Thanks for checking out our Toy Story 3 review
Genre: Animated Comedy
Directed by: Lee Unkrich
Staring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty, Don Rickles, Michael Keaton, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris
Released: June 18th, 2010
THE GENERAL IDEA
Andy is now 17 and ready to head off to college, leaving Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the rest of the toy-box gang to ponder their uncertain futures. When the toys are accidentally donated to the Sunnyside Daycare center they’re initially overjoyed to once again be played with, but their enthusiasm quickly gives way to horror as they discover the true nature of the establishment under the rule of the deceptively welcoming “Lotso” Bear. Now, all of the toys must band together in one final, crazy scheme to escape their confines and return home to Andy.
THE GOOD
As light as a concept of Toys coming to life when you are not looking, this franchise has so much heart. The films all deal with some pretty emotional subject matter that affect kids as they grow. The first film hit the emotional attachment to the toys which we feel as we see their real personalities – but Andy creates his own attachement to toys that are not talking and interacting with him, but is not less real. This remains a theme throughout all three movies and I am happy to say explores just as deep, if not MORE emotionally connecting this time out.
The first half of the movie is good, and I was starting to worry that it would just be more of the same. And Toy Story 1&2 are not bad things to be the same as, but when hoping for more same is almost bad. But in the second half. Holy poop does it deliver.
The characters are all wonderful and the core gang of playthings all return. They are as good as they are supposed to be, which is great. But the new characters work awesome too. Ken really steals the show as the new fun character to love to see. Lotsa Huggin is as contradictorially evil but his motivations are noble if a little skewed. You are sympathetic to his cause even though it works against what our Toy heroes want.
One scene I was worried about was if they were going to beat the “Buzz thinks he is real” angle to death. It was revisited in the sequel, and hinted at when he is reset into Spanish. But that turned out to be the funniest part of the movie for me. When he gets his voice back, I was not the only one in the theater laughing out loud.
The animation style was great as expected. And this time instead of opening the film with Andy playing with the toys, jostling them around in his own imaginary play, we see a “real” interaction of the toys in a real setting, which reveals itself to be in imagination. The quality of course has improved over the last two, but if it didn’t I would have called that a fault!
THE BAD
I would have a hard time trying to find fault in this movie. The only things I would say are even a surface concern is that there are some very impacting scenes that deal with the mortality of toys that might be upsetting for younger audiences, but work to build depth for older children (like me). Also that it took almost half the movie before it really knocked my socks off (which made up for the high standard held in the first half) it was good before it was great, and I would have liked great the whole way through.
OVERALL
Honestly I went into this with VERY high standards, and quite expected it not to live up. Thankfully for me it did. Everything about this movie works for the franchise, for the adventure for the overall story being told. The movie does end “open” for more, but if they never made another film this closes it out nicely with a finality I can rest easy with.
This is added to my “Movies that made me cry” list, and snuggles up almost inappropriately behind my favourite movie of the year thus far (How to Train your Dragon)
I give Toy Story 3 a 9 out of 10
No Bo peep was sold in a yard sale between number 2 and 3 but the reason she wasn’t show in the movie was because the director couldn’t imagine Bo peep in the movie like when he was taking the toys out of the box to give to Bonnie and he said something about each toy he couldnt imagine her in the box and anything that Andy could say about her but if there is going to be a number 4 they should meet up some how like Bonnie can buy her in a yard sale or somthing like that because she was my favorite toy and wheezy and etch a sketch wasnt there also
One of the website says that;there will be no Toy Story 4!
I saw it a day after it opened and thought it was awesome. Then my daughter (17 years old) wanted to see it today for the first time and went with her. I thought the movie was better the second time around and it was already awesome the first time. It would be a great end to the Toy Story movie…just like Rocky was great up to the third one.
Saw it at my local drive-in theater on Saturday and really enjoyed it. My kids (all under 7) loved it! I agree with Rodney, the second half of the movie was amazing!
IMO, best Pixar movie. Not by far, but in my mind a clear winner. Dunno what those guys drink there.. but please don’t quit! Keep movies coming!
best movie of the year by far. Haven’t seen how to train ur dragon tho.
How to Train your Dragon wont be your favourite Pixar film…. because it wasn’t created by Pixar.
Its Dreamworks.
Toy Story 4 is going to be a sure thing. 109 million opening? Wow. This franchise can go on for a long time…
I give it a 10. AMAZING, I cried at the end
They mentioned her in the movie, about how she didn’t make it through. maybee Buster ate her.
I loved this movie, i watched it last night with my brother and my fiance.
The movie builds up great, everything is great about it.
I watched it in 2D and i didn’t find anything that would been exciting on 3D EXCEPT, i would really liked to watch the short movie “Day and Night” in the beginning in 3D, it looked like it really was intended to be watched in 3D. Oh well, and some of the characters are missing (that’s what i felt), wheres Woody’s girl? that girl with the sheeps (for now that’s the only main character that i can recall that missed the movie)
ohhh yeah Bo Peep! She was made out of Porcelain maybe she didn’t make it :( RIP Bo Peep
The end will get you misty , even if your Hannibal Lecter
Bitter/Sweet.
Ken Rocks!
Gypsy King Buzz was great!
Woody IS the man!
it was a really good movie, almost as good as the 1st one.. loved it
I saw it last night with friends, and will be going again with my family tomorrow. 10 out of 10 for me. It was the perfect way to end the story.
Seeing it tonight :D
simply can’t wait to see it :D!! I love Pixar, and they as always, deliver.
I just got back from seeing it and it a classic. I give it a 10.
Let me tell you this before the movie my daughter (2) and my son (5) just got their vaccinations and were crying and moaning all the way to the theater. My wife was saying we need to just cancel it but I had paid 50 bucks in tickets and we were going to see this movie. When it started with the bang it did both kids shut up and focused the whole flick.
This movie was great. Simply great, hands down my favorite movie of the year and this movie has to win some awards beyond animation. I don’t care who you are the voice acting has so much weight that whether or not you were attached to your toys as a youth lumps were gonna fill your throats at the end.
Quality stuff I recommend for everyone!
I’m seeing it with some friends tonight. I hope I won’t cry and make a fool of myself.
Loved the first two. Going to see this later today. I’ll let you guys know what I think. Cheers.
Gonna see it in a couple of hours with the family, Did you see it in 3-D?
I’m gonna catch it in 2-D cause those glasses are too big for my 4 yr old. It’s distracting having to keep puttin’ them back on every 5 minutes cause they slip off, hence taking away from the enjoyment of everyone.
Siked to see it. Heard there’s some teary-eyed moments coming.
Shit, I got teary-eyed watching the 1st trailer.
Sorry but Toy Story 3 was one of the worse movies every.
Two couples walk out of the movie with there crying children.
My son (4Years) also cried and was so upset, that I had to take him
out of the cinema and calm him down. He was a big fan of Woody and
Buzz, and now he doesn’t want anything to do with toy story…
A couple of my friend phoned me to worn me not to take my children
to watch Toy Story 3 cause there children (7Y), (10Y), (12Y) is still
upset about some scenes.
Concern Mother
I agree that there are some emotionally charged moments in this film, but that is a credit to the movie, not a drawback.
There is NOTHING emotional about this movie that will scar a child to suddenly hate Toy Story. You make it sound like there was a rape scene, or that one of the toys goes off on a racist tirade.
You are over reacting to the emotional impact of this film. Perhaps your children are simply too sheltered from reality.