Seen a movie: Inside Out

[aletheiafelinea]

Mild spoilers.






I hadn't really been interested at first sight, rather sort of 'meh' at most of characters' designs, but alumfelga said it's okay, so I decided to give it a second chance. Turned out one of those cases when I feel I watched something good but not entirely 'mine'. Then again, I enjoyed it much more than many other such cases ("Fargo". Or anything Tarantino's. No, thanks). I found it well written and 'acted', so to speak, but still I'm not so much sold on the visual part. I liked ideas more than graphic realization of them. Oh, it was technically very good and hadn't 'cheap' feeling in the least, no complaints here. I just didn't like the concepts as much as in some other cases ("Ratatouille"! ♥). Still, it didn't really matter that much in watching. The story itself made up for it. Or rather, the idea for telling a story simple enough that it wouldn't really made a movie on its own, if not the said idea. It's all in the mind. Literally. (And, okay, I liked Riley's look at least.)


A few random notions.

# Overall it was a definitely kids movie. Not in a way making it boring for an adult, but also unlike kids movies with a wink toward adults, like "Shrek". Unless we count psychological terms as adult winks.

# I liked - actually I hoped for it - that Sadness turned out necessary as well, and that in specific circumstances a sad moment worked better than forced joy. I liked also that upon growing feelings and memories have become more mixed, not based on a single emotion.

# I was surprised that Joy was the leading emotion, and that there were leading emotions at all. (In promos she looked somewhat birdbrain-ish. She's not.) But what I didn't expect even more was Mom's leader to be Sadness, and Dad's Anger.

# Joy was the only emotion with unmatched skin and hair colours. Is it supposed to mean something, or just no one noticed? (Hardly probable...)

# Is it me, or the ending asked for a sequel? I wouldn't mind it. :)

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[alumfelga.livejournal.com]

Well, I didn't say "go and watch it!" so I wouldn't have taken any blame for ruining your evening :D But I'm glad it wasn't THAT bad for you ;)

"Overall it was a definitely kids movie."
Was it though? It depends on what age we are speaking of (a six or seven-year-old boy few rows ahead of me didn't look delighted) but I don't quite think all children will "get it". [SPOILER!] How many of them will accept the ending? I half expected the family to move back to Minnesota because that's a naive ending you get in a film for children. [/SPOILER!]

"Joy was the only emotion with unmatched skin and hair colours. Is it supposed to mean something, or just no one noticed?"
I think it's made this way to make Joy look different than other emotions, and emphasize the fact that she was a leading emotion. But maybe I'm wrong :)

"Is it me, or the ending asked for a sequel? I wouldn't mind it. "
Me too. Or a spin-off.