Why the hell am I even writing this????

Rating: 10/10 (6 August 2010)

Hundreds have already written about this title and hundreds more will continue to write. So why do I feel compelled to write about it?? Simple really.........Its beautiful.
No real point going into the plot as you can read so many reviews giving you a broad picture of what the movie is about. I'm just going to tell you what the movie, and its 2 predecessors, mean to me.
I tend to watch sequels with the following frame of mind. Its like a big old comfy chair.....if you can get that same homely, satisfying, attention grabbing feeling from the new release as you got from the movies before it, then its doing its job. Sequels need to be able to take you straight back to the memories and feelings that made the films before them so special. This is NEVER an easy task, and many have failed so miserably trying to get there. Pixar, on the other hand, have somehow managed to put together probably THE GREATEST CINEMATIC TRILOGY OF ALL TIME. This is in no way an exaggeration. As Andy has has grown up and is now ready for college, so have the toys, so have Pixar and so have I. Pixar have moved in a different direction for the story's outlook and main themes with this movie and, in my eyes, there are two scenes which encompass everything that this movie is about, and which also had the tears rolling down my cheeks.
1) The scene where the toys are looking death in the face as they move closer to the huge incinerator at the rubbish dump. The toys all begin to stop fighting the inevitable and join hands, all looking to each other for comfort....whatever happens they will always be together.
2) The final play scene with Andy, Bonnie and the toys. An incredibly moving and touching piece of cinema, that even while I write, has me welling up.
It seems that a movie company that can deliver hit after hit after hit after hit would logically, at some point, hit the wall.....but Pixar don't, and it is a truly remarkable credit to all involved, that they can continue to break the mold. Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever after were both lessons which have been taught so many times.....how to ruin a franchise and a movie series. Pixar have the animators, the writers, the voice talent and the marketing to know when to stop and when to draw a line in the sand and say, "That's wrapped that story up now, lets move on".
Toy Story was the first of its kind, Toy Story 2 proved that the first was in no way a fluke and Toy Story 3 well and truly cements this movie series up there for all time. Every piece of the jigsaw slots together perfectly and leaves us with a collection of movies, stories and characters that will continue to bring joy, happiness, shocks, laughs and tears to any generation who wishes to enter their wonderful world.
I urge anyone who has not seen this movie yet to get out there and experience it. See it in 2D or 3D, or both!! The 3D is beautiful because, very simply, it is used how it should be used, to add richness, depth and fullness, whilst not getting intertwined with the main focus of the movie's point.
To, probably THE GREATEST CINEMATIC TRILOGY OF ALL TIME, to all at Pixar and to Walt Disney for realising the pure Gold which they have in Pixar, I salute you.