Can I get away with just copying and pasting everything I said about the Toy Story 1 Blu-ray release into this review of Toy Story 2? Yes? Great! To re-cap, I don’t like Tom Hanks and think most Pixar Films are technically brilliant, I love the writing on almost all of their movies but I find their brand of computer animation slightly creepy and hallow. I do, however, love Ratatouille and Finding Nemo. Toy Story 2 finally hits Blu-ray this week, the same day Toy Story 1 comes out. Disney knows you are going to buy both, but unlike other studios, they actually care enough to give both releases equal treatment.
Details
- Movie – 98 Minutes, Rated G
- Video – 1080P
- Aspect Ratio – 1.78:1
- Audio – English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, English 2.0 DTS-HD, Spanish and French in Dolby 5.1
- Subtitles – English, French and Spanish
- Number of Discs – 2
- Release Date – May 23, 2010
Disc 1
Previews
- Toy Story 3
- Disney Blu-ray Commercial
- Disney Beauty and the Beast Diamond Edition (Looks amazing!)
Features
- Toy Story 3 Sneak Peak (4 Min)
- Audio Commentary
- Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs: International Space Station (4 Min) (HD) – New Short
- Paths to Pixar: Technical Artists (4 Min) (HD) – An interview with a couple of the technical artists at Pixar
- Studio Stories: Toy Story 2 Sleep Deprivation (1 Min) (HD) – More cheesy 1 minute shorts about life at Pixar.
- Studio Stories: Pinocchio (2 Min) (HD)
- Studio Stories: The Movie Vanishes (2 Min) (HD)
- Pixar’s Zoetrope (2 Min) (HD) – A short bit about how Animation works and this weird gadget Pixar that shows sculptures being animated it’s kind of cool.
- Celebrating our Friend Joe Ranft (12 Min) (HD) – This is a nice tribute to the Pixar Story Artist who passed away a few years ago.
- Sneak Peaks (A ton, all in HD)
- BD Disney Live
Classic DVD Bonus Features – All in SD
- Making Toy Story 2 (8 Min)
- John Lasseter Profile (3 Min)
- Cast of Characters (3 Min)
- Outtakes (5 Mins)
- Jessie’s Gag (1 Min)
- Who’s the Coolest Toy? (3 Min)
- Riders in the Sky Music Medley (3 Min) – Very cool.
- Deleted Scenes
- Design Galleries
- Production Featurettes (14 Min)
- Designing Sound (5 Min)
- Making the Songs (3 Min)
- Woody’s Roundup Music Video (2 Min)
- Jessie’s Song, Randy Newman Demo (3 Min)
- Publicity
Disc 2
- DVD Version with Bonus Features
Comments
As with Toy Story 1, this Transfer of Toy Story 2 is stunningly clear and detailed to the point where it the computer animation becomes even a bit more lifeless than normal. The Blu-ray features are really thin and the previous DVD Bonus are just ok. Still any Pixar fan or fan of Toy Story should love this Blu-ray set. I said Toy Story 1 is a must own for all Blu-ray fans for it’s reference quality video and audio, the same holds true for Toy Story 2.
Grades
- Movie – B
- Video Quality – A+
- Audio – A
- Features – C
- Packaging/Presentation – B
Final Overall Grade – A
EM Review by
Michelle Alexandria
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Originally Posted 3.21.2010