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First problem: They paid to go to the theater to see a crappy movie. Any 5th any movie is going to be a rehash.
Second problem: Parents not parenting correctly, resulting in even more brain rot than the 5th movie could do alone.
Have you seen it, or do you even know anything about it? This one's getting solid reviews from critics and audiences. And I say this as someone who's never gotten into the franchise and didn't even watch 4 or 5; I have nothing to personally defend here. The Schafrillas review (also on Nebula) was quite positive, and he went in with the same expectations you're talking about here.
If you're going to be a pretentious, overgeneralizing jackass, maybe don't pick on the movie with a 93%/7.8 on Rotten Tomatoes.
My kids did, said to wait til it's on streaming.
Reviews don't mean much anymore. Too many reviews today are bought and paid for. Box office returns are about the only truth you'll find now a days and the truth is: The general public is getting tired of 'Toy Story'.
https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Toy-Story
When you convert the numbers to account for inflation, then tie them directly to a chart you quite literally see a downward trend in people going. The entire theme has become banal to some and that number has grown exponentially since Lightyear was released (which was a financial loss btw).
If you don't have anything to personally defend here, then why make direct attacks like this? Doesn't add up.
Toy Story 5 is on track to earn $1.2B theatrically worldwide compared to $1B for Toy Story 4. Not sure what downward trend you're talking about, given that movie theatres never fully recovered from the streaming rise + pandemic double whammy.