I gave this a 6/10 which means to the average person this should be more like a 7/10 at least. I've always felt the Disney/Pixar films were overrated (except for the first Incredibles. If you can't see why that that one is their best then you just don't understand movies).
Probably the reason for the much poorer reviews on Lightyear has to do with audience members not properly managing expectations and some backlash against Disney in general.
Really, this movie is fine, not great but not terrible either. It doesn't overwhelm the intellect and it doesn't have the emotional depth as some other Disney/Pixar films... but honestly who needs it to? Most of the analytics in Disney films are born out of pseudo intellectualism anyway. Case in point, Inside Out is the furthest thing from how emotions and cognition really work. And It's about time they stopped trying to rip out my heart out ever year. Its to the point that I see these tear jerker moments coming a mile away, so much so that I start laughing hysterically in the theaters while the whole audience is trying to dry their eyes. Didn't you know it was a Disney/Pixar film? You knew they were going to hook you in with an amusing premise and then sucker punch you with a little bit of "life sucks don't it?". In that since Lightyear is kind of refreshing. Forgot your tissues at home? Don't worry about it. But if you were hoping to come and open a valve on that suppressed childhood trauma and or piggyback off some of that struggling adulthood angst, well then shame on you for calling yourself an adult and still having expectations.
Now, as for the hate that people seem to be having for Disney these days... save it. The whole best friend had a lesbian relationship and started a family was barely even a thing. It was really arbitrary and if it ruins the movie for you, I don't know what to say other than buckle up, because the next fifty or so years are going to be rough for you.
Probably the reason for the much poorer reviews on Lightyear has to do with audience members not properly managing expectations and some backlash against Disney in general.
Really, this movie is fine, not great but not terrible either. It doesn't overwhelm the intellect and it doesn't have the emotional depth as some other Disney/Pixar films... but honestly who needs it to? Most of the analytics in Disney films are born out of pseudo intellectualism anyway. Case in point, Inside Out is the furthest thing from how emotions and cognition really work. And It's about time they stopped trying to rip out my heart out ever year. Its to the point that I see these tear jerker moments coming a mile away, so much so that I start laughing hysterically in the theaters while the whole audience is trying to dry their eyes. Didn't you know it was a Disney/Pixar film? You knew they were going to hook you in with an amusing premise and then sucker punch you with a little bit of "life sucks don't it?". In that since Lightyear is kind of refreshing. Forgot your tissues at home? Don't worry about it. But if you were hoping to come and open a valve on that suppressed childhood trauma and or piggyback off some of that struggling adulthood angst, well then shame on you for calling yourself an adult and still having expectations.
Now, as for the hate that people seem to be having for Disney these days... save it. The whole best friend had a lesbian relationship and started a family was barely even a thing. It was really arbitrary and if it ruins the movie for you, I don't know what to say other than buckle up, because the next fifty or so years are going to be rough for you.