Taking this film as a singular piece, Woody is a Change Main Character. Seen in the context of all three films, Woody is Steadfast, and Andy is Change. This was the source of my confusion in my original analysis. The Andy/Woody story (with Woody remaining the "steadfast" toy and Andy changing) appears to be the concluding emotional event to all three films, rather than the singular end of this particular film. Andy's resolve (what to do or not to do in regards to Woody) was what the film set out to be, but for some reason was relegated to a teary-eyed bookend device.
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But Andy's realization that the time has come to say goodbye comes off more as the last predictable event in a series of well-intentioned setups and payoffs, rather than a point of emotional growth developed naturally over the course of the story.
At first glance, it seems as if it is supposed to be Andy as the most emotional scenes involve the college freshman-to-be and his cowboy toy. While it is clear that Woody was the principal character that changed, it is less obvious which character was the impetus for that transformation. This is in contrast to the past fifteen years of Pixar films that I felt were more concrete in their execution of complete storytelling. And while I fully recognize that I'm just about the only person on the planet who had any problems with it, I still feel that what was there was creating some kind of confusion in the message that was being communicated.
To be completely honest, I originally had issues with how this story-taken as a whole-was structured.
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