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osprey_archer“Lamp Life” is a Disney/Pixar short directed by Valerie LaPointe, available only on Disney+, which tells the story of Bo Peep’s life after she disappeared following Toy Story, only to reappear in Toy Story 4. I watched it mostly because as a result of the women film directors project I have developed a Female Director Radar that is often accurate at twenty paces (in this case I saw the thumbnail on Disney+ and said “I bet” and lo, I was right), and I wanted something short to watch over dinner.
It’s sort of forgettable, honestly, although it probably doesn’t help that I haven’t seen Toy Story 4. Mostly the short left me concerned that the movie does not explain Bo Peep’s reappearance at all, but drops Bo Peep right back into the action with nary a word about where she’s been or why she’s now... a ninja? At least, that was the impression I got from the preview.
I think this new, badass characterization is meant to be a corrective to the fact that she’s basically offered up as a two-dimensional love interest in the first film, but the fact that they pack all this backstory into a short rather than putting it in the movie itself is emblematic of the fact that the filmmakers still don’t really care about her.
It’s sort of forgettable, honestly, although it probably doesn’t help that I haven’t seen Toy Story 4. Mostly the short left me concerned that the movie does not explain Bo Peep’s reappearance at all, but drops Bo Peep right back into the action with nary a word about where she’s been or why she’s now... a ninja? At least, that was the impression I got from the preview.
I think this new, badass characterization is meant to be a corrective to the fact that she’s basically offered up as a two-dimensional love interest in the first film, but the fact that they pack all this backstory into a short rather than putting it in the movie itself is emblematic of the fact that the filmmakers still don’t really care about her.
