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Toy Story was originally planned as a direct-to-video movie until a Disney exec watched some footage and approved a raise in the budget to improve the animation quality, as well as the length of the final film. Reading what they had to add in such a short time, one wonders how Toy Story 2 manages to be the rare sequel that surpasses the original. Toy Story 2 picks up where the original left off. It turns out it's garage sale time, so the toys try not to get stolen. In the center of a lame plot, the reverse happens of what occurred in the original-now Woody gets captured instead of Buzz. Will those damn green aliens get captured in part 3? Apparently the writers decided Woody was a dumb-ass character and the focus of the movie is on Buzz. Many of the pop culture jokes work better than in the first one, even terrible ones that shouldn't work at all. Randy Newman must have been drunk doing the score for this one because he repeats "You've Got A Friend In Me" three fucking times in the movie while offering one depressing song! In the most recent Oscars while playing the song on the piano, Newman seemed determined he was going to win. It went to Phil Collins instead. The animation is better in Toy Story 2, especially the hair on the dog at the beginning. Toy Story warrants a rental even for those skeptical of animation and a purchase for everyone else. I give Toy Story 2 **** out of ****. |