Post by Rob W. Case on Nov 12, 2019 0:00:52 GMT -6
The Story:
We return to Andy’s…. er…. I mean, Bonnie’s room and the toys are bracing themselves for Bonnie’s first day of kindergarten. The ever loyal and committed Woody notices that Bonnie is sad and nervous, and so he hops into her backpack nonchalantly and watches out for her. At the daycare, Bonnie learns that the other kids do not want to play with her, so she gets upset. Woody sees this from behind the classroom where her backpack is placed, and notices Bonnie’s sadness. Watching a kid throw away some materials, Woody has an idea. He goes to get the stuff that the kid throws out and when Bonnie isn’t looking, he puts it on her table, runs, and hides. Using her creativity, she “creates” a friend made out of a spork, a pipe cleaner, a popsicle stick broken in two, two different sized googly eyes, bubble gum, and some putty like clay. She names it “Forky” and it raises her spirits. It is when Forky is placed in her bookbag with Woody that he comes to life, and things go in a way different direction from there. Forky is made from trash, so he keeps trying to put himself in the trash.
All Woody cares about is Bonnie’s happiness so he keeps taking Forky out of the trash and looks out for him. After Bonnie and her parents go for a weekend road trip, Forky throws himself out the window of an RV and Woody goes after him. After Woody finds him, he tries to teach Forky that he is Bonnie’s toy now, and as her new toy, he should enjoy her love and companionship. Attempting to make it back to the RV park where Bonnie and her parents are staying, Woody happens to see Bo in an antique toy store, and in trying to pursue her, he encounters a doll from the 1950’s named Gabby Gabby, whose voice box is defective, and leads a team of creepy looking ventriloquist dummies from the 50’s. Gabby Gabby wants Woody’s good voice box so that she could experience the love of a child herself. But when Woody won’t give his up, she has Forky taken and kept with her to make sure Woody doesn’t go far. Knowing that he will be back for Forky because of his loyalty to Bonnie, Gabby Gabby knows that Woody won’t rest until Forky is successfully retrieved, and brought back safely to Bonnie. From there, the story goes from loyalty and love to adventure, compassion, sacrifice, accepting change, and finding your own happiness in that.
My Take:
I really enjoyed Toy Story 4. I was glad that they took their time in developing the storyline to this movie (considering that it’s been 9 years since the release of Toy Story 3) because this did not have that “let’s just make another pointless sequel” feel to it (like many movies do, especially when they hit the fourth or fifth film). While it was definitely the most different from the other Toy Story movies, it was unique, funny, adventurous and purposeful. All in all, it was a film about loyalty and how far we will go for the ones we truly care about.
Out of 4 stars I give Toy Story 4, 4 stars.
The movie is rated G and runs 1 hour and 40 minutes.
To view a trailer, please click on the link below.
Trailer 1:
Trailer 2:
Toy Story 4 is now available to own on 4K-Ultra HD, blu-ray, DVD, and digital streaming format. It is also available to rent at Redbox kiosk machines everywhere.
We return to Andy’s…. er…. I mean, Bonnie’s room and the toys are bracing themselves for Bonnie’s first day of kindergarten. The ever loyal and committed Woody notices that Bonnie is sad and nervous, and so he hops into her backpack nonchalantly and watches out for her. At the daycare, Bonnie learns that the other kids do not want to play with her, so she gets upset. Woody sees this from behind the classroom where her backpack is placed, and notices Bonnie’s sadness. Watching a kid throw away some materials, Woody has an idea. He goes to get the stuff that the kid throws out and when Bonnie isn’t looking, he puts it on her table, runs, and hides. Using her creativity, she “creates” a friend made out of a spork, a pipe cleaner, a popsicle stick broken in two, two different sized googly eyes, bubble gum, and some putty like clay. She names it “Forky” and it raises her spirits. It is when Forky is placed in her bookbag with Woody that he comes to life, and things go in a way different direction from there. Forky is made from trash, so he keeps trying to put himself in the trash.
All Woody cares about is Bonnie’s happiness so he keeps taking Forky out of the trash and looks out for him. After Bonnie and her parents go for a weekend road trip, Forky throws himself out the window of an RV and Woody goes after him. After Woody finds him, he tries to teach Forky that he is Bonnie’s toy now, and as her new toy, he should enjoy her love and companionship. Attempting to make it back to the RV park where Bonnie and her parents are staying, Woody happens to see Bo in an antique toy store, and in trying to pursue her, he encounters a doll from the 1950’s named Gabby Gabby, whose voice box is defective, and leads a team of creepy looking ventriloquist dummies from the 50’s. Gabby Gabby wants Woody’s good voice box so that she could experience the love of a child herself. But when Woody won’t give his up, she has Forky taken and kept with her to make sure Woody doesn’t go far. Knowing that he will be back for Forky because of his loyalty to Bonnie, Gabby Gabby knows that Woody won’t rest until Forky is successfully retrieved, and brought back safely to Bonnie. From there, the story goes from loyalty and love to adventure, compassion, sacrifice, accepting change, and finding your own happiness in that.
My Take:
I really enjoyed Toy Story 4. I was glad that they took their time in developing the storyline to this movie (considering that it’s been 9 years since the release of Toy Story 3) because this did not have that “let’s just make another pointless sequel” feel to it (like many movies do, especially when they hit the fourth or fifth film). While it was definitely the most different from the other Toy Story movies, it was unique, funny, adventurous and purposeful. All in all, it was a film about loyalty and how far we will go for the ones we truly care about.
Out of 4 stars I give Toy Story 4, 4 stars.
The movie is rated G and runs 1 hour and 40 minutes.
To view a trailer, please click on the link below.
Trailer 1:
Trailer 2:
Toy Story 4 is now available to own on 4K-Ultra HD, blu-ray, DVD, and digital streaming format. It is also available to rent at Redbox kiosk machines everywhere.