Toy Story 2 Blu-ray Gets an Early Review by Michelle!

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

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Michelle Alexandria
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Originally Posted 3.21.2010