Finally saw
Toy Story 3!
This movie is brilliant. Definitely one of Pixar's best.
But...There's something that's been bothering me since the second movie, and it definitely affected my enjoyment at least a little. A big part of the film is Woody dealing with the fact that he's finally, definitely losing his owner. While incredibly poignant in the context of the film, It loses impact to me because, logically, I can assume that it's not the first time it's happened to Woody.
I mean, think about it. In the second movie, it's shown that Woody is an antique. Given that his show was in black and white, if we assume the movies take place in the year they were made that would make Woody
at least fifty years old by now. And it's very unlikely that Andy's parents gave him an unopened and extremely rare antique doll. Woody
must have been somebody else's toy before he was Andy's, and I've been dying to know that story since I saw the second movie. Maybe there'll be a Toy Story Zero some day.
Also, major props for making
a kind of a legacy joke with [spoiler]Mr. Tortilla Head[/spoiler] (who was
hilarious); plus additional props for finding yet another way to bring [spoiler]delusional Space Ranger Buzz[/spoiler] into the mix without it feeling forced.
Oh, and I'm glad [spoiler]Bo Peep wasn't in it. For one thing, she does literally nothing across the span of two movies. Her only role in either film was to be the token female and love interest to Woody. Mrs. Potato Head and Jesse are much better additions to the female cast. Plus she never really fit in with the rest of the cast. For one thing, she doesn't belong to Andy. She belongs to Molly. For another, she's not a toy. She's part of a lamp. Not to sound like a huge bitch, but I felt like her leaving was the only thing she ever really contributed[/spoiler].