My review of Lightyear

My review of Lightyear 

Intro: Congratulations Chucky! You finally have company because this is the second creepiest thing I've seen. 

 

My editor: Excuse me what about Babidi? 

I'm sorry this is the third creepiest thing I've seen. There is no way that this will sell as much as Elmo, Pikachu and Grogu. (After I saw the Movie.) OK, I like my Crow medium-rare. 

Lightyear: This movie is centered on a space ranger name Buzz Lightyear who is stranded on an unknown planet with other crew members and Buzz tries to figure out a way to get them off the planet. That task becomes difficult when he sees that doing this comes with a price and someone wants the MacGuffin that Buzz needs to travel in space. So, Buzz has to avoid this person and try to complete his objective. 

Pixar not only you be ashamed of yourself for giving us this lifeless movie the people who worked on the Buzz Lightyear cartoon deserve an apology. You can say what you want about the cartoon it was more entertaining and creative than this! Plus, the cartoon did some things better than this movie. If you consider that cartoon to be the black sheep of the Toy Story franchise, then why did you make two references to it? (No! The LGMs are not in this movie.) I appreciate that this movie wants to be about living with the mistakes you make but the movie drops the ball in that department. 

The movie didn't do a good job at world-building; for example, it doesn't focus on how people feel about adjusting to living on a hostile planet. Reinforce what a space ranger is, I mean are they space police or space explorers? Really they wouldn't have ended up on that planet if they used probes to investigate it beforehand. The film also has some head-scratching moments. I find it hard to believe that this movie cost 200 million dollars to make because we only get two locations in this movie.  

I refuse to believe that the Buzz Lightyear toy came from this movie because A Andy never mentioned this movie and B I thought this movie was going to be a parody of sci-fi movies considering what we learn about Buzz. Plus, this movie added things about Buzz that we didn't know before for example, I didn't know his suit can turn you into a fruit. I'm not kidding about that. Also, the writers could've written out two characters in this movie because they serve no purpose in this movie beyond being comic relief and they're not that funny. 

I don't have much to say about the elephant in the room in this movie because it's harmless. I understand why parents would have issues with it, but this is something that kids are going to be exposed to. I'm not saying what Pixar did in this movie was OK however you can't deny that this exists just because we don't like it. Now if the scene lasted for ten seconds or it was hot and heavy then I would understand why parents are outraged over this. Don't get me started on how time travel works in this movie. 

Buzz Lightyear is a by-the-book guy who's all work and no play. That's what bugs me about him he's not as fun as his toy counterpart. I'm not saying he has to be just like him, but at least have him be chumpy or smile. His ARC in the movie is also problematic because he doesn't have the right character traits for it to work and the other thing this movie did with this character could have been resolved sooner. The ACR in this movie was done better in the Star Command pilot movie. Plus, it's hard to appreciate that he's missing out on things because it lacks emotional weight and he broth that on himself. He only knows one person as far as we know and we don't get enough scenes with them together to value their relationship. He also does some questionable and dumb things.  

Alisha Hawthorne (Buzz's CO and best friend.) Is a fun character who bounces off Buzz being a stick in the mud. I don't like that she shared Buzz's famous line. 

Sox is like R2-D2 as far as being helpful. That's what bugs me about him, I mean how and why would a companion robot be this advance? Although Sox is adorable that doesn't make him less crappy or change the fact that he's in the movie to sell toys. Also, I'm not crazy about the cat jokes with him. 

Izzy Hawthorne (Alisha Hawthorne's granddaughter.) Is like her grandmother and has ambitions to become a space ranger. I wish that she had a better dynamic with Buzz.   

Zurg (the main villain) may look menacing but that doesn't make up for the fact that I'm not happy with what this movie did with this character. You'll understand when you watch the movie. (Really, I'm surprised that this wasn't the elephant in the room instead of the "bleep" but I digress.) His goal in the movie is not that bad I mean it won't harm people. because of that, it's hard for me to see him as a villain. The conflict between him and Buzz shouldn't exist when you think about it. Another thing his existence creates a time paradox. I'm also not crazy about his design in this movie. It's not bad but it doesn't match the toy. Did we really need a reason why he's called Zurg?     

Besides some funny bits and making references to other sci-fi films the only compliment I can give this movie is the CGI. The CGI in this movie is stunning to the point where you can notice every detail of the characters and environment. We get one brief moment where Buzz sees how much time has changed. You can argue that this movie did a better job at being about making the best out of your situation than Jurassic World Domination did. Also, this movie will make people appreciate the Buzz Lightyear cartoon.  

Overall, this movie will not be joining Pixar's list of best films. Really this movie shouldn't exist because it's a disservice to what came before. I wouldn't recommend you check this out if you like time travel films because Interstellar and Project Almanac did a better job than this movie.  

Rating = Trash