The Brave Little Toaster
1987 Directed by Jerry Rees
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A group of dated appliances find themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold decide to, a la The Incredible Journey, seek their young 8 year old "master". Children's film which on the surface is a frivolous fantasy, but with a dark subtext of abandonment, obsolescence, and loneliness.
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This is one hell of a bizarre children's picture.
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Why is Kirby pink? Like, seriously? Disney?
Anyway, I found the DVD! And watched it! It's still great!
This is what happens when a film is made independently and not under a heavy eye of a studio. Characters are given time to truly develop. Music is more or less well made. Those dark moments remain uncleaned. Disney wasn't going to make it like this themselves.
And I'm still sure ICP stole the clown from Toaster's nightmare for one of their logos. (Disc. I'm not a juggalo, but we've all seen the shirts)
Did you know the soundtrack for this is going for over $100 right now? Damn...
And the best part? Almost all the animators went on to work for…
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good times, good times
brings back some old childhood memories
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Kind of amazing how much of the Toy Story trilogy was recycled from this. Really sweet and not condescending/patronizing at all... a rarity from a kid's film in my experience.
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This is one hell of a bizarre children's picture.
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Why is Kirby pink? Like, seriously? Disney?
Anyway, I found the DVD! And watched it! It's still great!
This is what happens when a film is made independently and not under a heavy eye of a studio. Characters are given time to truly develop. Music is more or less well made. Those dark moments remain uncleaned. Disney wasn't going to make it like this themselves.
And I'm still sure ICP stole the clown from Toaster's nightmare for one of their logos. (Disc. I'm not a juggalo, but we've all seen the shirts)
Did you know the soundtrack for this is going for over $100 right now? Damn...
And the best part? Almost all the animators went on to work for…
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Kinda bizarre, really. I'm not totally sure how to feel about it. It's very...simple. Very off-the-wall, too. I never felt all that connected to the characters or their quest, because honestly everyone was basically a jerk to each other the whole way through, just about. And when they weren't being jerks, they were being nice just to save each other from death or something. Like...I think ALL of them basically "died" and came back at one point...I dunno.
Maybe the whole movie is just a repetitive moral of self-sacrifice. If that's the case, that's pretty much the most of what I'd want out of children's films, but, it didn't connect well enough with me for any particular moment to feel pivotal or inspiring. I just felt strange and anxious, so, not sure what to feel (I say, again). Felt weird to watch, but it wasn't really doing anything altogether off-putting, ya know?
I dunno. Maybe I'll watch it again. Maybe.
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This movie both terrified me and made me love it as a child
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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This movie freaked me out when I was little. Still good though.
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it's charming and funny in moments, but I feel you had to grow up with it.
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It's one of those childhood movies that actually holds up. Toy Story, consciously or not, takes lots of thematic and plot points from this. The plotless scene with the meadow animals is a genuine highlight.