Big Hero 6 & Interstellar: A Double Feature Review Part 2

Thanks for checking out part two as I take a look at Disney's latest animated adventure Big Hero 6.

Big Hero 6

D: Don Hall, Chris Williams

W: Robert L. Baird, Dan Gerson, Jordan Roberts

S: Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, Daniel Henney, T.J. Miller, Jamie Chung, Damon Wayan, Jr., Genesis Rodriguez

Based on the Marvel comic book series of the same name by Man of Action studios, Big Hero 6 tells the story of 14 year old prodigy Hiro Hamada (Ryan Potter) who forms a group of tech based heroes with a group friends and his big balloon buddy Baymax (Scott Adsit). 

Let me get this off my chest, I love Baymax. Much like Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy or Chewbacca in Star Wars, Baymax is someone who we would all want in our life. A charming, funny, and loyal companion who will stick with you to the very end. Baymax got the biggest laughs from me, there's no doubt about that. Seriously, you will love this guy. 

But now onto the plot. I won't lie that this movie does have cliches in it. Without revealing too much there is stuff like the hero's tragic background, the supporting characters kind of fall into archetypes, etc. etc. But the film has enough charm and character that I'm more than willing to forgive it. 

Sometimes the problem with a kid as a main character is that sometimes they'll be either too innocent/wonder struck or they'll be too quirky and "radical". But Hiro comes off as an actual kid. He's starts off as a little arrogant, full of himself, and since he graduated high school at a young age he thinks going to college would be pointless. But after seeing his brother's (Daniel Henney) school and friends he decides he wants to go. 

The one thing I really liked about this film was that it handles mature subject matters in a way that isn't pandering or sugar coats anything. Throughout a good chunk of the film Hiro is going through grief over a loss he has in the movie and Baymax, who was originally designed to be Hiro's own personal healthcare robot by his brother, attempts to help him through his grief. There also isn't some big long monologue about feelings and how friendship is magical and blah, blah, blah. No it lets the emotions come out naturally and gives a proper portrayal of it. Weird how the animated movie with a balloon robot in a fiction city called San Fransokyo has more believable emotions. 

Another thing I loved about the film was one of the messages it conveys; looking at a different angle. Earlier in the film when Hiro is trying to come up with an idea for a contest, his brother tells him to look at it from a different angle. Through the rest of the film the film has Hiro and the others get out their situations by looking at things differently. Whether it is getting out of a tight spot during a fight, or an emotional one. Which makes a big difference when compared to the villain of the film who it turns out his big motivation is revenge, he is blinded by this to the point where he only has a mind set on one thing and one thing only. 

 I'm not going to reveal who the villain is but it is a good twist with plenty of excellent foreshadowing.

So yeah in case you can't tell, I dug the heck out of this film and I highly recommend it. 

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