Toy Story 3
It’s a good thing Toy Story 3 was utterly fantastic because seeing it was a pain in the ass. The geniuses at AMC scheduled Twilight, The Last Airbender, and Toy Story 3 to start within a few minutes of each other on the same side of the theater. Twilight and The Last Airbender were both sold out so there were a lot of people waiting. This wouldn’t have been awful on its own except for the fact that the theater decided that all three movies should be sat at the same time. This caused a massive line for all three movies to form going outside and down the side of the building. Yes, one line for three movies and no one seemed to know what was going on. When they finally let everyone in, it was a mess. My fiancée and I were directed into the wrong theater and had no idea until The Last Airbender started to play. We freaked out at this point and were ready to raise some serious hell with management for how awful everything was handled, but first decided to check to see if Toy Story had actually started yet and what the seating situation was like. On a side note, my fiancée has a lazy eye so 3D movies don’t always work for her, but seem to be a little better if we get a decent seat in the middle of the theater so if we couldn’t find one, I didn’t want to stay and have her suffer through a blurry movie. We generally make sure to get there early enough to ensure we get a good enough seat, but apparently a half hour wasn’t early enough. Anyway, we walked into the theater and the animated short before the movie was playing and the theater was only half full so we were able to get a seat. So luckily, we were alright, but I think we’ll stick with our normal Saturday/Sunday morning trips to the theater.
All of that was a hassle and had us both in very bad moods before the movie even started. However, that didn’t last long, Toy Story 3 fixed everything.
Pixar keeps up the long line of awesomeness this time around and provides the hard-to-deliver solid third movie. Toy Story 3 revolves around a good story that puts our favorite toys in the difficult position of dealing with not being played with anymore now that Andy has grown up and is off to college. While Woody stays true to who he has always been and keeps his loyalty to Andy, the rest of the gang isn’t as optimistic. But, as always, Woody finds a way to keep the group together.
Toy Story 3 lands the title of being the saddest Pixar movie to date. Towards the end, things get really bleak for the gang and I even caught my fiancée practically bawling next to me (to be fair, I was seconds away from shedding a few tears myself). Yet, the sadness doesn’t stop there, Pixar delivers what may possibly be the saddest happy ending I’ve ever seen.
The original Toy Story came out when I was twelve, so I was nearing the end of the traditional toy phase, but I would still consider it to be a staple of my childhood. Looking back, Toy Story is the kind of movie that holds some sentimental value and to get such a solid ending to the story is really awesome. I highly recommend seeing this as soon as possible.
Rating: A+
