Toy Story 4 (2019)

wasn't bad, story was kinda boring and there was too much woody and new toys and not enough OG chars especially buzz. I watched TS1-3 over the weekend and Toy Story 3 was far better, and honestly this feels a bit of a cash grab that didn't really need to be made at all. Still, probably great for kids and its fairly short at 1h40m. Unless your kid is a massive Toy Story fan though just wait for it to come to Disney+ and stuff.

I enjoyed it, glad I went, wouldn't recommend it.
Easily skipable, wait for free.

I had two non-breaking gripes:
The action figures moved awkwardly for comedic effect. They straight jacked the movement from Wreck-it Ralph, where the animations did make sense and did pay off. They should have played up the virtues of their articulation. Instead of moving fluid like the other toys, they could use their joints and rotation points. It would be subtle but payoff.

During after credit scene, the punchline doesn't deliver. Saying nothing and panning to eye would have been better.

Something I liked: They gave Bo independence without being a SJW Mary Sue. I had feared this based on marketing.

Edit: my 5yo was bored out his mind.

Synj said:

It was pretty good but not great. It didn’t have the same emotional impact 2 and 3 did.

I took the boys (4 and 6) and their grandmothers and got a nice hour and forty minutes of quiet time. They liked it pretty well and the grandmas cried so I guess it hit where it needed to.

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I teared several times. 3 didn't hit me at all.

Synj said:

I dunno man.

The realization from Woody that he’s just not important to Andy anymore, his continued devotion anyway, the passing of time, the loss of all your friends, the passing of youth, the inevitable finality that we all end up in the scrap heap one day, the final goodbye between two characters that at one time meant the world to each other, the last final remembrance of childhood for one last play.

When Andy said goodbye I was a wreck.

Did we watch the same movie?

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That does sound good, don't remember any of that, yet there were moments like that in 4 that did hit me.
3 came during a rough time in my life and perhaps that skewed my view.
I remember it being over the top and shallow

Conefed said:

That does sound good, don't remember any of that, yet there were moments like that in 4 that did hit me.
3 came during a rough time in my life and perhaps that skewed my view.
I remember it being over the top and shallow

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I’m with Synj , I didn’t think 3 was shallow at all, Probably my favorite one. 2 was the one that I didn’t like all that much.

With the passing of Fred Willard we re-watched Wall-E last night. It still holds up as amazing and a true testament to the PIXAR that was.

I still haven't seen this. But earlier today for whatever reason, I had the kids watching the original Toy Story. I'm sure we'll eventually work up to the 4th one.

I remember how evil the purple Kelsey Grammer bear was in the 3rd, trying to burn all of the other toys. It was rather intense.

Xarpolis said:

I remember how evil the purple Kelsey Grammer bear was in the 3rd, trying to burn all of the other toys. It was rather intense.

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He was the voice of the prospector "the bad guy" in 2, not "the bad guy" bear in 3.

Whoops, you're right. My memory sucks after all.