good origin story but problematic villain true identity

Rating: 7/10 (2 May 2015)

Hiro Hamada is a young robotics genius in San Fransokyo. He spends his time in underground robot fights. Hiro's brother Tadashi takes him to the robotics team at his university mentored by professor Callaghan and shows him his inflatable medical robot Baymax. To get onto the team, Hiro creates a swarm of microbots. It impresses sleazy businessman Alastair Krei and he offers to buy them. Hiro refuses and then a fire engulfs the convention center. Both Callaghan and Tadashi are presumed dead. Using Baymax and a leftover microbot, Hiro discovers a masked man has copied vast numbers of his microbots. With Tadashi's friends and Baymax, they battle the masked man.
This is a fun superhero animated movie. The colors are brilliant and the animation is top-notch. It's full of action and it's emotionally dense. Hiro is a reasonable lead. The rest of the team is even better. They are a memorable diverse group. Baymax is super cute. The villain is where the movie falls down a little. While the masked man looks cool, the twist reveal leaves a lot to be desired. There are a lot about the identity of the villain that doesn't make sense. I'm not going to comment further about that so as to not spoil anything. This is still a solid superhero origin story.