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directed by Lee Unkrich

And we’re back to the “Toy Story” world for the last time. There’s also the 4th film released in 2019, but I already wrote about it last year, so if you’re curious, you can find the post about it on my blog. That is why today we’re saying goodbye to Woody, Buzz and the whole crew that was growing up with some of us. The 3rd part was released in 2010, so 11 years after the last film. I remember it was a big thing for me, because I’d been sure that “Toy Story” is a wonderful childhood memory for me and suddenly, there’s another part and I’m already a bit bigger. But, to be honest, I was also incredibly scared that they would have disappointed me. They didn’t, luckily, but I have to admit that it’s not the same as the first two parts, I’m sorry. Even if the animation techniques were much more developed (the same with the 4th part), I still believe that “Toy Story” could have had just two parts and we would be satisfied. Still, I love this story too much to hate the 3rd and the 4th part, so I watched and enjoyed them, even if my heart stayed in 1995 and 1999. In this film, Andy is already a grown-up, planning to go to university. He packs his toys into a bag and wants to leave them in the attic, but his mother, thinking that Andy is getting rid of the toys, accidentally takes the bag to a day-care centre. To a day-care centre. To children. CHILDREN. And you know what happens with toys if a bunch of little humans are “playing” them? Exactly. So Woody is doing his best to take his crew back to Andy’s house, which won’t be that easy, obviously. This part is not the same as the first two, but… I admit that I cried at the end. The ending is absolutely beautiful and I was both heart-broken and thrilled. Dear Disney and Pixar, stop making such emotional films, because at this age I cannot handle crying so much. So one of the reasons to see “Toy Story 3” is to find out why I was in tears. And I have a small fun fact for you – in the first two films Andy was voiced by John Morris, who was a teenager back then. However, making the third part, the director requested to contact the same actor and ask him to voice Andy again, this time as a grown-up. And it wasn’t easy, because John Morris hadn’t done much in cinema after “Toy Story 2”, so 1999. Still, they found him and he voiced Andy again, after all those years. Adorable, right? So here we finish this short journey with “Toy Story”. I hope you’ve got inspired to rewatch the films (or watch them – which is a must) and get back to your childhood for a moment. And remember: to infinity and beyond!

My rating: 7/10
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