Chapter 404 Witness
"When someone falls in love with me, everything is so beautiful. Every moment we spend together remains in my heart. When she is sad, I wipe her tears. When she is happy, I am as happy as her. When she falls in love with me, we are only each other, only me and her..."
As cowgirl Tris recalled the abandoned experience, sad songs spread throughout every corner of the theater.
The children sat quietly on the chairs, perhaps remembering the toys they once loved very much by being thrown in a corner.
Adult eyes were slightly red, and some people's eyes were filled with water. They had abandoned their own Tris. At this moment, this scene gave them more feelings.
"Ryan, I..." Taylor scratched her golden curls and said stutteringly, "I...I should have sorted out the storage cabinet."
She has many toys and dolls in her hands, most of which are left behind.
"So too..." Christine on the other side was also muttering.
"Why is Pixar always like this?" Scarlett Johnson, who was sitting next to Nicole, rubbed his eyes, "They were about to make me cry."
"If you want to experience the feeling of love and being loved, you have to let go and embrace the life you can embrace." Nicole seemed to feel something and whispered to several girls, "Do what you like to do and get happiness from it. Even if there is one day when everything in this world is gone away from you, there will be beautiful memories with you... But do you believe that such a life will really end in loneliness?"
Smiling with tears, she uses the perspective of a child to tell topics that adults cannot look directly at. This is the most distinctive feature of Pixar Studio's works and it is also the killer weapon for both young and old.
"Toy Story 2" is the opposite of the previous one. This one became Buss Lightyear's toy troops to save Houdy. Like the previous one, the subject of the rescue was not others, but the person who saved himself was recognized by the savior. He made choices, and life was full of surprises. When facing these accidents, what he would remain calm in the end was a firm choice made for his own value.
Ryan knew very well that the great success of "Toy Story" and "The Crisis of Bugs" not only brought confidence to Pixar, but also brought huge pressure. The sequel movie was not as good as the previous one, which was almost Hollywood consensus, even "The Lion King", which created the most glorious moment of animated movies, was not getting rid of this under Disney's operation.
With Ryan's full support, Pixar Studio withstood the pressure. They insisted on their own ideas. The story and character production of the sequel are more interesting. The focus of the story is to describe the mental journey of the toy when it is abandoned by the owner, so they created the new character of cowgirl "Tris".
The film involves the proposition of abandonment and self-worth. With the help of the fate of toys, it implies an optimistic tendency such as short life, seizing the opportunity and shining. It fully caters to the mainstream American values, and relying solely on this point, it will be recognized by the media and the public.
After all, the people who watch this movie are mainly minors. They are the future of America.
The film came to an end with warm applause. Ryan asked the bodyguard to send Taylor's friends home, then got into his RV, and Nicole also got into the car openly with the company of three girls.
"Why don't I want to grow up after watching this movie?" Taylor leaned on Nicole and held his small head with his hands. He was very distressed, "I may not be able to throw away the toys I once liked when I grow up."
"You probably have thrown it?" Scarlett still remembers Taylor's words before the start of the movie, and then sarcastically said.
"No." The little girl was obviously not imposing and she defended her weakly, "I have collected those limited edition toys and dolls."
"Throw those that are not limited editions, right?" Scarlett pointed directly at the essence of the matter.
"Okay, I admit it." Taylor pouted and retorted, "Ska, don't say you haven't thrown it."
"I..." Scarlett was still hesitating, and Christine on the other side said directly, "She threw Barbie, I saw it with my own eyes."
"Okay, dear, this is a movie, not a real life." Seeing that the three girls were about to quarrel again, Nicole had to stop him, "You will all grow up, and when you grow up, you will always lose some past, which is something that no one can avoid."
"But I don't want to grow up now." Taylor grinned Nicole's shoulders with a bitter face, and said to Ryan, "I suddenly felt that when you grow up, you won't love me like you are now."
"Dear, do you know that people will definitely grow up, and maybe they will gradually have their own lives." Ryan rubbed her curly hair hard. Over the years, he watched her grow up like an older brother, "But, I think I'm lucky. I haven't missed every moment of your growth."
Not everyone can see with their own eyes how the white swan in the previous life completed its gorgeous transformation.
Alison, I hope you can grow up healthily, I hope you don’t become like you in your previous life. Ryan can only silently wish in his heart. Perhaps he had no feelings for the little queen of the countryside in his previous life, but in this life she grew up by her side and witnessed her growth. She is her favorite sister.
"Ryan, why are you sad?" The little girl's feeling was always extremely keen, and the tomboy beside her nodded, "I also felt it, did Ryan abandon his beloved toy before?"
"Ryan's childhood has no toys." As soon as Scarlett said, Taylor looked over, "Why don't I know, you will know?"
"Because I heard Nat say it." Scarlett Johnson said for granted.
"Nate is a traitor..." Taylor made a decision about this without hesitation, "I will definitely call her tomorrow to interrogate Nate, the little traitor."
Perhaps because he didn't want to hear this name, Nicole pulled Taylor off his body and suddenly spoke, "Who will send home first?"
"I can't go home, Austin is sick."
Every time there is an epidemic of childhood infectious diseases, Taylor's younger brother can't escape it. "Mom and Dad said, let me live with you or Ryan for the time being."
"Okay, Alison and I go back to Beverly Hills with me." Nicole nodded.
"Can we go too?" Scarlett and Christine looked at Nicole expectantly. The Australian girl could only nod, "Your mom needs to agree. I'll call them now."
"Wow, it's great!" the two girls shouted loudly.
If Nicole called, how could their mother disagreed?
There were many paparazzi following behind the RV, and Ryan did not mean to get rid of them. He came to his former home and put down Nicole and the three girls. After he returned to Jenkins Manor alone. In the following days, in addition to paying attention to Toy Story 2, he focused on practicing riding and swordsmanship. In addition, he also had to maintain fitness and increase muscle strength.
In the next period of time, he will not only continue to play the role of Aragon, but also the head-on "Gladiator" to be filmed.
After "Toy Story 2" was fully launched in North America, it occupied most of the film market on Thanksgiving on the day, especially in terms of public opinion, and its praise for the film had an overwhelming advantage.
"Toy Story 2 is the most entertaining movie of 1999. Those interesting and exciting plots easily captured the hearts of the audience."
——The San Francisco Chronicle
"This movie proves that the cartoon can be designed with enough genius and cleverness, and it makes people relaxed and pleasant, once again proves the strength of Pixar Studios and the clever vision of Ryan Jenkins!"
——The Washington Post
"There are few sequels that are better than the previous one, and Toy Story 2 is one of them. Pixar Studios' increasingly sophisticated computer animation technology also meets all the needs of this excellent adventure movie."
——The Los Angeles Times
“It’s a great, likable entertainment movie, and its story is both wonderful and smart!”
——The Hollywood Reporter
These four media not only have extremely high praises to the movies, but also very rare to give ratings of ten - full scores of ten - at the same time.
The plot and the value orientation that the movie is cleverly designed and transmissed is even more popular in mainstream society. The National Federation of Teachers and Parents even listed this movie as a must-see work for students this year. "Toy Story 2" is not only popular with minors, but also highly praised by adults.
Since the premiere day was chosen two days before the Thanksgiving holiday, the box office of the movie was not very good on the first day, and it only received less than 9 million US dollars in more than 3,500 theaters.
But with the Thanksgiving holiday, the movie made a total of more than $33 million in the next two days, and on Thursday night, when the turkey meal was kicked off at Ryan’s Jenkins Manor, the movie made more than $40 million in the North American market.
The first week is far from over, and Toy Story 2 is bound to set a box office record for an animated movie.
Pixar Studio once again stood in the focus of the media and became the hottest topic on Thanksgiving in 1999. Almost every family would discuss Pixar when enjoying the turkey meal, and at the same time envy Ryan's mythical acquisition back then.
Ryan was not idle either. The day before Thanksgiving, he contacted the Swift family, Melanie Sloan and her children, the Stewart family, Pie Kingsley and her new boyfriend, plus him and Nicole, to spend this Thanksgiving together at Jenkins Manor.
Common interests create a common front, and Ryan's care for their children has further deepened their friendship. As long as they develop in Hollywood, their future will be closely entangled with Ryan's future. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!