![]() ![]() The antiques store provides a setting for the wildest action in the series, to date. When toys do start helping other toys, and assistance is needed, Bo Peep calls on her motorcycle-riding pal Duke Caboom (Keanu Reeves), and the constant sight gags are complemented by some verbal gems from him. Forky is kidnapped, Woody is picked up by a strange kid, Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) is held captive by a stoned-out carnival guy. There’s a lot of story going on here, and it never lets up. But she’s become a strong independent woman who has turned from the life of being owned by a kid to being a lost toy, and loving the freedom of it. He’s the same down-to-earth aw-shucks guy he’s always been. Then, before you can say, “There’s a snake in my boot,” Woody and Bo Peep are reunited. A visit inside introduces Woody and Forky to some denizens of the place: the physically and emotionally damaged doll named Gabby Gabby (Christina Hendricks), and her four creepy ventriloquist doll henchmen, all of them named Vincent. A peak inside the window of an antique store, and the sight of an old porcelain lamp - just like the one Bo Peep was part of - ignite Woody’s memories and imagination. Things go wrong, Woody and Forky find themselves stuck on the road, not in the R/V, and they get to talking about life and the universe, especially about their all-important relationship with kids. For reasons that are never explained, nor do they need to be, Forky comes alive, is confused about the idea of being a toy, and is strangely attracted to every trashcan he sees, as that’s where he’s from.Įven when Bonnie and her family hop in their R/V and head out on a road trip - accompanied by all of her toys, including her new favorite, Forky - the lure of trash remains strong, and provides the film with gobs of great sight gags. Or as Woody later points out to his toy pals, she literally MADE a new friend: Forky (Tony Hale), sloppily slapped together out of some trash - a spork, a pipe cleaner, a popsicle stick, some modeling clay. It’s a good thing that trusty old Woody stows away in her backpack for the first day and clandestinely makes sure everything goes well for her. Shy little Bonnie is being sent, against her wishes, to kindergarten orientation. Then the film leaps into action with the title credits, a bit from the familiar song “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” a quick catch-up sequence of how all the toys switched from being owned by Andy to starting anew with Bonnie, and a new, complicated, often extremely emotional series of plotlines that shoot off into myriad directions and moods (most of them funny). Let’s get right to the answer of the obvious question: Yes, it was worth the wait.Ī pre-credits flashback scene reveals why Bo Peep (Annie Potts), the love interest of Woody (Tom Hanks) in the first two films, didn’t appear in the third. you’ve gotta wonder why it took almost a decade to make another one. But it made tons of money, audience demand for more was palpable. “Toy Story 3” (2010) had a perfect conclusion that neatly and happily tied up everything that had come before it, making it one of the most satisfactory endings of any franchise. And there’s always a Randy Newman song or two. The plots always involve relationships between toys and their owners, as well as between toys and other toys toys getting into trouble toys helping toys in trouble to get out of trouble and some philosophical analysis of just what it means to be a toy. The world? And just like lean into that.There’s never much guessing about what you’re going to get from a “Toy Story” movie. What if she represented something that would challenge his place in If we made it Woody-centric?’ His worst fear, he said it all along, is to be a Wasn’t until, it was probably two years ago where we started going, ‘Well, what Something that was interesting to us about paying off the relationship. It’s a human story.’ And although she was a worthy character, and there was Version of it was… You’re right, we started feeling, ‘Oh, that just feels like Toy Story 4 producer Mark Nielsen added, “No,īut it was sort of rooted in its romantic comedy roots. Featuring Annie Potts, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key as the voices of Bo Peep, Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Bunny and Ducky ©2019 Disney/Pixar. FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES - In Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 4,” the toys find themselves in the dusty shadows of Second Chance Antiques-a massive set that had to be stocked with thousands of objects, creating nooks and crannies that serve as the toys’ secret corridors. ![]()
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