TOY STORY 3 MOVIE REVIEW (2010)

It has been 11 years since the previous Toy Story movie been released. Is the super long delay worth waiting for?

Pretty much so, yes!

Pixar has established itself as the best film making company in the world because of its top priority – story, story, story! No matter how amazing the film technique, how funny the gags or how sly the characterizations are; the story plot is superbly consummated with satisfaction.

And guess who wrote the story script for Toy Story 3?

Michael Arndt, a newcomer to the Pixar fold who had already made his name with his first screenplay – Little Miss Sunshine.

If you haven’t watched Little Miss Sunshine, go watch that movie as well. I watched it few years ago and the story is great! You could see that the standard comparison between Toy Story 3 and Little Miss Sunshine, it is written in a somewhat similar concept style (not similar story, of course) by the same screenwriter.

Toy Story 3 exceeds its brilliant predecessor (Toy Story 1 & 2) in terms of depth, excitement, humor and just about every other way.

The story manipulates us into responding to real threats faced by these toys, not just to their happiness but their survival journey.

The visuals looked gorgeous as ever, making refined use of 3D to enhance the play while staying right on to the original aesthetic.

In addition to all the familiar faces from Toy Story 1 & 2, many new characters were introduced in this sequel of which some of them played a big role in realizing this movie’s success.

In Toy Story 3, the toys’ fates are to be decided, not in a game, but for real. Grown up Andy is leaving for college and must decide if his toys will be going with him, stashed in the attic, given away or thrown out.

Things became even more interesting when the toys landed at Sunnyside day care centre, which at first glance, looked like paradise. In truth? It has a dark side to it…

And the rest of the story? I won’t spoil it here, go watch it for yourselves

Toy Story 3 is best when it’s being serious. The last 15 minutes of the story was the most intense part; from the moment the toys were dumped at a garbage landfill through the tear-jerking finale and after escaping such a near-death experience (whoops sorry, a bit of a spoiler there already haha)

I bet Toy Story 3 would be a very strong contender against Dreamworks’ How to Train your Dragon movie for the upcoming Oscars award, i kid you not!

Toy Story 3 is scheduled to release in our local cinemas (Malaysia) on 17th June 2010.
It’s a must-watch-movie!

Ratings: 9.5/10
(Note: I might be biased with my ratings because I love Pixar films lol. But heck, the movie was awesome wert!)

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- Special thanks to Advertlets & Telekom Malaysia (TM) for the early movie screening opportunity -

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