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Big Hero 6, 2014
Hiro (Ryan Potter) is an incredibly bright teenage boy, living with his aunt (Myah Rudolph) and older brother, Tadashi (Daniel Henney). Hiro invents a powerful new technology in an attempt to get accepted into an elite science college, but when his invention is stolen and he loses his brother in a tragic accident, Hiro teams up with Baymax (Scott Adsit, sounding like a ringer for David Cross in my opinion!), a medical robot designed by Tadashi.
I had avoided watching this film for a long while just because it looked really generic. And while it did turn out to be pretty formulaic, there was still enough going for it that I enjoyed the ride.
The only real downside to the film, honestly, is just how utterly predictable it is. I mean everything from the villain, to the major events, to the themes just feel so overly telegraphed. As one character runs toward an emergency and drops something, I sarcastically thought "There, you can keep that as a symbol of how much you miss my character because I am obviously about to die". Hiro's arc is beyond cliched, as is the revelation he must have to move his character forward.
But where the film lacks originality in structure, it has many little joys along the way. He may have been created out of some consumer-oriented focus group or something, but Baymax is flippin' adorable. One character's derisive description of him as a "balloon robot" is on point, and it's just a really good character design. He's fun to look at even when he's just standing there doing nothing. The "gentle giant" is a staple of animated films for kids, but I still found myself laughing at some of the physical comedy, such as when Hiro yells at Baymax to run from danger and Baymax begins taking slow, shuffling steps forward before calmly observing, "I am not fast."
The character designs are all fine and the voice acting is pretty good. The writing is too shallow for any of the secondary characters to make much of an impression, but they are all pleasant enough.
I probably wouldn't seek it out again, but it was fun to watch. And honestly if I had a kid who wanted to watch it over and over it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.
Big Hero 6, 2014
Hiro (Ryan Potter) is an incredibly bright teenage boy, living with his aunt (Myah Rudolph) and older brother, Tadashi (Daniel Henney). Hiro invents a powerful new technology in an attempt to get accepted into an elite science college, but when his invention is stolen and he loses his brother in a tragic accident, Hiro teams up with Baymax (Scott Adsit, sounding like a ringer for David Cross in my opinion!), a medical robot designed by Tadashi.
I had avoided watching this film for a long while just because it looked really generic. And while it did turn out to be pretty formulaic, there was still enough going for it that I enjoyed the ride.
The only real downside to the film, honestly, is just how utterly predictable it is. I mean everything from the villain, to the major events, to the themes just feel so overly telegraphed. As one character runs toward an emergency and drops something, I sarcastically thought "There, you can keep that as a symbol of how much you miss my character because I am obviously about to die". Hiro's arc is beyond cliched, as is the revelation he must have to move his character forward.
But where the film lacks originality in structure, it has many little joys along the way. He may have been created out of some consumer-oriented focus group or something, but Baymax is flippin' adorable. One character's derisive description of him as a "balloon robot" is on point, and it's just a really good character design. He's fun to look at even when he's just standing there doing nothing. The "gentle giant" is a staple of animated films for kids, but I still found myself laughing at some of the physical comedy, such as when Hiro yells at Baymax to run from danger and Baymax begins taking slow, shuffling steps forward before calmly observing, "I am not fast."
The character designs are all fine and the voice acting is pretty good. The writing is too shallow for any of the secondary characters to make much of an impression, but they are all pleasant enough.
I probably wouldn't seek it out again, but it was fun to watch. And honestly if I had a kid who wanted to watch it over and over it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.