The folks at Pixar swear that they are done with sequels. Well, at least, after “Toy Story 4” is released next month. After that we can look forward to original content, starting with Dan Scanlon’s “Onward.” Yes, it’s a movie about Elves, but I'll give the toon company the benefit of the doubt; they have, after all, given us classics such as “WALL-E,” “Finding Nemo,” “Up!” “Ratatouille,” “The Incredibles,” and “Toy Story 3.”
Scanlon wrote and directed the decent “Monsters University,” but that’s not the level of artistry I want to see with this new movie. Speaking to People about the film, Scanlon said, “I absolutely hope people are laughing their heads off and crying their eyes out. My hope is some of the questions that I’m asking in the film will be questions other people are asking about their own lives. And I think that’s what a lot of the times get us to connect to a movie.”
Let’s hope this is more “Inside Out” and less “The Good Dinosaur.”