MOVIE REVIEW: Toy Story spin-off PixarsLightyear never achieves lift-off.
’s Andy. Buzz Lightyear is a decorated Space Ranger in charge of an important mission: to bring a population of terraformers safely to their new home on a distant planet. But when the ship crashes on an uncharted world, Buzz and his commanding officer Alisha Hawthorne work tirelessly to rebuild their faster-than-light travel.
As a studio, Pixar is synonymous with many onscreen elements – heart-wrenching montages and iconic supporting characters chief among them – but their biggest strength has always been their depth of storytelling. Pixar films are a master class in tone. Each film combines grownup concepts with childlike wonder to create movies that evolve alongside us as we grow older.
Part of the problem is with the supporting cast. Taika Waititi proves himself once more incapable of showing up for a narrative he did not have a direct hand in creating, and the found-family message that is such a core strength of Pixar movies flails aimlessly in the background. This is a shame, especially sinceis often a wonder of animation and production design.
and botch the landing so thoroughly. Pixar is not usually one to fall short when it reaches for the stars.
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