Carl Landrover
Bluelighter
Coming up on the end of the year now. This is the first year since 2010 that I haven't watched more movies than I have the previous year. I may end up seeing another few, but as of now I've seen 213 this year.
We've got a free trial month of Encore, so I'm re-watching Big Hero 6 at the moment. If you haven't seen it, I definitely recommend it. Aside from it's excellent animation, it's funny, has a lot of heart, and is one of the most fun movies I've ever seen.
If you didn't catch this one, then I would also highly recommend Inside Out. I saw it in the theater with my mother and we both thought it was hilarious. Definitely one of the funniest movies I've seen this year, if not the funniest. I got the DVD for her for Christmas, so I'm excited to give it another watch. Like Big Hero 6 it also had incredible animation, a lot of heart, was hilarious, and was a good time. Inside Out was even more though. They did such a great job in making psychology and in making brain functions into a visual format that could be easily understood. They personified certain emotions and parts of the brain, but without making it overly complex and without overdoing it. If they had more emotions or more characters it would have been too much. There wouldn't have been enough development within the characters and it would have given a more cluttered feeling.
If you've ever taken any psych classes, even psych 101, then you'll probably have a greater appreciation for the movie. There's a lot of areas of the brain and certain functions that would be recognizable to anyone who has taken psych or cognition. Like many of their other movies, Pixar does a great job of making the movie humorous for children, but still enjoyable and funny for adults. It has multiple levels of humor. I think Inside Out is actually more enjoyable for adults since they would have had many of the experiences that the emotions go though. For example, how a good memory can make you feel both happy and sad. The developers ability to make these emotions and brain functions visually coherent was so creative and well thought out that I was amazed at how much they put into it. To take something complex, like memory functions within the brain, and to make it seem simple is extremely difficult.
I can't say enough good stuff about this movie. It was one of the smartest movies I've ever seen.
We've got a free trial month of Encore, so I'm re-watching Big Hero 6 at the moment. If you haven't seen it, I definitely recommend it. Aside from it's excellent animation, it's funny, has a lot of heart, and is one of the most fun movies I've ever seen.
If you didn't catch this one, then I would also highly recommend Inside Out. I saw it in the theater with my mother and we both thought it was hilarious. Definitely one of the funniest movies I've seen this year, if not the funniest. I got the DVD for her for Christmas, so I'm excited to give it another watch. Like Big Hero 6 it also had incredible animation, a lot of heart, was hilarious, and was a good time. Inside Out was even more though. They did such a great job in making psychology and in making brain functions into a visual format that could be easily understood. They personified certain emotions and parts of the brain, but without making it overly complex and without overdoing it. If they had more emotions or more characters it would have been too much. There wouldn't have been enough development within the characters and it would have given a more cluttered feeling.
If you've ever taken any psych classes, even psych 101, then you'll probably have a greater appreciation for the movie. There's a lot of areas of the brain and certain functions that would be recognizable to anyone who has taken psych or cognition. Like many of their other movies, Pixar does a great job of making the movie humorous for children, but still enjoyable and funny for adults. It has multiple levels of humor. I think Inside Out is actually more enjoyable for adults since they would have had many of the experiences that the emotions go though. For example, how a good memory can make you feel both happy and sad. The developers ability to make these emotions and brain functions visually coherent was so creative and well thought out that I was amazed at how much they put into it. To take something complex, like memory functions within the brain, and to make it seem simple is extremely difficult.
I can't say enough good stuff about this movie. It was one of the smartest movies I've ever seen.
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