That's a rhetorical question. I know why it was made. It's a heartless, nostalgia-bait cash grab. I'm not a fan of Toy Story 4. At all. Let's start with the moral of the story.
In Toy Story 1, Woody ends up explaining to Buzz that his purpose as a Toy is to help make Andy (the child to whom he belongs) happy and "he doesn't love you because you're a Space Ranger. He loves you because you're a Toy. His Toy."
In Toy Story 2, it's articulated by Buzz to Woody that any toy whose life is spent making a child happy is worthless with it becoming a major part of Woody's lesson. The purpose of a toy is to be played with,
Toy Story 3 was based on the idea that now that Andy has outgrown his toys, the toys must find a new child to play with them, with the film being driven by that transition from one to the other.
Toy Story 4 ends with Woody running off with Bo Peep, leaving his new child owner Bonnie behind, so that he can spend his life with Bo Peep having moved to a point in his life where neither one of them will be used for the purpose for which they exist and as such are much happier. This completely undermines the lessons of the first three movies. I'm not a fan of that.
What's more what made the ending of Toy Story 3 so meaningful was us being assured that Bonnie would take care of Andy's toys as her own and with the beginning of this movie, that's gone. (Including the part where Andy made her promise always to appreciate Woody.)
What's more the traditional deuteragonist Buzz Lightyear is arbitrarily transformed into an idiot for this movie. And is also replaced by a new deuteragonist Forky.
Bonnie glues eyes on a plastic spork she calls Forky and it comes to life and becomes one of her toys. Forky functions as the toy equivalent of a child and becomes the focal point of the film. Unfortunately, Forky's only ever an annoying and unlikable character.
The movie's villain Gabby-Gabby is an underwhelming antagonists in comparison to the previous Toy Story villains and is also too easily forgiven for having kidnapped Forky and held him hostage. Which doesn't do this film favours.
There were good parts of the movie. Key and Peele's cameo was funny. As was Duke Kaboom "Yes, we Canada". Though I'd be more enthusiastic about bringing back Bo Peep if her characterization were retained.
Toy Story 3 was a satisfying ending to the Toy Story Trilogy and its ending was undermined for a mediocre movie. To the point where this disappointment can easily raise the question of "why was this made".
In Toy Story 1, Woody ends up explaining to Buzz that his purpose as a Toy is to help make Andy (the child to whom he belongs) happy and "he doesn't love you because you're a Space Ranger. He loves you because you're a Toy. His Toy."
In Toy Story 2, it's articulated by Buzz to Woody that any toy whose life is spent making a child happy is worthless with it becoming a major part of Woody's lesson. The purpose of a toy is to be played with,
Toy Story 3 was based on the idea that now that Andy has outgrown his toys, the toys must find a new child to play with them, with the film being driven by that transition from one to the other.
Toy Story 4 ends with Woody running off with Bo Peep, leaving his new child owner Bonnie behind, so that he can spend his life with Bo Peep having moved to a point in his life where neither one of them will be used for the purpose for which they exist and as such are much happier. This completely undermines the lessons of the first three movies. I'm not a fan of that.
What's more what made the ending of Toy Story 3 so meaningful was us being assured that Bonnie would take care of Andy's toys as her own and with the beginning of this movie, that's gone. (Including the part where Andy made her promise always to appreciate Woody.)
What's more the traditional deuteragonist Buzz Lightyear is arbitrarily transformed into an idiot for this movie. And is also replaced by a new deuteragonist Forky.
Bonnie glues eyes on a plastic spork she calls Forky and it comes to life and becomes one of her toys. Forky functions as the toy equivalent of a child and becomes the focal point of the film. Unfortunately, Forky's only ever an annoying and unlikable character.
The movie's villain Gabby-Gabby is an underwhelming antagonists in comparison to the previous Toy Story villains and is also too easily forgiven for having kidnapped Forky and held him hostage. Which doesn't do this film favours.
There were good parts of the movie. Key and Peele's cameo was funny. As was Duke Kaboom "Yes, we Canada". Though I'd be more enthusiastic about bringing back Bo Peep if her characterization were retained.
Toy Story 3 was a satisfying ending to the Toy Story Trilogy and its ending was undermined for a mediocre movie. To the point where this disappointment can easily raise the question of "why was this made".