A Look Back at Inside Out (2015)

 

The sequel is only a day away, so let's look back at the first movie.

Inside Out is an animated coming-of-age movie, that's produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Inside Out was written by Peter Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley and directed by Peter Docter.

The story is, inside young Riley's head are the five emotions, those being Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Fear, and Sadness that control her and help her with her life. Things were pretty normal, but a move to a different city makes everything take a drastic turn.

• Negatives

I've got nothing.

• Mix

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• Positives

One pro is the animation. Considering this is a Pixar of course the animation is great, so I'll keep this as brief as possible. Not only is perfectly smooth and great movements to it, but the detailing is great. The emotions just aren't purely solid shapes, but whenever there's a close up on them, but there seems to what I want to say is pixels slightly hovering on them. That didn't really seem necessary but it's a nice touch.

Then there's the humor. This is a pretty funny movie even though it's handling a very serious subject matter. I think my favorite moments mainly came from Anger, he's hilarious. Not only is the physical stuff good, but there's also some good bits of dialogue too. Circling back to Anger, he has one good line being, "We should lock the door and scream that curse word we know. It's a good one!"

Now let's move onto the pacing. Yes usually animated movies are much shorter than live-action ones, but it almost felt like I just blew pass this movie without anything feeling rushed. That's a big accomplishment for any film to pull off, animated or not.

The last thing I'll praise is the story. Let's start off by saying how this is one of the few Pixar movies where's there's no villain. Although, Joy did get on my nerves. Not because she's annoying or anything. The reason is because she's was being very misguided. Her reasons are pure and unlike villains she does learn from her mistakes. So while you might be disappointed in her, it makes it so satisfying when she comes to terms with the fact she can't always have Riley be joyful 24/7. Which is a perfect segway to the next part of the story. There's one negative emotion that at first was pushed to the background, and treated as a detriment to Riley. But we taught something simple but something we should all know. Sometimes a negative emotion is needed and can be helpful. Cause when you bottle everything up, it's only gonna cause more problems. Again, simple, but something we should know.

I love Inside Out. It is truly a great film and one of Pixar's top flicks.

My final rating is, A Must Watch!

That's all. Come back on Saturday, Jun 15th, for my review of Inside Out 2. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.