Big Hero 6 Review

San Fransokyo is the home of robotics prodigy Hiro (voiced by Ryan Potter). Super smart but low on motivation, his brother, Tadashi, tries to mentor his brother and show him what could be ahead for him if he applies himself more. Tadashi has created a health companion robot name Baymax (voiced by Scott Adsit), whose goal is to come to someone’s physical aid when necessary. After a shocking twist of fate, Hiro finds himself in real danger so he must look to Baymax and his other friends, Wasabi (voiced by Damon Wayans Jr.), Honey Lemon (voiced by Genesis Rodriguez), Go Go Tamago (voiced by Jamie Chung), and Fred (voiced by T.J. Miller) to use their next level smarts and tech expertise to save the day and save the world.

I knew nothing about this series and the cryptic trailers didn’t make it anymore clearer. It made me think of Wally with this type of promotion. The only way I would get a sense about what was going on would be the take the plunge and watch it myself.

This film pleasantly surprised me. I got a complete kick out of how the city was designed to look like a cross between Tokyo and San Francisco, making its name of San Fransokyo far from a coincidence.

I admit that I wasn’t prepared for the heavy themes we were in for and it makes me wonder why animated films have decided to take this turn lately. I think back to How to Train Your Dragon 2 earlier this year which, while very good, offered it own brand of depression. However, for the level of sadness we see in Hiro’s character, it could have been due to something else. I don’t feel like this handles his situation responsibly enough.

It made me think about The Incredibles and Wally more than other past films, but that’s not a bad thing. The action was top-notch, the costumes for the team were really cool. I’m just waiting to see a group cosplay the whole team at comic con or somewhere similar.

Overall, once again Disney brings us something where adults and kids alike will find much to enjoy about it. Is it changing the game at all? I wouldn’t say so and that might be its flaw. How many of these types of films do we really need? I enjoy them for what they are so I’ll watch no matter what, but I can’t help but wonder when the next level is coming. I do understand that it’s hard to want to tweak a long time winning formula beyond recognition. But everything changes.

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