Yes, Toy Story 2.
One of my all time favorite movie moments, animated or live action, is in this movie.
Woody, voiced by Tom Hanks, is stolen by Al, voiced by Wayne Knight. Woody is the final piece to complete the full set of Woody's Round Up toys. He meets Jessie, voiced by Joan Cusack. Woody wants desperately to go back home and be with Andy, the little boy who he belongs to. He tells Jessie that she can come with him, that Andy has a little sister. She then proceeds to tell Woody about the little girl that she use to belong to and how they were inseparable.
The entire flashback is told in song, the beautiful "When She Loved Me" by Randy Newman (Sung by Sarah MacLachlan)which should have won the Oscar that year. The flashback shows how Jessie was always with the little girl she belonged to, but was quickly forgotten once she started to grow up. When the little girl finds Jessie under her bed years later, she smiles in recognition of her, and takes her with her to where they use to play together, only this time to be donated as a used toy.
It sounds, pretty simple, and it is, but this is one of the most beautiful scenes ever put on film, and one of the most touching. At some point, everyone has had that toy which meant everything to them, and probably could never fathom parting with. But we eventually do, and we probably even forget why it meant so much to us.
This scene is probably the most moving scene I've ever seen in an animated movie, rivaled only by the Baby Mine scene in Dumbo and Bambi's mother being shot in Bambi.
If you love animated movies and have not seen Toy Story 2, see it but have a box of Kleenex nearby.
One of my all time favorite movie moments, animated or live action, is in this movie.
Woody, voiced by Tom Hanks, is stolen by Al, voiced by Wayne Knight. Woody is the final piece to complete the full set of Woody's Round Up toys. He meets Jessie, voiced by Joan Cusack. Woody wants desperately to go back home and be with Andy, the little boy who he belongs to. He tells Jessie that she can come with him, that Andy has a little sister. She then proceeds to tell Woody about the little girl that she use to belong to and how they were inseparable.
The entire flashback is told in song, the beautiful "When She Loved Me" by Randy Newman (Sung by Sarah MacLachlan)which should have won the Oscar that year. The flashback shows how Jessie was always with the little girl she belonged to, but was quickly forgotten once she started to grow up. When the little girl finds Jessie under her bed years later, she smiles in recognition of her, and takes her with her to where they use to play together, only this time to be donated as a used toy.
It sounds, pretty simple, and it is, but this is one of the most beautiful scenes ever put on film, and one of the most touching. At some point, everyone has had that toy which meant everything to them, and probably could never fathom parting with. But we eventually do, and we probably even forget why it meant so much to us.
This scene is probably the most moving scene I've ever seen in an animated movie, rivaled only by the Baby Mine scene in Dumbo and Bambi's mother being shot in Bambi.
If you love animated movies and have not seen Toy Story 2, see it but have a box of Kleenex nearby.
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