Review of Lightyear (2022) by 4Tifier — 21 Jun 2022
A Buzz Lightyear film that wasn’t really a Buzz Lightyear film.
While the animation and effects were very impressive, the storytelling fell through in a major way. They were definitely able to take some elements from the Toy Story series and transition it to this film to create parallels between the toy Buzz and the “real” Buzz, yet the overall story heavily derails from what Buzz at his core is; an action hero.
Instead of the story being about a grand adventure or stopping a universe-ending evil like Zurg, the story instead resorts to being an overly drawn out version of the “Up” opening sequence. It may have worked with different setups and characters, but not with a character that’s supposed to be an action hero. I get that this film was heavily inspired by the pandemic; with the shutdowns, time moving differently, and everything seemingly passing by as if it never happened, and that can make for a good story. They just chose the wrong setting for it in my opinion.
This review of Lightyear (2022) was written by 4Tifier on 21 Jun 2022.
Lightyear has generally received mixed reviews.
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