Painfully disappointed

Rating: 3/10 (26 June 2019)

This is the first review I have ever written. I felt that strongly about the movie. Seeing the characters all together again was so exciting! The first few scenes great. But the plot began to fall flat and become very depressing from the get go. It was constantly about Woody being forgotten again. Ok, we get that. Then, rehashing how Andy gave him away. More sadness. Woody feeling lost. Again, more sadness. The story line fell completely flat. More forgotten toys. Come on!! There must be more ideas for a great kids' movie in your idea room somewhere?? Buzz's beloved wit and spark were gone. It was as if they removed his little toy brain. He couldn't think for himself, didn't know what to do, was reverting back to pressing his buttons to know what to do. *Face palm. The new characters were ok. But somehow missing the heart of the original characters. The antique store scenes were dark. The dummies were close to terrifying but the worst was the unbelievably horrible scene where Woody's voice box was surgically extracted and given to another toy?!? There was NO spark to this movie. At all. And the end was overly disappointing. You can't separate the toys!! This may have been labeled a kids' movie but the only thing "kid" about it were the toy characters. The theme was definitely way too mature for kids. My Kids were not impressed, but left feeling so sad. What a horrible ending to a wonderful empire. Disney, PLEASE, somehow, someway try to redeem yourself from Toy Story 4. If you have to make a short to show the gang back together again, DO IT. Don't take away something beautiful from children like you did in Cars 3. GIVE THEM BACK THEIR TOYS!!