You've got a friend in Toy Story 3

Rating: 10/10 (18 June 2010)

When Pixar released Toy Story in 1995, the first in the studio's remarkable line of superior animated movies, not to mention the first fully computer animated film to ever hit the silver screen, I was five years old. Roughly the same age as the film's character Andy, the fun-loving and imaginative owner of the toys we have all grown to love. Now, after a triumphant sequel and several other wonderful Pixar adventures, Andy is seventeen years old and on his way to college. I myself am now twenty, and heading towards my junior year of college. It suddenly struck me just how personal the Toy Story saga was to me when i was sitting in the theater watching Toy Story 3 this afternoon. Woody, Buzz, and all of their plastic pals have been with Andy for as long as he can remember, and I realized that they have been with me for as long as I can remember as well. Needless to say this movie needed that extra personal touch to really deliver, and let me tell you that it did not disappoint. It is clear that Woody, Buzz, and Andy mean just as much to the Pixar crew as they do to you and I, and while Pixar has had several other masterpieces, this one may just define the Toy Story Trilogy as their crowning achievement.
Like the first two films, Toy Story 3 pulls you into a world of pure imagination. The adventures these toys go on represent the fantasies of every five year old child. Ironically, it reminds us what it's truly like to be a kid again, even while the central conflict of the movie is the issue of growing up. And at the films core is a set of real life emotions and themes, touching strongly on the subjects of friendship, loyalty, and of course keeping that kid inside of you alive.
The script of the film is hilarious, filled with gut-busting scenes that may have you rolling on the floors with laughter. But of course, Pixar never lets its audiences slide through a movie without introducing an intense level of adversity, and this movie delivers a level of suspense and drama that any adult film fanatic should be able to appreciate. To top it all off, the ending of the movie brought me very near to tears.
Make no mistake, this is the film to see this summer. It's hilarious, exciting, adventurous, suspenseful, imaginative, heart-warming, and above all it reminds us never to let our imaginations die. 10/10