So, a while ago, (in my defense–it was Shark Week) I took myself and the fam to the movies, and we saw Toy Story 4.

Which is…a film.

I will freely admit that although I tried to go in without any expectations, I still had a lot. I mean, it’s PIXAR. And…it’s Toy Story.

So while it’s safe to say that it’s certainly a well-done movie, I just…I have feelings about it.

THE PLOT

We pick up right where we left off in Toy Story 3, with all of Andy’s toys now belonging to Bonnie, and–

…wait, we don’t do that?

Oh…okay.

We ACTUALLY pick up in a sort of flashback. It was briefly mentioned in Toy Story 3 that somehow, our favorite group of ragtag toys lost Bo Peep sometime during the years when Andy was growing up. While it’s certainly sad, I mean Woody and Bo were like…aw, she’s not the only toy they’ve lost over the years. Again, while it’s sad, it’s something they’ve dealt with before, but the important thing is that they all stuck together because they are each other’s family.

Oh, jeez, I’m sorry, I’m going on and on about the consistent message the past three films were giving us, about the importance of finding who you are based off of the people who care about you and not what society tells you, about overcoming sadness and heartbreak by facing it and moving forward with your family who loves you because you’re never alone in anything, about how found family is just as powerful if not more so, about how friendship can always win…

Anyway, Toy Story 4 basically answers the question none of us asked: why is it that these movies are so focused on friendship when we all know romance is the TRUE superpower??

…plot. Yes. We’re talking about plot.

Andy’s younger sister Molly grew tired of her Bo Peep lamp, so the family decided to give her away (I initially assumed to some sort of collector, but it sounds like she did go to another family with a kid first before ending up in the antiques shop). After performing a daring rescue to save RC Car from the gutter during the rainstorm, Woody heads back outside to save Bo Peep as well.

Bo gently points out that she’s not Andy’s toy, so there’s no need for him to try and keep them all together or something like that. So Bo and Woody have a heartfelt goodbye in the rain, Andy freaks when he realizes Woody is outside somehow, and life goes on.

Now we finally catch up to where we left off perfectly in Toy Story 3. All our favorite toys now belong to Bonnie, and life carries on as usual. The only problem is, Bonnie never actually plays with Woody, and she leaves him in the closet all the time.

This gives Woody a bit of an identity crisis because, I mean, he’s a toy!! He should be played with!!! He’s the leader!!!! So he breaks all the rules and sneaks inside Bonnie’s bag to accompany her to kindergarten. Bonnie is, heart-achingly, scared of kindergarten and doesn’t want to go. She’s shy and doesn’t easily make friends, and when she tries to, her art supplies get thrown out. Woody sees this and magically gets the art supplies back on her table. Bonnie, now determined, makes herself a friend: Forky.

(Sidenote: it drives me crazy that Forky is actually a spork. I know that’s part of the joke, but like…he refers to himself as a spork…other characters refer to him as a spork…JUST CALL HIM SPORKY. You’re telling me Bonnie didn’t know what the difference was between a fork and a spork?? I learned that when I was younger than Bonnie and it was my favorite fact in the world. Anyway. Back to the plot.)

Forky is a little, uh…he’s a little lost. He keeps trying to throw himself away because…I mean he’s a plastic spork, but Woody won’t let him. He tells everyone that Forky is “the most important toy to Bonnie right now” so he has to protect him.

Bonnie’s family ends up going on a road trip, and of course, Forky escapes on the road. Woody jumps out of the RV to go find him and bring him back, and then they get side-tracked because Woody sees what he thinks is Bo’s lamp in the window of an antiques shop. This is where they meet Gabby Gabby and her weird army of silent puppet minions, and also where, yes, you guessed it, Woody and Bo are reunited.

The adventure unfolds, new friends are made, and while Woody’s consistent goal is to get back to Bonnie, he has to keep asking himself…does he really want to?

(Yes. Well, the old Woody would. I don’t know this new guy.)

THE REVIEW

OKAY, now that the plot’s out of the way, I get to be as snarky as I want to.

I really wanted to like this movie.

I always have high expectations with Pixar, and even though I’m not the biggest fan of sequels (and Pixar has certainly had some less-than-stellar sequels…lookin’ at you, Finding Dory and Cars 2…), I’ve loved all of the Toy Story movies. In fact, as I was ruminating on what I would say about this movie, I realized that the second Toy Story is actually my favorite of the bunch!

What I appreciated is that every addition to the Toy Story franchise brought something new that added to the world and the characters and almost never felt redundant or unnecessary–the first is about coming to terms with being a toy and learning how to deal with not being a favorite anymore, the second is about second chances and trust and also about legacies vs. friendship, and the third is all about growing up, change, and facing hardships together.

None of the major plot points in Toy Story 4 are new, with the exception of Forky’s creation, which just brings about so many questions about how inanimate objects even work in this universe. Even then, Forky’s entire plot line is thrown to the curb not even halfway through the film, because despite the advertising, he’s not the main focus of the story at all–Bo Peep is.

Look–I could go on and on, and trust me, I will. While I certainly have nitpicks as well as just general overall problems with the film, I still will say that it’s a good movie. It just is. It’s absolutely gorgeous, for starters, and some of the new characters are delightful additions to the franchise (Ducky, Bunny, and Gabby in particular). I still cried like a baby during the entire last act. I still liked it.

That doesn’t change the fact that I left feeling disappointed. And I know, because I’ve said it in many of my reviews, that not all movies are for everyone. That’s one of the most beautiful things about cinema as a whole–there are so many options, there’s bound to be something for everyone. Just because I, and a very select few others, were disappointed with the film and have some issues, doesn’t mean everyone feels the same way. Lots of people loved the film and were so happy for Woody and Bo, and that’s great.

I guess what hurts is that I grew up with this franchise and these characters. I got used to seeing Pixar as a studio that, ultimately, could make stories that mostly everyone could enjoy. I got used to this franchise that stuck to its main theme of friendship being so much more powerful and important than we are normally taught it is. I got used to this weird sense of entitlement with these stories, and I get that these movies are not for me.

It’s just…it always felt like they were.

So what is it exactly that set this movie apart in such a weirdly negative way?

If you’re still with me, let’s charge ahead!

WHO’S READY TO OVERANALYZE A KIDS’ MOVIE????

THE ART

Like I mentioned previously, this is a gorgeous movie. It just is. The animation is just…it’s jaw-dropping. And the attention to detail? Just ridiculous. Pixar goes above and beyond to make this a beautiful experience if nothing else, so credit where credit is due: those animators and those artists deserve so much love and attention for their work on this film. It’s so detailed and realistic it’s sometimes hard to remember that this is supposed to be a kids’ film and an animated movie…

I…yeah. I mean the only way to really appreciate it all is to go and see the film for yourself. Despite my personal feelings about the rest of it, I do genuinely think it’s worth seeing for the art alone.

The music is, for the most part, delightful. Again, it’s Toy Story, it’s Randy Newman, it’s wonderful.

…with the exception of the re-use of the classic theme “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” but we’ll get to my beef with that later.

THE CHARACTERS

…let’s start with the new characters before I get into…other things.

Forky is a precious summer child and I love him. All the jokes about him being the perfect representation for people finally because…he’s trash (and so are we all) are hilarious. He’s adorably naive about everything since he’s only been alive for a couple days, but I don’t think it ever gets annoying at all. He vexes Woody, sure, but it’s more adorable than obnoxious. Once he understands Bonnie’s attachment to him and how important he is, his determination to get back to her is super sweet. We only experience a portion of it because, again, despite all advertisement he is not the focus of the film, but I digress.

Ducky and Bunny are a pair I was convinced would be annoying, kind of like the little alien in MIB: International, but they were surprisingly lovable. The various “plush rush” jokes were fantastic, and the fact that their “hands” were sewn together and therefore they constantly had to move like that was super great. My main quip with them is that they were introduced with this whole plot line of “we’re mad at Buzz because he ruined our chances to be won as a prize and go home with a kid!” And then it was just suddenly dropped in favor of the whole Bo x Woody thing. Like, whoops, my bad, I thought we were playing by the previous Toy Story rules of “everyone joins our found family group” haha SILLY ME.

Gabby Gabby is by far my favorite part of this film. I mean she was heavily advertised as the villain, and they do present her and her minions that way. When we learn about her from Bo’s point of view, we accept she is the villain. What’s fascinating about Gabby is that she’s just like every other toy (except for Bo): she just wants a kid. In fact, she has her heart set on one kid in particular, and when we learn this about her, it only makes her more endearing. It is genuinely heartbreaking when she is rejected by the shop owner’s granddaughter. We are genuinely happy for her when she gets to go home with the girl who was lost at the fair. Hers is the one plot line I would say is genuinely unique (besides Forky’s, perhaps) and even then, there’s some overlap. Anyway, I love Gabby and I wish her the best of the best.

Bo Peep is by far the star of the film, and that’s fine. She was never my favorite toy from the previous films, but I’m not holding that against her. I like the idea of her making a comeback (though I still think it’s an unnecessary storyline since Woody had definitely moved on from her, but we’re apparently getting rid of everything the past films taught us anyway so moving on) and having changed into a sort of kick-ass vigilante type. To give credit where it’s due, Bo’s transformation to lost toy was very believable and effective, and I think it suits her character well. I do believe that despite her strength during their flashback goodbye, she would definitely still have feelings about Woody and would miss him. They were great friends and inferred great loves. That’s all fine.

What’s not fine is Woody, but I think I need an entirely different section for that.

I can’t even talk about any of the other characters because they don’t get enough screen time to justify it. Keanu Reeves voices a Canadian stuntman doll who’s a great source of comedic relief, but that’s about it.

THE WOODY PROBLEM

How do I put this without sounding like a complaining child…I honestly don’t know if I can. This is a kids’ film after all, and continuity and great characterization are generally low on the list because it’s just for kids after all, who expects that?

But the problem is that Pixar built an entire foundation on getting us to expect things like that. Each previous Toy Story sequel took what was already good about the previous film and built on it. This film knocked over the entire tower.

Woody has always been a fun protagonist in the sense that he’s not perfect–far from it! The films don’t shy away from that. He’s selfish, easily jealous, passionate to a fault, an unrealistic dreamer, and sometimes just a flat-out jerk. It was always refreshing, then, to see him grow and change with every film. In the beginning, he had to wrestle with the idea of being replaced (or at least not being the favorite anymore), something we can all relate to. Then he had to struggle with choosing fame and legacy over friends and family (admittedly, not something that’s as easy to relate to, but somehow the film still presented the struggle in a sympathetic light). Then he had to struggle with the massive change that comes with growing up, and even at one point, coming to terms with death (something we all will have to relate to at some point). While Woody was always presented as the protagonist, he never dealt with anything alone. These films always pushed friendship and found family above all else, which has always been an incredibly refreshing take.

Woody learned how to make peace with not being the favorite toy, he learned how to show compassion for and learn about someone he initially didn’t like, he learned how to come to terms with a legacy that can easily overshadow him and take him away from what’s important, he learned that family and friends who fight for you no matter what are more important than anything, he learned that dealing with loss is a fact of life but one you never, ever have to face alone, he learned that sometimes the people who seem the nicest hide the cruelest intentions, he learned that life goes on even when we lose people, even when they grow and change…

And we learned all those things with him.

This is why it felt wrong for Woody to fall back into old habits from the first movie and suddenly be jealous about not being the favorite toy again. This is why it felt wrong for Woody to so easily and without question abandon the friends and family he’d sworn over and over again to fight for and be present for. This is why it felt so wrong for him to just choose romance over lifelong friends and family.

Rather than moving forward with the beautifully and intricately weaved plot over the years, this movie felt like it took 17 steps backwards, or even just created an alternate universe entirely. While the lost toy plot and choice is an interesting one, it’s a story that didn’t have to be Woody’s. Woody’s story was so neatly wrapped up in Toy Story 3 that it didn’t need all this extra out-of-character fluff. Give the plot line to RC Car–maybe the trauma of the rain gutter rescue really got to them and they decide they want to go around saving other toys or helping them so they never feel the way RC Car did. It would develop a character that we hardly heard anything from in this movie, but still be a good story about family and friendship.

Speaking of…

THE ENSEMBLE PROBLEM

It’s rare to find a series that does such a good job as a true ensemble piece. Sure, Woody and Buzz are in essence the “lead characters,” but we know and love the other characters just as much as them because they are all just as developed. We love Rex, Jessie, Bullseye, Slinky, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, Sarge and the guys, RC Car, Hamm, and all the rest of them just as much as our two leads because they also get screen time.

This was an element that, although blatantly present in all past installments, was blatantly absent in this film. So much emphasis was put on Woody and Bo and all of…that, that the rest of the ensemble (WHOM WE ALSO KNOW AND LOVE) got barely any screen time.

It felt hollow when Woody said goodbye to Buzz and the gang because we’d hardly seen them that film, just as Woody had hardly seen them. Rather than being thrilled to be united with them again (LIKE THE REAL WOODY WOULD HAVE BEEN), he had very little trouble just leaving them. Forever. It’s like….I mean….WHAT.

It’s called Toy Story. Not Woody Story. And I get that Pixar has had some major staffing renovations or whatever, I don’t follow drama if I can help it because then I just get sad *cough*THEMAGICIANS*cough*, but…this just felt way out of left field. For a series that used to preach on and on about how important and powerful friendship is, this just felt like a punch in the gut and in the childhood. And me and like, maybe two other people didn’t appreciate it.

THE ROMANCE PROBLEM

Now, listen. LISTEN.

I am a huge romantic. I fully admit and embrace this. Proposal videos make me cry. A sweet, well-executed romantic moment in a show, movie, or book will also make me cry. The scene in Ever After when Henry comes to save Danielle and calls her by her true name for the first time makes me SOB. EVERY. DAMN. TIME.

And maybe it’s because moving to a new state and losing a lot of really good friendships will do this to you, but I’ve grown to appreciate good depictions of healthy friendships just as much as healthy romance. It’s why I’ve grown to love series like Toy Story even more as the years go by (yeah, I know, “shut up ya 22-year-old millennial”).

While I can appreciate the sweet relationship that Bo and Woody have, I don’t prefer it to the friendships by any means. As cute as they are, Bo and Woody had barely any screen time and development over the course of the series compared to Woody and Buzz, Woody and Jessie, Woody and Andy, Woody and…literally almost anyone else. While I can believe that Woody would be nostalgic for Bo and what could have been, I can’t believe that he would abandon his family for her.

For some reason, 2019 seems to be the year of media friendships being literally shoved aside and tossed into the fires of “who cares I guess” to make room for romance that like…okay, I guess.

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World was the first example of this that I can think of, and even though I praised the film for its depiction and inclusion of the realism of life or whatever then, I’m rethinking my stance a little. A great friendship was still ruined in favor of romance, and the Light Fury was even less-developed than Bo Peep. I do appreciate, however, that the reasoning behind the choice was at least well-thought-out. It wasn’t really a conscious choice on anyone’s part–it was presented as the unfortunate reality of the world they lived in. The only way to stay truly safe was to separate. Does it still suck and am I still a little bitter about it, looking back? Yeah. 100%.

Then we had Avengers: Endgame. I dunno if they were just trying to appease all their older, comic-book-loving white guy fans (assuming they cared about appeasing the fans at all #burn), but there is something genuinely wrong with the way Steve just up and abandoned Bucky and Sam. This is a case that I think is a lot more similar to the Toy Story situation than HTTYD is. Even though Steve was shown to fight for Bucky and Sam (but like, especially Bucky) and their friendship in movie after movie, for some reason, the first chance he gets to time travel, he goes back and stays with Peggy. Now don’t get me wrong, Peggy is great and I love her, but Steve had canonically moved on. Was it still sad? Absolutely. But Steve had great friends and family to surround himself with, and then suddenly he just noped out of there without even explaining to his so-called friends what he was doing. It, too, felt like a punch in the gut because it’s almost like it was saying (since he is Captain America after all) “the true American dream is getting married and living out a romance, forget all those friendships you have, they don’t matter.”

And it’s not just movies pushing this romance-over-friendship narrative–TV shows have been guilty of it this year as well (although some shows seem to be taking the complete opposite road and just not giving anyone any happiness ever because it’s “subversive” or whatever). I don’t know what is in the air this year, but I don’t like it.

Look–romance is fine. Romance is GREAT. When done well, it can absolutely serve as a tremendous plot point that both adds to the story and the overall narrative (as we will discuss in the movie Yesterday, coming soon to a blog near you!). But the narrative point of Toy Story has always, always, been friendship. I mean, even when they brought in Jessie, a perfect female counterpart to Woody, they didn’t force the two together. Sure, Woody already had Bo Peep here, but that’s not the point. The point is that they created a perfect partner for Woody, it was a perfect setup for romance…and they didn’t go that route. She’s his partner alright…HIS PARTNER IN CRIME.

Woody helped Jessie heal from her past trauma and found her a family and a kid to give her a new purpose, while fully realizing that he is an essential part of that family, too.

And yeah, Jessie and Buzz get all romanced in Toy Story 3, but that’s still not the point of the movie. Just as Woody and Bo have never before been the center plot, Jessie and Buzz weren’t either. The scene we all remember from the third movie is when they all hold hands and stay together, resigned to their fate in the incinerator. The message there isn’t romance above all–it’s friendship. It’s family.

There is nothing wrong with romance…except when it overshadows the point.

This is why I’m upset with them using the classic “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” song. That’s a friendship song. That’s Woody and Buzz’s song. You don’t get to use that song if you focus on romance the whole time and tear apart the two best friends that the song IS ABOUT. THAT’S RUDE.

THE THEME PROBLEM

So what is the theme of Toy Story 4?

….anyone?

Anyone?

Yeah.

You could argue that it’s all about finding your purpose, and I’d be inclined to agree with you, except then I’d say “but that was also tied into Woody’s character arc in the first movie, Jessie’s arc in the second, and the whole group’s arc in the third. It’s an arc that was so satisfyingly fulfilled at the end of the third movie, it’s beyond beating a dead horse in this movie (sorry Bullseye).” Can it still be the movie’s theme? Yeah, sure–when it comes to Gabby and Forky. But again, they’re not what this movie is about (even though the trailers would have you believe otherwise and YES, I WILL KEEP COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT).

You could argue that it’s about friendship, like all the films have been! After all, Woody made new friends and made it his life’s purpose to help other toys find friendship. Great! Except then I’d tell you, “how on EARTH can you argue this movie is about friendship when Woody said goodbye to not only his best friends in the world (not that you could tell from how much damn screen time they got in this movie, i.e., PRACTICALLY NONE) but also Buzz?? BUZZ FREAKIN LIGHTYEAR, HIS PERFECT FOIL, HIS PARTNER, HIS BEST BEST FRIEND, HIS GOOD BUDDY WHO HAS CHASED HIM DOWN AND TALKED SENSE INTO HIM AND BROUGHT HIM BACK HOME TIME AND TIME AGAIN?? Yeah. Yeah this movie is really aaaaaallllll about friendship. Right.”

You could argue that who the hell even cares, it’s a kids’ movie, and it’s not like it’s a bad kids’ movie, stop overanalyzing it. To which I’d say “yeah, I get it. Believe me. EXCEPT YOU CAN’T SERIOUSLY EXPECT ME TO OVERLOOK THAT WHEN THEME HAS PLAYED SUCH A CENTRAL ROLE IN EVERY DAMN TOY STORY MOVIE UP UNTIL NOW. YA CAN’T JUST RAISE THE BAR SUPER HIGH AND THEN BE SHOCKED WHEN I THEN GET UPSET BECAUSE THE BAR BARELY GOT OFF THE GROUND WITH THIS MOVIE.”

Or, you could argue that the theme of the movie is, of course, romance. It’s a perfect “ending” where Woody bids farewell to the family and friends he claims are most important to him (just like we’re supposed to do, we should be saying goodbye to these characters just like Woody is, real freakin’ subtle Pixar LEAVE MY CHILDHOOD ALONE) to spend the rest of his days uniting toys and kids with a romance he had already gotten over just like we had. Don’t we all feel fulfilled???

No.

But that’s the theme. That’s the winner. It’s a romantic drama that masqueraded as a family fun adventure film with a focus on friendship and love saving the day. First of all, rude. Second of all, RUDE.

SHOULD YOU TAKE YOURSELF TO SEE THIS MOVIE?

Look. I know, okay? I get it.

It’s a kids’ movie. I’m not the target audience (even if I did grow up with these characters). It’s not meant to be graded as anything other than a movie for children about talking toys. I do understand that, believe it or not.

And even though I think the previous films form a perfect trilogy that really set the stage for what family films can be, and that this one doesn’t even come close to the same league as the other three, I can’t deny that it’s still a good film.

It’s gorgeous. It’s funny. It’s heartbreaking. It’s meaningful.

And if you’re not as offended by continuity errors and the whole cash-grab-esque nature of it all like I am, you’ll probably love it.

Trying to explain to people in a short sentence why exactly I had so many problems with this movie is not an easy task, because so much of it is under the surface of a good film.

“But it’s Toy Story 4, how can it be bad??”

That’s just it–it’s not bad. It’s almost insulting how good it is, because it’s even harder to defend myself on why I dislike it so much. And that’s frankly rude of you, Pixar.

I guess all I can do is look at people and say “look. It’s no Wall-e. It’s no Ratatouille.” And hope they understand.

(They won’t of course, because for some reason no one likes Ratatouille? The nerve of some of y’all…)

Pixar established itself early on as a company that cares. Genuinely. They took a medium that was established in America as being for kids only, and turned it into something more. The movies they make are for kids, sure, but it’s more than that–they’re for everyone. They rarely pandered to you with characters or a message that was anything less than incredible. I think that’s why Cars 2 was such a disappointment–because that was a kids’ movie more than it was just…a movie. Pixar used to care about continuity, about creating a world and characters we can genuinely care about, because they cared about them, too.

But now that Disney owns them? It’s starting to look hopeless. Gone is the love and care and attention to detail (unless it comes to the specific stitches in Bo Peep’s outfit). Disney as a company now only cares about one thing: your money. And they keep getting a lot of it by playing off of established, well-loved franchises and characters.

The results have been…less than ideal. Not all the time! I stand by the live action Cinderella, Incredibles 2, and even Aladdin (which should really be called Jasmine).

But overall?

They’re putting out less-than-stellar work because they don’t think they have to do anything more than that in order to get people’s money. And we’re letting them get away with it.

It’s kind of disgusting, and all the more reason we should absolutely support smaller studios and any animated movie that is not Disney, basically, like the incredible Into the Spider-verse movie and the Laika animation studio.

BASICALLY–all my personal bitterness aside, go see Toy Story 4 if you want to. You’ll probably like it, and it is good.

But if you left the theater after watching Toy Story 3 feeling satisfied and fulfilled at these wonderful characters’ arcs and the amazing completion of the storyline, I’d probably stay away from it. Toy Story 4 doesn’t answer any lingering questions, doesn’t fill any annoying plot holes, and doesn’t make you feel good after watching it. It leaves so much more open than the third movie does, trust me. You might leave feeling like you watched something good, but you probably won’t leave satisfied.

Or maybe you will. I don’t know you, I don’t know your life. I know I’m in the minority on this. Whatever.

Plus, on the other hand, apparently a whole bunch of moms wanted to boycott the movie because in one like, maybe 4-second shot, a child is shown with two moms. So I take it back, go see this movie and then only talk about how fantastic that particular scene is just to anger people and also show Disney we want more stuff like that, please.

Overall, I give Toy Story 4…

3/5 SPORKY’S!!! (Because he is a SPORK, not a FORK, DAMMIT)

Look, the whole thing reads like a fan fiction of Toy Story where someone was bitter about Bo Peep’s “missing” status in the third movie, rather than an official installment.

I probably could have just said that about it rather than my long ranting review up there. Oh well. No regrets.

FAVORITE MOMENT:

When Gabby showed herself to the girl crying at the fair. That was much more genuine and much less forced than Woody and Buzz’s goodbye, which in my mind didn’t even happen anyway, so. The movie actually ended after this scene. Crazy, huh?

“OOF” MOMENT:

To everyone saying that “Bonnie’s just a kid and kids are fickle with toys!! Don’t blame her for forgetting Woody and her promise to Andy to look after him!”

Exactly. Kids are fickle about toys. So you can bet one day that Bonnie’s gonna remember Woody and go looking for him…only to find him gone.

Yeah. This is potential canon now. Thanks, Pixar.

TRAILERS TO WATCH OUT FOR:

Spies in Disguise has the GREATEST premise I have seen in a long time and I am SO EXCITED FOR IT. Will it be a mess? Very likely. But it just looks like a good time and I am here for it.

Trolls World Tour is a movie that is actually happening…for some reason.

Onward is the first new original Pixar film in YEARS which means I’m naturally thrilled for it. Here’s hoping I don’t have to be talking about Onward 2: Electric Boogaloo in a couple years. But I probably will be.

And that’s it!

Again, odds are you will go see Toy Story 4 and you will like it, and that’s fine. Not every movie can be Black Panther. But we should expect movies to at least make an effort, right? We should want movies that are both visually stunning and filled with thought-provoking plots and delightful characters?? Not just movies that are pretty much only visually stunning??? *cough*TOYSTORY4 AND ALITABATTLEANGEL*cough*.

*shrug emoji*