Inside Out (2015) Revisit: Meet the Iconic Emotional Movie Inside Your Head!
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Title: Inside Out (2015)
Director: Pete Docter
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Now that the sequel has come out today, it is rather a good time to talk about the first movie. However, that is saved for next time for the third out-of-theater experience. Let's talk about Inside Out, an animated Pixar movie from when Disney was still continuing their peak! Like most 2010s films by this company, it was both a critical and commercial success for its animation, story, and subject matter. Unbelievably, its worldwide gross is $858.8 million, marking it as the seventh-highest grossing film of 2015. On the other hand, the scores are really positive, with its Rotten Tomatoes being 98% (critics) and 89% (audiences). To make things better, the movie gained a lot of awards, and was also named one of the best animated films of all time. Taking this agreeably, Inside Out is an emotional ride that has both resonance and entertainment for the whole family.
Summary
11-year-old hockey-loving girl, Riley (Kaitlyn Dias), gets into harsh realities when she and her family, move to San Francisco. Inside her head, Joy (Amy Poehler) and the other emotions in the Headquarters help her during this life-changing event, only for Sadness (Phyllis Smith) to make it worse. As they get out of the Headquarters, Joy and Sadness reach to the farther points of her mind in order to restore Riley's memories.
Reasons
Yes, the core memories of Inside Out are the creative story, likable characters, and deep messages. Obviously, even from the trailers alone, everybody knew that the movie was going to take a unique route. Warner Bros. did make Legos sentient, so Disney decided to make the brain and its emotions sentient. On the outside, there is the normal life of Riley, while in the inside, the emotions control her throughout the journey. This is for her to motivate her to accept the change of this life which is a further dive to her character arc. On the side, the characters are unique and also both entertaining and likable. There are the personified feelings, like the optimistic Joy, the melancholic Sadness, the cowardly Fear, the short-tempered Anger, and the sassy Disgust. Also, Riley makes a good role model for kids for how she is an ordinary girl trying to get through the ups and downs of moving to San Francisco, her new home. Even the imaginary friend, Bing Bong, is also a likable character who represents the childlike behavior of Riley, because he was her imaginary friend from when she was a toddler. Before moving on, the messages are really deep for all ages, since this is a movie about how emotions get someone to develop. The message is that it is okay to experience all other emotions besides happiness. In fact, feeling negative can be important for the correct situations, like being sad of missing something or being angry for a justified reason. Additionally, this is also for emotional balance, since everybody is happy at some times while unhappy at other times.
Siding up, Inside Out also remembers a lot about the vibrant animation, charming humor, and the grand lore and world building. Since this is a Pixar movie, of course the animation will be impressive. In the movie, the real-world looks natural, while the mind is colorful which is a justifiable because of how it can go in so many different ways. To add, the character designs are cute and fun, with the right colors for each character role, especially for the emotions in the Headquarters. As this review adds more, the humor is witty and funny for Pixar's time. To be honest, it is well balanced with the emotional beats, so that the movie can be an emotional ride (no pun intended). For the most part, it fits with how the mind works in real life, especially when the emotions are at work or when Joy and Sadness are going on this adventure to restore all of the core memories. Finally, for the last part of this movie's best memories, the lore and world building are extremely well-written for the concept of the human brain. To get the Bing Bong out of the room, the movie decided to personify the emotions and other parts of the mind which is a part to making its lore very creative. For the other elements of Riley's mentality, they are put in the world building, like how the dreams and nightmares are played like movies as a visual aspect which is well-done.
We all know that Inside Out is a masterpiece by Disney but does it have any flaws? A little bit to say for sure because even the best movies have some itty bitty problems. One thing that is confusing to the lore is how Riley's emotions have different genders. However, this would be justifiable at some point because they are the protagonists of the story. Just like with many other Pixar movies from the 2010s era, it uses the same old "people working together despite their differences trope" again. Again, this is a justifiable point because it is about how emotions work together to form the brain.
Conclusion
To wrap it all up, Inside Out is an emotional ride that the whole family can enjoy and resonate with all over! First of all, there is a story that has a unique concept and proper development in a character arc, combined with a fun and whimsical adventure. In this story, there are unique characters that are both entertaining and likable. For what makes most of the resonation, the message of embracing both happiness and unhappiness is what makes people of all ages relate and motivate so well. As the sides, the animation and humor are both witty and cute for everyone as it fits into the concept. Finally, the lore and world building are at Pixar's best, as it uses a concept of the human brain imagined as a fantastical world of personified emotions and places of other parts of one's thinking. Even if this is something owned by Disney, definitely give this a try, especially if you have small kids who do not mind an emotional ride!
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