I am a die hard Toy Story fan since I loved the first 3 installment from the bottom of my heart. Last week I purchased the Toy Story Marathon ticket to see all 4 movies on Toy Story 4 opening night.
It was still amazing and heartwarming to watch through the first 3 movies, but man I left the theater with a bitter taste in my mouth after watching Toy Story 4.
This is what I rated for the entire franchise:
Toy Story 1
Toy Story 2
Toy Story 3
Toy Story 4
As you can see, the latest episode is clearly not on par with the previous in my opinion.
Here are the reasons why I didn't enjoy Toy Story 4:
1) The characters lack of consistency from the first 3 movies, especially Woody Buzz & Bo Peep.
2) The plot is a bit messy and all over the place, the reason I enjoy the first 3 movies is because simplicity is truly the beauty.
3) None of the newly introduced characters are really like-able or make me care about them a lot. Ducky and Bunny are funny but annoying. The villain is too creepy and I don't like how the villain is the one who receives empathy at the end. Also I forgot to mention that all the beloved old folks don't even have enough screen time because of those new characters.
4) The ending is just not satisfying. I did not have the same emotion compared to the other 3 movies, I left the theater confused and didn't know what direction this series was moving towards in the future.
Overall, I am very very disappointed in Toy Story 4. I am not saying it is a terrible movie. But to me this new episode does not meet the same standard from the previous.
I see a lot of people still giving high praise and I would love to hear different opinions.
It was still amazing and heartwarming to watch through the first 3 movies, but man I left the theater with a bitter taste in my mouth after watching Toy Story 4.
This is what I rated for the entire franchise:
Toy Story 1
Toy Story 2
Toy Story 3
Toy Story 4
As you can see, the latest episode is clearly not on par with the previous in my opinion.
Here are the reasons why I didn't enjoy Toy Story 4:
1) The characters lack of consistency from the first 3 movies, especially Woody Buzz & Bo Peep.
2) The plot is a bit messy and all over the place, the reason I enjoy the first 3 movies is because simplicity is truly the beauty.
3) None of the newly introduced characters are really like-able or make me care about them a lot. Ducky and Bunny are funny but annoying. The villain is too creepy and I don't like how the villain is the one who receives empathy at the end. Also I forgot to mention that all the beloved old folks don't even have enough screen time because of those new characters.
4) The ending is just not satisfying. I did not have the same emotion compared to the other 3 movies, I left the theater confused and didn't know what direction this series was moving towards in the future.
Overall, I am very very disappointed in Toy Story 4. I am not saying it is a terrible movie. But to me this new episode does not meet the same standard from the previous.
I see a lot of people still giving high praise and I would love to hear different opinions.
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