Inside Out

2015 original Pixar movie, about the personified emotions running your head.
==First watch (2nd January 2016)==
===Format===
At home
===Journal===
I'd started too cool on Pixar films after Up and Brave didn't really touch me, and with Pixar announcing a massive list of films in the pipeline (including several sequels, which didn't inspire confidence) I was no longer anticipating each release like I once did.
Inside Out came out and I ignored it, but after YourMovieSucks panned it and everyone else loved it I was kinda curious to see who I agreed with.
I watched it over New Year 2015/16 while I was just settling in to my new life in Japan.
I wasn't expecting to enjoy it, but I kinda did and I definitely got touched by the girl's emotional experience of moving house. Like, I was totally feeling for her at every turn and kinda loved how the whole movie was about her emotions. The gimmick of having little emotion characters in her head allowed the whole movie to focus on the nuanced emotional journey of an uncomplicated but impactful scenario.
The journey that Joy and Sadness took to get back to HQ was a bit weird in how they just kept trying different routes which kept falling apart (usually literally). Like, after the first island disintegrated did we need to see them journey to each other one just in time for them to disintegrate as well? And then when they finally got on the Train of Thought it immediately got broken by the last island disintegrating. What does that even mean? Not only can her train of thought be apparently derailed, it was completely destroyed! But the implication of that wasn't at all explored.
===Rating===
1
Category:Pixar films
Category:2010s films
Category:Films watched in 2016
Category:Films with 1 rating