Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich, 2010)

9.5/10
I thought it was absolutely tremendous is just about every way. Didn't know I could care so much about animated toys but come on, if you didn't tear up at any point in the last 20 or so minutes, you're a robot. Definitely the best movie I've seen so far this year (not saying a whole lot though). The only thing I could really dock it 0.5 for was that I thought the middle was surprisingly dark and humorless for a while - especially for essentially a kid's film. But then the last act goes right back to being incredible again. I really hope they don't try to do a fourth one...even though Pixar probably could pull it off, 3 was just a perfect ending to the series.

Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, Ash Brannon & Lee Unkrich, 1999)

8/10
Just a notch below the original on first blush but also quite good, especially for a sequel that, on the surface, seems to be recycling the plot of the first one. But there were a lot of nice touches (the "other" Buzz and Zerg, the other toys getting more face time, etc) that made it rise above typical sequel fodder. I could see myself eventually liking this one more than the original actually.

Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich & David Silverman, 2001)

8/10
Really good, really cute movie. It was just a lot of fun. The animation is really incredible, I have no idea how Pixar does it.