The simple and fascinating premise of “light-years” is explained in the text on the screen. “In 1995, a boy named Andy got a toy from his favorite movie. This is that movie.” In other words, it started with a fictional one, not a hero, but long ago. It is a story of the origin of products that transcend boundaries in real life. Like Andy, multiple hard plastic buzz lightyears have lived in my house for a long time. Participating in the world of “Toy Story” is familiar with the metaphysics of product forms.
However, this buzz is a little different. He’s not a toy, and doesn’t sound like Tim Allen, who did the voice work in the four chapters of Pixar’s “Toy Story” cycle. He is a real animated mythical space ranger and speaks with Chris Evans’s masculine baritone. The person who played Captain America In the Marvel Universe Zone of the Disney Empire.
Like a cap, Buzz has a square chin, stoic, and casts a shadow on melancholy hints — a soulful soldier in an endless corporate campaign. If “Lightyear” lacks both the sub-limitity and dazzling ingenuity of the best “Toy Story” movies, it may be due to design. This isn’t a 21st century masterpiece, it’s a 1995 film that creates children’s products. A pretty good year for commercial moviesBy the way, Buzz Lightyear’s toys were aimed at getting stuck after the movie was forgotten and living in a richer, more diverse and imaginative landscape.
Directed by Angus MacLane from Jason Headley’s script, “Lightyear” aims to please with pandaling for full entertainment. In this way, it succeeds in a way that is more in line with second-class Disney animation than first-class Pixar. The protagonist fighting an alien robot invading army falls into a miscellaneous group of incompatibility, where he must instill the abilities and confidence needed for his mission. The actions are wrapped in lessons, provided in a non-convincing way, and as long as you learn from them, explain if you can make mistakes. And there is an animal companion who steals the scene. In this case, a robot cat named SOX screamed in a perfect cat AI deadpan by Peter Sohn.
Several soft-boiled Easter eggs pop up to connect the “Lightyear” and various “Toy Story” episodes. Do you remember Zurg? He came back with James Brolin’s groaning and a secret I wouldn’t ruin. The early section (a kind of extended prologue of the main action) is reminiscent of the famous montage of “ups” that shortens long marriages to minutes. This time around, we focus on the friendship between Buzz and his closest colleague, Alisha Hawthorne (Uzo Aduba). Alisha Hawthorne crashed a crowded spaceship on a distant planet.
Buzz stubbornly tries to plan an escape. This means embarking on a series of test flights aimed at reaching ultra-fast speeds. Each journey lasts a few minutes. This is equivalent to four years on the surface of the planet. Buzz remains the same age as Alisha gets married, has his son and granddaughter, and gracefully grows older and leaves.
Her life is like a sweet sidebar, a moving miniature movie in a movie. But it may also wonder what it would look like if the story were told in reverse, centered around Alisha.The person she marries is a woman and a brief indication of the love between them Already banning “light years” in some countries It treats the character’s sexuality in a way of praiseworthy facts. At the same time, their limitations on the main plot make it feel like filmmakers are happy to check the Diversity Box and tap their backs to move on.
It’s an energetic and somewhat familiar adventure, with a few nice deep space animation moments. Buzz has teamed up with Alisha’s growing granddaughter, Izzy (Keke Palmer), and two other Star Command trainees. And, of course, robot cats.
In 1995, “Lightyear” could have been a favorite movie of an eight-year-old boy, but it doesn’t really matter. Its purpose is to raise brand awareness and close the loop between what we see and what we buy.
As the “Transformers” franchise has shown, movies usually come first, but not always. Greta Gerwig is making a Barbie movie. And in the universe of “Toy Story”, the possibilities are endless. How about a folk documentary? Or is it the “shepherd” who told the story of Bo Peep in a horror game? Personally, I’m most excited about the unrestrained Italian romantic comedy “Latte Study Patata” about the courtship of Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head.
Lightyear
Rated PG. Robot danger. Execution time: 1 hour and 40 minutes. At the theater.
