One of the biggest questions surrounding the release of Toy Story 3 was the ending: would Andy end up holding onto the toys forever more, or would he find a way to peacefully part with them, giving them a new lease on life with someone else? Of course, seeing Andy hold onto the toys while they rot away in his basement would have been depressing as anything, so Pixar went with a decidedly smarter, more uplifting and emotionally devastating choice, to have Andy begrudgingly pass the toys onto Bonnie, so another youngster could experience their joy for years to come. You'd need a heart of stone to not be the least bit touched by Woody's bittersweet farewell to Andy, and it's an ending that most audiences can't imagine being topped. This is why Toy Story 4 truly needs to be a new chapter, as separate from the first three movies as possible: otherwise audiences will be expecting another heart-wrenching ending, and end up disappointed when it doesn't happen. This a huge hurdle, given that Toy Story 3's ending was the pay-off of a 15-year build-up and felt very final, whereas TS4 won't simply be able to repeat the same emotional bent to the same rapturous returns.
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