Pixar director thinks Lightyear ‘expected too much’ from audiences

Lightyear failed to repeat the box office success of other films in the franchise Toy Story. The feature film had a budget of US$ 226.4 million and grossed US$ 226.4 million at the box office, which represents a commercial failure.

Pete Doctorcreative director of pixar, believes the film’s flaw was expecting too much from audiences. In an interview with The Wrapjustified: “We did a lot of reflections because we love the film. We love the characters and the premise.

“When people hear buzzthink about Mr potato head, woody It is rex. And then when we dove into the sci-fi movie, people were like, ‘What is this?’ even though they’ve read about the movie before,” he continued. pete.

The director added: “It was a little distant, both in concept and in the way the characters were portrayed. It was science fiction. Angus MacLane [diretor] took this very seriously and wanted to represent the characters as if they were genuinely real. But the characters in Toy Story are broader, so I don’t think there was a connection between what people wanted and what we delivered.”

In the same interview, pete still defended the “unnecessary” sequence of Toy Story, fifth film in the series: “We look at the films like ‘Okay, we’re not planning the future.’ When we did the first Toy Storywe had no idea there would be a toy story 2. We’re just trying to make this specific movie.”

“But production takes you places, unexpected places, which is something I love about the creative process,” he continued. Pete Doctor. “If I knew exactly the path I was taking when I started producing a film, it wouldn’t make sense to go down it.”