Here are two things I really love to do.<\/p>\n
The last line of text for my\u00a0Toy Story 4<\/em> synopsis in\u00a0The 365 Greatest Movies Ever Made and the Days You Should Watch Them<\/em> reads: “And when <\/span>Toy Story 5<\/span><\/i> comes out, I\u2019ll see it the first day.”<\/span><\/p>\n Well, it wasn’t quite the\u00a0first<\/em> day, though seeing a morning showing the second day I suppose counts as the first 24 hours. Yup, I was there, fulfilling a several-year-old prophecy, and let me say Toy Story 5<\/em> did not disappoint. It will definitely be in the second edition of\u00a0365<\/em>, though the jury is still out on exactly where. It would make sense to have it on a Friday, completing a business week of Toy Story<\/em> movies, no? Or do you break these things up, as time passes between the action of the movies as well?<\/p>\n I’ve got some time to think about it. All I can think about now is how great\u00a0Toy Story 5<\/em> was. Hard to believe they’ve been at this for 31 years now, as I’ve gone from barely-too-old for their target audience back in 1995, to\u00a0exactly in the middle<\/em> of their target audience in 2026. How, you say? I’m the dad in the story now (and the guy who pays for the movie tickets), and they’re speaking to me in the film as much as they’re speaking to the kids. Without giving anything away the conflict in\u00a0Toy Story 5<\/em> is a battle between the toys in “real life” and the various devices of the digital world. Talk about art imitating life… didn’t need to dig too far into the imagination for that one. Needless to say as you watch the movie you root for the toys, and the real-life relationships they foster. I guess that’s been at the heart of all five of the\u00a0Toy Story<\/em> movies, and what puts them a notch above your usual kid-themed drivel.<\/p>\n And when\u00a0Toy Story<\/em> 6<\/em> comes out… I’ll see it the first day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are two things I really love to do. Quote myself. Fulfill a prophecy. The last line of text for my\u00a0Toy Story 4 synopsis in\u00a0The 365 Greatest Movies Ever Made and the Days You Should Watch Them reads: “And when … Continue reading