Whatever
happens behind the scenes (and for the purposes of this review series, I’m
going to ignore that) there’s one thing you can’t deny. Pixar have become
pioneers in the animation industry. The dream of having computer generated
animated pictures seemed a long way away back when the foundation of Pixar was
being built, but today CG animation is everywhere, using computers to animate
is practically the norm and hand drawn is saved for only the rarest of Japanese
anime and some bits in Mary Poppins Returns.
Pixar’s
first film is Toy Story, released in 1995, this film was made with a relatively
small $30m budget. Disney handled marketing and distribution in return for
profits and design rights. And boy was that a lucrative deal for Disney as Toy
Story is an international phenomenon, making over 10 times its budget at the
box office spilling into billions of dollars of merchandise, theme park
attractions and sequels.
It’s well
acclaimed, with a rare 100% Rotten Tomatoes Rating, so what do I think?
