Hysterically Funny.

Rating: 8/10 (22 November 2010)

i'm probably the only Disney fan on the planet who thinks the Disney computer animated films are somewhat over-rated. don't get me totally wrong, i think they're still great films and definitely the leader in current CGI animation and the top in the craft. i just always have happened to like hand drawn cartoons better than CGI. hand drawing always feels funnier and more spontaneous than CGI
my favorites of the CGI Disney/Pixar films are 'Finding Nemo' and 'Cars', but i've always liked the 'Toy Story' films despite all the hype and marketing tie-ins that always drive clever and original ideas into the ground and make them seem less original and makes them seem so common.
the 'Toy Story' trilogy of films has survived so much mindless marketing and over-exposure that i probably should have expected the third sequel to come through. but i didn't. i kind of thought it would be dull and predictable and all the spark of originality bull dozered out by commercialism. not at all. in fact it was one of the most consistently funny of all the 'Toy' movies. maybe not the curtest or the best, but i thought it was the funniest. and the plot with the Sunnyside Daycare was really subtle and hilarious in a cute-sinister way. the idea of toys selling out other toys in order to gain advantage seemed all too real and indicative of the sad state of human affairs.
even though this film was very family oriented mostly, i thought it a little strange that a lot of this was kind of dark and scary. this is probably the most suspenseful and disturbing of all the 'Toy' movies. it wasn't just the chilling concept of the toys selling out other toys, but a lot of the situations the toys faced were dangerous and frightening. i mean the whole scene with the garbage dump furnace made the horror scenes in Sid's bedroom seem gentle.
so far at number "3", the 'Toy Story' animated films still earn their charming legacy and place in Disney fan's hearts. all you have to do is read the overwhelming amount of positive reviews this film has received from reviewers online. the 'Toy Story' movies are amongst the very few commercial products Hollywood turns out that are truly worthy of the love and praise they receive. something Disney has always managed to do from the beginning, manufacture good movies that have cleverness and heart in a mostly cold, commercial Hollywood market.