Toy Story 4 (Spoilers)
Wow what a damn good movie. I'm so happy the guys seemed to have enjoyed it just as much as I did. These movies have so much heart and it's amazing how emotional a grown ass adult can get over a kids movie about toys but by god they did it again. Highly recommend. Guess this wasn't spoilery at all but spoilers are welcome.

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Gawd I choke up just thinking about how beautiful that is. TS1 is a masterpiece.
And that's without mentioning Woody's arc, which is also beautiful in its own way.
Woody and Buzz are equals at the end of TS1. Only Woody had seen exactly how annoying Buzz could be. And only Buzz understood why Woody was acting how he was: because it is terrible to lose that feeling of being special.
For me, this is the OG Pixar crying scene.
Missing from that clip is Woody going into his own depression: "As a matter of fact, you're too cool. I mean, what chance does a toy like me have against a Buzz Lightyear action figure? All I do is... [yanks his pullstring] Why would Andy ever want to play with me, when he's got you? I'm the one that should be strapped to that rocket." And then Buzz deciding to help.
... "You've got a friend in me."
A little TS1 gushing before I write up my TS4 thoughts.
Here are my rankings/ratings for the movies:
TS1 – 10/10
TS2 – 7/10
TS3 – 9/10
If you think TS2 has a low rating, please watch it again. I did on Wednesday. It did not age well, and I suspect everyone was just surprised to have a not-bad sequel in 1999. The Woody’s Round-Up element is inspired, but so much of the movie is almost world-breaking with how they’re running out and about in broad daylight. This series began with Woody sending toy soldiers downstairs to inspect presents as a BFD, even resulting in a wounded toy. Sequels do better when they don’t weaken the peril and suspense of their predecessors.
TS3 is somewhat back into form with Woody trying to rescue the toys from the garbage truck as a BFD, although there are missteps.
I realize I look cranky critiquing this, but I mention it because TS4 was back doing the same shit as TS2, and I don’t like that. I think it’s totally valid to not mind it, but I just happen to not like it. I think the Toy Story concept of toys being alive is really fucking cool, and I think it makes more sense when they’re timid about fucking around in the human world. Otherwise, why stop at saving toys? Why not start a fucking revolution? Wake up, toys!
It's not wrong; it just weakens what victories they do achieve. For me.
If the story must continue beyond TS1, I like the idea of ending on the note where Woody discovers self-sufficiency in TS4. However, I found the plotting to be lazy. It’s not Crystal Skull lazy, but it’s about halfway between that and what I’d consider to be solid. And it’s far from dazzling. It’s telling that a big chunk of the dialogue around this movie is about the animation. That’s what has dazzled people. Hey, did you notice the rain in that TS1 clip I shared above looks pretty damn good on the window, and the drop-refracted light plays on Buzz’s face? No, no one really talks about that with that scene. Hm.
The good:
The bad:
The in-between:
The best:
Verdict: 6/10
I don’t fault people for liking this movie more than I did because my complaints are pretty high-level and holistic to the series.