A movie that hit home; Toy Story 3

I suppose this seems pretty un-original, as my last couple of blog posts were about movies and such, but I really wanted to write a bit about another movie I just watched for I think the fifth time now: Toy Story 3

Toy Story is a series that I can easily say is my favorite of all time. When the first film came out in 1995 (boy do I feel old), it was something that really got me as a kid; a movie that had an extremely new style of animation, had a funny story, and was about toys, which (as I think most kids were into) was really cool to see. When my parents got it for me on VHS, I have no idea how it survived so many plays and rewinds in the VCR. When the sequel came out (1999), it was as amazing as the first, the new characters mixed well with the old, and the story line even grander. I could not wait for Toy Story 3.

However, Toy Story 3 was a long, long ways off. I would be waiting until June of 2010 to finally see it, and when I did, it was a pretty amazing experience. Our main character, Andy, who was a kid playing with his toys like I was, was now off to college. The family dog, Buster, first introduced in Toy Story 2 as a loving, rascal of a puppy, was now old and just barely moving.

Pixar had done it again, I was sucked into the movie seeing those two characters (along with his mother and sister) all grown up, as if they had been growing up in their own world like I had over the years. After the movie, it brought back memories of my childhood, its not common for any movie to really make me think too hard, but Toy Story 3 sure did.

Are there any movies or television shows that hit home with you or made you think about life at all?