Everything wrong with Pixar

Rating: 5/10 (1 March 2020)

I got the chance to see this movie along with a couple of my friends and although they've enjoyed a little (and I can totally understand why someone would enjoy such a movie) i just didn't.
From the first minutes I had my doubts that this movie is going to be any good... and here is why: Boring plot. Nothing interesting happens, things just happen and there's a time jump and then more things happen and the plot just gets more and more complicated. Having a plot that gets more complicated just as a pretext or excuse for a lack of an interesting story is a lame way to try to write a good story. Which brings me to the second point of this review. And namely that there are way to many unnecessary complications. Everything just complicates and complicates and it becomes really hard to follow the plot and unerstand what's the point of this movie and what message it's trying to transmit. Everything is convoluted and that is not how you write a good story. On the contrary the story must be simple enough to be followed but at the same time complex enough to be interesting and captivate the audience. This movie had none of the above. That was accomplished mainly through dumb decissions from almost all of the characters. Many of the characters made no sense in the universe they were a part of and just making weird decisions in order to move the plot forward is not an excuse or a trait of good characters or good story. Most of the new characters were anyway very annoying and uninteresting with the exception of 3 new characters 2 brothers and a doll whose stories and conclusions were one of the better parts of the movie. Aside from that there was an obvious political agenda making Bo Peep such a strong character and making Woody look like an incompetent or idiot most of the times. Typicall feminism propaganda.
The only good parts were as I mentioned before the 3 new characters and their stories. The ending was a bit more like old style Toy Story action and suspence, but the road until there was very rough and bumpy. Very boring story with uninteresting and boring and at times annoying new characters but a gourgeous animation. However, a good animation is not what makes a good movie, right? 5/10