd has the following language and subtitle options:Languages: English Hindi English audio description.Subtitles: English.It also begins with a lot of trailer and adverts but you can get past these by pressing the next chapter button on the dvd remote control which will let you skip through them quickly.There's a small amount of extras, most quite short but some rather good.A filmmakers commentary.Three studio stories: short animations running roughly three minutes each, all about life at Pixar. Drawn in simple but effective animation these are quite fun.'Day and night' is a short cartoon film that played with the movie in the cinema. It's not the best of the Pixar shorts but it's worth a look.Buzz lightyear mission logs shows how a mission to the international space station took a model buzz along and what they did whilst there.Editorial looks at the editing work on the movie.Toys! has a quick look at all the new characters.The gang's all here looks at the voice cast.And a toys eye view is the story of the development of a toy story area at disneyworld with attractions and rides based on the characters.In sneak peeks you can see lots of adverts and trailers. Which are all the same as the ones on the start of the disc.

Pixar has always enabled the audience to directly attatch themselves to the characters and have a storyline that can really call back to personal experiences or even relate to somewhat. In the early 90's when the very monumental Toy Story was released, it catapulted animation to new heights! not only for it's revolutionary use of digital art, but to have a very strong connection with the audience, presenting 'toys' as a literal metaphor for life!Here we are almost two decades later and we have seen Toy Story 2 raise to new heights and many immitations on the plot or creativity. Here Toy Story 3 breaks the records and definitively brought the beloved characters we fell in love with in both films and takes them on their most deep adventure yet!The Toy Story films have that knack of always attatching themselves to people of ANY age, ANY upbringing, ANY race and ANY demographic. It spans all the generations and are each (including this cracking film!) absolute timeless pieces of art.Now, Toy Story 3 has been arguably THE movie event of 2010! not just in animation but for film in general. Audience's of the films when they premiered those years ago came back, new audiences came and saw it and it met with universal acclaim and new records being broken.The hype was built upon across 2008 and 2009 with storylines being scrapped and rumoured voice casts and characters etc. But it definitively all came into play with Toy Story 3,as not only does this film live up to they hype of the media, but also it surpasses many thoughts on where the direction of this film was going to go! It surpasses the heights of the previous two films and deeply connects with its audience from the iconic and comical opening sequence, through sequences of absolute TOP class direction and humour and that pure emotional en-richened sequences that pushed the boundaries on how much an animation can deliver.Only eve have The Little Mermaid, The Lion King and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? been animations that really emotionally pushed me, but Toy Story upped the stakes to new heights!Many reviewers have praised the film on here, and only I can do the same too! Toy Story 3 was absolutely well worth the wait, and it provides the ultimate sequel for a trilogy like no other film franchise has achieved, it ranks with the original! and definitively one of the most creative animated films of all time.The voice cast were on top form as always too! With Tom Hanks and Tim Allen back at their absolute finest as the iconic Woody and Buzz Lightyear. And favourites Mr & Mrs Potato Head, Rex, Slinky Dog, Spanky Hamm and of course Jessie the yodeling Cowgirl and Bullseye.The movie is an absolute treasure that reflects the journey of life itself at an introspective viewpoint, the first film delved into early life, the second explored the themes of growing up, while this third really reflects the later stages of life itself into the choices of 'adulthood' and retirement. And it really does hit home too.Honestly if this film doesn't get nominated at the Oscars For Best Motion Picture then the whole ceremony would be unworthy, just a wonderful display all the way through, my words are unworthy.QUALITY!