Unfortunately the quality of the script is nowhere near the quality and tightness of the first 3 Toy Stories. Not counting the look and animation, the ideas weren't as creative and the execution only average.
For example, the way the toys got the RV to turn back was completely unrealistic. Really takes you out of the movie when implausible things happen. Toys pretending to be GPS navigation, and the humans actually falling for it? Sorry but that's ridiculous.
The writers were lazy or just not the good writers this time. They forced a series of unlikely events towards the end. The timing of those events needing to chain together to form a massive coincidental outcome.
Obviously some scenes are enjoyable, but there's an X-factor missing that was present in the previous movies.
Not sure if the direction was the issue, or screenplay or what. But from the very opening scene, things just seemed muddled, not as poetic. Perhaps it suffered from design-by-committee.
The background music with emotional strings were pushed too hard. Very formula-driven, no creative rule-breaking. Just a "safe" movie in stark contrast to the engaging and original narratives of the previous movies.
For example, the way the toys got the RV to turn back was completely unrealistic. Really takes you out of the movie when implausible things happen. Toys pretending to be GPS navigation, and the humans actually falling for it? Sorry but that's ridiculous.
The writers were lazy or just not the good writers this time. They forced a series of unlikely events towards the end. The timing of those events needing to chain together to form a massive coincidental outcome.
Obviously some scenes are enjoyable, but there's an X-factor missing that was present in the previous movies.
Not sure if the direction was the issue, or screenplay or what. But from the very opening scene, things just seemed muddled, not as poetic. Perhaps it suffered from design-by-committee.
The background music with emotional strings were pushed too hard. Very formula-driven, no creative rule-breaking. Just a "safe" movie in stark contrast to the engaging and original narratives of the previous movies.