Toy Story 3: Advice Needed.

Shall I watch the first two again, or go into the third one fresh? I remember the first two, kinda. I mean, I probably watched them about a year ago. But my memory is terrible. Do I need to watch them again? Even if I don't, should I just watch them anyway, to get me back in the zone and to make sure I get any subtle in jokes that might occur? Or is it best to save my 'Toy Story freshness' for the new release? Did I need to put a ' and a ' between the phrase 'Toy Story freshness'? I'm not really sure why I did it, and in fact; I failed pretty bad at English. So any help would be useful.

My question is (I know I already asked, and now I'm rephrasing, perhaps repeating, which is probably pointless, perhaps) SHOULD I re-watch the first two? Not do I need to, I know I don't need to, just like I didn't need to italicise those words just now. But I could watch them again if I wanted to just like I could italise a word for a random reason just because I can. I guess what I'm asking is: do you want me to watch the first two again? Will it enhance my viewing experience?

My concerns are:

• I'll have overdosed on Toy Story stuff if I watch the first two immediately before seeing the 3rd.
• The first two are so good that it may make the 3rd one seem poo, even if it's not poo.
• I have a pain in my right knee*
• If I don't watch the first two, I'll be pissed when I sit there during the 3rd one and the Potato guy says something amusing which is a reference to something from the first two films and I don't 'get' it.

*This is a general concern, not related to Toy Story. Although, the knee problem did arise shortly after they began production on the 3rd movie.

** It would be difficult to prove, and the legal fees would be costly - so I am unlikely to sue Pixar over my knee injury.

Tell me what to do! (Just regarding the Toy Story questions, not regarding general things in my life. I don't like being told what to do.) Thanks!!

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If in doubt, ask Aaron Sorkin.

I threw a question to possibly the world's greatest screenwriter, Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, The American President, Creator and Writer of The West Wing and Studio 60)

Kid: There's this voice in my head; and he says "Hey man, you suck! This script wouldn't interest a small woodpigeon, let alone large audiences!" I have no idea who this voice is. I feel it may be my inner critic but he promised to cut down on the bad reviews.

Do you have any advice for conquering this voice? I find there's a thin line between "you suck!" and "well, this needs reworking" - how do you tell which voice is the self-loathing-critic and which one knows what he's talking about? To be honest, I'd like this voice gone altogether so I could write what's in my heart, even if it was a 200 page script about waste disposal.

Aaron Sorkin: I'm afraid you're going to have to get used to that, Front Row. Every time I finish something I think I'm never going to be able to write anything else. And every time I start something I think that this is the one where I'm going to get found out as a fraud. Every time I read a bad review it bothers me not because I think the critic is wrong but because secretly I think they're right. "How did the lady from the Bergen County Shopper's Guide get it right but not the guy from the New York Times."

There's a great line from the movie Arthur. Dudley Moore says "Not every drunk is a poet. Some of us drink because we're not poets." You asked for advice so here it is: Don't be an alcoholic. And try to remember that nothing you write, no matter how good, is going to make everyone in the world like you. Good luck and let me know how it's going.

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