![]() In fact, love actually strengthens people more often than not. Strong women who can fend for themselves are certainly honorable and deserve great respect, but being in love with someone doesn't make them weak. Wrong! Instead Woody's feelings for her slowly fizzle as she chooses a life of strong independence over love. The separation of Bo Peep and Woody gave so much heartbreaking life to their simple romance from the previous films that her return was expected to be nothing less of a glorious and romantic reunion. What a waste of some great characters that could've potentially brought some fresh new perspectives to the table of what life is like for toys. Their minute roles made them out to simply be humorous extras who appear every now and then for a quick one-liner then promptly exit the scene until the next appointed moment of comic relief. Wrong! Sporky, Bunny, and Ducky were hilarious absolutely hilarious, but their shortcomings simply fall to poor writing (and no fault of the actors themselves, I am a big Key and Peele fan). ![]() ![]() To begin, the marketing for the film was clearly doing their best to scrounge up whatever bits they could from what was believed to be these new and hilarious characters that were now the focus of this final chapter (especially Sporky). Toy Story 4 did NOT fit this beloved story arc much at all. The sequel was a good exploration of Woody's character background (and a nod to all the avid collectors out there) and the third was a beautiful tear jerker that saw our beloved toys both nearly destroyed and wonderfully saved by a new future with a new owner to love and treasure them just like we all do. Being of the generation who grew up watching the Toy Story films as they were being created, the first Toy Story movie was as much of a monument to my childhood as it was to Pixar itself, being their first animated feature film. ![]() Toy Story 4 was just shy of a monumental let down. ![]()
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