Go Pixar...

Rating: 10/10 (18 February 2011)

The only question which has been lurking in my head after watching this movie is 'How do they do it ?'. The entertainment world is already running out of ideas,fairy tales and bases for scripts,so much that most of the movies made today both live action and animated films derive the base for a good plot from books,true incidents and fairy tales or resurrection of the old plots, comedies and remakes. World of cinema seems to be running out of entertainment resources. I mean we all predicted the exhaustion of natural resources, but resources for entertainment.......that's something new and unprecedented. But looks like Pixar has already got a stock pile of imaginative writers,talented directors and creative animators making up the perfect elements for a recipe of exhilarating entertainment. The movie starts of with an intriguing plot about the future of the toys which rests in the hands of their most loved owner Andy, who has grown older and is going to college. Since the toys are forced to live with the curse of immortality, their fate either includes them to be locked away in the attic for an indefinite period of time or to be passed on to other kids to be played with, who wouldn't be as nice, loving and careful as Andy was with them. But there is a twist of fate in the plot which surprises the toys and also giving them a hope to be played again,which under revelation later turns out to be undesirable and they end up in captivity also regretting their decision since they ignore Woody's foreboding of the idea. It is then all up to Woody who attempts to regroup and team up with his buddies to get all of them safely back home. Even though the movie does actually repeat some elements of the escapist type of plot similar to the preceding installments, but it never strays away from the humor which has been carefully maintained in every installment of the franchise and which is incredible in this,especially for the grand finale. The story becomes quite unpredictable with intense dramatic depth and a very heart warming ending moving even grown up audiences to tears. The comedy in this movie is pretty good but not as intense or as hilarious as compared to its preceding parts since because this is the closing chapter of the saga and the plot requires to have some sentimental content, as we all know it is never easy to say good bye to the most beloved franchise with its most beloved characters which solely conceived the animation era today. Speaking on the other aspects of the movie like character development and voice acting were in incredible. Lee Unkrich did a great job in directing, excellent character animation, Randy Newman,a veteran composer who having also composed the score for the previous two Toy Story films returns to deliver a great score from the finest of his talents for the grand finale/curtain call. Last but not the least,John Lassester kept up the brilliant production work and also teams up with Andrew Stanton, both taking huge credits in writing one of the best plots of 2010. The movie still keeps up to its theme, excitement, exceeding expectations and definitely qualifying itself as an Oscar material not only for the best animated feature category but also for the best picture category!.
A great family film. Highly recommended.