Reviews from Customers
A Great movie set with incredible extras
Toy Story 2 is the perfect DVD movie...after all it was digitally created,and there are no film-to-digital transfer problems. So the movie is crystal clear and has incredible colors.
Then there's the Dolby Digital soundtrack. Set your DVD player for 5.1 playback, turn on the Home Theatre system and just wait! Since it's animated, sound effects and music fly every which way! It's a great experience, almost as good as being in a theatre.
With this DVD set, you also get outtake shorts, which were first introduced in Disney's "A Bug's Life."
Of course, since the movie was created digitally, it's impossible to have "real" outtakes (which in the movie business are scenes cut from a film because of some technical problem such as actors flubbing lines or being out of place on the set), so these new "scenes" were created just for the lucky DVD buyers! Some of them are really funny!
There's also commentary and details of how the movie was created, animation behind-the-scenes clips, and a great preview of Disney's next Pixar-produced feature, Monsters, Inc. It's so real, it's scary!
If you liked either of these excellent movies (or have kids in the house), you'll love this new set. It's the perfect addition to the animation-lover's DVD collection.
Toy Story 2 tops original.
The first Toy Story was amazing. CGI had never looked so good,and the humor was bizarre and hilarious, so both children and adultscould enjoy it. Adults and children are bound to love the sequel too, as shown by the film's $80 million opening weekend. OK, high profits aren't always a good indication of a great movie (take "Titanic" or "Star Wars: Episode 1" for example), but the high returns are actually justified in this one. In this film, Woody is kidnapped by an evil toy collector voiced by the-always-evil Wayne Knight ("Seinfeld"). Woody discovers not only his roots, but also the true meaning of family. A lot of people like the yodeling Jessie voiced by Joan Cusack, but I'd have to say that the best scenes involve Tim Allen and his duels with his nemesis Zurg. Pop culture references allow adults to get some jokes that kids might miss, but the kids will have a blast watching this animated adventure. This movie is more plot-oriented than the first--which kids will love--and is hence more fun. Josh Bob says check this out. Four stars. END
Real Toys
The first time I saw TS1 & 2 was on a bad taped version, so I bought the 2 disc DVD the second I got a DVD player (a couple years ago). And the 2 disc was worth the money. But even seeing them on a badly taped version I was absorbed into the story of these toys. As an only child, I was convinced my toys had a life when I left so watching these movies took me back to my childhood. As disturbing as Sid was, there's a lot of kids who enjoy destroying toys and for this reason he was a perfect 'real' villian for the toys. The best part of these films is that (with the exception of Woody and Buzz, or in TS2's case 'the Woody toy collection') all the toys are real toys. The idea of Toys living has been done before, but the fact that these were actual toys (from Mattle, Hasbro, FisherPrice, etc) really brought it to life (that and the introduction of 3D computer animation in feature length format). At times, I forgot it was animated. And even though Woody and Buzz only became real toys because of the movie, the two eras of toys they represent are very real as are the stories sorounding them (TS1 shinny new toy becomes boy's favorite, TS2 Classic old toy becomes collectors item). Also, the story itself got to the heart of what a buddy film is suppose to be. There's nothing else to say except that these movies are a must have.
