Toy Story

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Everyone's favourite animation studio is back, and this time with another addition to Toy Story. I was excited when I heard the news, after all, Pixar can do no wrong (Cars being the exception). When I saw the trailer however I felt rather indifferent and lukewarm towards the film. Now that the first reviews are in however, my enthusiasm is back. The response from critics range from good to fantastic. Pixar has an impressive list of films behind them, and while other studios have tried their best with How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek and Kung Fu Panda, they've not quite reached the brilliance of WallE, Ratatouille and Monsters Inc.

Toy Story 3 opens next week.

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Cheapskates

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I recently watched Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus on dvd. Before the movie started there was an introduction by Gilliam regarding the Heath Ledger's death. Gilliam has been notoriously unlucky when making his film. In the introduction he said how saddened they all were by Heath Ledger's untimely passing etc. Gilliam's final words had nothing to do with Heath though. He said he hopes the viewer enjoys the movie which he's spent money on...unless the viewer rented it, in which case Gilliam says, the viewer didn't pay for and is a cheapskate.

Right. If only he'd rephrased it and put it a bit more eloquently then he might not have come across as a bit stupid.

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