Toy Story 3

Now, this is a great movie. It is possibly one of the best sequels ever created. I grew up with Toy Story. I remember loving all of the characters when the movie first came out. It was one of the first Pixar movies, and that was something no one had ever really seen before. Also, I don't think they did it with this one, but the original Toy Story was one of the ones with the short at the beginning, was it not? Those were hysterical. Anyway, they did a fantastic job with this movie. It sucks that it took ten plus years to get another one made, but on the plus side, since there was such a big gap, a whole new generation of kids can learn to love it now. As far as the story goes, I really liked how they did it. I loved how Andy was basically my age, and I thought the whole day care thing was really clever. I'm glad that they got all of the same people back for the voices. It just would not have been the same without Tim Allen or Tom Hanks. This movie is funny, and it also made me cry. (And according to Entertainment Weekly, it also made 40-year-old men cry). What truly makes this movie is that it is for everyone. You could tell that there was a conscious effort to make it relatable to the original Toy Story audience, but it also was rooted in the kid movie genre, which appealed to the new kids. I think it also set itself up pretty well for some more sequels (Fingers Crossed*) It is a great movie, and it's a shoe-in for Best Animated feature, but unfortunately it can't compete with the heavy hitters of the Best Picture category. It's great that it's nominated though. This is two years in a row, since the Academy adopted the 10 nominee Best Picture category that an animated movie has been nominated. Last year it was Up. I think it's great that animated movies are getting recognized for their greatness. If I remember correctly, up until these past couple of years, the most recent animated movie to be nominated for Best Picture was Beauty and the Beast. I loved it, and I could watch it again and again.