Toy Story & Toy Story 2 Double Feature in Disney Digital 3D
G, 188 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission
There’s no reason why kids who love the “Toy Story” films and are looking forward to “Toy Story 3” (coming out next June) won’t enjoy seeing the first two films digitally remastered with 3-D effects. The difference is mainly that the colors (as is often true with 3-D) seem a bit washed out.
But the cowboy doll Woody (voice of Tom Hanks) space traveling doll Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and their buddies are all still lovable. And their adventures as part of a little boy’s toy collection — which comes to life when he’s not around — is still comical and occasionally poignant and occasionally slightly scary.
Made in 1995 and 1999, respectively, the pioneering Pixar films look just a bit out of date today, because the technology develops so fast. But it is the story that must be strong enough to hold kids’ attention, and it’s still there.
