The shorts are fantastic, as Pixer feature length films take quite a long time to make. So making a nice 4-20 minute film around either Christmas time, Halloween or just randomly.
The first short I watched is 'Toy Story Of Terror' and what I like about it is the journey you go on with Jessie, Jessie is scared of being in box and the film is like a PG version of a classic horror film which I love. With the 20 minute short films, have usually got like a coming of age vibe to it if that makes sense. In the 'Toy Story Of Terror' its all about Jessie and her fear of being in a box, with it being very PG horror movie-esque. Plus its something we can all relate to at whatever age. The other one I watched was 'Toy Story That Time Forgot' Its all about knowing the limit, I feel its much more adult for kids, where the toys feel they're 'working' when they're being played with, and when they're not being played with they either feel bored, or just completely done with it all. In this film the Battlesaurs don't think they're toys, cus they've never been played with, its kinda like the first 'Toy Story' where Buzz is totally unaware that he is a toy, but Buzz was surrounded by people who knew who they were and what they were, and they're duties by there owner. But with these Battlesaurs they don't have someone to scream at them to tell them 'YOU ARE A TOY!' cus they're surrounded by toys who don't think they're toys, and the story also focuses on Trixie who is a dinosaur but Bonnie her owner, doesn't usually play with her as a dinosaur, and Trixie's sick of it, they meet these toys called Battlesaurs, and Trixie realises its actually good she gets played with in different ways, cus it shows she can do anything.
The more shorter ones, are more about a certain character but not too serious, like with 'Small Fry' its about this miniature Buzz Lightyear who wants to get played with and switches him, so he gets taken home instead of the real Buzz, its a problem but not too major because we know what happens to the real Buzz, he gets ended up in a support group for toys in meal deals who ended up being thrown out or abandoned. The 'Hawaiian Vacation'is about Ken and Barbie's Vacation, its not too serious again, but I found it funny, with the smaller shorts they focus much more on dialogue rather than a plot. The smaller one are definitely much more witty. With the 'Partysaurus Rex' one its about Rex proving he can be free and fun. Its great cus its a different world of it being in the bathroom with the water toys.
The Toy Story world is great because with all the shorts you get to see the characters in different world, and scenarios. Which I adore, I love the witty exchange from the characters. You can find the Toy Story Shorts on YouTube, or if you look hard enough then it will be there!
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