"The Toy Story trilogy is one of the greatest examinations of personal loss of our generation. Each one answers a question that the last one asked.
In Toy Story, the movie concerns Woody's jealousy about Buzz stealing his place in Andy's life, and basically asks, how do i stop someone from falling out of love with me? But then it shies away from answering that question. It sort of drops it in favor of Woody and Buzz coming together.
In Toy Story 2, the movie returns to that question, and answers very simply that you can't. You can't stop someone from falling out of love with you. And so you have to enjoy the time you have with them - you need to make every moment precious. You love well while you have the chance, and risk that pain, because it's infinitely better than locking your heart away, shielding it in a glass case where it can be safe and sterile and untouchable forever.
Toy Story 3 then answers the question that Toy Story 2 didn't even know it was asking - alright then, i let them go. And what do i do after that? And Toy Story 3 says: you live your life. You don't forever after walk backwards through life looking back at that relationship. You don't let it consume you. When you let them go, you let them go. You remember the good times, and maybe you remember the bad times too. And then you find new people to love, and that's okay. That's good. That's necessary - the only thing you can do if you don't want to become bitter and regretful and hateful and tied to the front of a garbage truck."
via Saintbaba
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