Inside Out 2 is a massive hit for Pixar , and it's come at an important time for the studio, which recently saw layoffs following years of films that were either kept from theaters entirely or had difficulty finding an audience while they were there. While one can argue that all the movies shuttled directly to Disney+ could have had successful theatrical runs, and Elemental eventually found an audience internationally, there’s little silver lining around the Toy Story spinoff Lightyear , though that hasn’t stopped its fans. Lightyear is the lowest-grossing Pixar movie to date, short of Onward , which saw its theatrical run shortened due to theaters closing.
That doesn’t mean the movie doesn’t have fans, and in the shadow of Inside Out 2 ’s incredible success, they’re singing the praises of the film. Critic Matt Zoller Seitz is one of those who thinks Lightyear had something worth recognizing even though the film didn’t stick the landing. On X (fomerly known as Twitter) he said.
.. Lightyear was a noble attempt to make something fresh from existing IP.
Its only sin was not taking the concept all the way to serious SF rather than copping out & becoming SF-flavored action. The montage where he keeps redoing the mission as everyone around him ages is haunting. The original post has gotten a lot of response, much of it from others who agree with Zoller Seitz to one degree or another, either that Lightyear was a better movie than it gets credit for being, or that it at.
