Real Story 4

Rating: 7/10 (24 June 2019)

From the simple life of a kids toys to the complex life as an adult, Toy Story has become a Real Story.
I have grown up with Toy Story and feel like it's story has followed me thru my life experiences. The fourth installment is the end that no one needed, but an end that leads to new beginnings. The movie starts off narratively slow and takes a long time to build. It's not a funny movie and certainly isn't just a kids movie, this movie is for we adults who were kids when Toy Story began. Little kids may find it complex and hard to understand an enjoy, but as an adult it's message of scary and unexpected new beginnings hits home all to real. I find the characters were at times distant from their traditional roles and in a way the screenplay is not well crafted, but it's message of moving on is really real and it's hidden message of understanding your enemy and not ultimately seeking their destruction is refreshing and one I hope kids watching understand.
I hope this is the last Toy Story movie, not because I want the story to end or because the series has gotten bad, but because I want new stories to begin. I want to keep Toy Story as a simple Toy Story, I don't want the characters or message to grow up. Toy Story is a timeless, pioneering and brilliant story that lives in everyone, but the simple brilliance of the story is that it is akin to a time when your life is simple and going any further risks fans loosing that simple recognition that it's characters were to us. This movie was good, this movie inspires deep emotions, but this move was not great entertainment and could have been much better if it was more simple, more of a Toy Story, than a Real Story.