Toy Story 3 Review
Woody. Buzz. Jessie. Bullseye. Ham. Rex. Slinky. Potato Head. The gang have returned, but are they really worth playing with again? Or should we leave them at the bottom of that old toy box in the corner of your bedroom? Pull out your LEGO and be ready to build a very tall pedastool.
I went into this movie with a very negative outlook. Although I had heard nothing but good things about this movie my mind was set back to Toy Story 1 and 2 and I longed that I didn’t have another disaster on my hands like Knight Rider 2009. So in I went part of my mind wishing that I would not be disappointed by this movie and another part of me expecting to be disappointed. After recent viewings of The Last Airbender I had lost faith in anything with original source material so in the end the latter part had invaded my mind.
I was so wrong.
The film revolves around Andy going to college. The toys haven’t been played with in some time and will do anything for Andy to play with them. Unfortunately this isn’t going to happen and after a terrible mistake aided by Andy’s mum the gang are taken to Sunnyside Daycare. All of the toys are optimistic apart from Woody who is still so in love with Andy that he never wants to leave his side. After Woody’s daring escape he discovers that Sunnyside is an evil place ruled by the deceptive Lotso. With the gang having to deal with small children intent on ripping them apart and Lotso’s strict rules on them staying with that problem, the gang must escape.
This film captures every single bit of magic that the first 2 contained. There’s something quite beautiful about this movie and after much deliberation I think I know what it is. I was born in 1993 and Toy Story was released in 1995. In the film Andy was around 3 years old where I was 2. Toy Story 2 was released in 1999 so Andy was around 7 and me 6. In this movie Andy is 18 and I am 17. Its almost as if we have followed Andy growing up as we grew up ourselves so I can really relate to this film. The first thing I did after getting home was actually get out my old toys and line them up on my desk.
I often find with animated movies it is very hard to analyse acting and such for obvious reasons. Therefore I believe the best thing to base this review on is the level of magic retained and whether or not it ruins the previous movies. I am so proud to say it does not. It actually improves the franchise by finishing on a spectacular high note. This is sincere, it is a spectacular high note. I genuinely cried when it ended. This film is purely magical and is getting a 5/5.
I would recommend this film to all, young and old. It is by far in my opinion the film of the summer. Forget Eclipse, push Inception aside and lets face it, The Last Airbender isn’t even worth thinking about. In fact screw film of the summer. Film of the year.