{"id":2264,"date":"2015-11-19T20:43:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T04:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=2264"},"modified":"2015-11-19T20:43:23","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T04:43:23","slug":"toy-story-turns-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/toy-story-turns-20\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cToy Story\u201d Turns 20"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Declan Hertel \r\nEntertainment Editor<\/pre>\n
We all know you\u2019ve got to grow old, but growing up is dumb and you shouldn\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n
One school of thought would be perturbed by finding out that \u201cToy Story,\u201d Pixar Animation\u2019s first feature-length film, turns 20 years old on Nov. 22. But I think that the upcoming anniversary is a perfect opportunity to rewatch it for the zillionth time, and revel once more in what is both one of the best pieces of animation in history, and an indelible part of this generation\u2019s childhood.<\/p>\n
A solid percentage of my childhood memorabilia is \u201cToy Story\u201d related. I still have all my Woody and Buzz Lightyear dolls and action figures, and every year the first item I put on the Christmas tree is a Sheriff Woody ornament.<\/p>\n
One of my best friends has Woody and Buzz shoes and a big poster of the alien toys on her bedroom wall, and I have met a great many people with similar stories. \u201cToy Story\u201d is a big deal for a lot of people.<\/p>\n
But why? Why does this tale of talking toys still resonate so deeply with the babies of the mid-nineties? <\/p>\n
Maybe because we had it while our brains were in their earliest stages of development, and it is thus etched into them. Maybe because after all the amazing technological advancements of the past few years, \u201cToy Story\u201d still looks freaking fantastic.<\/p>\n
Both of those things apply, but I think it has endured for another reason, one that I talked about in regards to Smashing Pumpkins\u2019 \u201cMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness\u201d some time ago: it speaks to you in different, powerful ways depending on\/no matter how old you are.<\/p>\n
As a child, I watched it with glee, and imagined my own toys coming to life and having adventures. During my adolescence, I watched it and saw memories of a simpler, more imaginative time. Now as a twenty-something, I watch it and appreciate how honest and heartfelt the movie is.<\/p>\n
My parents watch it and appreciate that a piece of children\u2019s entertainment is so sophisticated and enjoyable to adults (not to mention the \u201cgrowing up\u201d theme of the later installments: my mother and I both openly wept during \u201cToy Story 3\u201d).<\/p>\n
I will always welcome Toy Story\u2019s anniversaries: it\u2019s another excuse to see what else it holds for the new phase of my life I find myself in. And now I\u2019m going to watch it again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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