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The "Toy Story" series is Pixar's signature.
"Toy Story 1", released in 1995, can still be called one of the best cartoons in history so far.
Pixar has produced a total of 21 feature-length animations so far, which is not too much for an animation company, but these animations have won 9 Oscars for the best animated feature films. This ratio is not comparable to that of an animation company.
Who could have imagined that the original "Toy Story 1" portrayed Woody the Cowboy as a selfish villain, and during the filming process, the film was faced with a production interruption.
But it is precisely this kind of troublesome "Toy Story 1" that made Pixar.
And this year, Pixar’s latest "Toy Story 4", I can set the flag here, "Toy Story 4" 90% can get next year's Oscar for best animated feature film.
Frankly speaking, when I learned that "Toy Story 4" was going to be relaunched, I shook my head, thinking that such a good word-of-mouth IP would eventually become so unconventional to use money as a weather vane to restart the production of the so-called sequel.
After all, the previous trilogy of "Toy Story", which has been tempered and precipitated over time, has given the audience enough growth thinking and emotional release, especially "Toy Story 3". The film received almost all of the film including Oscars that year. The best animation award in the animation category, and also the box office champion of the year.
At the end of "Toy 3", it is not an exaggeration to say that we cry once, Woody and the owner's farewell ceremony, and at the same time reflects our unknowingly far away childhood.
But after "Toy 4" was released, the result was of course really fragrant.
Your uncle is still your uncle after all.
"Toy 4", no matter in the weaving of the story or the discussion of the character values, has not repeated it, and even expanded the edge of the entire toy universe, allowing us to see more of the inner world of meta-toys.
"Toy 4" is also the one with the most intensive laughter and the most exciting visual effects in the "Toys" series. The film is so exquisite that the material of each toy is vivid.
The new characters Little Fork, Gaby Doll, Duke of Locomotive, Brother Rabbit, and Duck, etc., although they are all supporting roles, they are all given a strong life in the film, allowing the audience to be able to Quickly connect and resonate with these supporting actors.
Of course, the time span of the "Toys" series is as long as 24 years. The image of the protagonist's toy was created through the three previous works. The connection in "Toy 4" is still very strong. So if you don’t remember the previous trilogy, you may lack a sense of substitution for the relationships and hearts of some of the characters in "Toy 4".
For this reason, I use "Toy 4" as the coordinates to re-deconstruct the previous trilogy for everyone, and then we will conduct an in-depth analysis of "Toy 4"
The most important reason for the success of the "Toy Story" series is that it captures the natural imagination of cartoons.
The support of this kind of imagination lies in giving life to toys and using them as the protagonists to create a new living world of toys. In this world, the core of the film is the theme of "growth" for all people.
Childhood is the only way for everyone, and toys are our playmates when we are alone in childhood. We open our hearts to toys and are intimate with toys. At a certain time, toys become our telling A close friend of the mind.
Woody, a cowboy toy, came to Andy's world when he was 8 years old. Andy wrote his name on the soles of Woody's shoes, witnessing the beginning of their vows.
On the day Buzz Lightyear came, Andy quickly fell in love with the Space Mounted Policeman, which also became the beginning of Woody's jealousy. Buzz Lightyear has a cool shape, sexy voice, and expandable flying wings. , No matter from the style and the fashion trend of the times, they all beat Denim Woody.
If the film is just jealous and competing with each other, it will fall into the cliché, but unexpectedly, Buzz Lightyear does not think of himself as a toy. He feels that he is a messenger from a distant planet with his lofty space. mission.
His sentence: "Fly into the universe, vast and infinite" has also become a classic line in the entire "Toys" series.
Because of this, Woody was tortured in the environment of fighting for favor and talking with ducks. Finally, on a certain day, Woody arranged an "accident" for Buzz Lightyear, and wanted Buzz Lightyear to fall into the corner of the table. Never see the sun, but the accident in the accident caused Buzz Lightyear to fall out of the window, and Woody was also charged with "murder of Buzz Lightyear".
Just when Woody couldn't explain, Woody was taken out of the house by the owner and met Buzz Lightyear again. In order to prove his "innocence", Woody even tricked Buzz Lightyear to go home with him.
During this journey, Buzz Lightyear realized that he was not unique, and realized that he was just an ordinary toy.
Just when Buzz Lightyear's mentality was disillusioned, Woody stepped forward to let Buzz Lightyear regain his confidence, and took Buzz Lightyear to escape from the evil boy and return to Andy's embrace.
Woody and Buzz Lightyear's experience of not knowing each other has also made them the strongest CP on the screen.
The high level of "Toy 1" is that although it looks like a toy is competing for favor with the owner, it can actually reverse the identities of man and toy. From Woody and Buzz Lightyear, we can see the shadow of our childhood.
Woody more or less reflects our childhood, unwilling to share the beauty around us, and dare not use it when we encounter mistakes.
Buzz Lightyear represents the beautiful fantasy world of our childhood. One day it will be shattered by reality, and we have to bravely integrate into the reality of society.
Coming to "Toy 2", the character's choice of values was upgraded. Woody was accidentally damaged when Andy was playing, and he was about to fall out of favor with dust on the bookshelf.
Woody left home in an accident, and had the opportunity to be with her cowgirls and other surroundings in the same series, and to be permanently collected in the museum for generations of children to admire.
This kind of story level indirectly digs out the relationship between the toy and the owner, the relationship between the value and meaning of the toy, what is a toy, what is the meaning of the existence of the toy, and where is the ultimate destination of the toy.
"Toy 3" is the final discussion of growth. If growth is an inevitable result, then each of us should cherish and miss our childhood farewell.
In "Toy 3", 10 years have passed, and the 8-year-old Andy has grown up and is about to go to university and start a new university life.
Andy finally chose to seal all the toys in the attic, leaving Woody to take away, but everyone also understands that Andy took Woody away as a furnishing, not a toy to accompany all the time. Dee went back to his childhood when he was laughing and playing with Woody.
At this time, the accident happened again. The toys were treated as rubbish to be thrown away. They escaped to a kindergarten by their own means, preparing to become toys in the hands of young children. There is no owner, but a toy community.
But such a toy community was controlled by Teddy Bear and turned into a prison. Woody rescued his friends through his own wit.
Finally, when they returned to Andy, Andy, who cherished toys, found a new good owner, Bonnie, for these toys.
"Toy 3" has many moving and touching moments, because this is not only a farewell to Andy and Toys, but also a farewell to our audience and our childhood.
We can also realize from the film that growing up is a process of transformation. In the process of transformation, we welcome the exciting and unknown future, but we also have to abandon the past and objects that are worthy of our memory. Many things are just our lives. Passengers in China, nothing can die, even if we force to stay.
So at the end, Andy found Woody in the carton. He knew in his heart that even if he took Woody to the university campus, it was just a forced memorial. One day Woody would accumulate dust in the corner of the campus dormitory. Instead of this, it is better to entrust these toys to children who need them more.
——"Toy 4" spoiler analysis——
Coming to "Toy 4", the film opens a new journey, allowing us to see a world of toys that we can't imagine, and we can rediscover ourselves from these toys.
Woody
After Woody entered Bonnie's house in "Toy 4", Woody lost the protagonist's halo and was not even as cowgirl. Although he wanted to prove his ability many times, he was still placed in the closet by Bonnie.
At this time, Woody has an unprecedented confusion in his past identity gap and life goals. In such confusion, Woody has set himself up a so-called "inner voice" to pursue it, that is, the owner Bonnie is happy. good.
Ironically, in a certain segment of the film, Woody also taught Buzz Lightyear to search for his inner voice, which also caused Buzz Lightyear to constantly click on his voice button to find the answer in a moment of desperation.
There are two places in the film that illustrate Woody's inner change. When Woody sent away the shepherdess, Abao, 9 years ago, he chose to stay. At that time, Woody's inner voice accompanied Andy to grow up.
And the same separation from Abao is at the end of the film. At this time, Woody’s inner voice, after experiencing the excitement and adventure of the outside world, after discovering that Bonnie has enough toys to take care of, Woody’s inner voice , Has turned the balance unknowingly.
If "Toy 3" is about the farewell between the toy and the owner, the farewell and remembrance of childhood rituals. Then "Toys 4" has created a new theme consciousness to make a fuss from the friendship between toys.
In "Toy 4", Woody finally bid farewell to Buzz Lightyear and the others, sublimated to the farewell of friendship between people, which also implies that there is no permanent banquet in our life. Although friendship is precious, it is for freedom and peace. For a new beginning, we have to choose to say goodbye.
More importantly, we must re-recognize ourselves, recognize ourselves at this stage, listen to our inner voice, and move forward courageously.
Shepherdess Abao
Abao logged into Toy 4 as the heroine this time, and in the course of the story development, he infects Woody subtly, which allows Woody to re-recognize himself and the current world.
The intention of "Toy 4" is actually very obvious. It is to follow the proposition of the rise of women's feminist consciousness and deepen the value system of this film.
In the first three "Toys", Abao exists as a supporting role for lighting, which also symbolizes that women are often objectified and become socially defined furnishings.
The gorgeous reversal of "Toy 4" Abao is no longer controlled by others, but free and easy, with a high level of self-awareness and independence. Her transformation is no different from the life goal we have been pursuing.
Especially the material of Abao’s toy is ceramic, which also represents the fragility and fragility of women. In the film, Abao’s right hand is broken. Although we don’t know why her hand broke, she calmly faced it. In fact, as well as the actions tied with tape, we see the resilience and tolerance of women in modern society.
However, the film’s treatment of feminism is fairly natural. If Abao is changed to a male or a toy with no gender, the experience and perception of Abao can touch Woody as well. Can convince our audience.
Small fork
Xiaocha is definitely a surprise for "Toys 4", and it raises the meaning of toy life in the "Toys" series.
Xiaocha was the "garbage" that Woody accidentally threw from the trash can to Bonnie to make toys, so the moment when Xiaocha was born, it had the self-definition of "I am rubbish".
Xiaocha's self-recognition seems to be a tribute to Buzz Lightyear of "Toy 1." When Buzz Lightyear woke up, he thought he was not a toy, but the Space Mounted Police who saved the universe.
Buzz Lightyear in "Toy 1" made us realize that we are not great, but a member of ordinary people, but we still don't abandon our dreams and the motivation to struggle.
The little fork in "Toy 4" is discussing the meaning of birth identity. In the little fork, we also find the shadow of our usual self-defeating.
Imagine if we had a moment when we realized that our social identity was ordinary. Most of us were born in ordinary families, our parents were passers-by, we did not own luxury cars, and we lived an extremely ordinary life and work. , But these are not enough reasons for us to renounce ourselves.
Just like Xiaocha, when he was born he considered himself a rubbish and a superfluous scavenger in the society, but the film tells people that they are humans through the story of Xiaocha. The meaning of life is not defined at the moment of birth, but only The beginning of all life goals.
Like the above-mentioned vivid characters, there are many more in "Toy 4", such as the Gaby doll, who is born with defects but needs care. The locomotive duke who was dismissed by the owner and found his confidence.
With the advancement of the interesting main storyline of "Toy 4", we are more aware of these cute toy characters. Pixar never tells the story on the surface, but makes us fall in love with the characters in the story.
At the end of "Toy 4", the toy series also began to play with cleverness. Woody and Abao looked into the distance and seemed to embark on a new journey of wild toys. This journey and adventure can be skipped from the first three parts. The relationship between Quren and toys, such a structure, allows the "Toys" series to go on.
Of course, I also hope that the "Toys" series will continue to be filmed to give us more surprises, but at the same time I am worried that this IP will become a fixed-length series, which will deviate from the initial touch.
In general, "Toy 4" has maintained the high reputation of the series. Although it is inferior to "Toy 3", it is still worthy of everyone to enter the cinema to support this movie.
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