Disney & Pixar's Lightyear DVD

Here's a new movie from Pixar animation. Who brought you Toy Story. It features Buzz Lightyear!But it's not continuing on from any of the Toy Story movies. This is a movie all about him. And it's supposed to be a film from 1995. Which Andy saw at the time. And which made him want a Buzz toy. I don't think we called them action figures back then.Which is one way of explaining why he isn't voiced by Tim Allen. But by Chris Evans. You will have to get used to it.Animation is great. As ever. But...you know the one thing a good film needs? To sort out the script first. Polish it. Redraft it. Make it really great.Alas, this feels like it never got to the stage of a coherent and consistent final draft that everyone was happy with.We start with Buzz being a hero. No, he's being pompous and full of himself. So he's the subject of laughter.Then we get representation. Which is fine and dandy and not something that bothers me in the slightest. But it's not something that 1995 films went out of their way to do. And nobody used the word that way back then. So is this a 1995 film or isn't it? You can't have your cake and eat it.Then Buzz gets put into a situation where he's too stubborn to give up on a problem. Even though everyone else has. The best pixar movies should give you an emotional response, and it comes very close to it here. His single minded determination and drive is quite appealing, and it almost works as a film at these points.But then we have more comic relief. In the shape of a trio of characters none of whom are as funny as the writing and the actors think they are.Then the plot goes and twists, and nearly goes up it's own space time continuum in the process.Will Buzz get to save the day, be a hero and get to infinity and beyond?Will the last quarter of the film make much sense if you try to think about it?This just sparks into life occasionally as mentioned, but it's a very frustrating watch. It's trying too hard, and it really needs to just sort out what it wants to be.However: why did I buy it on dvd and give it three stars?Sox. Buzz's robot cat. He is awesome. A superb creation. One that cat lovers will get with. And he steals every scene he is in. Sox makes this film. In a fight between him and Baby Yoda for sheer cuteness appeal, it would be a close run thing. The loser being parents wallets. Sox is a complete success. And he's the thing you will come away from this film remembering the most.This is a disappointing effort. It's not terrible. But from a studio that are capable of much more, it's a bit of a letdown.Will it keep the kids quiet if you plonk them in front of it? I will leave the final word to a childish voice I heard from a back row at one point of the cinema screening I saw. They said out loud 'that isn't funny.'Out of the mouths of babes...Although as mentioned Sox is awesome. And there is a middle end credits scene, plus one right at the end. Both of those are pretty good and worth waiting for.Being a Disney DVD, it begins with ads you can either sit through or skip via the next button on the remote. You can then find them in the sneak peeks section of the dvd.Language and subtitle options:Languages: English, Italian, audio described English.Subtitles: English.And we get an extra for once also. A filmmaker's commentary.

Great product

Pixar warned us, this wasn't Toy Story and it isn't ... but that's not a bad thing ... this is its own story. if you are from a certain generation everything produced these days is a bit 'woke' but that doesn't spoil the story which is still funny, entertaining and tries its best to be original. it may not be the most complex story-line but its still has some character development there is enough going on to keep your attention. There is definitely a moral message being delivered, but its actually not a bad message (reminded me of Yoda's comments about Luke always looking to the future). I thought the animation was well done, the dialogue and characters amusing enough and I have no problem with replacing Tim Allen's voice (remember this is not Andy's Buzz this is supposedly the story that got him interested in Buzz in the first place so a more 'old school Hollywood' voice makes sense). maybe not one of Pixar's absolute finest but still a pretty strong entry into their back catalogue and better than many of the mass-produced animation out there. as foe the Blu-ray release , nothing massively breath taking but some nice little never-made-it-to-final-cut scenes (they are not really deleted scenes in the strictest sense) and a couple of cool featurettes.

For a kids movie it was enjoyable

Poor Super Hero, he still no idea what infinity is.

My son isn't quite sure how to feel after watching this movie. The story seem a bit odd in places and a peculiar twist near the end, SPOILER ALERT: Zurg is Buzz from another timeline in the future. This is a bit confusing because in Toy Story 2, Zurg was supposed to be Buzz's father (Star Wars parody) and in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command no relation between Buzz and Zurg was ever revealed. He's not sure if he should even bother with any sequels PIXAR might make of it at all.

Good film.

Bought as I got an Xbox Series X and wanted to see how good a 4K Ultra blu Ray player was and man I was right-picture,colours and definition is off the scale!!it's a great film as well,extremely likable characters and firm favourite in our house now!!