Recently, I went to watch Toy Story 4 and here is what I thought about it. Contains spoilers for Toy Story 4 (2019).

Toy Story 4 starts off with a flashback showing more of Woody and Bo Peep’s relationship and also revealing the reason why Bo Peep was missing in Toy Story 3. This flashback showing their relationship will later on be used to make Woody and Bo Peep’s reunion feel more natural. The reason for Bo Peep to be donated seems reasonable, since it’s similar to how Barbie was donated in Toy Story 3.

Life in Bonnie’s house feels almost the same as Andy’s house but just that Bonnie only plays with a selected few toys and throws the rest in the wardrobe while Andy plays with all the toys. In Bonnie’s house, Dolly is the leader of their group so now that Woody and the rest are in Bonnie’s room they have to follow orders from Dolly.

Woody in the first half feels like a father to Forky, which kind of makes sense since Woody helped create Forky? He tries his best to get Forky to stay with Bonnie, because he feels that as a toy it’s his duty to make the child happy. Forky was really attracted to trash because he really wasn’t suppose to end up as a toy.

Seeing Woody getting thrown to the wardrobe and not getting played felt really depressing. Most of the time Woody was a hot toy to play with and in Toy Story 4 we saw a different side of the story that we really never expect to happen. Making Woody be thrown aside was an excellent story decision, we at least see something unique and different, something which will later be used in the ending of the movie.Woody always wanted to make the kid happy because like what Gabby Gabby said “It’s the most honourable thing a toy can do”. So this time Woody knows that despite him being not the toy being played, he still can make the child happy.

The scene with Woody and Forky on the road was really great. It serves to strengthen Woody and Forky’s relationship. Forky also figured out what being a toy is all about and Woody just tells Forky all about his adventures. There were also funny bits.

Then Bo Peep arrived and she was awesome. Bo Peep is like those people who don’t follow the rules and manage to live a happier life than those who do. We always saw Bo Peep as a damsel in distress, she was really just Woody’s love interest, we don’t really see much of her personality in the past few Toy Story. But here we get to see her personality. She’s friendly, she does things the way she wants them to be and she is just adventurous. Bo Peep is a really great character and I’m thankful that the director didn’t turn her to a villain which was what a few of people thought. Bo Peep just shows us to a whole new place where toys would rather not have a kid. We get deeper into the concept of a kid leaving their toy behind. Some might want it and some would rather be with a child.

The animation for this movie is just outstanding. Every frame is showing off Pixar’s flawless animation. Like what I said in my non spoiler review, the objects around the characters that aren’t alive somehow looks the most “alive”. Things like tree and buildings just looks so realistic. The colour palette of this movie follows the tone of the particular scene. If it’s a scary scene, everything around the characters are of a darker colour while if it’s a happy scene, everything around the characters looks bright and colorful.

Woody reuniting with Bo Peep is one of my favourite scenes of the movie. It feels as though we known Bo Peep as well as Woody. Bo Peep just works so well with Woody, just two old friends that never met for a while,.it just feels so heartwarming. Both Bo Peep and Woody have good chemistry with each other, with Bo Peep as a sort of tour guide to Woody, showing him a different perspective to being a lost toy.

With Toy Story 4 being in a different setting, we get to see new toys and their own individual back stories. We got introduce to the hilarious duo Ducky and Bunny which I only realized after the movie were sewn together. Ducky and Bunny, being voiced by Key and Peele, led to some funny moments. Both of them are childish and imaginative. You really get the feeling of two good friends just having fun when you see them on screen. They are also new to everything as they have been strapped in a booth their whole life. At first it seems like they wanted a child but they seem happy in the end with Bo Peep and Woody. They are really hilarious.

Duke Kaboom was great. You can hear Keanu Reeves really wanted to do a good job in portraying a stuntman on a motorcycle and everybody just wants Keanu Reeves in Toy Story. We found out that Duke Kaboom was abandoned by a kid because he couldn’t fly as far as the commercial said he did. It feels really satisfying when Duke probe his kid wrong when he made that big jump.

The ending of this movie closes Woody’s story arc as a whole. From being a loyal toy staying close to his kid to being free to wander around and explore the world. It’s a prefect ending for Woody, since Toy Story have always been centered around Woody.

My only problem is that they were saying Forky was such an important toy but during the movie we didn’t see much of him. We should have explored more of Forky or at least explored more around the carnival setting.

It’s not an easy job to make a sequel but Toy Story made 4 equally good sequels and I hope they don’t make another one. Maybe if it doesn’t have Woody and maybe focus on Buzz Lightyear now. This movie has a pretty short duration so it kinda of feels like a holiday special. But overall the movie is hilarious and have a great ending.

Ratings: 9/10