Not near as good as the first

Rating: 9/10 (21 November 2004)

When this movie came out the hype generated a lot of positive feeling around this movie, which I think attributes to it generally being rated better than its predecessor. Even here on IMDb's top animation list, Toy Story 2 is far ahead of the first and it has no hopes of catching up.
What killed this movie for me was the introduction of strange new characters. I never warmed up to Jessie and Bullseye, and I don't consider The Prospector a very worthy protagonist. The set of new characters don't further the greatness of the first Toy Story, and I felt I had nothing in common with them.
I was enjoying Toy Story 2 only when the original crew was on screen, rather than Woody's new friends and enemies.
The musical scene was probably the point I realized that Toy Story 2 was not going to live up to the first. Really, If you watch the first again, you'll realize that what the first film was centered around (Buzz and Woody's conflict), was so much more engaging and true then a bunch of psychopathic toys that have been locked up in a box for decades.
I'm sure I'm not alone, and it's too late to switch the ratings between these two movies, but I feel they should be. It's not that Toy Story 2 is a bad movie, it's simply not as good as the first.