In the good old days when effects were done by stuntmen and cartoons were made by Disney, we would sometimes measure films by the number of lumps they would bring to your throat. A 3 lumper would have grown men weeping in the aisles; surprisingly I cannot recollect anything that strong. Of course, for film makers and TV creators, this was their goal - strong emotional content was their yard schtick, their reality.
More recently films are targeted at more sophisticated audiences where the quality of CGI wins or some other billion dollar spectacular effect grabs the headlines; not at all like the European minimalist offerings such as Lars von Trier's Dogville. Especially in the world of animation where grown ups and children must be satisfied both at once; when adult jokes can make parents guffaw while their children roll on the floor laughing. Admittedly quite a feat. Well this one had to be something special as the third in the series to earn the acclaim it was receiving and not be a pattern story sequel.
Quite happy to award this 4 stars: but it just goes to show that films are just as different from one another as are sheep and goats or apples, pears and oranges. Toy Story is no Rashomon is no Inception and films can be so wonderfully entertaining
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