The short of it: 7 out of 8 Nations
The long of it: Pixar can do no wrong, simple as that. Toy Story 3 continues the glorious tradition of amazing Pixar movies; when your “worst” movie is A Bug’s Life, that pretty much tells you all you need to know.
Toy Story3 featured the return of old favorites like Woody and Buzz, while introducing some new memorable characters (Ken was a scene stealer, that’s for sure). This was a “darker” Toy Story compared to the previous two, as it dealt with goodbyes and letting go, precipitated by Andy (the toys’ kid) moving out to go to college.
The final scenes of the movie was one of the saddest and most poignant (and at the same time, happiest) ever in any film, animated or otherwise. SPOILER ALERT! When Andy starts introducing each one of his toys to Bonnie, giving his own personal back story for each toy, it was so touching and so sentimental. But it was happy at the same time as the toys get a new kid, one who deserves them as much as the toys deserve her. The most poignant moment for me was when Andy discovered Woody was in the box to be given to Bonnie as well, and you can see he did not want to let him go but he did so in the end. Both Andy and Woody came to the realization that it was time to let go of each other and move on. It’s never easy to accept that goodbyes are as much a part of life as hellos – where you leave your mark however is in how you deal with those goodbyes. And both Andy and Woody handled it perfectly. Then Andy played with his toys one last time with Bonnie before finally going away.
Toy Story 3 was a fine movie, one which is up there in the Pixar pantheon. The Incredibles, Wall-E and Finding Nemo are still my favorites, but damn the ending from this one is the most memorable of them all. It tugged at my heartstrings all the way to infinity and beyond.
