It takes a lot of skill and an inrecibly sublime story to make grown men weep in the cinema in front of their children and even more of the aforesaid to make a lasting impression on what adolescence has assigned to oblivion...
Woody, Buzz and co find themselves forgotten and forsaken in a chest, belonging to a now grown man who is about to head off to college and pursue the path to responsibility and maturity, yet finding it difficult to let go of the idealized symbols of his childhood and thus fearing the step to self-relience, adulthood and novelty.
Within the group of toys voices are heard that advocate for moving away from the cherished owner to a daycare center that is believed to hold a group of young children longing to experience adventures with the forsaken group that their previous owner found too immature to continue with.
The immediate gloss and providence of an almost paradise-like life is soon eclipsed by a life of abuse, slavery and hardship for the beloved toys of a long gone era. Yet, Woody has found a ray of hope on the horizon but can he free his beloved friends from the dreadful fate of oblivion?
Toy Story 3 is a computer-generated movie that leaves psychologists awestruck by the fact that fully matured men start weeping when confronted with their memories of the once beloved toys they once cherished and connected their whole childhood with. It clearly appeals to a very young genereation the way the first two instalments did. However the third and most thought-provoking part invites the viewer to travel back to his own childhood and the innocent toys they once so imaginatively determined the world with and lets them reminisce about long-forgotten ambitions, fantasies, ethics and the feeling that the world was there to discover until the startling reality reminds them that all those years have passed and a new generation is there to be fostered.
Toy-Story 3 is a two-edged sword: Children will think that their toys are well-looked after once they have to take the step into adulthood, yet adults will feel compelled to think back to their own childhood and their innocence lost, forcing them to re-evaluate their lives and think back to their primeval world where material concerns were unheard of and just imagination mattered.
This movie conveys a strong message: Think back to what was the world to you and pass it on to the next generation and it succeeds distinctively. You will not escape the obligation of thinking back to your once and now naive views of the world that only invited you to build your own, neglecting the certainty that it would end one day, hoping it would be sufficient to ascertain your creed.
Toy Story 3 is an abolute must-see, not merely for the sake of effects, humour and loyalty, but for the fact that it is a masterpiece in every respect. It forces you back into your own childhood, naivity, carelesness and the fact that all that is gone now that you are grown up.
Why are you still reading this review??? BUY IT!!!
