New Releases #8: Toy Story 4 Review

My name is Logan Tyler Smith, and in this series of LoganLand Prime I will analyze movies that are newer or more contemporary in the public consciousness. Welcome to the New Releases series.

In “Toy Story 4”, the toy’s of the past three movies have to deal with a decorated spork who mysteriously came to life after being declared a “toy”. After the cowboy doll Sheriff Woody gets separated from the others along with the spork named “Forky”, he realizes more about himself and the world around him around the same time he reconnects with an old friend from a previous owner. 
Toy Story has and always has been a practically perfect animated franchise. Right from the opening scene, the viewers are effortlessly hooked into the sprawling narrative of the series without much need for dull exposition. In addition, the film manages to somehow be genuinely funnier and better animated than the first three movies, if not generally better. 
It’s no secret that the original Toy Story changed the animation game with revolutionary computer animation, and this movie is no exception. Channeling the years of experience the Pixar Animation studio has been making a variety of stories in the computer, the characters are more detailed and realistic than any previous Pixar films have any right to be. 
Besides the stigma of being a sequel and arguably a children’s movie, there’s not a lot wrong with it in a technical or story aspect. This movie proves, above all else, that Pixar and by extension Toy Story remains at the top of it’s game. 
In conclusion, a good experience for the whole family and in general is this movie. Normally I tailor my reviews to say that if you like one movie and dislike another, then watch that movie and not the other. But given the circumstances, I would recommend this funny and heartwarming movie to just about anyone. And I hope they enjoy it as much as I do.

That's my take. I'm Logan Tyler Smith and this has been the New Releases series.

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