The movie itself taken as a whole is actually a good movie. Very good even.
The issue is the feminism and female empowerment. Jessie takes charge in everything and Buzz is made out to be a submissive bitch. They even do a role reversal where aside from the marriage proposal (which I find great because men proposing to women is not how it ought to be. And the fact they leave this as the only male role the male does should be all anyone needs to know about proposals. Proposing is feminine. Women should be asking the man for marriage not the other way around. Getting on a knee for a woman? LMFAO), Buzz took on all the traditionally female roles in the build-up to the marriage and in the wedding.
The White girl made friends with the black girl, ofc. All the White boys/girls were "not good friends" (until the very end, so I'll give it that).
The real issue was that the female lead, Jessie, was in charge at all times and all the guys were always just following her lead in everything. She was always in control and always the dominant one with the men meek and submissive. Woody is depicted as a balding old guy with a big gut yet Jessie, who isn't any older, is depicted as youthful and strong.
This kind of messaging fucks kids up and simp parents have no clue what it's doing to their kids.
He gives the toys to a preschool girl. Toy Story 3 was the perfect wrap up to the story. It was a near perfect franchise.
This is why franchises need definitive endings. Every time a company tries to extend beyond the natural conclusion of a franchise in order to milk more money out of it they do something ghoulish like this.
So the Black Adder approach? Kill off all the characters at the end of the each season?
I'm not familiar with Black Adder beyond vaguely recognizing the name, so I can't really sign on blindly for that. It's less a need to tie up loose ends and more a need for a cultural attitude that makes it morally pernicious to continue something beyond its time. Think that one random encounter in Skyrim with the old Orsimer or how Japan has an established norm of "if the manga artist dies, the whole thing is over"(with the notable exceptions being Berserk and Dragon Ball, much to my chagrin).
Well, I definitely recommend Black Adder, one of the recurring jokes was that every major character would be killed at the end of each season and the next season would take place in a completely different century with new characters (kind of, different characters but they're played by the same actors and have the same basic personalities and even the same names). I know it's not what you're actually talking about but when you said "definitive endings" my first thought was "what's more definitive than killing everyone Black Adder style".
Agreed, 3 hit me in the feels. Was a perfect end to the series.
What! You can't not squeeze the orange for more dollars?!
I think it's in a way why I don't get pissy about my things being subverted. I rarely ever attach to them in such a way. I'm so ingrained to expect to only like the beginning. Especially since 2015, they've just lost all creative ability. Even before that though. I think in a way the early story of a lot of these was someone's "life's work" that had a lot of thought put into it even if it was full of plot holes or whatever there was character. The follow-ons to a lot of that is a team of writers going "we made a boatload off this, let's exploit the brand now"
Yeah, when franchises become brands a lot of the art and love is ripped away to make way for safe, formulaic, repetitive dreck.
All 3 movies were the same plot.
Sure, I understand your point. But plot is used to drive the story. The plot of all three original Star Wars are the same. Just because they have similar plots doesn't mean they are bad stories.