With such a legacy riding on its back, you wouldn't be shunned for thinking Pixar would just produce a lackluster finale to its Toy Story film franchise: but as we now know and I know having seen this motion picture, that isn't how this animation studio works. Toy Story 3 is a tale of growing up, of a child who's too old for playtime anymore, and who has to find a way to let his toys go as he ventures into the future. Despite this, as the title suggests this flick is all about the play-things themselves, so it's great that Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and company return to lend their vocal talents and that Pixar have stepped up the animation quality (as with Bolt, Wall-E and Up) in both characters and locations. This is only added to by the superb use of the third dimension- simply put, Toy Story 3 has to be seen to be believed in 3-D, and unless you can't bear wearing the glasses, it's the only format you should view it in (seeing in 2-D just wouldn't be the same, honestly!). Having had a year of fairly emotionless 'blockbusters', it's also nice to have a film that in many ways is so dark, powerful and ultimately moving (the ending had me in tears with its moral-like close). All I have left to summarise Toy Story 3 with is that it's this year's Avatar- only it will appeal to all ages and cinema-goers, and is far less predictable. You owe it to yourself to watch it!
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