Brave Little Toaster (1987)

Hmmm for a story that had very little meat and such a simple plot Brave Little Toaster was far more than met the eye.  The characters were fully developed, (cute....but developed).  I thought blanket made for a wonderful surprise.  Hard to make a animated mobile character out of a squishy blankee.  Here is what I thought was most interesting about Brave Little Toaster: it reminded me of Toy Story and upon some research...it turns out the people who worked on Toy Story first worked on Brave Little Toaster.  Here were the similarities.  Themes included growing up, abandonment, return to childhood innocence, the march of time, and objects banding together to reunite with their owner.  The final scene was even in a junkyard with a compaction
machine that looked like the one from Toy Story III.  Basically, it was Toy Story BETA .5.

Ratings:

Woody and Buzz: See it

Got fond memories of your blankee:  See it

Demand action from your films:  Skip it

Over 40 ish:  Skip it

Film History Buff:  See it

On a scale of Sword in the Stone to The Black Cauldron, I give the Brave Little Toaster 2.7 out of 5 stars.

Afterward:  I see that there is a Brave Little Toaster goes to Mars movie.  That can't be good...but it'll probably make this blog sometime later.