The original post: /r/movies by /u/HaydenScramble on 2024-12-25 05:28:48.

Just finished it and my wife and I have some mixed feelings, especially after the ending. It really feels like this was an alternate version of Toy Story 3, but instead of all of the toys dealing with change and finality it was centralized on Woody and resulted in him choosing effectively a totally different path than 3’s ending. I mean, his whole message the entire way through 4 was about a toy’s purpose only to…. leave the child he believes he has a duty to? What? Doesn’t 3 address his feelings of uselessness and finality well?

Aside from that, the main cast was heavily reduced, bits were more outlandish, humans were much, much more of the focus on screen, and Buzz’s whole leadership role built up in 2 just suddenly doesn’t exist. Even with all of this, if Woody had gone back to Bonnie it would have made more sense. He lives in the closest, occasionally gets played with, still sees his friends, develops a new community of old toys, and accepts that his time has passed and is at peace. Done. Woody is now an elder.

I don’t know. It was an enjoyable movie, but I really think it was not a good addition to the story and actively hampers the messaging of 1-3.

I guess if there’s money to be made, though…