Toy Story 3

My initial thoughts when I first heard that Pixar would be making Toy Story 3 was of excitement, but reality eventually sunk in... Could Pixar possibly get lucky a third time and create a film that surpasses its predecessors like Toy Story 2 surpassed the original? After watching this film, I decided I shall never again doubt the wonders of ‘Animation Studio Heroes’ Pixar. It’s not luck that their films are constantly challenging the art of animation while being original, creative, fun and emotional – it’s pure gold talent.
It’s been just over a decade since we last saw our favourite toys, a lot has changed in our world as well as theirs. Toy owner; Andy, is now about to begin college, having to pack up his life and move away from his family and his almost forgotten toys. So the question arises; what will the future entail for lovable Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the other selected few toys that made it through Andy’s teenager years. Through a couple of mistaken events, the toys end up being donated to the local day care centre, a place where the gang believe they can be loved by children once more. Of course the day care centre isn’t as ‘groovy’ as the gang would like, and the true intentions of the ‘day care toy leader’ is revealed. (Moral: Do not trust strawberry scented teddy bears.) Naturally an escape is planned in true Toy Story style, leading to an epic crisis that looks similar to the fiery depths of Mordor, played against a track that reminds us of the finale to Terminator 2.
The film is one epic crisis after the other, and the audience can easily sit there thinking that nothing is working for the gang and maybe toys are truly nothing but disposable rubbish. At one certain point the audience, along with the toys, all believe that there can be no happy ending. But Pixar knows that the story has to be truly epic for it to compete against the genius of the first two films, and so Toy Story 3 has to take it to the next level and has to create higher risks that the toys have never seen before... This leads to a very rewarding film with an extremely beautiful ending that is sure to get the tear ducts working.
We could sit here debating which of the three films is the best, but instead I think we should be grateful for the humour and moral lessons that we gather from each separate film and value them as a great trilogy masterpiece.
And so we say goodbye to Andy’s toys, a trilogy that has been celebrated by generations alike. And now we sit and wait, quietly hoping that they make a new trilogy based on Bonnie’s Toys. We shall have to wait and see...