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  Formula for the perfect film revealed
Updated 13 May 2003, 10.04
Buzz Lightyear is in the perfect film
Toy Story 2 is close to being the perfect film, according to university lecturer who claims to have found the secret to making movies.

Sue Clayton, a lecturer for the British Film Council and the University of London, studied loads of hit films to work out exactly what makes them so popular.

She found that the best ones had a certain mix of action, romance and special effects.

She worked out that the perfect film must have:

  • 30% action
  • 17% comedy
  • 13% good v evil
  • 12% love/romance
  • 10% special effects
  • 10% plot
  • 8% music

The second adventure of Buzz Lightyear and Woody was the film that came closest to exactly matching that plan.

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