What COULD have been the greatest Stan Lee cameo EVER.
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 3:42 pm
(I was torn between that thread title and "The greatest film Pixar film ever")
Big Hero 6 bids fair to do what Wreck-It Ralph did - to be a better Pixar film than Pixar's actual release of the same period.
I may have to let it settle a little - maybe see if it's still showing in 3D at Mall of Georgia (it isn't here) and see it again that way - before i make any real comments.
At one point near the end, i whispered to Helen "SOOPERman!" and she got it immediately. The design of San Fransokyo - with pagoda-styled Bay Bridge towers, a very close analogue of the Transamerica Tower with Japanese-style trim and the like, not to mention tethered aerostat wind-turbines (also very Japanese in design and ornamentation) floating like festival lanterns over the city - is simply wonderful.
Character designs and animation are likewise impeccable, taking the anime-inspired Marvel project designs that the film originated from and running with them. When the super-team gets together, those designs are also wonderful, playing off the characters' personas perfectly. Their training montage, with the assistance of possibly the most-unexpected character in the film (type, not identity) is hilarious.
There's quite a bit of fairly real emotion, played well.
It's interesting that the most-Caucasian character of the cast is the only one (and that includes Hiro himself and his older brother) who pronounces the protagonist's Japanese name more-or-less correctly.
And Baymax, the inflatable robot designed to be a health-care assistant, is simply wonderful. More than wonderful.
Baymax has ALMOST displaced the Iron Giant in my affections.
I cannot recommend it too highly, if you like animation or anime.
Big Hero 6 bids fair to do what Wreck-It Ralph did - to be a better Pixar film than Pixar's actual release of the same period.
I may have to let it settle a little - maybe see if it's still showing in 3D at Mall of Georgia (it isn't here) and see it again that way - before i make any real comments.
At one point near the end, i whispered to Helen "SOOPERman!" and she got it immediately. The design of San Fransokyo - with pagoda-styled Bay Bridge towers, a very close analogue of the Transamerica Tower with Japanese-style trim and the like, not to mention tethered aerostat wind-turbines (also very Japanese in design and ornamentation) floating like festival lanterns over the city - is simply wonderful.
Character designs and animation are likewise impeccable, taking the anime-inspired Marvel project designs that the film originated from and running with them. When the super-team gets together, those designs are also wonderful, playing off the characters' personas perfectly. Their training montage, with the assistance of possibly the most-unexpected character in the film (type, not identity) is hilarious.
There's quite a bit of fairly real emotion, played well.
It's interesting that the most-Caucasian character of the cast is the only one (and that includes Hiro himself and his older brother) who pronounces the protagonist's Japanese name more-or-less correctly.
And Baymax, the inflatable robot designed to be a health-care assistant, is simply wonderful. More than wonderful.
Baymax has ALMOST displaced the Iron Giant in my affections.
I cannot recommend it too highly, if you like animation or anime.