There's going to be Oscar Buzz (and Woody) for this threequel

Rating: 10/10 (25 July 2010)

The Godfather Part 3 couldn't pull it off, Spider-man 3 couldn't pull it off and don't even get me started on the third Matrix film. But here finally after 11 years since the Toy Story 2 was released is a second sequel that gives the original Star Wars trilogy a run for it's huge age range of fans, huge quantity of fans and most importantly lives up to it's even huger expectations at every turn.
Like about every fan of Pixar who was an eager novice of the film makers when they first released Toy Story in 1995, I have watched every successful run of some equally enjoyable and more expansively collective films ranging from The Incredibles to Up which have clearly gathered even more of a fan base for those who missed the early wonders of when Pixar first began.
In particular, Pixar who are renown for their rare gift of rich story telling, have more recently created those tales that come from the heart and captured audiences emotionally without making the charm or humour distasteful because script writers were concentrating too hard elsewhere. Even the weaker of the films (Cars in particular) shared this constant factor when struggling to be sympathetically strenuous. Up was especially effective at this and its no surprise the third outing of Toy Story was going to be sharing this same compassion.
In keeping with the yearly reoccurrences of a newly made animated tale, Pixar have kept the years that have passed of us watching and fawning over their films the same as the time that has passed within when we last watched the gang.
This has obviously resulted in some major character growth, from Andy now a fully grown teenager starting college to Buster, the family dog who the years have taken their sorry toll on, albeit still with witty effect at making his hopelessness and newly shabby appearance amusing.
Sadly this means Andy no longer carries the affection for his toys (as an audience this is hard to relate to, if you love them as much as I do) meaning his move to college will result with their move to Sunnyside Daycare – which despite the optimistic name doesn't hold dear to Woody's heart rather than his more preferred option (to the others toys dismay) of staying in the houses' attic and waiting for Andy's kids to discover them years later.
The ending of the film, which was as nostalgia filled as expected does a tremendous job of concluding the morals and love of the story between the characters and audiences it has shared it with. If you found Up sad well wait till you watch this, because hiding your crying eyes behind a box of popcorn is harder than you might think – and a skill you will need to know before watching.
Pixar, who have pulled off something considered more of an impossibility the what was attempted in Inception, have successfully have blended new characters (Ken was a comedian with little effort) and a plot that didn't dither on uncertainty of where to find its feet on new territory for the third time.