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15 thoughts on Toy Story 5

Not too long ago, I saw Toy Story 5 with friends! Here are some thoughts. 

  1. As always, the Toy Story team did a great job
  2. I was happy for Jessie to take center stage
  3. The legion of Buzz Lightyears was just too funny
  4. I genuinely appreciated that, in the end, technology is not the evil initially thought, but rather it's how and why kids use it that makes the difference
  5. It was moving how Jessie's first kid named her daughter after Jessie, but that said, I can't think of a toy I'd name my kid after (but perhaps that's because my toys have names like "Tiger Kitty")
  6. I was able to predict a few moments in the story, but there were some genuine surprises
  7. The non-main toys were all excellent comedic relief
  8. I feel like Bonnie and Blaze had way more creative play than I did as a kid (not that I didn't have fun, creative times, but I don't think I constructed like a royal ball where there are spies, one of whom turns out to be the bomb they're trying to find and diffuse)
  9. While the animation style has certainly changed and evolved since the first movie, I feel like it has still kept up the spirit of the original and as someone who is old enough to remember seeing all of the movies, this consistency warms my heart
  10. I will say I didn't cry during the movie, but some of my friends I saw it with did and that says a lot (because, to be fair, I rarely cry during movies)
  11. The movie made me, as always, examine my relationship with my toys and, now, with my devices
  12. I, personally, think the legion of Buzzes should've gone back to the donation truck rather than descending upon a school playground. This is because, while that scene was very funny, I do think ultimately most of the parents would make their kids give up the drone toy that can give off WiFi that arrived en masse by mysterious means. So, if the toys went with the donation truck, perhaps they could've ended up with kids who don't have many (if any) toys
  13. Jessie getting closer with her first kid was so sweet
  14. I will happily keep watching this series as long as they keep extending it
  15. Perhaps future Toy Story movies will touch on nostalgia, the praise of vintage, and/or passing toys down through generations

(Prompt by me)

Toy Story 5 (2026) directed by Andrew Stanton and written by Andrew Stanton and Kenna Harris, Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures


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