Toy Story 3 (2010)
Director - Lee Unkrich
Starring - voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen
3.5 stars
Woody and the gang are back with another new, exciting adventure to undertake and the loyal fans simply can’t get enough. In this final instalment of the Toy Story trilogy, the toy’s owner Andy is now seventeen and moving out of home to go to college. The toys haven’t been played with for years and they begin to realise that there worth is slowly becoming redundant. As fate would have it, they find themselves in a day care centre and the thought of being played with all day long is initially wonderful but they soon realise that this gig isn’t all it was cracked up to be and they need to find a way out, quick smart.
Toy Story 3, just like 1 and 2, is a very enjoyable family experience. A ‘family’ movie is becoming such a cliché term nowadays but I just want to stress that it does have some substance in this situation. There is everything in this film to satisfy people of all ages. The animation combined with the fact that toys are actually leading a life of their own is sure to satisfy the youngsters, generation Y has been lucky enough to grow up with the Toy Story phenomenon and as a result have an investment in the characters and yearn to see the whole journey wrapped up neatly. The adults and parents can still relate to a lot of the humour involved. I found myself genuinely laughing out loud on numerous occasions. In fact, there were times when everybody in the cinema, no matter what age, joined in for a team lol to truly emphasise the family experience. This was quite a refreshing moment.
The story as a whole works. The characters are as fun and exhilarating as ever and the emotional content thrown in plays a very powerful role. It’s become evident to me that Jesse Nugent wasn’t the only person I know to have shed a few tears upon the ending and although I am not one of them, I’d have to have a heart of glass to not have been touched in one way or another.
The 3D element doesn’t add a whole heap to the cinema experience. If you get caught up enough in the story you will eventually forget you are even wearing the glasses. I do love the way everything is wrapped up by the end of it because these toys do deserve a just result and botching the conclusion in anyway could have severely hampered the entire franchise.
It’s one of those movies that anybody can enjoy and you won’ t walk out of the cinema feeling cheated. As I said, the characters are brilliant and I have enjoyed the journey that they have been on over the past fifteen years! (That’s right, Toy Story first came out in 1995). I have no doubt all of them will remain in the hearts of many people for a long time… to infinity, and beyond!
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