Its plenty of fun for kids, but it ends up being a good time without ever really being a good movie. mpaa rating:PG (For action and peril, some rude humor, and thematic elements.) Genre:Animated Directed By: Don Hall, Chris Williams Cast: Genesis Rodriguez, Jamie Chung, T.J. Miller, Alan Tudyk Theatre Release:November 07, 2014 by Walt Disney Animation Studios From the promos, you’d be justified in thinking that Disneys Big Hero 6 belonged to the set of movies that might as well go by the name Pixar Challengers. They are funny, compelling, and well animated, and theyve also got a complexity and a heart that transcends your standard animated flick—the kind of heart thats made Pixar what it is, and which earned Up its Best Picture nod at the Oscars. Movies like this include How To Train Your Dragon, The Iron Giant (directed by Brad Bird, responsible for The Incredibles), Lilo & Stitch, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, The Lego Movie, and more—this is just the short list. All these movies are, somehow, more than the sum of their parts—more meaningful and affecting as a whole than just as moving scenes. Most childrens animated movies lack this quality—whatever it is—and end up as cringe-fests in retrospect. (Try watching Shark Tale or any Shrek after #2 and see what I mean.) Going into Big Hero 6, I was excited to see if it would fit in with all those other movies. So its a supreme bummer to report that it isn’t. Big Hero 6 ends up just being a lot like a really good movie. We’ve got a spunky 14-year-old super-genius Hiro as its hero (aha, the movie insists, get it?). Hiro resembles Spider-Man before the death of Uncle Ben: brilliant, but lazy and opportunistic, preferring to use his skills to win robot fights rather than to make the world a better place. His brother Tadashi (Daniel Henney), who might as well have been named “Foil,” is altruistic, thoughtful, and passionate about his research. Hes passionate about the medical assistance robot hes ... Continue reading... #Cairo #Egypt #News
Posted on: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 06:42:43 +0000
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