Melancholy flows beneath the moon-kissed tides of this film though the winds of some passing storms churn it to the surface while the thunderclouds' tears fall to meet it. Toy Story 3 is more somber than its predecessors though it still provides a cackling fire of Humour and a snug blanket of Hope as chilly rain lashes upon one's drafty beach side home. Yet the cloudless morning which arrives upon the current of this film's finale is all the more beautiful because of what preceded it.
Perhaps you may wonder if the film truly is as tragic as my assessment deems yet if Time has carried you past the border of childhood (and especially if you've been brought into the domain of adulthood) then you know that it is intrinsically so. Though the theme of [some] loved ones leaving one another as Life guides individuals upon different journeys isn't as sophisticated as the previous films' themes, it is more expertly executed than them by remaining steady even amidst jocularity; Likewise, the firecracker cadence of Toy Story's clever dialogue wasn't attained though Wit gloriously returned from her retirement during Toy Story 2 to inform the hilarity for this sequel. ★★★ Stray thoughts: 1) The songs for the series are beautiful (while "You've Got a Friend in Me" is timeless) though this film is where the instrumentals transcend from sufficent to soul aching opuses. 2) That incinerator scene where the main friends hold hands as they accept their [seemingly] imminent death is masterful. So too is the home video montage which homages the opening of the first film until the screen cuts to black as the joyous music vanishes. 3) This film has an effective horror streak. My favorite manifestation of this is when Big Baby just stares up into the moon as Woody and his friends sneak by. 4) It's heartbreaking when Andy hesitates to donate Woody to Bonnie. Him then playing with her, Woody, and the gang with a flair of slow motion is a magnificent mirror to how he played with his toys at a young age, as well as serving to be the perfect illustration of growing up.
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