Toy Story 3 redux

That's what I felt it was after seeing it. It truly is the official Toy Story 3 in my mind... Though I have to admit to myself I didn't feel it was totally needed or even added much that hasn't already been said by the previous two sequels. Lots of missed opportunities to include or continue story lines left over from the first film or bring more depth to the new characters, and eh, it's a little under cooked is the best way to describe it. It feels "new" pixar not the old pixar that was aiming for near perfection.

I saw or glanced more movies than that one today... A few thoughts on movie going for me. It is harder now. I don't particularly like going and being around other people's kids, or feeling so damn alien and out of place. I've already experienced the reflexive antagonism towards blacks that's imbedded in all people outside that nappy african world.... I know how emo that sounds, and maybe I should f'n stop being a pussy and deal with the facts of life, but it's how I feel. It's hard to fit into the way society is so f'n tight butt about us blacks walking around in it. It's a shame and I think it damn sucks. You just feel like, Oh lawdy lawd better not piss off them white folk and their kids, oohh lawwdy lawwd. Am I thinking that shit in 2019? For real? Fuck them damn kids...

Well it's a very mixed bag film. Jokes are tossed every which way and some work great others not really... Essentially it's about wtf happened to Bo Peep's character. It's kinda movie that simply would not even have happened if Toy Story 3 didn't suddenly have Bo Peep just not in it... The flash back at the beginning should have been in Toy Story 3 to explain or even point out the fact that this happens, toys get sold or given to new kids. Kinda the main plot of TS3 so it would have foreshadowed what Andy would do, give away his toys...

Andy's constantly present in the film despite his being long gone and that part is amazingly well done... But it makes Bonnie seem insignificant to Woody, etc. And ultimately the film concludes that she is. She's just this new Andy who one day will drop them all off at a garage sale or something one day and the show's over... I guess I have to re-watch toy story 3 to try to get my head around this stuff. Is this movie basically re-telling the same story of Woody's fear of his owner growing up and not knowing what he's going to do when that happens??? It basically does. Woody's main issue in this is the same one he had with Andy. What will he do when Bonnie grows up? The last film and even Toy Story 2 conclude that Woody bringing joy to a child matters more than whatever the fate will be for him and his friends... fine... but then this film backpaddles and says fuck it, who cares about having only one kid, let's have an infinite amount by being played with at a carnival or wherever... so yeah it contradicts the message of the other two films, or am I wrong on that? I just don't know... That's what I took away. I'm happy for Woody but that theme is sloppily handled in this film as Woody does indeed abandon Bonnie who apparently doesn't much care for him, so he says screw that kid....

My movie would have had Woody kinda actually become collectible figure at Andy's Toy museum and store or something, some damn thing to make his ending not seem so open and inconclusive... I have some thoughts and grievances as a true old school toy story fan not the new generation of punks who don't know a damn thing about the classic original and only like the silly jive talkin black sounding dolls. Is this coonery in a big budget pixar toy story movie, did I just watch that shit? No shame?

Self aware movie too, like it knew it wasn't that good, so it said f it and just told tons of jokes to compensate for the weak story. As for where it stands, I do indeed place it above toy story 3, but it does not touch 1 or 2, those are truly solid, well done toy story films. Not really a fan of 3 and 4 seems like a remake of 3 because they knew 3 was hot ass.

Saw chucky or caught its ending... I thought it was rather pedestrian, passable... nothing hyperbolic like the youtube reviews say. It's ok, shit ending, not that spectacular really. Comparable to any by the numbers average horror movie. It's not that bad not that great.

Also glanced shaft. Now that's a good movie.... surprised cuz I was thinking it'd be what the reviews say and Tim Story is a lame director to me, but it was f'n great at points. The guy playing shaft's son he's pretty decent and doesn't distract you with his blandness too much though he disappears in scenes featuring real much better actors, but he still brings something... Sam Jackson is just having fun, and that's why the movie works. It's like just watching a day in the life of Sam Jackson and he's having fun and not just doing the movie for a check. The movie does TRY. It's not what the reviews say. It's good. Wanted to just stay in the Shaft universe oh man.... I miss that universe... I was there for the first Sam Jackson Shaft. Seeing him back, and no, any review saying he's not playing the same shaft is bullshit. That same pissed off, take no shit attitude is exactly who he was in the first movie... Sam knows what he's doing...

Gonna be checking out Rocketman since I do indeed love Elton John, who the hell doesn't...

Lastly, some dude who's popular online has commited suicide. Ending this on a happy note aren't I? Well I did indeed come across his stuff on youtube one day so I do know the guy existed and was rather amused by his weird antics online... He literally killed himself because of the internet. Fuck... Because of what? Dude? If there ever was a case of being out of touch with reality it's his. I feel sad for anyone who lives online and lets the internet take away their sense of normalcy to that extent. Gladly I grew up in dial up days. Thank God I remember not having this shit. Damn, that does take balls, post a youtube suicide video, then actually jump off a bridge... I guess it does. Wow, just no justifiable reason to do it imo. The net is nonsense, ignore it... don't let people get to you on this thing.... trust me...