Major Disappointment

Rating: 5/10 (22 June 2019)

When I first heard of the 4th edition to the Toy Story franchise, I had mixed feelings as Toy Story 3 had left off the franchise perfectly. I was worried that the 4th installment would disappoint and to my surprise, it was a major letdown. Although the movie started out well by explaining what happened with Bo Peep, it began to turn into a mess as soon as Woody and Forky arrived at the antique store. The plot became way too complex with many different things going on. Unlike its predecessors, Toy Story 4 did not have a clear plot and felt extremely rushed. Throughout the movie I never really felt a climax as I did with the previous movies nor did I feel much of a threat from the main villain Gabby Gabby. Sid, The Prospector, and especially Lotso were all very good villains and well developed characters which Toy Story 4 failed to do. Also by introducing many new characters, it left out many of the other beloved characters us fans had grew up with such as Rex, The Potato Heads, Slink, Jessie, etc. as they were stuck in the RV for most of the film. Although the addition of these characters brought about some laughs here and there, they weren't developed much as seen in the other 3 films. Lastly my biggest problem with the movie is the ending. Woody throughout the franchise learned his responsibility of being a toy with one then being loyalty to your kid and a toys job is to be there for him. By having Woody leave the group to stay with Bo, it completely destroyed Woody's character. To see Woody leave Bonnie to be with Bo even though he wasn't played with as much shows him as being selfish which was the completely opposite character he was in Toy Story 3. In conclusion, Toy Story 4 ruined a perfect franchise as well as my childhood.