Toy Story

Certain movies are revolutionary in such a way that they pave the way for a whole new breed of films and are instantly labelled a classic. "Ghostbusters" comes to mind as the first of successful sci-fi/comedy films. "Star Wars" paved the way for intergalactic space dramas to be warmly welcomed by the moviegoing audience. And more recently, "Scream" made people, especially young people, take interest again in the horror film, a genre that had been on the decline for a decade or so.



The 1995 Disney/Pixar masterpiece "Toy Story" is revolutionary in a way of its own. As the first entirely computer-generated film, Toy Story was a project that took a lot of risks. The film took three years to create, and went through many phases and overhauls (it almost was completely given up on in late 1993) before it was released in Thanksgiving of 1995 to rave reviews and hordes of movie audiences, comprised of both young and old. The story is simple--a story of friendship that has quite an obsta...