Film Excess - Free Ukraine - Stop Putin - End the war NOW!!: Inside Out (2015) - The must-see movie masterpiece of the year

9/05/2015

Inside Out (2015) - The must-see movie masterpiece of the year

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+ Best Movie of the Year
+ Best American Movie of the Year
+ Best Family Movie of the Year

The five core emotion characters on the poster for Pete Doctor and Ronaldo Del Carmen's Inside Out

Inside Out is the big Pixar event of the year and a film that's gonna go down as one of the greatest animation films of all time, I predict. It is a must-see, a masterpiece and maybe the year's best film.

Riley Andersen is an 11 year-old girl, whose life in Minnesota has been mostly happy up until now, as her parents have decided to move the family to San Francisco. Inside Out looks at how the girl's emotions react to the dramatic changes in her life.

The ingenious and very careful design of the representations of people's inner lives that are a major part of this film have been described as so thought-provoking and poignant that the film doesn't really need its story, meaning the story of moving in Riley's external world. I couldn't disagree more, as I think the external story makes the inner life more actively insightful, - and vice versa, - whereas an exclusive focusing on the inner life could have been more stillborn in contrast. The very relatable story of Riley's problems in adapting to a new environment and leaving her familiar one behind propels Inside Out forward. SPOILER The resolution inside the girl is ultimately more reliant on ploys of adventure and fantasy, but it also conveys a strong and true message about the importance of sadness and letting a variety of emotions be expressed, which touched everyone I saw the movie with on a deep level; (I was sure because of the noticeably loud sobs and sniffling.)
Inside Out is not only extremely funny and touching; its animation and character designs are overpoweringly strong and beautiful; Michael Giacchino (Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)) has made a great score, and the sound universe is fabulous.
Inside Out is almost too good. - How will anyone ever be able to make anything to equal this, I pondered after finally coming out on the other side of the film's magic. Inside Out is human and profound. Smaller kids won't grasp it all, but I still think it is recommendable to people of all ages and outlooks. It is the kind of rare film that I genuinely believe betters the world.

Inside Out also has the benefit of a top-notch voice cast of which I'll single out Amy Poehler (They Came Together (2014)) as Joy, Phyllis Smith (The Office (2005-13)) as Sadness, and in particular Richard Kind (A Serious Man (2009)) as Bing Bong, a kind of fantasy imaginary creature who, with the talent and expertise of the Pixar character animators and Kind's outstanding voicing, grabs audiences hearts in very little time. Truly amazing.
Screenwriters Meg LaFauve (Captain Marvel (2018)), Josh Cooley (Up (2009), voice actor) and writer-directors Pete Doctor (Up) and Ronaldo Del Carmen (Freakazoid! (1995-96)) have layered the story with all kinds of meanings and evocative, innovative concepts. It marks Del Carmen's first feature directorial work and Doctor's best to date. The film had a long and difficult development, which can be read about here.
The short film before Inside Out is James Ford Murphy's Lava (2014), a gorgeously animated, musical love story of volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean. In itself a moving work of art.

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Watch a great trailer for the film here

Cost: 175 mil. $
Box office: 702.5 mil. $ (and counting)
= Big hit
[Inside Out was a majorly anticipated film; its unique story grabbed people's attention and imagination everywhere. It opened to a stunning 90.4 mil. $ first weekend in North America, #2 behind Jurassic World (with 106.6 mil. $), but still Pixar's second biggest opening of all time (behind Toy Story 3 (2010)) and the biggest opening ever for an original movie, animated or otherwise, (original meaning not a sequel, spin-off, remake or an adaptation), in this capacity even beating Avatar (2009)! Inside Out went on to gross 344.5 mil. $ (49 % of the total gross) in North America. And there seems to be no possibility at all that it won't win the Best Animation Oscar (at least!) at the next Oscars, (in my mind.)]

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Born in Canada, Sutherland battled polio as a child. His first credit was in Suspense (1963, TV-series) and his first film was The Castle of the Living Dead (1964). Later credits in his remarkable career include The Saint (1965-66), The Dirty Dozen (1967), M*A*S*H (1970), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Klute (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), 1900 (1976), Casanova (1976), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Ordinary People (1980), A Dry White Season (1989), JFK (1991), Outbreak (1995), Fallen (1998), Virus (1999), Fierce People (2005), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Lord of War (2005), The Hunger Games (2012), The Undoing (2020, miniseries) and many more. He passed away at age 88. R.I.P.

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