A good film, but not the best Toy Story

Rating: 7/10 (24 June 2019)

I was super excited for Toy Story 4, love all the others but this one just fell short.
The opening scene was fantastic, beautifully showing the toys through the years with Andy and how/why Bo wasn't in the third film. After that the story was lacking, I felt it quite a simple story. Don't get me wrong he film has lovely messages and has some of the funniest moments of any Toy Story film but laughs aren't enough.
Personally the biggest thing missing from this film was Buzz and the gang. The Toy Story films have brought us a wonderful cast of characters that were just background roles in this one, it also felt they'd made Buzz a bit of a tool.
That being said I did cry, I mean did you see Rex's little face!? TS3 choked me but 4 made me cry.
I hope my opinion will change when I see it again but sadly as it stands I'm in no hurry to do so. 3 remains my favourite. This should have been a 'spin off' type movie rather than a sequel.