Disneyfication of Pixar completed ... sad

Rating: 4/10 (12 February 2018)

There was once a time when Pixar movies were guaranteed to bring something new, fresh and exciting to the CG animation game. You just knew it, Pixar was going to raise the bar again with every new movie, not only animation wise but also regarding story telling and characters. Even after Disney completely took over Pixar in 2006 they still created very special movies like "Ratatouille" and "Wall-E" and I had hopes that Disney would let them do their thing and keep out of the stories and the way they tell them to the audience... but when "Merida" came I knew it was going downhill from here... it had such a typical Disney vibe. Now with "Coco" the "Disneyfication" has been completed. Don´t get me wrong - technically and animation wise everything is still top notch - but the story telling and characters are 100% Disney. The story you´re going to see has been told to us a hundered times already, they just changed the setting. Of course they added the unavoidable schmaltzy musical songs (this time in mexican style flavor, but you know the melodies... oh yes, you know ´em... ), the funny sidekicks, the unresolved father - son conflict, the "first you´re a hero to me and then not so much" turn, the predictable teared up happy ending ... this might appeal a very young audience, but me as an adult who loves a good animation movie (Pixars "The Incredibles" being my all time favorite) this made me cringe.