Toy Story 3 (2010)

Though "Andy" hasn't played with his toys in many a year, he still can't bear to be parted with them as he heads to college, so he puts them in a bin bag destined for the attic. Unfortunately, mom mistakes it for unwanted stuff and outside they go. "Woody" was alone in being kept safe, and as he espies the bin lorry approaching, he has to dash to rescue his friends - only for them to end up in a day-care centre ("Sunnyside") where the other toys don't always play fair. The plot develops pretty much as expected as "Woody" tries to organise a rescue from…

I don't love 'Toy Story 3' as much as its two predecessors. That doesn't mean that it isn't anything other than great though. I enjoy the bountiful humour and intriguing plot, while the newly-introduced toys are very good. If I had to nitpick, I don't massively like Lotso, who kinda feels to me like a slight copy of The Prospector from the 1999 sequel - with the difference here being he's the ultimate antagonist, perhaps too villainous for my own personal taste. As I said though, just a tiny criticism in the grand scheme of these productions. Tom Hanks…

I think Toy Story 2 is the better endpoint for the franchise. And Lotso doesn't even feel that original of a villain since he feels way too much of a Stinky Pete rehash, and that's coming from someone who likes twist villains if they're done right like Pete himself and King Candy/Turbo from Wreck-It Ralph.