The new Disney movie 'Inside Out' had incredible reviews, and that is because WOW! it was an incredible movie! I saw it earlier this week and absolutely loved it. I laughed, I got teary eyed, I was clenching my fist in fear. At times, I thought it was the most beautiful movie, and at other the most depressing... it was an emotional roller coaster and even before the movie began, I cried. That is correct, I cried in the mini film that they show before the main movie. It was called Lava and it was about a volcano that watched all these animals in love and he was lonely and sang up to the sky and wished for someone to lava (get, it? play on word with love and lava- I thought it was so clever and funny). And he thought he was all alone, but little did he know that under the sea, there was another lady volcano, who listened to him sing. And over time, he began to sink until only his eyes were above the water, and that was when the lady volcano had become an island, but she was facing the wrong way! So she couldn't see him and his mouth was under the water, so he couldn't sing to her to let her know that she wasn't alone (and this is where I was crying). And eventually he sunk into the see and was becoming extinct, and he could hear her singing out to the sky, which made his lava heat and he shot up to the surface and the two volcanoes became one larger island, in each others arms (and I cried with happiness there). It was BEAUTIFUL!
But back to 'Inside Out'- if you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend watching it. It's about a young girl, Riley, who's family moves to San Francisco, but featuring the emotions inside her head: Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust:
Up until this point in her life, Joy has been the most dominant in charge in managing Riley's life. Each moment creates a memory which takes the form of a coloured ball that is brought to the headquarters of Riley's mind where the five emotions are in control. And they are then stored in the memory back, except for few key memories, which are called "core memories" that create islands which make up Riley's personality. However, one day, something happens that cause the core memories to break away from their casing, causing Joy and Sadness to leave headquarters in order to return the core memories to headquarters. This leaves Fear, Anger and Disgust in control and havoc is set loose.
The entire concept of the film is a wonderful way for both adults and children to try and understand how our emotions work, with sensitivity, but in a thoroughly enjoyable way. It's such a moving film that deals with quite serious issues, but without being confronting and manages to retain the lighthearted comedy that I think an adult audience will thoroughly appreciate, for example, when the story looks into the mind and emotions headquarters of the mother and the father of Riley. It was hilarious, because it was so true what they were depicting- I'm not going to give away any more than that. Just watch it and enjoy. The cinema I went to was full, in fact, when we were lining up to buy tickets, the session we were planning on seeing, sold out, so we had to go to the later session- that's how popular this movie is. And the audience was made up predominately of adults when we were there, which is amazing because it just proves that you can never be too old for Disney.
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| Pixar's 'Lava' |
Up until this point in her life, Joy has been the most dominant in charge in managing Riley's life. Each moment creates a memory which takes the form of a coloured ball that is brought to the headquarters of Riley's mind where the five emotions are in control. And they are then stored in the memory back, except for few key memories, which are called "core memories" that create islands which make up Riley's personality. However, one day, something happens that cause the core memories to break away from their casing, causing Joy and Sadness to leave headquarters in order to return the core memories to headquarters. This leaves Fear, Anger and Disgust in control and havoc is set loose.
The entire concept of the film is a wonderful way for both adults and children to try and understand how our emotions work, with sensitivity, but in a thoroughly enjoyable way. It's such a moving film that deals with quite serious issues, but without being confronting and manages to retain the lighthearted comedy that I think an adult audience will thoroughly appreciate, for example, when the story looks into the mind and emotions headquarters of the mother and the father of Riley. It was hilarious, because it was so true what they were depicting- I'm not going to give away any more than that. Just watch it and enjoy. The cinema I went to was full, in fact, when we were lining up to buy tickets, the session we were planning on seeing, sold out, so we had to go to the later session- that's how popular this movie is. And the audience was made up predominately of adults when we were there, which is amazing because it just proves that you can never be too old for Disney.
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