Sunday, April 3, 2011

Toy Story 3




        The movie Toy Story 3 follows many archetypes. We see the character "Woody" the sheriff toy take the role of the hero in this journey. He takes the warriors journey to save his people. In this movie his people are the gang of toys that his owner Andy is to old to play with anymore. When the toys mistakenly get donated, it's up to Woody to help them escape the daycare that is run by an evil bear. Woody is the hero as a warrior that goes through many challenges and has to fight enemies. We see this when he has to devise a plan to help them escape and in this plan he must help all the toys as well as fighting off the evil toys that are trying to stop him.
        Throughout the movie we see Woody struggling for something valuable or important, which is getting home to his owner Andy before he goes to college. Andy is very important to Woody as they share a life long bond that he must save. The hero, Woody, also has a loyal band of companions, the group of toys he has been with for all of Andy's childhood till now. They are loyal to there "leader" and are willing to help him thorugh anything.
        The group of toys go through the classic battle between good and evil. They have to fight there way through the day care and its evil toys theat are trying to keep them there. When they finally triumph over the evil bear the toys return home safely. Only to realize there time with Andy is over and that he doesn't need them anymore which is when they decide to move on to a new child that will love amd play with them.
        The characters in this film all follow archetypes. Woody is the hero that must take care of his friends to bring them home safely. The group of toys as a whole can be described as the hunting group of companions. Who are loyal to Woody and each other and are willing to do anything to help. Buzz lightyear can be described as the loyal retainer, he is a noble and loyal sidekick to Woody, who protects him and the other toys. The friendly beasts of this movie are the slinky dog that sticks by Woody's side and helps him thorugh this perlious journey; as well as Rex, the t-rex toy that even though can be a wimp, is still loyal to Woody throughout the journey. The devil figure is represented by the evil teddy bear, Lotso, that wants to control eveything and doesn't want the toys to be loved by there owner since he was left by his. This is why he tries to do everything in his power to keep them there in misery.

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