Is Toy Story the Greatest Trilogy ever?

[serpheus]

Absolutely. There is not another trilogy out there i would rather watch over and over again. Each film is perfect and for a trilogy that is extremely rare. People of all ages love these films and the characters are so loveable and hilarious, also the films are full of little in-jokes and pack enough emotional power to melt the heart of even the hardest person. The nearest rival for me is LOTR but as a big fan of the book i have major issues with some of the choices they made in all sorts of areas. Star Wars is let down by Jedi and Back to the Future by the 3rd film. The Bourne trilogy is fantastic but directed at adults and not to everyone's taste while the Godfather trilogy was let down by a poor 3rd film aswell. We are talking about trilogies here so no Alien or Police Academy movies allowed

[Foggy]

I guess we'll be getting this type of thread come summer 2012

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by Foggy

I guess we'll be getting this type of thread come summer 2012

You think?

[X400]

no

[Jezza]

Greatest isn't defined by how good each individual film is, it is defined by how good the story is for the overall trilogy, and for Toy Story each individual film is great, but it doesn't have that sort of feel to it where you could easily say that it's the greatest trilogy ever. Now don't get me wrong, I grew up with Toy Story and adore it, but I wouldn't say it is the greatest trilogy ever.

If you look at something like the original Star Wars trilogy, the impact that made on cinema history is phenonmenal. True, Toy Story was the first computer animated feature film, but the epic scale of the whole trilogy isn't the same as Star Wars. It's debateable as to whether or not Return of the Jedi is bad, but even though it is clearly the weakest in the trilogy, it doesn't mean the whole trilogy is suddenly down-graded. Star Wars has always been associated with the classic story of good vs evil, and has a greatest to the whole thing, but with Toy Story, it is seen to be on a more casual level and doesn't have that same sort of epic quality to it.
Sorry if I haven't explained myself very well, but its hard to put into words.

I would completely agree that it's the most consistent trilogy ever, but not the greatest, and this is coming from someone who loves Toy Story to bits.

[serpheus]

Originally Posted by Clone Trooper

Greatest isn't defined by how good each individual film is, it is defined by how good the story is for the overall trilogy, and for Toy Story each individual film is great, but it doesn't have that sort of feel to it where you could easily say that it's the greatest trilogy ever. Now don't get me wrong, I grew up with Toy Story and adore it, but I wouldn't say it is the greatest trilogy ever.

If you look at something like the original Star Wars trilogy, the impact that made on cinema history is phenonmenal. True, Toy Story was the first computer animated feature film, but the epic scale of the whole trilogy isn't the same as Star Wars. It's debateable as to whether or not Return of the Jedi is bad, but even though it is clearly the weakest in the trilogy, it doesn't mean the whole trilogy is suddenly down-graded. Star Wars has always been associated with the classic story of good vs evil, and has a greatest to the whole thing, but with Toy Story, it is seen to be on a more casual level and doesn't have that same sort of epic quality to it.
Sorry if I haven't explained myself very well, but its hard to put into words.

I would completely agree that it's the most consistent trilogy ever, but not the greatest, and this is coming from someone who loves Toy Story to bits.

Star Wars would probably be the most serious contender alrite but the fact that it has that 'geeky' tag attached to it is a bit unfair but also its something that detracts alot from the trilogies sense of fun and coolness. It can be enjoyed by all ages but is mainly a boys film (i know it has female fans but only a small percentage) so that would count against it.

[Jezza]

Originally Posted by serpheus

Star Wars would probably be the most serious contender alrite but the fact that it has that 'geeky' tag attached to it is a bit unfair but also its something that detracts alot from the trilogies sense of fun and coolness. It can be enjoyed by all ages but is mainly a boys film (i know it has female fans but only a small percentage) so that would count against it.

I wouldn't say it has that 'geeky' tag about it, there are just a lot of geeky fans out there, but I know a lot of people who aren't that. In either case, I don't think that is a nessecary thing to bring up.

And I'm not really sure gender would fall into it that much, because if the story is there then that's what matters. I'm trying to be discriminatory, but in my view I ouldn't count, espcially since George Lucas actually designed it for both genders for children under 14 when he was writing it originally.

But that's just my view.

[GreenScar]

I would say yes. It's all a matter of opinion of course as seen by the various replies to the topic already.

For me (a Star Wars fanatic growing up) Star Wars jumped the shark with ROTJ. Lucas really muffed it by trying to cram the last 4 stories into ROTJ to cap off the story. Still a very good trilogy thanks to the first two movies (and some elements of the third). AGAIN - THIS IS ONLY MY OPINION.

Toy Story 1 and 2 have been around for a very long time and have stood the test of time. Toy Story 1 with it's sub par animation (ground breaking at the time) that hasn't held up very well IMO is a testament that it's a classic as it's still great despite it's aging. Toy Story 3, even though it's very new, was the best in the series and is the best 3rd movie of a series bar none.

Again, In my opinion anyway.