Coco Review

Rating: 9/10 (23 April 2018)

The movie Coco in my opinion was outstanding! The cultural outlook and animations that were created, provided an amazing experience for watchers; like myself. Personally, my biased opinion is that I enjoy movies produced by Disney much more. However, this thrilling Pixar movie gave me a pleasant surprise.
The Latino tradition of Dia de los Muertos is very vividly shown in Coco. The construction of the ofrenda, or altar, is one of the main important aspects of the movie. These altars are constructed in homes and graveyards throughout the county in order to feed the souls of the dead loved ones that we cherish. On these alters they lay out food for the people that have passed. In Coco, Miguel's family really demonstrated the great importance of what this cultural tradition is all about. Dia de los Muertos is about celebrating those who have passed on. It is not a day about mourning their loved ones. For example, their ancestors. There ancestors made them who they are. They gave them the genes, and had an influence on what they love and what they worship today. Like Miguel, his great great grandfather was a musician, and that's what made his love for music, it was in the DNA, even if he didn't know it. Our ancestors make us who we are. And all of the many interests and passions we have, we can thank our ancestors.
However, there were a few subjects within Coco that were not explained or incorporated about the culture that they should have provided. They didn't show or explain within the film how Dia de los Muertos presents two holy days, November 1st, and November 2nd. Church officials recognize November 1st as "All Saints Day, in commemoration of saints and martyrs. Also recognized is November 2nd as "All Souls Day", in memory of the faithful departed. And according to popular belief, the angelitos, or deceased children, return on the evening of October 31st, and adults on the following night. But, in Coco, they only represented one night, and on that night everyone passed through to the "living" side to see their living present generations. I didn't believe that these separate days were really important to put in Coco, only because then i would feel like the movie would run on. However, it is also important that the days represent different generations of ancestors, not everyone, and i feel like they could have added that somewhere in the movie.