A really good animated movie, but not as good as the others

Rating: 7/10 (29 June 2011)

I have been a toy story fan ever since the original, and I especially liked the second one. Those two movies were adventure movies, which were both about journeys. This movie is not about a journey, but more of a prison movie. The basic synopsis is that the toys are stuck in an evil day care center, and they are trying to get out.
The movie is good and it has a lot of heart in it, but it seems a bit generic as far as plot goes. The problem with Pixar is that their villains are pretty much all the same. The villain is some guy who looks nice, but is really evil... that happened with Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Up, Monsters inc., The Incredibles, and Wall-E. Pixar makes good villains but with Toy Story 3 it seemed just like a copy of the other villains they have made. Some good character, that had some troubled past and automatically hates everyone. Pretty standard.
The characters are all likable in this movie, while a large percent of the cast is gone from over the years. Toy Story 3 has this constant escape theme where someone thinks they saw something, turn around, and then it isn't there anymore. This happens in all of the Toy Story movies but it happens maybe four times in this movie. I guess what makes this movie real good is the nostalgic sort of feeling. It has been a while since any Toy Story movie so automatically everyone is going to love it and say it is good. I'm not saying it isn't a good movie, but I feel like the plot could use some work.
The ending action sequence is pretty dramatic, though just saying that the burning room is around 3,000 degrees or hotter so they would've been on fire already. I guess I felt like Pixar was trying too hard to impress us with the ending. The whole furnace scene dragged out pretty long, and felt like the movie was being overly dramatic. You know when a movie tries too hard to make something sad, well this movie does that. The very end scene where Andy gives away his toys feels almost a little too forced. I know the scene is sad, but it felt like they were slapping you in the face and saying "This is a sad scene, so it must be sad".
While this is most likely the last movie in the franchise, I must say it has ended well. The humor is pretty good, though slightly predictable as far as jokes go. While this movie isn't a journey, or an adventure, it still has heart. The animation is also very good as far as lighting goes, and everything is pretty detailed. This is not my favorite Pixar movie, but it is still a good one. Peace.