Toy Story 3 is littered with plot conveniences.We essentially just go to four different locations in this entire film: Andy’s house, Bonnie’s house, a daycare, and a dump. You’d think with better animation the filmmakers would use this newly endeavored freedom to their advantage to create some fresh, new locations. Toy Story 3’s sense of location sucks.But wait, isn’t Toy Story 1’s third act about Buzz and Woody creating a plan to sneak out of Sid’s room (AKA, the prison) with a group of toys as well? Yeah, I guess everybody sort of forgot about that. Yep.ģ) A basketfull of people often highlight the prison break element in Toy Story 3 as something that makes it stand on its own compared to the first two. Throw in an *insert ever plot point about Lotso.* Throw in a finale where the toys are trying to get one another off of an automated track. Throw in another reset Buzz Lightyear who thinks he’s a space ranger. Am I just crazy or is the praise surrounding Lotso’s character completely undeserved?Ģ) Throw in a starting conflict where one or more main characters go into a box/bag where they aren’t supposed to be in to ultimately be taken somewhere that isn’t Andy’s house. Lotso at the end of the movie gets picked up by an uncaring owner similar to how Pete’s fate commenced. Lotso tricks the toys into thinking that he is sending them off to a caring place just like Pete did to Woody. Lotso was replaced and abandoned by his old owner just like Jessie. Lotso is a villain who feels like he can never be loved by an owner just like Pete. Here are some other moments that also make 3 seem all too familiar:ġ) Lotso is a combination of Pete and Jessie’s character. Toy Story 3 retreads the exact same themes as its predecessor does and if you don’t believe me, here are the key foundations that both 2 and 3 explore: Andy will grow up to no longer play with his toys and toys can’t last forever. Toy Story 3 is a light remake of Toy Story 2.Oh yeah! And that My Neighbor Totoro cameo is nifty.The ending is, dare I say, P-E-R-F-E-C-T. This is BY FAR the best part about Toy Story 3. The ending and I don’t mean all that trash and fire, incinerator crap, I mean the last scene with Andy and Bonnie is phenomenal.The animation/rendering for human characters finally doesn’t look disturbing.Some of the new characters are cute, I suppose. Hopefully, Toy Story 4 fleshes them out a little more.I felt like I was in 6 th grade history class all over again. Toy Story 3’s parallel to societal classes and social stigmas is a neat addition to the franchise as well. It isn’t explored thoroughly but it’s most certainly present throughout the entire movie.
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