I was actually graduating high school and starting college when Toy Story 3 came out. I cried so hard...it felt like an end of era. A new start to adulthood and I was not sure if I was ready to face it.

@ThoughtWord

4 жыл бұрын

I totally cried when I first saw Toy Story 3 too for all the same reasons. That movie still hits super close to home.

This was the most personal film related youtube video I've ever seen. Really warm, really refreshing. Great job!

@ThoughtWord

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! It was a real joy to make, so getting that kind of affirmation is awesome. i truly appreciate it!

I watched this while preparing dinner. I’m crying and I haven’t even gotten to the onions yet 😰

@ThoughtWord

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like those are the preferable kind of tears! 😄 Thanks for watching!

Wait... why does this have so few views? This video is amazing!

@ThoughtWord

4 жыл бұрын

Feel free to share it around 😉

I came across your video essay about the Great Gatsby before watching this video and I was pleasantly surprised. I thoroughly enjoyed watching your analysis about Fitzgerald and his incredible use of an implied author through Nick. I loved it! But this video is honestly so telling to the nostalgia one feels as time quickly seems to slip from our grasp... The way in which you interlaced your personal experience with the central themes of the film. I have subscribed and I am here for more video essays!!!!

@ThoughtWord

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! It makes me really happy that folks are liking this one so much. As you can guess, it's the video that's most near and dear to my heart.

So few subs. So many thoughts. Subbed.

@reemCGR

4 жыл бұрын

i just subed too! Awesome! new channel to watch! =D

As someone who didn’t personally love TS4 all that much, I am so happy to hear what it meant/means to you in this video! It got me teary-eyed and truly made me appreciate the movie more!

I saw Toy Story 4 in the cinema when I was seventeen and was initially dubious about it, worried that it would be nothing more than a simple add on to the series that I would forget about the next day, but I came out of it with a new mindset for me to live by, becoming an adult. Its story about Woody and Buzz going through a cognitive change from living off of preconceived notions about how the world of a toy works to becoming independent and mentally healthy, was a wake up call that I did not know I needed to see on film, in order to start taking myself seriously as a young adult. As a twenty two year old, I suffer from minor panic attacks that result in nothing more than my chest feeling tight, sometimes even feeling like I have room spin. They're brought on at random times on a few occasions and it's easy for me to label them happening based me overexaggerating an experience in public as something terrifying, amplifying it for no reason. However with the encouragement I got from watching Toy Story 4 in the cinema four years ago, I know that I would just be shooting myself in the foot, throwing in the towel for the rest of my life out of getting away from my chest tightening up. I get up, five days a week to go to college and learn whatever I want to do, pushing myself to my limit, and putting my feet up when I know that I've done enough of a good job. If I hadn't seen this film and I had dismissed it as nothing more than a failed attempt at making copious amounts of money, then my transition from teenager to adult would not have been easy and chances are that I probably wouldn't even be alive to post this comment or post any videos on KZread in my spare time. But I know that I am alive and I'm glad that I am alive.

As a retired US Navy Chief, it was my job to train and raise young sailors into the generation that would replace me. As you said, if you do your job right, they won't need you anymore. I used the same ethos in raising my two sons (now 27 and 29). I think, that is, I hope that it has been as uplifting, guiding, and freeing for them as it was for my sailors. When I am gone it will known by my actions that I was a warrior, that my sons might be merchants and their sons might be poets.

One of the most heartwarming videos I’ve seen

How is this not so so so so much bigger! I can’t express how much this video moved me, as toy story was something I grew up with as well. I don’t even remember the first time I saw the film, but my family had the first one on VHS, and my brother and I practically memorized the film. My family didn’t have too much extra money growing up so we couldn’t afford to go to movies except for special occasions. When the second one came out it was one of those occasions, might have been one of my first films to see in theatre too. And then the third one came out right as I was finishing up high school, and feeling a lot of anxiety about what my life was about to be like, and sadness from leaving my friends and my home far behind. I haven’t actually seen the 4th or 5th movies, because the end of the third just tied it all off too beautifully for me to continue. But after seeing this, I think I know when I’ll finaly watch it, once ive shown my firstborn the first 3 films. You deserve to really blow up, keep making these videos they’re simply amazing.

@ThoughtWord

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words. It means a lot to me knowing that the video which was most personal and emotional for me to make video is also personal and emotional for the people who watch it.

My firstborn baby girl is off to college in the fall. You captured the essence of the Toy Story arc, and what it is to be a father, well in this video. Thank you.

@ThoughtWord

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing. My little girl is five now and started school this year. All of a sudden, college doesn't seem as far away as it used to...

@lowflyingpapa

3 жыл бұрын

It isn’t. Savor it now. Every single day.

Thank you for your beautiful story and reflection

I appreciate your videos so much. Please keep making them! 😊

This was really beautiful. I’m crying

Subbed after seeing your gatsby video and this one made me cry. You deserve more subs ♥️

Damn this had me straight shedding tears

man, how are your videos such tear jerkers

Thanks for making me cry bud

@ThoughtWord

4 жыл бұрын

I do what I can, when I can.

Never thought a video essay could prove so moving. Amazing work!

Brilliantly articulated, there's just a cosy warm glow around growing up with those movies, thank you!

Great videos man! Keep it going, these are really well produced and well thought out.

Love your channel already! Can’t wait to see it grow, keep up the good work!! :)

in 6 minutes you made me cry three times with love beautifully your crafted your words. A truly beautiful video. Thank you for sharing

@ThoughtWord

4 жыл бұрын

And thank you for letting me know how much it meant to you! I cried a few times myself just making this video, to be honest.

Mr Via you’re a god! Was looking through KZread and saw this pop up! You are so talented... this video had me low key in my feels! Miss you man! Hope you are well!

@ThoughtWord

4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that! My heart strings were getting tugged making it too...Hoping the best for you too, my man!

Please keep creating content. This was excellent. Though I have never seen toy story 4 and never wanted to, this made me want to.

How does this channel not have more subscribers??? Every video is so thought-provoking and poignant.

@ThoughtWord

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Your comment means a lot to me, especially on this particular video. My daughter's 7 now and in school, so the idea behind this essay hits me even harder today than it did when I made it.

Wow. Just wow

I see that the song Stephen Gordon. "Walking to Do." is linked at the bottom of the description, is this the song right at the end of the video? If so does anybody have a source to find this song i'm having no luck myself. Also I can see this video blowing up, the editing and thoughts brought up are all very well presented. I grew up on these films and seeing this really cemented how much they've grown up with us as well.

@ThoughtWord

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the song is super obscure nowadays. Stephen Gordon is (or maybe was, he hasn't released new music in years) an artist that was a friend of my best friend's brother from college. The song I use in the video is from an album he recorded while still a college student nearly 15 years ago. I just happened to get it through my grapevine of friends and acquaintances when I was in college myself 10+ years ago. Even so, it's one of my favorite albums of all time and I still have the audio files saved. If you'd like, I'd be happy to share them with you.

@Golbazem

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThoughtWord If you wouldn't mind I'd love to get access to such a great tune. Not sure if I can get it from you through email or some other means.

@ThoughtWord

4 жыл бұрын

@@Golbazem If you've got a Google account, I can share them through Drive.

Why cant I find that ending song anywhere???

@ThoughtWord

4 жыл бұрын

The song is pretty obscure. The artist is Stephen Gordon (who hasn't released new solo music in years). He is a friend of a friend's older brother. The song I use in the video is from an album he recorded while still a college student nearly 15 years ago. I just happened to get it through my grapevine of friends and acquaintances when I was in college myself 10+ years ago. It's still one of my favorite albums of all time (every song is a winner) and I still have the original audio files saved. If you'd like, I'd be happy to share them with you.

I’m hurt thanks 😭