Immortal, just not for long

Rating: 8/10 (11 December 2016)

Big Hero 6 was the first movie I ever saw at the iconic El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Blvd. and I honestly could not have asked for a more perfect movie at the most perfect time to be my first experience of that place. Despite being a big (hero) hit the theatre was very quiet that afternoon and I had the entire upper balcony to myself. My mind was soon to be blown.
In summer 2012 I had sworn off comic-book movies after being consistently underwhelmed by the repetitive formula and the fact that they ALL seem to feature a climax with a giant blue laser shooting up into the sky. Not knowing that Big Hero 6 was based on a Marvel property, I didn't immediately write it off.
I also L-O-A-T-H-E CG animated movies as EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. seems to be about talking animals doing easy slapstick. When I see these indistinguishable movies consistently making hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office I wonder what is going on in the world. Can no one else see that they are all the same? All of them!
Thankfully, Big Hero 6 avoids this awful trope, and delivers some pretty awesome 3D too. There's lots to like about Big Hero 6, but I will stick to the top 10 reasons:
1. Baymax 2. Baymax 3. Baymax 4. Baymax 5. Baymax 6. Baymax 7. Baymax 8. Baymax 9. Baymax 10. Baymax 11. Baymax
Set in an alternate, Japan-influenced California, in the city of San Fransokyo the pioneers at the institute of technology invite 14- year-old genius Hiro Hamada to join their think tank but when his older brother is killed in a terrorist attack and his own invention stolen Hiro decides it would be better to solve the crime and creates a crime-fighting team of his own with Baymax, the lovable (and inflatable) medicare robot at the very wide centre of that team.
Yes, it's an origin story, but it's a good one and I am already tired of waiting for a sequel. Big Hero 6 is literally, actually, completely impossible to not like. And where can I purchase my own Baymax?