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Toy Story 2 [DVD] [2000]

Price: £16.48
RRP: £19.99
Average customer rating: 4.5

Binding : DVD
EAN : 5017188881081
Label : Walt Disney Home Video
Manufacturer : Walt Disney Home Video
Publisher : Walt Disney Home Video
Release date : 2000-11-06
Title : Toy Story 2 [DVD] [2000]
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Audience rating : Universal, suitable for all
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Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 2000-02-11
Region code : 2
Running time : 89
Studio : Walt Disney Home Video
Theatrical releaseDate : 1999-11-24
Number of discs : 1

Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
John Lasseter and his gang of high-tech creators at Pixar create another entertainment for the ages. Like the handful of other great movie sequels, IToy Story 2/I comments on why the first one was so wonderful while finding a fresh angle worthy of a new film. The craze of toy collecting becomes the focus here, as we find out Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) is not only a beloved toy to Andy but also a rare doll from a popular 60s children's show. When a greedy collector takes Woody, Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) launches a rescue mission with Andy's other toys. To say more would be a crime because this is one of the most creative and smile-inducing films since, well, the first IToy Story/I.p Although the toys look the same as in the 1994 feature, Pixar shows how much technology has advanced: the human characters look more human, backgrounds are superior, and two action sequences that book-end the film are dazzling. And it's a hoot for kids and adults. The film is packed with spoofs, easily accessible in-jokes and inspired voice casting (with newcomer Joan Cusack especially a delight as Cowgirl Jessie). But as the Pixar canon of films illustrates, the filmmakers are storytellers first. Woody's heart-tugging predicament can easily be translated into the eternal debate of living a good life versus living for forever. IToy Story 2/I was deservedly a huge box-office success. --IDoug Thomas, Amazon.com/I

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2009-05-04 rating:

A kids favourite!!
My kids love this 2nd toy story... it has a great story and had them glued from start to finish.

review by: date: 2009-01-03 rating:

Great parodies in good sequel
Toy shop owner Al kidnaps Woody and plans to display him in a museum in Japan, but Buzz and the gang plan to stop him. br / br /Pixar's 1995 triumph Toy Story was arguably the finest animation of all time and its success brought on this sequel which is faster and more daring, if not quite as sharp. br / br /This 1999 picture has one of the finest openings you will ever see and will beat any other animation opening; even Wall-E trundling along is no match for this. In space we see Buzz Lightyear zooming towards an alien infested planet and what follows is a jaw dropping action soaked sequence of good versus evil with a fine comic twist. br / br /Again we are invited into the toys lives as they face another human tradition that will determine their lives, a yard sale, which sets the story going in a frantic and funny way. br / br /Evidently a viewing of the first is a necessity to understand the characters and their environment as this film makes plenty of references to the first. br / br /There are plenty of similarities to its Oscar nominated predecessor. For example, the idea of facing demons, adjusting to a different life and importantly friendship. Toy Story was brilliant for having an originality and a great collection of personal messages to its viewers. br / br / This sequel feels frequently like the first with the same jokes with the occasional twist. A lot of scenes can be predictable and unfunny. br / br /However this film differs by being more relaxed in its storytelling approach. There is more comedy which will delight the family for popcorn viewing. There is a delightful collection of intertextuality from 2001: a space odyssey, Jurassic Park and a hilarious parody of Star Wars: the empire strikes back, which will have the adults in stitches. br / br /This is not to say the franchise has lost its sentimental side. This in a lot of ways is more upsetting than the first as it explores the inevitable of when a child no longer plays with toys. This is not a cheesy coming of age representation, but a hard dramatic rite of passage, which will cast your mind back to the time when you no longer played around. br / br /As I write a third instalment is being filmed and hopefully we can see another film with great humour and a hard hitting message. br / br /The DVD also has a fine collection of outtakes during the credits which are the funniest thing about it. br / br /More adventurous and relaxed, Toy Story 2 is quite different from the first with more comedy and another hard message. br / br /8/10

review by: date: 2008-07-22 rating:

Superb
Clever, imaginative, charming and very, very funny. Note the jokey references to Jurassic Park and Star Wars.

review by: date: 2007-12-18 rating:

Great, but not as great as TS1
Sorry, not the best review really - If you loved TS then you will like this, but not quite so much (IMHO!)

review by: date: 2006-09-06 rating:

More adventure and more laughs!
Another great film from Pixar, during a period when computer animated films were still a bug thing, unlike now where they come out all the time, and we take them for granted. br /This sequel is almost perfect really - even the computer technology had advanced over the 6 year gap, and the film looks so more detailed than the original. The plot is more adventerous, and the new characters are a real laugh, making it very fresh. br /I think the first film was more "original" but this sequel has more of the laughs!

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