She and Woody always had that little chemistry going on between them, and here they’re allowed to flesh that out much more thoroughly (much to the delight of long time fans).
This once more wraps up the series nicely, but still feels a bit redundant considering we already had one of the best wrapups the series could have possibly had.īo Peep’s new focus in Toy Story 4 is refreshing though, as it adds a new dimension to her personality now that she’s grown and moved on after being cast aside by Andy’s sister.
When Bo Peep left in previous films it crushed him, and her reintroduction as a “lost toy” opens up a gaping wound in his heart that really is pushing him towards his own future. He’s grown so attached to having a kid that he’s forgotten about his own happiness.
The 4th movie almost feels unneeded in many ways, as the series was wrapped up so well, but there seems to be a need to continue one with some of the characters, especially Woody. As such it’s kind of conflicting in its continuity.
While the last movie wrapped things up perfectly, this one hearkens back to the days of Toy Story 2, where full on adventures and light hearted excitement reigned.
While we have all the of the main cast back (excluding the late Don Rickles), Buzz, Jessie and the rest of them play back up to the new characters and the re-introduction of a new one. Toy Story 4 is less a big group film like the last several, and more of a personal growth story for Woody himself. Not only that, to get back to Bonnie and the truck, Forky and Woody have to make it past the tragic villain (kind of) Gabby Gabby (Christina Hendricks), an antique doll that desperately wants Woody’s voice box so that she can have a child of her own. When Forky escapes out the window of the RV truck, the good old sheriff has to dive out after him, only to run into an old flame in the form of Bo Peep (Annie Potts). When the family decides to take a celebratory road trip before Kindergarten proper starts up in a week, the toys are all going to learn something new about themselves.īonnie has created a new toy at Kindergarten called “forky” (voiced by Tony Hale) and it has become the most important toy in the world to her. While she’s not been playing with him as much, Woody has flashbacks to Andy’s younger years and his parental nature kicks in. Bonnie is now on her way to Kindergarten, and Woody (Tom Hanks) is kind of nervous about her going off on her own. If you remember where we left on in #3, Buzz and Woody and the rest of the toys were given away to a young Girl named Bonnie (Madeleine McGraw) when Andy went to college, leaving them to fulfill their purposes with yet another child. The perfect ending for Buzz, Woody, and the rest of them”.įast forward almost another decade, and Pixar has once more decided to revisit the world of Buzz and Woody. Luckily the film was another smash hit (although the weakest of the three as the laws of diminishing returns was kicking in), and it wrapped up the entire series with such a fantastic ending that we all thought “this is it, this is the end. Pixar helmed a THIRD Toy Story movie, even amidst the constant criticism that the film was never needed. But back in 2010 the unimaginable happened. Most people would have been happy with two hits under its belt, especially since Pixar was a studio that (at this point) really wasn’t making a ton of sequels, but instead forging ahead with new intellectual properties.
To make a sequel that was better than the original (only a small handful of franchises can boast that feat). 4 years later they followed it up with Toy Story 2, which pulled the hardest feat of all out of it’s hat. The CGI animation was breathtaking for the time, and it became a smash hit overnight. It was the first time in a LONG time that Disney proper had serious competition, and it shook the industry to its core. I’m just under 40 years old and I remember watching Toy Story and Toy Story 2 as a teenager on VHS.yes, VHS! Everything started and really took off for the fledgling Apple sprout off as their own film production studio back in 1995 with Toy Story. When I think of Pixar Studios the very first image that comes to mind is that of the first 2 Toy Story movies.