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Inside Out (2015)
Loved it, so did 4 kids I babysit. Don't let bitter parents stop you from enjoying this film.
Inside Out is the story of a young girl, Riley, facing emotional distress when 2 of her emotions, Joy and Sadness, are lost in her mind. They team up with a lighthearted old imaginary friend of Riley's, Bing Bong, who helps lead them up to headquarters to save Riley as the things that make up her personality start to disappear.
I greatly enjoyed this movie, as did the 4 children I babysit. They enjoyed the cute humor, fun characters, and colorful setting of the movie, and I enjoyed the accurate representation of what a mental illness is really like. While at some parts the movie did drag on a bit and there were many plot holes, as long as you're willing to suspend your disbelief enough, you'll enjoy this movie.
Yes, the movie is dark. But my god, I am tired of seeing ranting parents who think that they're suddenly great film critics because their kid didn't like it. If it's supposedly "Too dark for kids to enjoy", why are the merchandise and toys flying off the shelves? Why is it one of Pixar's highest grossing movies? If your kids can take Frozen and Big Hero 6, they can take Inside Out. Just because it's not Frozen doesn't make it immediately sh*t, parents. But I guess it would be hard to see this movie from all the way up on your high horse.
There are many great points to this film: Amazing character development, good humor that doesn't resort to fart or poop jokes, emotional (no pun intended) score, not resorting to a lame plot twist to keep the viewers interested, accurate representation of depression, etc. However, it has a few weak points too, such as mentioned before: Plot holes, slightly drags on in the middle towards the end, questionable universe inside the mind. Overall I give this movie an 8 out of 10. Definitely worth seeing in theaters, and I will be buying this one on DVD.
Frozen Fever (2015)
2/10, typical Disney sequel.
This short reeked of a Disney sequel. Not only is it full of weak, childish humor ("Dry banana hippy hat"? Really, Disney? That's supposed to be funny?) and bland, overused tropes, but the song "Making today a perfect day" sounds like a recycled, more repetitive and less interesting version of a previously scrapped song from Frozen, Life's Too Short. (SPOILERS!!!!) And for some reason, when she was sick, Elsa started acting and sounding drunk. I could understand her sneezing and almost falling off the clock tower, but why did they have to make her act like she had just downed a bottle of Vodka when she was fine not 2 minutes before?
As I said before, this whole short was filled with immature and stupid humor. Good god, I am so tired of the stupid "I got Kristoff and Sven to take a shower" bullcrap. Can we stop with the "gross dude who never cleans himself" trope now? It's 2015, people. And wow, shoving Hans into a pile of horse dung. Just... really? I don't think I could've rolled my eyes any harder. It was forced in at the end as an afterthought it seemed, and for god's sake, Disney. Feces. Do. Not. Make. Everything. Funny. I was hoping they'd go for a better, more mature type of humor than "boys are smelly, let's throw them in poop!!!"
It was packed with overused tropes and lines, down to the classic "I wanted today to be PERFECT" "But it WAS perfect because I spent it with you!" ending. Overall, this short just annoyed me, and people's fanatic reactions to this mediocre-at-best short annoy me further. If this is what Frozen 2 is going to be like, then Disney will not be seeing my money from it.