xhonzi said:

Toy Story 3 *Spoilers* may follow:

I didn't cry. There were two parts I found touching. The "hand holding" and the box at the end.

I know I'm a cold hearted, senile old man... but when was I supposed to cry. I mean, when did everyone else cry? My wife was a little weepy at the end (the box) but why was that so sad? She said it was sad because Andy was growing up.

First, I got misty-eyed during the "hand holding" scene, but I full-on bawled at the final scene (the "box" scene). Here's why.

I feel like I was the perfect age for each of the Toy Story movies when they came out. I was 6 years old when Toy Story came out, and I loved it. I was 10 when Toy Story 2 came out, and I loved it. And I was 21 when Toy Story 3 came out, having left for college 3 years prior.

Basically, I cried because I grew up with Andy, and seeing him going off to college, giving away the things he'd loved when he was a child and preparing to become an adult ... well, that resonated with me. Hard. It reminded me of everything I left behind when I left for college, and made me realize how much I miss being a little kid.

That's it in a nutshell for me. It made me cry because not only will I never be a kid again, but even a fictional child I've related to all my life had to grow up, too, and he'll never be a kid again, either.