Toy Story 5

I'm going to be upfront about three things: I didn't like Toy Story, I absolutely could not STAND Bonnie, and Toy Story 2 + Jessie are my favorite aspects of Toy Story to this day. Now, with that being said, Toy Story 4 wasn't great. It's not horrible or bad, but it's weak. That's TWO TS movies that failed to meet my expectations, so, I was HIGHLY concerned for Toy Story 5. In fact, I wasn't going to watch it until streaming; however, my folks are visiting for Father's Day Weekend, so, why not?! WELL, HOLY. COW. From the marketing, I wouldn't have guessed that Woody... Is a SIDE CHARACTER?! But... It works? It's surprising, really, because these have always been about Buzz and Woody. Shifting the focus to Jessie was smart, sure, but it was handled WONDERFULLY WELL! The story focused on Jessie going through her very own journey BY HERSELF, only allowing for Woody's return to be nothing BUT organic and serve as that wise old experienced character who offers help and support when the character is down. What's more is that this movie WITHIN THE FIRST FEW MINUTES of Bonnie's initial screentime, my thoughts, opinions, and beliefs toward Bonnie RADICALLY changed and I felt for Bonnie. FINALLY, We get some semblance into who Bonnie is and what she's struggling with. UGH, MY HEART!!! Discovering MORE about Bonnie as the movie went on felt very Inside Out 1 coded, but was missing actually being inside her head. It's JUST A LITTLE WEIRD how much face value EVERYONE takes the things that happen in this movie. Furthermore, the messages are INSANELY hearthrobby. NOT A SINGLE DRY EYE in my theater—TAKE TISSUES. This might be my second favorite Toy Story movie behind TS2, which is controversial, but I'm a sucker for literally this movie.