The last feature review I did was for Frozen 2 and as I mentioned in that, I was pleasantly surprised. Keeping up the trend of Disney+ and Self-Isolation, I decided it was time to watch Toy Story 4.
Now, before we go any further, I should point out that I love Toy Story. I grew up watching the movies and it will always hold a soft spot in my heart. When Toy Story 3 came out I was apprehensive but OK with how it ended. In fact, I wish it had ended there.
All Toy Story 4 was is an excuse for Disney to try and make more money. If this was a smaller studio, fine. But Disney is a huge company, they don’t need more money. Or if they do, make something new.
The movie followed the same format as the third: evil villain in the form of an old toy, trying to get them back together. The original characters of the first few movies barely make an impact and it doesn’t hold up.
I do have another complaint and it’s actually a weird one. The animation is too good. I know, weird, right? See, this is a movie about toys. When it first started I thought it might have been live action. That’s how good the animation is. But it almost destroys the movie with how realistic the movie looks. It’s almost creepy. The original few movies we knew it was animated. We knew because the animation looked like animation. Now it looks like some weird Frankenstein mutation between classic Disney animation and CGI like in the new Lion King.
I knew when it came out that Toy Story 4 wouldn’t hold up to the hype. Sure, I wanted it to. But also, Toy Story 3 ended it so nicely. Andy went away to college, and those who grew up with Toy Story were around college age. It would have been a perfect ending. Instead, Disney decided to be greedy.
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