Big hero 6 is a heart felt movie that gets everything right in all the perfect places. We have interpersonal relationships thrown at us through different sources (e.g. family, friends, cyborgs(?)) and are then immediately thrown into limbo with the untimely and insidious death of Hiro Hamada's brother Tadashi. A death like this only works when the audience is genuinely engaged with the story and can relate to the tender relationship that was built between these two siblings. At the cost of feeling rushed and a bit forced the plot was set in motion for a revenge/justice tale that we're all too familiar with. After pursuing justice for the first half of the movie; it is revealed that, high esteemed Professor Callaghan, had perpetrated the fire that killed Tadashi (Hiro's brother) in order to steal Hiro's invention. At this moment the plot succumbed to a dark revenge scene led by animosity and rage. It's important to note that Hiro deliberately broke Baymax's protocol in an attempt to kill Callaghan and therefore also broke the trust of the friends around him. Callaghan was a compelling antagonist who had a great backstory and was surprisingly unexpected. The plot had it seem as if the perpetrator would have been Alistair Krei (power hungry commercial entrepreneur) who had taken an uncomfortable liking to Hiro's micro bots. There was plenty of logic behind that accusation but Hollywood couldn't have it that way. A good movie always has a plot twist that leaves its audience star struck: Big Hero 6 delivered (between us, the Wreck it Ralph plot twist was far more interesting). Close to the end we have a tear inducing moment between Hiro and Baymax were Baymax sacrifices himself in order to save the life of young Hiro. It's a sincere moment between the two and has a profound impact on the audience. Although it was kind of cheating with the 'rebirth' of Baymax through a identical cyborg. I'm not gonna be a party pooper and say that Baymax's sacrifice in the swirling pool of abyssal darkness was in vein... but it was. I think I can speak for a majority of the population when I say that America is ready for the end of happy endings. lol jk keep the happy endings rolling. Life is already hard enough; we pay to watch movies that guarantee to lift our spirits and restore our faith in humanity. From time to time it's nice to watch movies that show how evil human kind can be, maybe not so much for children movies.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
If Baymax were a location he'd be: The Bae (Analysis/Summery)
Analysis/Summery
Big hero 6 is a heart felt movie that gets everything right in all the perfect places. We have interpersonal relationships thrown at us through different sources (e.g. family, friends, cyborgs(?)) and are then immediately thrown into limbo with the untimely and insidious death of Hiro Hamada's brother Tadashi. A death like this only works when the audience is genuinely engaged with the story and can relate to the tender relationship that was built between these two siblings. At the cost of feeling rushed and a bit forced the plot was set in motion for a revenge/justice tale that we're all too familiar with. After pursuing justice for the first half of the movie; it is revealed that, high esteemed Professor Callaghan, had perpetrated the fire that killed Tadashi (Hiro's brother) in order to steal Hiro's invention. At this moment the plot succumbed to a dark revenge scene led by animosity and rage. It's important to note that Hiro deliberately broke Baymax's protocol in an attempt to kill Callaghan and therefore also broke the trust of the friends around him. Callaghan was a compelling antagonist who had a great backstory and was surprisingly unexpected. The plot had it seem as if the perpetrator would have been Alistair Krei (power hungry commercial entrepreneur) who had taken an uncomfortable liking to Hiro's micro bots. There was plenty of logic behind that accusation but Hollywood couldn't have it that way. A good movie always has a plot twist that leaves its audience star struck: Big Hero 6 delivered (between us, the Wreck it Ralph plot twist was far more interesting). Close to the end we have a tear inducing moment between Hiro and Baymax were Baymax sacrifices himself in order to save the life of young Hiro. It's a sincere moment between the two and has a profound impact on the audience. Although it was kind of cheating with the 'rebirth' of Baymax through a identical cyborg. I'm not gonna be a party pooper and say that Baymax's sacrifice in the swirling pool of abyssal darkness was in vein... but it was. I think I can speak for a majority of the population when I say that America is ready for the end of happy endings. lol jk keep the happy endings rolling. Life is already hard enough; we pay to watch movies that guarantee to lift our spirits and restore our faith in humanity. From time to time it's nice to watch movies that show how evil human kind can be, maybe not so much for children movies.
Big hero 6 is a heart felt movie that gets everything right in all the perfect places. We have interpersonal relationships thrown at us through different sources (e.g. family, friends, cyborgs(?)) and are then immediately thrown into limbo with the untimely and insidious death of Hiro Hamada's brother Tadashi. A death like this only works when the audience is genuinely engaged with the story and can relate to the tender relationship that was built between these two siblings. At the cost of feeling rushed and a bit forced the plot was set in motion for a revenge/justice tale that we're all too familiar with. After pursuing justice for the first half of the movie; it is revealed that, high esteemed Professor Callaghan, had perpetrated the fire that killed Tadashi (Hiro's brother) in order to steal Hiro's invention. At this moment the plot succumbed to a dark revenge scene led by animosity and rage. It's important to note that Hiro deliberately broke Baymax's protocol in an attempt to kill Callaghan and therefore also broke the trust of the friends around him. Callaghan was a compelling antagonist who had a great backstory and was surprisingly unexpected. The plot had it seem as if the perpetrator would have been Alistair Krei (power hungry commercial entrepreneur) who had taken an uncomfortable liking to Hiro's micro bots. There was plenty of logic behind that accusation but Hollywood couldn't have it that way. A good movie always has a plot twist that leaves its audience star struck: Big Hero 6 delivered (between us, the Wreck it Ralph plot twist was far more interesting). Close to the end we have a tear inducing moment between Hiro and Baymax were Baymax sacrifices himself in order to save the life of young Hiro. It's a sincere moment between the two and has a profound impact on the audience. Although it was kind of cheating with the 'rebirth' of Baymax through a identical cyborg. I'm not gonna be a party pooper and say that Baymax's sacrifice in the swirling pool of abyssal darkness was in vein... but it was. I think I can speak for a majority of the population when I say that America is ready for the end of happy endings. lol jk keep the happy endings rolling. Life is already hard enough; we pay to watch movies that guarantee to lift our spirits and restore our faith in humanity. From time to time it's nice to watch movies that show how evil human kind can be, maybe not so much for children movies.
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I agree with you, the plot twists in this movie are very surprising, as we are all lead to believe that Alistair Krei, not Callahgan, is the perpetrator, and we see a Christ-like sacrifice of Baymax to save the team and his happy ending resurrection. What about the interpersonal conflict elements of the story? What does Hiro have to struggle with and eventually learn?
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