If I were to write an analytic essay on Toy Story 2 (which I have watched every day for the last week and a half) I would write about the concept of "forever" as it pertains to these toys.
For instance:
- In the beginning, Andy's mom tells him "Toys don't last forever"
- The Prospector and Jessie try to convince Woody to join them at the museum where they can live forever, protected from the hands of children.
- It is generally accepted that life as they know it (with Andy) will not last "forever".
- The Prospector complains of spending "A lifetime on a dime-store shelf".
- Jessie is scared of spending an eternity in sunless storage.
5 comments:
Wow, Toni. This is a very deep retrospection of a cartoon. Maybe you should go on a play date or something... just to remove you from watching it yet again and discovering the secret of life, which is assuredly hiding somewhere in there.
I think you ought to do it (maybe even a new blog!). You can do a regular explication of childrens' movies. People would read them because they've seen the movies (as opposed to Tess of the D'urbervilles), plus you are a very entertaining writer.
I just need you to know that this is in my top ten movies EVER. Slightly beaten out by Muppet Treasure Island.
That's all.
Toni, I can't tell you how much time I've spent with Toy Story 2 as well. We need to put aside some time to really delve into Woody's perceptions of his own reality.
And juxtaposition it with Buzz's perceptions of reality from the first movie.
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