Tag: disney

Movie Review: Big Hero 6

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Note: No spoilers.

  • Beautiful animation and graphics
  • Coherent story line that children can appreciate
  • A couple of minor sad scenes but it is not a sob-scene. Subtle.
  • Awesome car-chases
  • Lots of stuff for adults to notice too – other than just the comedy.
  • Scene where Baymax runs out of battery is hilarious – and adults would probably enjoy that more.
  • Futuristic movie – city is Sanfrancisokyo – a combination of Sanfrancisco and Tokyo. Just imagine SFO with lots of Japanese stereotypes thrown in.
  • Characters are extremely inclusive and diverse. Asians, African-american, true-blue Californian caucasian, the movie has it all.
  • Lots of fun 3D scenes.
  • Nerds movie – so anyone who is/was/wannabe nerd would totally enjoy.
  • Overall: Excellent movie. Disney does not disappoint.

 

Frozen – butchered through Google Translate

 

Wow. This is what happens when you take the hit Disney soundtrack of “Frozen” and pass it through Google Translate and retranslate that back to English. Hilarious. You can notice how the singer tries very hard to suppress her smiles. But, besides all that, a  very gifted singer indeed.

Disney Frozen

frozengroupWatched a movie in the theatres after a very very long time. A first for my son. We took my 4 y/o for his first movie experience over the weekend. Watched the new Disney movie ‘Frozen’.

My thoughts on the movie:

  • Excellent story line and execution – nothing surprising here – since it is Disney.
  • The snow effects are just awesome.
  • Since it is a kids movie, the 3D effects are not jarring or frightening. In fact, even without the glasses, it didnt feel bad. (Some 3D movies look super blurred without the glasses). Perhaps this was intentional too. Sometimes it is difficult to get the kids to keep the glasses on for a long time. This happened with my son midway through the movie.
  • Super comedy with Olaf the snowman. Great recovery at the end, where there is a magical arrangement (watch the movie to see it!) to make sure that Olaf does not melt away. Great touch – since the kids would have hated to lose this character.
  • Awesome depiction of feelings and human like emotions on animated characters.
  • Nice twists and turns in the plot.
  • Overall, a great entertainer.

(picture source: Official Disney Frozen Site)

Paper Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTLySbGoMX0

There are only three letters needed to describe this beautiful animated short from Disney. Wow. Just Wow. From the beautifully drawn to the computer generated mixing to the fantastic facial expressions of the characters. Every twitch of the eye. The shrug. The sigh. The disappointment. The surprise. Disney still lives. Disney still rocks. And will always will.