2020-07-07 5:27 pm

The Toy Story Movie Nobody Wanted To See

my theory: the imagination of a child is what gives them life, and the reason they swear to secrecy is because the lack of imagination the truth would casuse their child to have would kill them. some holes in this theory but I reckon it's pretty good. without any reason to remain secret at all, however, the story seems silly because you see no reason for why woody goes through all that trouble to keep forky's sentience a secret. he has no motive whatsoever to do so, and while it's funny to see him freak out about the situation, it seems wildly unneccessary because the stakes for if bonnie finds out aren't there. when there are no stakes, there is no hope and fear (uhh take off your clothes), and without hope and fear, there is no cinematic experience, and the story isn't told well.

the reason why this film fails in many respects is because it fundamentally misunderstands two rules of the first movie: first, that we don't know why the toys swear to secrecy, and second, that we don't know how toys receive life. Forky makes these problems more obvious than any character or situation in the past films.

