![]() Do we like what Lotso has become? No, but we have an understanding of why he became the way he is via the emotions expressed – but the filmmakers were just teasing us with any hope of Lotso’s redemption, making the backstory’s inclusion a somewhat frustrating experience. Woody could have easily discerned the trouble his friends were in had the other toys recanted their own personal tales – but Pixar opted to include a two-and-a-half minute flashback to give both Woody and the audience Lotso’s backstory, creating – at least for the audience – a sense empathy. When the toys divulge Sunnyside to be a place of despair, Woody asks them “how do you know that?” – but rather than giving them firsthand accounts of their own experiences, they turn to Chuckles the clown to recant Lotso’s sad story: Its immediate function is to alert Woody to the problems his friends face at Sunnyside since he assumed he left them in good hands. What it does, however, is provide a perspective of how Lotso became the iron-paw ruler of Sunnyside he is today. I say awkward because its function in the story is not very clear considering the outcome. The problem begins with the awkwardly-conceived revelation of Lotso’s backstory. As discussed in the previous article, that a film such as The Woodsman was able to take an unsympathetic character in Walter – a recently released child molester who’s just served twelve years in prison – and allow for him a measure of forgiveness and redemption begs the question: why couldn’t Pixar do the same for a strawberry-scented teddy bear? My concern stemmed from the film’s misuse of empathy, choosing to take a tone centered on vengeance or “comeuppance” that is perhaps a reflection of our society in general – but hardly the qualities and attributes one might expect from a spectacle like the Toy Story Trilogy that is catered toward children more so than adults. Upon watching it a second time, I had a better understanding why I felt the way I did and putting it into context – a huge summer family film – left me scratching my head as to what the folks at Pixar were actually thinking with some of their story choices. While I enjoyed it, as many others in attendance did, I couldn’t help but feel something was, well… off. No, it was something else – something about the movie that left a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. I remember stepping out into the hot desert heat from the Red Rock Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on the afternoon of Jafter having watched Toy Story 3 – but it wasn’t necessarily the heat that struck me. He's not worth it.It must have taken hours to get the cast all lined up for this photo. Mr Potato Head: (as he picks up the Aliens) My boys. Mr Potato Head: And we are eternally greatful. (The scene cuts to Buzz and Jessie who are still holding hands. ![]() Mr Potato Head: You know all that bad stuff I said about Andy's attic? I take it all back. The scene then cuts to the potato heads who stop sliding as the reach the bottom) The claw then stops outside with some other rubbish and then drops the rubbish pile with the toys. ![]() Woody looks back on the incinerator and sighs in happiness. (Two of the Aliens push levers which drags the claw away. The toys stare in confusion at the claw and then look in the control booth to see the Aliens controlling it) The claw then grabs a giant pile of rubbish which holds the toys and drags them away from the incinerator. A flashlight then awakes Woody who looks up to see a giant claw. Woody then takes Slinky's paw and then all of them stare in horror at the incinerator. Woody reaches for Buzz's hand and takes it. Woody is then seen climbing and then turns to see Buzz who offers his hand. Potato Head, who is grazing hands with Mrs. Slinky takes Hamm's paw whom then takes Rex's hand. Jessie then sees Bullseye panicking and grabs his hoove to stop him panicking. (Buzz looks at Jessie and then takes her hand and both look at each other. (The incinerator is still burning flames) (Rex yells as he and the other toys slip) (Woody gasps and starts to climb as do the others) (The toys land heavily and then stare in horror at the incinerator) (The toys get pushed into the incinerator) Lotso: (pulling an evil look) Where's your kid now, Sheriff?! (He runs off in the opposite direction) (Lotso gets to the top and is about to press the button, but then looks at the toys in anger) (As Lotso climbs, the toys are getting so close to falling into the incinerator) (Woody and Buzz run over and push Lotso's feet) ![]() (The scene scrolls forward until it stops at the incinerator and then cuts back to the toys) (The other toys giggle as a birds eye view shows them on the treadmill and then the scene cuts back to them) (Lotso, Buzz and Woody drop down to join the other toys)
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