5 Plots For A Mature Toy Story 3

Pixar goes grown-up...

BY Sam Ashurst Jun 29th 2009 9:09AMFILED UNDER: Features

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Toy Story 3: Cocoon

The other movie path available to pensioners is best exemplified by Cocoon. A handful of old folks take a dip in a pool with alien pods in it, and become young again.

Ignore all the alien pod stuff, the last part is universal to almost every old folk flick – at some point, they’ll adapt some aspect of youth culture, usually for comic effect.

The Plot: Buzz and Woody are old. Their parts are broken, their paint is peeling and Buzz’s laser isn’t as bright as it once was.

But then middle-aged Andy takes them in for repairs so he can give them to his son.

The pair get fixed, and gain a new lease of life, as the objects of affection for Andy Jr.

The happy story is offset by a slighter more reflective subplot, in which Mr and Mrs Potato Head are ignored by Andy (operating as a metaphor for society) who slow fall to pieces.

Likelihood Score: 9

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