what is going on to all my buzz lightyear fans out there and welcome back to my channel movie
files elliott back again with a brand new early movie review and today we're breaking down a film
about another film's character in which andy from toy story fell in love with we're talking about
light year a film i got the chance to check out in imax theaters and i'm so excited to share my
thoughts with you on the film let you know if it's worth checking out in imax and also we'll talk
some box office predictions we'll be discussing that and so much more in today's spoiler free
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film leave your thoughts in the comments from your pros your cons your thoughts on the characters who
was your favorite character what was your favorite moment what did you think of the animation the
story the themes were you disappointed by the film but going back to if you enjoyed this movie
do you want to see more of chris evans in this role in a sequel or a disney plus spin-off series
let's have those discussions in the comments below with all that being said let's talk about
the things that really stood out to me starting off with the direction in the animation now the
director here angus mclean has worked on many different animation films he's been an animator
dating all the way back to a bug's life and he's also worked on various other projects within the
toy story universe i thought he did such a great job of really enhancing my love for this character
who we met back in 1995 and just adding more depth and context and also just seeing how awesome it
would have been seeing this as a kid in annie's perspective and getting back to the direction of
the character i don't feel like they cheapened the character at all i don't think they made up
a bunch of nonsense to make him look cool it was just all organic within this narrative and again
i think when i rewatch toy story one two three and even four it's just gonna make me love the
character much more now seeing this prequel film with andy seeing this and just again just
understanding how you can love this character so much so i thought the direction was great
as well as what he was able to do within bringing the sci-fi elements within the space action was so
great filled with heart filled with comedy and thought direction was actually very impressive
which speaking of impressive we got to talk about the animation here at this point i'm not surprised
to see pixar continuing to push the envelope in the world of animation but this animation
was so realistic and there were points in moments where we were in space that was just so stunning
the landscapes were incredible i truly and i honestly mean this i haven't felt this immersed
in an animated film especially seen in imax of all that as well because the last few years you
know been watching a lot of disney pixar movies on at home right so being able to see this in
theaters being able to see in the imax i haven't felt this way this immersed since spider-man into
the spider verse which was what 2018 this is easily one of the best looking animated films
i've ever seen and that's the high bar cause i've seen some pretty cool animation films but this
is definitely up there it is gorgeous to look at which kind of pivoting over to some other points
i want to bring up which is talking about the voice performances starting off with psycho ytt
how does he do this this man is directing movies star wars marvel his own projects
he's producing things on tv and also film and he's also an actor i don't know how taika does it but
taika is in this film he's part of this kind of rag tag group that's in this movie he goes by
the character by the name of mo he's kind of a goofy type of guy but he ultimately means well
and to me the group in this film that goes on this mission with buzz they're kind of similar to the
guardians like i think mo kind of reminded me of drax but again a very great character and again
hats off to you taika to be able to do a million things at once but talking about another character
here who was played by del sols as darby the elderly convict of the group who can make a bomb
out of anything now going back to my guardians comparison she's like the rocket of the group but
just putting those two in the film to me i enjoyed them they were fun funny great moments i enjoyed
the art they got in this film some really great characters but talking about some other great
characters here let's talk about the hawthorne family led by uza adubo as alicia harthorne
who plays buzz best friend and the commanding officer the best of the best when it comes to
space rangers such a great character with heart compassion kindness and was just so well written
and really has a big presence throughout the film i thought uza brought this regalness to
the character and just such a great character overall and then also talking about another
hawthorne character we have kiki palmer as izzy who's yet another fantastically written character
with a lot of charm a lot of hope she has a lot of belief in people and kiki is so great in this role
this is the year of kiki palmer she has this film which i think a lot of people love her character
she has jordan peel's note coming out next month she's doing her thing i thought she was fantastic
but let's talk about some other characters here let's talk about the villain of the film we're
talking about james brolin as emperor zerg who's never been more menacing or terrifying but also
extremely complex and when you see the film you'll know what i'm talking about but less you can't
talk zerg without talking about the man in the hour i'm talking about the leader of the mission
the star and lead of this film we're talking buzz lightyear himself voiced by the incredible
chris evans absolutely loved this character loved his portrayal loved his story loved the arc that
he has in the film starting off with the whole solo act the leader of the mission who doesn't
really trust others besides his best friend alicia i love seeing the arc that we get with buzzing his
film and chris evans does such a great job in the role he is iconic in the role within the
first opening scene i was already knew we were in good hands he pays respect to what tim allen
did to the role but he also creates his own lane so i love the voice acting love these characters
but i got to talk about my favorite character this film the world's the planet's best robotic
cat voiced by peter zhan the character socks who is this campaign in this film bebop bebop such a
fun and intelligent character that i immediately care for as soon as you meet the character i love
the chemistry between socks and the crew and socks and buzz i'm telling y'all right now when
it comes to funko pops and toys it's going to be selling out and i expect a disney plus spin off
with the characters such a great character but before we get into my criticisms i do want to
touch on the story and the themes in this film i didn't really invest too much time in the trailers
because i was already sold on the premise when i saw the first teaser and i'm so glad i didn't
really look at the trailers because i was not expecting this story to be so complex and just
filled to the brim with sci-fi and i mean i'm a interstellar greatest sci-fi film of all time
for me as far as space films this has a lot of interstellarness in the film which i appreciated
and i thought within the first 20 minutes i thought i knew where the story was headed
but no it's so much more intrical and entertaining and also fascinating filled with heart and
emotions the film never has a dull moment within a three-act structure and it just kept getting
better and just new and unique and i was just so engaged without the one hour and 45 minute run
time so again the story's great the themes that they attack on this film for example having trust
having faith in others and allowing people to help you during difficult times and not being alone
and also this idea of living up to expectations living up to a name of your legacy just to name
a few i thought they were tackle willed handled well written well from i can just imagine younger
audiences taking something away from it uh older audiences adults taking away some format very
impressed by the themes and the story in this film and then one more thing i want to mention michael
jacquino's score i mentioned interstellar now it's not hans zimmer like one of my favorite scores my
favorite score of all time but it hits those notes especially when we're traveling in space
when we're getting the action sequences where we're having the quieter more heartfelt moments
the score of michael jacquino was absolutely great so those are my main positives kind of pivoting
and talking about my criticisms and i'm i'm kind of nitpicking here because i really enjoyed this
narrative but there are some things that come to mind number one this film is very cerebral and
every now and then they would have like these low hanging jokes and kind of silly goofy moments that
i know was targeted towards a younger audience but i'm just like man it's so cerebral that when
they came to those kind of goofy silly moments it kind of stood out to me and i didn't find it
to be that funny when those moments happen it's not a lot but there are some moments i'm like ah
that's a little bit that's targeted towards the young kid up front there that i can see
is enjoying it but you know that's a small thing but one more thing i do want to mention and this
is more of a a selfish criticism here i loved buzz and elise's relationship and i would have
loved to have seen them or more missions on other planets maybe coming across different
aliens and things of that nature so i just wanted to see more of them working together as a unit
and also just spending more time with them and seeing their friendship more on screen so those
are honestly all my criticisms that i have for this film so before we get into my score should
you see it what are my box office predictions if you haven't already make sure you like this
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overall i'm so glad we finally get to see the film that andy watches the kid and i can completely
understand why it changed his life forever and why he fell in love with buzz lightyear
this is a space action adventure that had shades of one of my all-time favorite sci-fi space films
interstellar meets the first man the animation was beyond outstanding the story and the themes were
heartfelt and inspirational and the characters were all terrific to infinity and beyond i'm gonna
give lightyear a 4.8 out of five it was almost that five out of five but again some of those
nitpicks came to mind but absolutely fantastic can't recommend it enough if you have the chance
go see it in imax you're gonna really enjoy it especially with those space scenes they're so
epic but a couple more things i want to mention before we wrap up question i post to you all up
top and i want to know if you guys might change your mind when you see the film in regards to
do you want to see chris evans come back and voice his character in online a sequel film or a disney
plus series let me know that in the comments and the last thing i want to wrap up with box office
predictions now i personally see this film doing anything between maybe 90 million to 110 million
domestically opening weekend as far as competition as i'm recording this we just had jurassic world
dominion which i don't think is going to have long legs the week after that is elvis so it
does have its own slot and i think it's going to really do some big numbers when it comes to his
opening weekend like i said 90 to 110 million i think it's gonna bring in the younger audience the
teens the adults gonna have great word of mouth it kind of again it's like interstellar top maverick
top gun maverick vibes first man vice i think people going to eat this up and i see it being
very successful when it wraps up its run at the box office so hey those are my thoughts those
are my scores that's my box office prediction thank you all for watching this review before
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