Toy Story 3 Movie Review

After 11 years of anticipation Disney/Pixar studios finally releases the trequel to the much beloved animated film classics Toy Story and Toy Story2!Now i found the sequel to be much more intriuiging ,emotional


, and funnier.But don't get me wrong the first Toy Story was a spectacular piece of art.In this film we are reunited with now 17 year-old Andy who has'nt played with his toys for ages.The remaining toys include Cowboy Woody(the ever so charasmatic Tom Hanks),Space Ranger Buzz Light-Year(the ever so hesterical Tim Allen),Ham the piggy bank(John Ratzenberger),Mr and Mrs Potato Head(Don Rickles and Estelle Harris),the adventourous Cowgirl Jesse(Joan Cusack)and her horse Bulls-Eye,The startled dinosaur Rex(Wallace Shawn),and the loyal Slinky Dog(Blake Clark replacing the late Jim Varney in an unreconizable swap).But sadly over the years loveable toys like Wheezy,Bo Peep,Etch a sketch,and RC have been sold at yard sales.





Now the basic plot of this brilliant film is that Andy(John Morris) is going off to college in 3 days and his mom wants him to choose what he wants to bring to college so he looks at his toys and decides to take Woody with him to college.As for the other toys they are put in a garbage bag!Smart move Andy!Which was supposed to go in the attic but after a mishap the bag ends up on a curve to get thrown out.But just in the nick of time the toys escape from the bag and go to the garage.Woody follows them to the garage and tries to explain that Andy was putting them in the attic,but they don't beleive him.Then they sneak in a box which is supposed to go to the SunnySide Community Center.When the box is dropped off at the day care center the toys are greeted by the Strawberry scented teddy Lots O' Huggin' Bear played by the marvelous Ned Beatty , and the Ken doll played by the hillarious scene stealing Micheal Keaton.When the toys are tricked into going into the very little kids room where they get thrown,spat on,sat upon ect. they decide to break out(which is impossible).





Now i had myself thinking that this film's theme song should have been "Jailbreak"by Thin Lizzy but i guess that song probably woud'nt have been for the target audience.Now right from the start the Pixar animation was breathtaking from start to finish!The direction by the former co-director of the previous 2 films Lee Unkrich was marvelous.But one thing to top that is the spectacular script by Academy Award Winning screenwriter Micheal Ardnt(Little Miss Sunshine-aka one of my favorite films).Ardnt adds the PERFECT amount of comedy and drama to the already perfect script which should earn Ardnt another Academy Award.The score by Randy Newman did'nt take over the film like it does in pretty much every Pixar film.If you thought the trailer made the film look predictable well your very wrong.This movie slaps you in the face with unpredictability!It did for me! I also loved that this film dealt with abandonment,decipt,and getting your first toy.





Like I said Keaton absoluteley stole the show.Every scene he's in is a laugh out loud scene.Especially when he brings Barbie into his humongious closet and walks in his outfits like he was a contestant on America's Top Model to Chic's "Le Freak".That scene almost made me pee my pants.Bravo Micheal Keaton!Lots O' played by Ned Beatty was the best villian of the franchise.You will feel like you did when Cristoph Waltz's character the jew hunter in Inglourious Basterds got what he got coming.Don Rickles as always had fantastic one liners.When Buzz turns spanish that was the funniest Buzz moment.

If i had one problem in this film was that there were really famous stars like Whoopi Goldberg,Jeff Garlin,Bonnie Hunt, Richard Kind,and Timothy Dalton who were just painfully underused.But that doesnt stop this film from being genius!


The brilliant ending made me balling with tears for realising that this is going to be the last Toy Story movie ever.

When i was anxiously walking into the theater for this film i thought this would be the movie of our generation... and boy was i right.

10/10 for Toy Story 3