Toy Story 3 Film Review

This film review situated in the Sydney Morning Herald has a slightly different structure to many other reviews I have seen. It uses the first five paragraphs to give a brief background about the company, director and some of the other creative forces who worked on this film, compare it to other films in the same genre, give and overview of the previous movies in the franchise, and also takes the time to praise the originality, quality and ambition of the movies. The review then takes a more conventional turn, giving a brief overview of the plot of the movie, and then goes into deconstructing some of the themes in the movie.

While this is a fairly lengthy (for the internet) review, there is really very little written about the actual movie and whether, based on the storytelling and narrative, it is a good movie. However that is not to say that The Sydney Morning Herald slams this movie. Quite the opposite, the language used in this review, words such as "a crowning achievement for Pixar", "the incredible energy and ingenuity of childhood" and "Lasseter is the closest thing to a genius in American cinema" show that the reviewer has a high respect and liking for this film.

While it may not quite follow the conventions of a traditional review, I think that is more of a consequence of the medium it is written on. In a world where everyone can be published, what you need to stay ahead on the internet is something different, something unique, with insights that not everyone else can offer, which is what this review delivers.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Sydney Morning Herald, viewed 25 Feb 2011 <http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/toy-story-3-20100616-yga5.html>