Summary and Analysis of Big Hero 6
The last time I saw a Disney movie was a long time ago. Big Hero 6 did not disappoint and as a matter of fact it is a very recommendable movie. It all starts with the main character, Hiro, and his little robot in a bot fight, which are illegal in the city of Sanfransokyo. Hiro is a very intelligent boy who graduated high school at the age of 13. He uses his intellect to win bot fights and money. Hiro gets in trouble, but his older brother, Tadashi, is there to save him from the dilemma that Hiro faces at the beginning of the movie. Hiro is a very immature boy with no ambitions and Tadashi tries his best to open Hiro's eyes. Eventually, Tadashi does open Hiro's eyes (figuratively) by taking Hiro to the university he is attending and showing Hiro the amazing inventions that his friends are working on. Hiro decides to join the university because he is mesmerized by all the cool technology that surrounds him. Hiro enters a science fair to win a spot in the university. He creates a micro-bot that when assembled with many other micro-bots they can transform and create everything that the mind can think of. With the creation of Hiro's technology, the movie starts its rising action. From that point on, Hiro's life turns into a rollercoaster.
Hiro's brother, Tadashi, dies in a fire explosion that happens shortly after the science fair is over and Hiro becomes depressed and very pessimistic. When Hiro meets Baymax, Tadashi's invention, he very slowly starts to realize that Baymax is a representation of Tadashi's dreams. Hiro tries to manipulate Baymax in a bad way and later realizes that that is not what Tadashi intended for Baymax. After the realization, Hiro cooperates and collaborates with his friends and Baymax to take down the bad guy that caused the fire and stole Hiro's micro-bots. Eventually, by the end of the movie, the bad guy is captured and everyone lives happy, including Hiro.
My group decided to present three conflict concepts which were revenge, death of a loved one, and the use of one's power. Hiro was very keen on revenge, his young egotistical brain had him perceive things in his own point of view only and that prevented him from thinking in a positive and constructive way. Baymax was a true doctor and helped Hiro open his eyes and realize that revenge would get him no where.
The death of Tadashi showed how vulnerable Hiro was, but also how strong he would become later on. Hiro's parents were dead and the only person he was really connected to was his brother Tadashi. He was very attached to Tadashi and Tadashi's death really struck him emotionally and psychologically. Hiro felt that he had no one to share his goals with and no one to connect with. Again, Baymax steps in and eventually helps Hiro in all aspects of his health and well-being.
Our last conflict concept was the use of one's power. We connected Uncle Ben's, from Spiderman, quote with Hiro's use of his intellect: "With great power comes great responsibility." Hiro used his power, which was his intelligence, to win bot-fights and that did not get him anywhere in life. His use of his power had literally no purpose and Tadashi opens Hiro's eyes and gives him a purpose for his intellect. Without the guidance of Tadashi, Hiro would have been in jail or still doing bot-fights.
Big Hero 6 was a very good movie and I recommend watching it...I almost cried near the end of the movie, that's how good of a movie it was.
Yes, I too have to admit I almost cried near the end of the movie with the touching sacrifice of Baymax. I like your observation of how Baymax (a Tadashi surrogate) steps in twice to open Hiro's eyes and substitute competition/power/revenge with the higher form of compassion.
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