"Congratulations San Francisco, you've ruined Pizza! First the Hawaiians, and now YOU!"
-Anger
From the Director of Up and Monsters Inc, comes the newly acclaimed Inside Out! The story is about an eleven year old girl who has to deal with transitional from Minnesota to San Francisco, and the problems that she has to deal with inside her, and out. Inside her mind we see the personifications of Joy, Anger, Sadness, Disgust, and Fear. Like Up and many of the Toy Story movies this Pixar film brings it back to it's roots by making grown ups cry. Yep, get ready for the feels train because this is a roller coaster of emotions. The film itself is spectacular, the voice acting was great, the comedy was top notch, and the sad scenes make you tear up. This is definitely the best film that has come out so far, and it will be able to make anyone and everyone identify with it.
Now, that's all I want to say before getting into spoilers, why? because the best way to see this movie is knowing as little as possible. I'd highly suggest people who have seen the movie continue to read because there is a lot I would like to talk about.
WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD
WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD
Right off the bat when they introduce Joy at the beginning we are seeing the inside of a little girl's mind come to life. What's really cool is the control center that they made. Inside the emotion's home, they have to deal with all sorts of crazy things. If they want Riley, the little girl, to remember a happy moment then Joy would pluck a yellow memory marble and put it in front of a light that acts like an old fashioned movie projector. It's those little details to this wonderful place that I really get giddy over.
While this is aimed as a kid's movie, I'd say adults would get more out of it than kids. They'll be able to connect with Riley and some of her problems, but I think the adults would be able to bring up similar emotions from when they were her age, and that feels way more powerful. Also, this really is a smart movie, not just because they had psychologists help map out the different stages to go through in the movie, but when you're watching it you see connections that are just brilliant. One of them was Bing Bong.
Bing Bong is something I bet everyone could relate to, in that he was an imaginary friend. When he first appeared I was a bit ticked off and wanted him to go away since he just seemed too goofy for this film, but then he started to grow on me. When it came time to help Joy out of the subconscious area where memories die, and we see Bing Bong's arm start to dissipate and he says "Let's try it one more time, I have a good feeling," I instantly knew what he was going to do and it was just so heart wrenching to see him sacrifice his life to help Joy. I was watering up in the theater and it really moved me that Pixar was able to accomplish the whole 'letting your imaginary friends go' phase into this.
The whole film isn't heart wrenching, in fact the majority of it is very light hearted. A lot of the comedy works and kids and adults will be able to enjoy it. Anger is a great comedy relief when he and disgust and fear are working the control center, with good intentions they try their hardest, but their emotions are the only ones that come through and then they start to panic. Not only does that move the story along, but it's really really funny.
While they don't do it as much as I liked, and I completely understand why they didn't do it because the film is supposed to be about Riley, I really loved the scene when the family is at the dinner table and we go inside the mom's head with all the lady emotions and they're all fussing about noticing Riley isn't the same, and they "signal the husband" and his emotions are watching the game, clearly missing their signal and they start to panic and wonder "did we leave the toilet seat up?" "is it garbage night?" "what is it woman what?!"
This film is just stuffed to the brim with imagination, you could spend a full day deciphering every little nod made into the film and cool contraptions. The characters are all likable, kids will enjoy it, adults will love it. The animation and music are great, and I think the lighting really shined in this film. All around I'd say if this isn't a perfect film it's damn close.
The last thing I wanted to cover is the short film that is in front of Inside Out called Lava. It's about a volcano love story, and it is heart crushing. I'm tearing up just thinking about it *sniff* the music is mesmerizing, the singing is that perfect tone that makes you feel like all your worries are over and your being snuggled into the most comforting hug imaginable. Then as millions of years pass and the Volcano shrinks into the ocean, another volcano comes up. Unfortunately she is too tall and his mouth is underwater so they couldn't meet. At that point I lost it, my eyes were getting really watery and I was expecting the worse. It really made me happy with how that short ended it, and I do think this is the most emotional short film Pixar has ever put out.
-Anger
From the Director of Up and Monsters Inc, comes the newly acclaimed Inside Out! The story is about an eleven year old girl who has to deal with transitional from Minnesota to San Francisco, and the problems that she has to deal with inside her, and out. Inside her mind we see the personifications of Joy, Anger, Sadness, Disgust, and Fear. Like Up and many of the Toy Story movies this Pixar film brings it back to it's roots by making grown ups cry. Yep, get ready for the feels train because this is a roller coaster of emotions. The film itself is spectacular, the voice acting was great, the comedy was top notch, and the sad scenes make you tear up. This is definitely the best film that has come out so far, and it will be able to make anyone and everyone identify with it.
Now, that's all I want to say before getting into spoilers, why? because the best way to see this movie is knowing as little as possible. I'd highly suggest people who have seen the movie continue to read because there is a lot I would like to talk about.
WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD
WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD
Right off the bat when they introduce Joy at the beginning we are seeing the inside of a little girl's mind come to life. What's really cool is the control center that they made. Inside the emotion's home, they have to deal with all sorts of crazy things. If they want Riley, the little girl, to remember a happy moment then Joy would pluck a yellow memory marble and put it in front of a light that acts like an old fashioned movie projector. It's those little details to this wonderful place that I really get giddy over.
While this is aimed as a kid's movie, I'd say adults would get more out of it than kids. They'll be able to connect with Riley and some of her problems, but I think the adults would be able to bring up similar emotions from when they were her age, and that feels way more powerful. Also, this really is a smart movie, not just because they had psychologists help map out the different stages to go through in the movie, but when you're watching it you see connections that are just brilliant. One of them was Bing Bong.
Bing Bong is something I bet everyone could relate to, in that he was an imaginary friend. When he first appeared I was a bit ticked off and wanted him to go away since he just seemed too goofy for this film, but then he started to grow on me. When it came time to help Joy out of the subconscious area where memories die, and we see Bing Bong's arm start to dissipate and he says "Let's try it one more time, I have a good feeling," I instantly knew what he was going to do and it was just so heart wrenching to see him sacrifice his life to help Joy. I was watering up in the theater and it really moved me that Pixar was able to accomplish the whole 'letting your imaginary friends go' phase into this.
The whole film isn't heart wrenching, in fact the majority of it is very light hearted. A lot of the comedy works and kids and adults will be able to enjoy it. Anger is a great comedy relief when he and disgust and fear are working the control center, with good intentions they try their hardest, but their emotions are the only ones that come through and then they start to panic. Not only does that move the story along, but it's really really funny.
While they don't do it as much as I liked, and I completely understand why they didn't do it because the film is supposed to be about Riley, I really loved the scene when the family is at the dinner table and we go inside the mom's head with all the lady emotions and they're all fussing about noticing Riley isn't the same, and they "signal the husband" and his emotions are watching the game, clearly missing their signal and they start to panic and wonder "did we leave the toilet seat up?" "is it garbage night?" "what is it woman what?!"
This film is just stuffed to the brim with imagination, you could spend a full day deciphering every little nod made into the film and cool contraptions. The characters are all likable, kids will enjoy it, adults will love it. The animation and music are great, and I think the lighting really shined in this film. All around I'd say if this isn't a perfect film it's damn close.
The last thing I wanted to cover is the short film that is in front of Inside Out called Lava. It's about a volcano love story, and it is heart crushing. I'm tearing up just thinking about it *sniff* the music is mesmerizing, the singing is that perfect tone that makes you feel like all your worries are over and your being snuggled into the most comforting hug imaginable. Then as millions of years pass and the Volcano shrinks into the ocean, another volcano comes up. Unfortunately she is too tall and his mouth is underwater so they couldn't meet. At that point I lost it, my eyes were getting really watery and I was expecting the worse. It really made me happy with how that short ended it, and I do think this is the most emotional short film Pixar has ever put out.
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