Genre: Animated
Running Length: 1:38
Cast (Voices): Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Daniel Henney, Jamie Chung, T.J. Miller, Genesis Rodriguez, Damon Wayans Jr., Maya Rudolph, James Cromwell, Alan Tudyk
Director: Don Hall, Chris Williams
As kids today are growing up faster due to their exposure to the Internet, producing an animated movie in Hollywood these days is definitely much more challenging than the yesteryears. The content needs to be edgy, globally appealing and politically correct. If The Little Mermaid was released in this day and age, it will be crushed to instant death at the box office by the likes of Frozen and Maleficent. Disney's BIG HERO 6 will unlikely generate the same mass following like Frozen, but nevertheless, it's a decent follow-up. In fact, I enjoyed Big Hero 6 more because it's geared more towards boys, it has no singing and the main theme of this animated film appealed to me; confronting death of a loved one (woah). Despite its sombre theme, the filmmakers managed to successfully balance the light-hearted elements with the serious stuff and presented it in a seamless entertaining experience. Two highlights for me; the cultural, architectural and geographical fusion of East meet West fictional city of San Fransokyo and of course, the lovable robot Baymax - which looks like a fluffy Michelin Man with the soul of Wall-E. Baymax is lovingly awkward, caring and full of heart; “On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your pain?" :)
p/s: Since Big Hero 6 is a collaboration between Disney and Marvel Comics, stay right to the end for the post credit scene.
Rating: 7/10
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