This is the first movie on the list that I don't even have to watch. I grew up watching this movie and know it backwards and forwards. No joke though, it's still as funny to me as it was the first time I saw it as a 6-year-old. The best part is that now, 20 years later, I catch all the sly adult jokes the makers of the film snuck in there. Unlike Ben-Hur, this movie didn't sweep The Oscars, or any awards show for that matter. What it did win, however, was a Special Achievement Oscar. This is a category, before it was discontinued, that wasn't awarded every year, but was given when someone/something made a special and unique contribution to the film industry. Toy Story was the first full-length animated film to be done solely on a computer and give life to the Pixar Animation Studios.
Basic Premise of the Film: Andy has a faithful fleet of toys that come to life when he is either not in the room or asleep. The movie opens with all the toys worried they'll be replaced because it's Andy's birthday and he's bound to get newer, better toys. His favorite toy, Woody, tells them they have nothing to worry about, right?! WRONG. Enter Buzz Lightyear -- the tickle me Elmo or Cabbage Patch kid of the movie -- who comes in and turns Woody's world upside down. Eventually a jealous Woody decides to get rid of him, and throws him out of the window. Now, Woody has to go on a journey to get him back. This journey sees them being lost all over town and becoming best friends.
Honestly, if you haven't seen this movie yet, you must have been living in a cave the past 20 years. I don't know what else to say except that if it wasn't any good it wouldn't have spun off two very successful sequels -- the last one which was a sobfest to be honest, but I loved it. It's a film that has stood the test of time when it comes to animation, revolutionized the way animated films are made and definitely one of the best animated films ever. Introduced to the list in 2007, let's hope when they update the list next year, it won't be voted off and maybe will be ranked a little bit higher. We shall see.
As mentioned before, there was no need to watch this one. If I would have had to watch it, I would've just popped in my DVD.
And now, for funsies, my favorite scene of the film, mainly because of Woody's "laugh":
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