In anticipation of the third installment of the “Toy Story” series to be released on June 18th of next year, Pixar Animation re-released “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2” as a double feature in Disney Digital 3D.

While I was excited to see a childhood favorite in 3D, I was disappointed. The movie lasted over three hours with a ten-minute intermission between the films. By the end of the second film, many of the children in the theater had become agitated and unbearably annoying.

Regrettably the 3D effects in the “Toy Story” double feature were less than stellar. In fact the effects were dismal at points. When Toy Story first came out, it had a 3D-ish feel to it and was visually impressive, but compared to contemporary animation, “Toy Story” felt somewhat antiquated. Honestly, the previews for upcoming movies were the most satisfactory part of the experience.

Personally, I am a big Disney fan and had high hopes for “Toy Story” in 3D. Fourteen years after the original release though, “Toy Story” in 3D is just not that impressive.

This was not the opinion of everyone in the theater though. Afterwards the little kids were saying how the movie was cool. This might be because this was their first impression of the legendary films.

“Toy Story” is still a great movie on its on rite, but not worth the $10.50 – or an astronomical $13.50 per ticket at Concord Mills.

This winter, Disney will be releasing the special 3D version of “A Christmas Carol” featuring Jim Carey. Based off of the preview, the effects in “A Christmas Carol” are substantially better than those in the “Toy Story” re-release.

3D is the latest fad in movie making, but it is not a recently technology. Since the sixties, there have been attempts to integrate 3D technology into films, but without much success. It is simply something that has jumped in and out of movie lure for decades.

Producers and directors hope that with improved video quality and other advances in technology, this go-around with 3D will go over better than the last attempt. The new 3D technology does not utilize the red and blue glasses that are known to cause headaches and make movie going an unpleasant experience.

Hopefully future Disney 3D endeavors, including “Beauty and the Beast” to be re-released in early 2010, will make better use of the technology.

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Mark

Wed Oct 14 2009 12:21

I didn't like it much. Neither than my friends. At first we thought it was cool, but then was like, that was a waste of time.

James

Wed Oct 14 2009 10:11

What did you expect a whole new movie? They delivered what was advertised - the two Toy Story movies, in you guessed it 3D. You complaints are baseless. And when else do you get to see two movies for the price of one?

Ryan

Tue Oct 13 2009 17:24

I saw it and thought it was the greatest thing I've ever seen. It was like looking into the eyes of God

Mel

Sun Oct 11 2009 16:28

I only paid 8 dollars to see it at Concord Mills. It was DEFINITELY worth it.

Steve Bell

Sat Oct 10 2009 09:02

Sadly I think that the 3D stereoscopic craze is getting a little too overdone. We get a lot of people asking for it now but it really doesn't suit every application.

Steve

jesseww

Fri Oct 9 2009 22:01

this guy has no clue.

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