As Toy Story 3 turns 10, a whole generation is re-watching this animated classic and experiencing the same thing. It ends with Bonnie using Woody's arm to wave goodbye, as Andy waves goodbye to his childhood. There's a sadness on par with the grief of death that goes along with such reflection, but there's also beauty in the fleeting nature of time and the meaning that's bestowed upon random things and moments. As the little girl reaches for what she calls her cowboy, Andy makes peace with the idea that this phase of his life has come to a close, as his mother and his toys must also do. Andy gives his box of toys to Bonnie, and gets a sweet parting moment with each one, but is hesitant with Woody.
The final scene, though not quite as burned into the collective consciousness, is the one that breaks the emotional dam. In a way that's aw-shucks mixed with our deepest fears, Toy Story 3 tells us it'll all be okay, even in the end. There are rarely such soul-challenging scenes in live-action, R-rated movies. In what seems like it might be their dying moments, the toys hold hands, wordlessly express their affection and appreciation of each other and accept their fate. Upon its initial release, audiences literally gasped and couldn't believe their eyes as Woody, Buzz, Jessie and company inch ever closer to the hellfire of the junkyard incinerator. It's unwise to think too specifically about the rules that govern the world of Toy Story, but we can safely assume these options are stand-ins for a second act in life, retirement or the grave. We can feel his ennui as he considers his toy box full of "junk." His mother instructs him to either donate the toys to a daycare, store them in the attic or throw them away. RELATED: Disney's Atlantis Director Reveals Plans, Big Twist for Abandoned SequelĪt the start of the movie, after a great imaginative play sequence, we learn that Andy has graduated high school and is cleaning his room before moving to college.
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Toy Story 3 ups the ante, becoming a film that's explicitly about finding meaning in life in the face of death. It might sound overly lofty to suggest so, but the first and second films explore mature themes like finding purpose in life when things don't go as planned, recovering from grief and the fact that we tend to see ourselves as the protagonists in our life stories, even when we're wrong. He already cameos as a garbage collector. Far from irredeemable, his worst crime is being destructive with toys that he doesnt even know are alive.
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Hes kind of obnoxious and fights with his sister, but that describes most of us as kids, too. But, to some extent, they've always been pretty existential, too. Toy Story 3 - Sid should have been the one to save the toys from the incinerator. That the casts of the Toy Story films are made up of old toys like Etch-A-Sketches and Green Army Men automatically make them an exercise in nostalgia.