Quentin Tarantino Says Toy Story 4 Ruined a Perfect Film Trilogy

Quentin Tarantino thinks “Toy Story 3” is one of the greatest movies ever, which is why he refuses to watch 2019’s “Toy Story 4.” During an interview on Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, the Oscar winner suggested that “Toy Story” could’ve been one of the great film trilogies had the animated franchise not continued with a fourth film. A fifth “Toy Story” is now on the way.

“I don’t watch all the animated movies and stuff, but I’m a big fan of the ‘Toy Story’ trilogy,” Tarantino said. “I think there’s only one trilogy that completely and utterly works to the Nth degree and that’s ‘A Fistful of Dollars,’ ‘For a Few Dollars More’ and ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.’”

“It does what no other trilogy has ever been quite able to do,” he continued. “The first movie is terrific, but the second movie is so great and takes the whole idea to such a bigger canvas that it obliterates the first one. And then the third one does the same thing to the second one, and that’s kind of what never happens. You’ll see this big jump from the first to the second and they don’t really land the third one.”

Tarantino noted how the original “Mad Max” trilogy failed to land the ending as “Mad Max Thunderdome” was a step backward after “The Road Warrior.” In the case of “Toy Story,” the franchise managed the rare feat of being a perfect film trilogy only for the franchise to continue. This is the reason why Tarantino will never watch “Toy Story 4.”

“In the case of ‘Toy Story,’ the third one is just magnificent,” Tarantino said. “It’s one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. And if you’ve seen the other two, it’s just devastating. But the thing is, then three years later or something they did a fourth, and I have no desire to see it. You literally ended the story as perfect as you could, so no, I don’t care if it’s good. I’m done.”

Woody and Buzz are now coming back for “Toy Story 5,” which is being directed and written by “Finding Nemo” and “Wall-E” helmer Andrew Stanton. “Toy Story 4” opened in theaters in 2019 to rave reviews and over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. It also won the Academy Award for best animated feature.