![]() Andy's mom is having Andy's sister Molly (voice: Bea Miller) clean her room as well, and tells the two to throw out what they don't want, store extra items in the attic, or donate items to Sunnyside Daycare. With only a few days left until he leaves, Andy has not cleaned up his room. The toys' "staff meeting" is cut short when Andy returns to his room with his mom (voice: Laurie Metcalf) in tow. He figures Andy will store them in the attic.maybe one day to be played with again when Andy has kids of his own. ![]() Several are of the persuasion that Sarge is right, and they'll be tossed out soon, but Woody believes that Andy wouldn't do that. Potato Head (voice: Estelle Harris), three alien squeak toys from Pizza Planet, Slinky Dog (voice: Blake Clark), Rex (voice: Wallace Shawn), and Hamm the Piggy Bank (voice: John Ratzenberger). This idea soon fills the heads of the remaining toys: Woody (voice: Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (voice: Tim Allen), Jessie (voice: Joan Cusack), Bullseye (voice: Frank Welker), Mr. Fearful of being thrown away, they leap out the window into the world beyond, their parachutes taking them who knows where. As the toys take stock of how many are left, and those that they have lost over the years, their attention is drawn to the last of the little green Army Men: Sarge (voice: R. Several of them hold out hope that Andy will play with them at least once before he leaves, but those hopes are soon dashed. The fact that Andy has grown from a young boy to a teenager about to leave home has not been lost on his toys. I couldn’t find an English language one to embed.Andy Davis (voice: John Morris) is 17 years old, and is heading off to college in a few days. The scene I found is in German (?) I think. That is the reason this scene is one of the greatest. ![]() Of course they won’t die, even Pixar couldn’t end the trilogy that way, but for a second, just a second, you believe they might. The feeling of acceptance and the way they stand together, staring death in the face, will pull at anyone’s heart-strings. Overall, the reason the holding hands scene is so effective because it really sells the peril of the characters. It is especially satisfying because of who saves them, how they are saved and the fact that everyone will have forgotten about the little aliens and the garbage “claw.” Of course the toys can’t die and Pixar actually save them in such a perfect way. For a second, just a second, you think they could really die Almost everyone at some point, watching the toys accept their fate, thinks that this could be the most definite and cruelest ending to the trilogy. When you watch this for the first time you can’t help but feel that they could actually die. The real impact was the fact that the descent lasts longer than any audience is comfortable with. The fear, acceptance and reassurance is all told in the actions and more specifically, eyes of each character. Pixar knows emotion and their animation has moved on so far that this scene is done wordlessly. This scene is a perfect example of what Pixar does best. The scene has no words and is sold on expression alone It is then that we get the wide shot, taking in all the toys as they slowly lower towards the fire. ![]() All of this down to the final connection, between the two toys who’s friendship has come the furthest, as Buzz holds his hand out for Woody. This hand holding then begins to spread through the group, each toy grabbing hold of another. The toys, led by Buzz giving his best, saddest eyes, grabbing Jessie’s hand with look of resolute acceptance. It is then that the real emotional gut-punch begins. The toys begin to fall down with the rest of the garbage, with Woody saving Rex from toppling into the flames. Even then, as a viewer you can’t help but think they aren’t in real danger but then Pixar plays a very cruel trick. It looks like cuddly villain Lotso could save them until he decides to walk away from the “kill switch” and let the toys burn in the furnace. This time it is a chase through a landfill, which ends with the toys falling into an incinerator. Toy Story 3 is as good as the first two movies and just as they do, it slowly builds to a great, action-packed climax. Greatest Scene Number 13: Toy Story 3 – Holding Hands
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