While everyone in the world was seemingly still preoccupied with the battle of 'Frozen' vs 'Tangled', with 'Frozen' kinda crushing it because of one very annoying song, some of us went the other direction by 2014 and absorbed this movie as our escape from those "Princess Wars". This was just a straight up animated family feature about, for lack of a better term, superheroes. The last time it happened was 'The Incredibles', and we were ready to see what else Disney could pull out of their superhero box. Or at least anything but princesses for once in a few years. The interesting thing about this one was that it was an animated Marvel movie, and thus far the first and only Disney/Marvel animated film to exist on a theatrical scale. That said, this movie is NOT canon in the MCU. The creators have expressed that this is a Disney film over being a Marvel film. 'Big Hero 6' tells the story of a 14-year-old prodigy child named Hiro (Ryan Potter), who's a bit of a genius with technology, and upon seeing his brother, Tadashi's (Daniel Henney) school decides he wishes to go there. When it's discovered that someone has stolen the technology that Hiro uses to wow the school's recruiters, Hiro assembles a team of talented teens to get it back. Joining the cast here are the voice talents of T.J. Miller, Jamie Chung, Damon Wayans Jr, Genesis Rodriguez, and Scott Adsit as the real star of this movie, Baymax; a medical assistance robot that Tadashi creates with the desire to help people in need. This is just such a great movie, through and through. Without spoiling anything, I can admit that this is one of those titles that manages to engage my every emotion, and it pulled me in very quickly. The truth of the matter was this was only my second viewing of it. I somehow managed to miss this one in theaters, saw it in the summer of 2015 for the first time, and just watched it recently to see if I liked it more or less. The answer is clearly more. Although it may be more effective the first time around considering all that happens, there's something to be said about revisiting it with your love for these characters, particularly Hiro, Baymax and Tadashi. This is a title well-worth checking out without having to be a Disney or even a Marvel buff. It's good fun for the whole family, and even remains a bit tough, focusing on deeper issues to do with separation, friendship and even revenge. I'll have to see about it's watchability over the years, but there's a very solid chance this MIGHT be my all-time favorite Disney animated film... MIGHT be. Either way, it's pretty damn good.
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'Cornetto Trilogy' actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost team up with director Greg Mottola and his American team of comedy actors to produce something that actually works out really well. Truth be told, I wouldn't mind seeing that team get together again. Predating 2013's 'The World's End,' I was actually once convinced that THIS was the third 'Cornetto' movie. Then I realized I was wrong, and went on living my life anxiously awaiting the third 'Cornetto' movie, and hope for it honestly started slipping away, until finally 'The World's End' was made... okay, I got WAY off track there, so let's get back to the point. Pegg and Frost portray a couple of comic book geeks named Graeme and Clive, respectively. They go on holiday in the U.S. to go to Comic-Con and tour some of the top U.F.O. hot spots around Roswell, New Mexico. On their travels, they have a run-in with a real alien named Paul (Seth Rogen), who speaks fluent English, drinks, curses, and smokes pot. He happens to be on the run and trying to get home, pretty much 'E.T.' style, as the American government pursues them throughout the movie. In other words, it's get Paul home or have the authorities do some rather unpleasant experiments on him. Joining the cast are Jason Bateman, Bill Hader and Jo Lo Truglio as a bunch of bumbling agents, Kristin Wiig as Ruth Buggs; a devout Christian who has her mind changed with hilarious consequences, and even the voice of Steven Spielberg shows up for a gag. There's also a pretty big and ultimately pleasant cameo here by the one and only sci-fi queen, Sigourney Weaver. Pumping the brakes for a second here, I should probably point out that this movie is of an atheistic nature. I, myself, am an agnostic, so the concept of atheism isn't something that bothers me in any way. However, I do believe in "live and let live" very strongly. So, if you ARE a devout Christian, I wouldn't exactly recommend this title to you. This one's for the minds of science more than the minds of religion. Of course, there's also plenty of swearing, sexual innuendo, drugs and drinking in this as well, so... I guess not recommending it to the Christian community goes without saying. If you do, however, have a mind that's open to the concept, I HIGHLY recommend this one. It brings some of the best comedy out there together into one movie. It's above an an American movie, but there's enough British humour to be had here as well. It's kinda like watching what would have become of two hardcore British 'X-Files' fans, but they're played by two of the funniest guys in Britain. But the REALLY interesting and somewhat surprising thing about this movie is that it actually has quite a bit of heart to it. Sometimes it looks like something nice and turns into something hilarious, but often it just IS something nice and touching. I'm not really sure what else there is to say about it, but I will say that if you enjoy comedy team mash-ups, this is one of the better ones out there today, and it has to be at least slightly admired for being able to combine American and British humour successfully! |
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