The animation studio passed the millennial baton to a new generation
This movie made Oscar history, has an almost perfect score, and broke the hearts of all Pixar fans. Can you expect more from an animated film? We believe not. toy Story 3 it is not only one of Pixar’s masterpiecesis also one of those titles that leave you motionless in the movie theater, without the strength to leave your seat and with Nostalgia of Inside Out 2 whispering in your ear. Few endings are as memorable as the one in this feature film.
The third installment in the lifespan of Woody and Buzz Lightyear is one of only three animated feature films that have managed to sneak into the Best Picture category in Oscar history. Unfortunately, the prize went to The king’s speechbut The film was nominated for five Academy Awards in total and managed to win two of them.: Best Animated Film and Best Song for We Belong Together by Randy Newman.
Returning to its memorable ending, toy Story 3 ends up passing the baton of the millennials’ childhood to a new generation. The saga begins with the emotional “There’s a Friend in Me” by Randy Newman and the sixth birthday of Andy, its protagonist, whom we have seen grow since the first toy story, released in 1995. The third installment hit theaters in 2010, a time when the majority of millennials were about to enter university or in the first years of their studies. Like Andy, who decides at the end toy Story 3 It’s time to give a new life to your childhood toys. and, before moving to his college campus, he stops to donate them to a girl who comes to play with them every day.
Bonnie is the lucky little girl who receives all of Andy’s dolls, from Jessie, the toughest cowgirl in the entire west, even Woody, Andy’s best friend and the doll “who will always be by your side, no matter what happens”. The protagonist presents his toys one by one to Bonnie in an emotional scene in which nostalgia permeates the screen. “Will you be able to take care of him for me?”Andy asks Bonnie with the most melancholic voice. Before leaving for college, Andy spends a few minutes playing with his toys one last time, the ones we have seen come to life in each film in the saga.
One of the final frames ends up breaking your heart. Woody and Buzz Lightyear hug in Bonnie’s yard as they watch Andy drive away, driving to his new life. “Forever with you, comrade”, is the final phrase with which Woody says goodbye to his best friend forever. And we say goodbye with them to a series of three films that have marked our childhood and adolescence. Years later, the saga would return to teach us that our mythical toys no longer have our name written on the sole of their shoes. The name “Andy” has been erased to let a new name mark the fate of the toys.
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The Lee Unkrich-directed film has a near-perfect score in the middle Rotten Tomatoes: 98% from the specialized media and 90% from the viewers. The third part of toy story It was released ten years after its predecessor, Toy Story 2: The toys are back, and the wait was really worth it. Prepare the tissues and enjoy the entire saga in its entirety within the Disney+ catalog.
