Toy Story 2 (1999) - The Toys are Back with New Members!

Rating: 8/10 (9 July 2011)

Woody and Buzz Lightyear are back, and the gang's all here for another round-up, and this time, they brought new visitors. While Woody gets captured by a toy salesman, he realizes he's the star of his own TV show, and meets his fellow members of the Woody's Round-Up series, which includes Jessie, Bullseye, and Stinky Pete the Prospector. Although I really enjoyed watching the true heart of these movies, and seeing the return of our friends, learning a new secret to the Woody character, and even enjoying the new characters, I felt that this type of Toy Story movie kind of separated the true meaning of the series, and it kind of felt like something was missing from this Toy Story sequel. I felt that there was a strong heart to this movie about letting go when getting older. But I don't really think they used that much of that particular message to make the movie more heartwarming. I still enjoyed that mishap, though! The characters are still memorable, and they still know how to make us laughs. Even our new characters light up the screen, so it was really nice watching newer and brighter characters join the group. "Toy Story 2" is an enjoying and heartwarming Pixar film, just not that favorable to the original. But there was some funny times, and I enjoyed the film for quite a long time. "Toy Story 2", in my review, "a unique and enjoying sequel, but somewhat empty".