Film Shapes

Another rainy day, we're trapped inside with a train set, so a family outing to the cinema was suggested. The film? Lightyear , a spin-off from the Toy Story Pixar franchise, and in my unpopular opinion, it's the best of the lot. I wasn't expecting too much as I'm not a fan of the series and I kept waiting for it to go full cheese or drip feed schmaltz all over the place but this was a fun treat. According to the briefly titled backstory, this is a film that the kid who owns the toys in Toy Story watched, which then presumably drove him to buy the toy Buzz. An that's all there is to link the films. Great. The plot proper begins with a space ship piloted by Buzz deviating to a planet, getting stuck there, and henceforth attempting to get home. In fact, the film powers through a few distinct events that almost fill the three act structure - getting stranded, attempting to crack the hyperspace crystal dilemma, dealing with a robot alien threat - all of which don'...