Toy Story 3

Rating: 9/10 (26 July 2010)

The first two are rated five stars by the critics, and I was worried this third film rated four stars wasn't going to be quite as good as the predecessors, but I was pleasantly. Basically Andy (John Morris) has grown up and preparing to leave for college, and he has to decide what is going to happen with the remainder of his most loved toys. Woody (Tom Hanks) is surprised to be put in Andy's college box, while Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and the rest of the gang are put in a black bag meant to go in the attic. But Woody watches as Andy is interrupted and the bag is mistaken for trash, so when the toys do manage to escape the garbage disposal van, they get themselves in the box heading for Sunnyside Daycare. Woody is forced to go along with them, and he tried to convince them that Andy meant them to go in the attic, and that Daycare isn't going to be the same as having a real owner. When they arrive at Daycare they are welcomed by all the resident toys, led by cuddly teddy bear Lotso (Deliverance's Ned Beatty), and his second in command Ken (Michael Keaton), who is smitten with Barbie (The Little Mermaid's Jodi Benson). Woody is fed up of trying to get them to believe him, and he manages to escape, but with his mode of escape he winds up flung into a tree and in the hands of child Bonnie (Emily Hahn). Meanwhile, Buzz has been turned into his former self believing he really is a space ranger, and all the other toys have been trapped by Lotso who knows the chaos the much younger children can cause playing with them. Mrs. Potato Head (Estelle Harris) also comes to realise that Woody was telling the truth about Andy meaning to put them in the attic, because of her missing eye catching it, and Woody meanwhile is hatching a plan to bust out the gang out of Sunnyside. After a number of Great Escape style moments, and Buzz turning Spanish (Javier Fernandez Pena), all the toys make it out of the compound, but not without Lotso catching up to them, and forcing them to go heading for the dump. Lotso betrays the toys to make his own escape, and the toys look like they will face their end heading into the incinerator fire, but thankfully the Aliens (Jeff Pidgeon) grab them with their beloved Claw. The toys manage to make it home, where Andy is luckily not quite finished packing, Buzz and the others expect Woody to go to college with Andy, but he makes a choice to write a note for Andy to find. This note is the address of the little girl he had a wonderful playtime with, Bonnie, and Andy hands over his beloved toys one by one to her, he even sacrifices Woody who was with him since he could remember. Before he leaves, Andy has a final play with his toys and Bonnie, and drives away knowing his toys will be in good hands, and he says a thank you, and the toys are happy to have an owner again. Also starring Joan Cusack as Jessie, Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head, John Ratzenberger as Hamm, Wallace Shawn as Rex, Blake Clark as Slinky Dog, Bonnie Hunt as Dolly, Whoopi Goldberg as Stretch, Timothy Dalton as Mr. Pricklepants, Laurie Metcalf as Andy's Mom, R. Lee Ermey as Sarge, Teddy Newton as Chatter Telephone, Bud Luckey as Chuckles, Beatrice Miller as Molly, Charlie Bright as Young Andy and Tom and Jerry: The Movie's Richard Kind as Bookworm. The characters are all still lovable, and all your emotions are pulled, I honestly thought it was going to be the end when they were heading into the incinerator, and the emotion returned when Andy said his goodbyes. The film also brings you the same range of good emotions, including great new characters voiced by great talent, and great comic moments, including Ken doing his posing for Barbie, Buzz turning Spanish, and Mr. Potato Head becoming a flat bread wrap and much more, and the creepy moments are with the Big Baby. If this is going to be the last time we see Woody, Buzz and the gang, then I think it has been left on a good note, it is a great fun animated comedy adventure. It won the Oscars for Best Song for Randy Newman's "We Belong Together" and Best Animated Feature Film of the Year, and it was nominated for Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Sound Editing and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published, it won the BAFTA for Best Animated Feature Film, and it was nominated for Best Special Visual Effects and Best Adapted Screenplay, and it won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Film. Very good!