Caffeinated Clint
While not a shade on the first five instalments in the series*, Disney’s ”Big Hero 6” has enough funky visuals, characters cool and cute, and toon v. toon skirmishes to keep even the most restless anklebiter from dousing their seat in the dark rocks that splash about the top of their Frozen Cokes. And if a kid’s enjoyment of a film is still measured by the amount of toilet break they insist making in a movie, then the House of Mouse’s latest elongated-toon would be considered a bravura success by it’s target audience.
A mish-mash of ”The Incredibles”, early Spielberg, and ”Gleaming the Cube” (hello to Gen-X’ers reading!), Big Hero 6 is an adaptation of a not-super-well-known Marvel comic . Skewed slightly older than most of Disney’s flicks – be it ”The Little Mermaid”, ”The Lion King”, ”Finding Nemo” – the film is exactly what you’d imagine annimated, kid-friendly Marvel comic movie would be. Furthermore, visually speaking, directors Don Hall (”The Princess and the Frog”) and Chris Williams (Bolt), have crafted one of the most eye-popping, and deliciously high-image spectacles Disney has produced. Coupled with 3D, it’s a blast!
When his brother dies in a tragic accident (or was it!?), Robotics prodigy Hiro befirends his sibling’s creation, a robot named Baymax whose sole purpose is to take care of people. But when a villain threatens the city, Hiro converts his playful fat robot into an impenetrable fighting weapon, as well as recruits a band of fellow geeks – all who come complete with their own villain conquering creations – to help defend the city.
A quick flirt with Wikipedia will see that the film doesn’t share much in common with it’s source material, but considering the lack of superhero flicks made for kids these days (are any of the Marvel films suitable for them? it’s a wonder..), I don’t think any of them will be sniffling over a character’s name being changed or a backstory rewrite.
