In fact, I didn’t have much hope for this film. Pixar has been out of line in the past few years. It was my previous positioning for this film to rely on the classic old IP to make a fortune, but after watching it, I feel that this is still our very Familiar Toy Story, authentic and better.
First of all, as for the characters, the overall feeling of the characters is that the portrayals and descriptions of several new characters are very expressive. Whether it is the villain doll who was finally washed white, the shepherdess who has not been described in detail in the previous films, or the two talkative dolls, and even the functional role of the Canadian Speedman, the characters are very full. What's more difficult is that the content of these characters is not filled for filling, and the background of almost every character is connected with the story itself. In a movie, there are so many characters, such a plump image, and it can make the plot compact, the director is really good. And the first heroine of this film, Shepherdess, got rid of the dilemma of deliberately promoting the image of women's rights in recent years, but it was smashed. The image that is tougher than Woody is reasonable and not annoying to the audience. It is really much better than the Captain Marvel and the like that make people feel even a little disgusting when they come up. And this one should be the only work in the entire series that doesn't feel the existence of the villain at all. Although the doll in the antique store looks like a traditional villain at first, almost from the beginning, we didn't think she was the kind of heinous villain. The rational villain's motives and the subsequent whitewashing make people feel that there is no violation. feel. It can be said that the characterization of this film is probably the best of all the animated films I have seen.
In terms of plot, the theme of the whole film has changed from taking care of children by Woody in the first three films to pursuing his own life. To be honest, if there is any problem with this one, I think the idea this time is a bit weird. In the first three films, the meaning given to toys is almost to play with children, so in this one, when we saw that the original toys also pursued our own life, it felt a bit abrupt.
But this may be the core theme of the film, and it is also the entry point of my understanding of the film, that the toys are the parents. Of course, although I am not a parent, I can understand that this seemingly abruptness is actually a good description of how children feel about their parents. I think the perspective of our audience is actually the children in the movie. After we are used to the setting that the first three toys must accompany the children, we will feel a little uncomfortable when it comes to the fourth one, but in fact, how much do we know about our parents? Are we also used to the life of our parents? So I can somewhat imagine that after watching the first, second, and third films, when parents watch the fourth film, they may have a deep understanding and recognition. The feeling that after I accompany you for ten or twenty years without any requirement, I actually have the life I want to live should be the last relief of Woody. But my so-called flaw is that this approach should not have been arranged from the first part, so when the fourth part is shot like this, it will feel a little strange. And the reason why Woody left the child was that he wanted to live a life he had never seen before in the amusement park, or was it because of the shepherdess that Woody planned to stay?
Of course, this is still one of the best animated films I've seen in years. The story of the whole film, except that the front third is somewhat dragged, plus the sense of sight of the fork looking for self-positioning, can be said to be almost perfect. The rhythm is tight, the story and the background motives of the characters are perfectly connected and harmonious, and the final theme is sublimated, which has really been done well. In terms of characters, Woody finally found his life, whether as a toy or as a parent symbolized by the toy, the ending has been perfect. In addition, the playfulness of the film starting from the third episode, to be honest, is really unmatched. I don't think there should be a sequel. Well, as a rare four-part series of animated films, if you say that he is the highest masterpiece in the history of animated films, there should be many people who agree with it, at least I am one.
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