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Alright! Hope you guys are liking Toy Story Tuesday so far! This is the movie I feel like I watch the least out of all 3 movies... but it's still pretty important to shaping what Pixar is known for and it's just a great movie that I feel like I overlook too often. Okay so Toy Story 2... I'd say the funniest of the 3 Toy Story movies... this also seemed like the most adventurous of all the Toy Story Movies. I think the funny thing about these movies is that the Toys are on this HUGE adventure and in reality they are usually only a few minutes away from their home. I don't think Sunnyside was that far, Sid was just RIGHT next door to Andy and Al's Toy Barn isn't too far either... but with this one they also go to the airport and the stakes are pretty high because they're going to Japan. So... the most memorable part of Toy Story 2... the part that will kind of stick with you no matter what is the part where you learn Jessie was abandoned by her kid "E...

So I mentioned Toy Story 3 being one of my favorite movies of all time... and I'm not sure it's better than the first movie... and I'm not sure the second movie isn't better than the first either... so yeah. I guess I'm just going to dive into all of these movies and we'll go over what's the best and why each of them are amazing on their own anyway! And I do love all of these movies individually... but they definitely do all play better as a trilogy than individual movies. If Pixar decided not to make another Toy Story movie after the first one... I don't think the story would be told. And although I was 18 when Toy Story 3 came out... I feel like that was the perfect completion to the story. And I know they're making or trying to make a Toy Story 4... I have a feeling there's still more story to tell and I'm excited for it. I know most people are skeptical because Toy Story 3 was amazing... but I'm trying to keep an open mind about Toy...

Okay... so I have kind of a Pixar theme going on right now and I'd like to mention why I love Pixar and why Pixar means so much to me... so yeah. It all started when Toy Story came out! I was a kid... I remember seeing it in theaters with my dad, my sister and I think my sister's best friend at the time. My dad doesn't really go to a lot of movies- but I kind of wonder if he wanted to see the movie as much as we did. It was something different and my dad has always loved computers and technology... so I'm guessing he knew more about what Pixar was and why this was so special. Maybe we were just arguing or something and he wanted to get us out of the house... not really sure! But I remember seeing this in theaters and I loved it. I knew my toys came to life when I wasn't in the room! This confirmed it. Also... this is still something I kind of believe. No shame. I know that toys don't really come to life when you aren't in the room... but I mean come on! ...

So this is something I always think about but I've never really made the connection. There have been several movies where when I've seen them I've thought "This is The Best Movie Of All Time" and there are a few others that I think I can include in the list... so yeah. Some of them I think I can still call favorites- or I could recently call favorites. Some of them are newer movies that I'm adding to the list... but they deserve a place. Despicable Me Series  I feel like the most obvious pick for Favorite Movie is Despicable Me. I think I might do a whole "Shannon Loves" on this post explaining just why I like it so much... but this movie made me happy in college at exam time and I still love it today! I love the minions- I cracked up laughing the first time I saw them in a preview... I just think this is one of my favorite movies ever. Monster's Inc  This was my first favorite movie ever... so this has a special place to me. I just reall...