Hello,
So I went to see Lightyear on Monday if you haven't had a chance to see it yet skip this review as it isn't spoiler-free.
Legendary space ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion cat Sox.
This isn’t Buzz Lightyear the toy. This is the origin story of the human Buzz Lightyear that the toy is based on. I like this concept of what the film is telling us, but I don't think it needed a cinema release, I would have been happy just watching it on Disney+.
Lightyear proves once again what makes Pixar so special. Even though it’s not the most groundbreaking they have made, it’s their first action movie and I applaud them for it, as they need to dive into more genres that can move them anywhere. And while it’s not the most original story, it does make sense why there needed to be an origin story for Buzz to understand why the toy works. Chris Evans does a fantastic job voicing him, and while he’s no Tim Allen, he does give him a unique spin into him and so much more. All the other characters were solid as well, including Commander Hawthorne, the Taika Watiti character and of course Sox, voiced by Peter Sohn, a Pixar veteran and director of The Good Dinosaur who just stole stole the show and captured my heart.
The visuals are also amazing, definitely captured the space settings and space command centres that can be shown in real life.
Overall, Lightyear may not be on the heartwarming or heartwrenching scale, or on Pixar’s top in that matter, but if you love the Toy Story franchise, you’ll enjoy this. It has fabulous animations, important inclusivity, and of course a stellar voice cast. Welcome back to the big
screen, Pixar, welcome back.
Let me know in the comments what you think of
the film
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