![]() A flashlight then awakes Woody who looks up to see a giant claw. Woody then takes Slinky's paw and then all of them stare in horror at the incinerator. Woody reaches for Buzz's hand and takes it. Woody is then seen climbing and then turns to see Buzz who offers his hand. Potato Head, who is grazing hands with Mrs. Slinky takes Hamm's paw whom then takes Rex's hand. Jessie then sees Bullseye panicking and grabs his hoove to stop him panicking. (Buzz looks at Jessie and then takes her hand and both look at each other. (The incinerator is still burning flames) (Rex yells as he and the other toys slip) ![]() (Woody gasps and starts to climb as do the others) (The toys land heavily and then stare in horror at the incinerator) ![]() (The toys get pushed into the incinerator) Lotso: (pulling an evil look) Where's your kid now, Sheriff?! (He runs off in the opposite direction) (Lotso gets to the top and is about to press the button, but then looks at the toys in anger) (As Lotso climbs, the toys are getting so close to falling into the incinerator) (Woody and Buzz run over and push Lotso's feet) (The scene scrolls forward until it stops at the incinerator and then cuts back to the toys) (The other toys giggle as a birds eye view shows them on the treadmill and then the scene cuts back to them) (Lotso, Buzz and Woody drop down to join the other toys) The most impressive thing about “Toy Story 3” – and this is a movie with many impressive things – is how familiar it feels.Woody: We're all in this together. The film arrives eleven years after “Toy Story 2,” and in that time, Pixar has, for lack of a better term, grown up. The animation studio’s first three features were impressive indeed, yet their next seven showed the company maturing beyond even its most loyal fans’ expectations. They started the decade with “Monsters, Inc.” and ended it with “Up.” Both are modern classics in every way, but the latter is far more rich in its artistic ambitions. It’s like watching the Beatles go from “Eight Days a Week” to “A Day in the Life.”Īnd yet “Toy Story 3” doesn’t come across as out of place with the previous adventures of Woody and Buzz. There’s no awkward disconnect that comes with, say, seeing John McClane saddle up after a lengthy absence, no mismatched tone that leaves the newcomer as a franchise odd man out. Yes, this sequel is made with the wisdom and storytelling bravery that fueled “WALL-E” and “Up,” and yes, this sequel reveals a completely different and completely better Pixar than we saw in the late 1990s. But this is a film made by people so in tune with the characters and their world that it doesn’t skip a single beat it feels like it could just as well have been released just a few months after “Toy Story 2.” Walking into “Toy Story 3” feels like an overdue reunion with an old friend. It’s comfortable, it’s warm, it’s wonderful. Pixar’s team here – director Lee Unkrich and screenwriter Michael Arndt, with story credit to Unkrich, John Lasseter, and Andrew Stanton – embrace the eleven-year gap, not only to provide them with a plot, but to turn the very notion of growing up into its theme. The story finds Andy (voiced by John Morris, who, in a nice touch, also voiced Andy in the previous “Toy Story” films, one of several young actors reprising their childhood roles) heading off to college, fueling a screenplay filled with characters who must learn to let go of the past. Warning: spoilers throughout rest of review. One of the earliest online reactions from viewers was a collective admission of guilt over “abandoning” their childhood toys. But that ultimately goes against the point: Andy struggles with the idea of leaving his toys behind and only finds real peace once he gives them away – all of them, including his beloved Woody. The film makes a point out of Andy’s reluctance sometimes it’s obvious (he flinches, almost like a child yelling “mine!”, when young Bonnie first reaches for the cowboy), sometimes it’s less so (he defensively calls his toys “junk” yet remains bothered at the thought of his sister even touching them). The script is specific in making the final decision Andy’s alone. Not shove them in the attic, not take them to college, not have them accidentally hauled off to day care and nearly destroyed at the landfill. ![]() Woody (Tom Hanks) calls his fellow toys “selfish” when they decide to stay at Sunnyside Day Care instead of journey back home where they can wait in the attic, patiently, for Andy to someday decide he needs them again. ![]() But Andy keeping them would also be selfish, especially when there are sweet, imaginative children eager to offer them a new place to play. Andy’s mom (Laurie Metcalf) can’t believe her son’s shipping off to college. Buzz (Tim Allen) and the gang struggle to remain relevant, fearing a life in the attic. ![]()
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