When Pixar loved us

Rating: 7/10 (21 May 2016)

I'm going to agree with CinemaSins that while this film blows a lot of modern animated films away, it's still the worst of the Toy Story trilogy. Toy Story 2 has more engagement-starved moments than Toy Story and the sole major improvement was to the animation, which is still as timeless as ever. I did love When She Loved Me, and I was about as morose as Jessie was when I heard that it lost the Best Original Song to You'll Be In My Heart from Tarzan. It gives Toy Story 2 an emotional edge over its predecessor, though I could not possibly care less about the assortment of inside jokes Pixar split across each frame, including Flik and Heimlich in the blooper reel and Geri as The Cleaner who repairs Woody. Some other references abound, too, but overall this is a film that is worth your time, a rarity for anything Disney (or Disney-related) slaps "Sequel" on to. After one low point with A Bug's Life, Pixar is now invigorated and can put Disney's traditionally animated films in their place.