Toy Story 5 Is Pointless

So obviously this movie’s existence is pointless and this franchise should’ve ended 16 years ago. Director Andrew Stanton (WALL-E, Finding Nemo) could’ve spent the time he used to make this movie on an original project. As for the movie itself I thought it was fine.

Toys becoming obsolete to rising tech is a natural progression for the series, and it handles this conflict in a decent way. It was engaging to watch the hijinks the characters got into and the resolution they found to living with tech. The plot was super messy however, it often felt unintentionally episodic. The jokes were nowhere near the level of the first three movies. The series’ dialogue used to feel fresh compared to majority of animated movies, but now it just feels like it’s written for exclusively kids. There are a ton of moments in this movie that feel like they’re trying to be a “Pixar crying moment” but fail. The 2nd and 3rd movie had sad moments but they felt natural in the story. For some reason they bring Woody back, but he has no purpose in the story. He’s just there because it’s a Toy Story movie.

This movie just doesn’t feel like it has the same level of importance as the first three movies, and even the fourth one. Those movies have significant character arcs and a significant impact on the series, while this movie could be entirely removed from the series and nothing would change. I liked it a little more than 4, mainly because I feel like the concept is better and the plot is more entertaining, but this movie shows how stale and out of touch Pixar has become.