The ending of this movie has been greatly exaggerated (spoilers)

Finally. Someone who shares my feeling. I just finished watching the movie and I have to say your exact words. The ending was highly exaggerated. Everyone who watched the film explained it like its the saddest thing they ever saw on film and I went ahead with that emotion in my mind that I was going to encounter a sad or rather tragic climax but it wasn't to be that way. I understand its sad; Andy saying goodbye to his toys but its definitely not tear inducing sad!

SOMEONE ELSE IS ON THE MOON! 😯

I cried more during the opening scene out of happiness!

I didn't cry but it was kind of a bittersweet ending. I think a lot of people had hoped that through it all, he would have kept his toys once they came back and put them in the attic. But in the end, he was being selfless and gave them away so they could continue being played with. I think it could most depend on the note Woody wrote to him....whatever it said.

I agree. It took me 6 years to finally watch it, I've been hearing it was one of the saddest and tear-jerking endings of all time, so I kind of postponed the viewing like I did for "Requiem for a Dream" lol.

I thought the ending would be sad in an upsetting way, but as sad as it was, it was the farewell scene anyone could see coming, Andy growing up and having to say 'goodbye' to his toys. From the ending's reputation, I thought he would leave them in the attic and Woody would jump out the 'college' box to join his friends, hell, I even thought that it would end with the furnace. But the ending was still a happy one, Andy passing the torch to Bonnie, a poignant moment but satisfying because we know the toys have a few years of happiness ahead.

But yeah, from what I heard, I thought it would be something on the same level than Mufasa or Bambi's mom.

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I didn't feel anything either. The emotional aspect of this film, particularly the end, has been greatly exaggerated, especially since its completely disconnected from the rest of the movie. The kid had nothing to do with 99% of the movie, so when he gave the toys away, it had no depth to it.

I was shocked it was a best picture nominee as it was definitely inferior to its predecessors.

The reason for people crying at the end of this film was the age of the audience. Many people in real life were the same age as Andy when they saw the first two films. Now that Andy was graduating high school and heading off to college, it struck a cord with many real life people who were also graduating high school and going to college in 2010. In a sense, the sadness was not only because of Andy donating his toys; it was also a type of sadness that was provoked by the film's underlying message about growing up.

It wasn’t sad, it was cliched and corny, I was trying my hardest to keep myself from laughing. The movie was great until that ending. Toy story 2 is the best but in all honesty Despicable Me is a better trilogy than Toy Story.

Funny you should mention the furnace scene. I saw this film at the cinema, and there was already a lot of buzz about the sad ending of this film.

When the furnace came round, the whole cinema tensed. It was an odd atmosphere, because you could tell everybody was thinking the same thing. We all knew a 'sad' ending was coming, but we didn't know what. If the toys had died then and there, none of the humans would've realised. As far as Any and family knew, they had been taken to the daycare centre.

Everybody in the cinema at the time held their breath. We actually thought this was the end for Woody, Buzz and the gang.