Justin and I saw Inside Out on June 25, 2015!! This was such an excellent animated movie. Inside Out looks at the emotions and memories inside of us. It was an interesting concept that worked really well. I consider this to be one of the best animated movies ever made. Each year I seem to find an animated movie that enters my all time favorites. This joins Wreck It Ralph and Big Hero 6 as one of my personal favorites.
The movie primarily focuses on the memories of a young girl named Riley. Like all of us she experiences emotions such as joy, sadness, anger, fear, and disgust. The voice actors of Amy Poehler (Joy), Phyllis Smith (Sadness), Lewis Black (Anger), Bill Hader (Fear), and Mindy Kaling (Disgust) all felt natural in their roles. The animation for each character makes the audience imagine what we think an emotion might physically look like if we could see it. I think the animation perfectly captured that. The looks of the characters mixed with the voice overs from the actors and actresses gave a great personality to the core of the movie.
Following Riley's journey from Minnesota to San Francisco through the eyes of the emotions inside our heads was amazing to watch. The memory balls, personality islands, imagination land, abstract zone, etc all were entertaining pieces of the movie that kept the movie interesting and moving at a fast pace. While we see Riley and her parents experience emotions, we also witness how the emotions deal with them. Each of the emotions also embarks on their own journeys.
My favorite part of the movie was watching Joy and Sadness's story arc. We see how important each emotion is. It stresses the importance of family, friendship, and teamwork throughout the movie. I love the interaction between Poehler's Joy and Smith's Sadness. While Anger, Fear, and Disgust are part of the emotional spectrum, Joy and Sadness are core pieces of the puzzle. The realization of how important Sadness is through the eyes of Joy was a really emotional part. You can't experience one emotion all the time. It's not natural. That's one of the major things explored here. Everyone will experience a mix of emotions. We see this through physical manifestations of the emotion characters and the human characters.
The amazing use of color, the intriguing plot, the different parts of the world created inside Riley's head, the voice actors, allowing yourself to experience certain emotions, and core values of family, friendship, and teamwork make this one of the best animated movies I've ever seen as well as one of the very best movies of 2015. I encourage everybody to see this movie. Audiences both young and old will enjoy this. I feel it has more themes for adults to enjoy. Younger audiences will love the look of the characters and the awesome pieces of Riley's mind. Adults will enjoy the journey of the characters, the intriguing story, and the emotional elements of the movie. I am in the middle as I loved the journey & plot as well as the amazing personality islands and little twists and turns characters experience inside Riley's head. If you couldn't figure it out, this movie definitely gets a 5/5 Amazing work Pixar!! This definitely should win Best Animated Movie at the Golden Globes and the Oscars this year. It truly deserves it!!
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Thursday, June 25, 2015
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Entourage Review
Justin and I saw Entourage on June 7, 2015!! Entourage follows "it" actor Vincent Chase, his half-brother Johnny "Drama" Chase, & his friends Eric "E" Murphy & Sal "Turtle" Assante and their life in Los Angeles. The show & movie give you a unique look into the world of Hollywood & how movies/television shows work through the actor's eyes and the eyes of agents like Ari Gold & studio heads like Dana Gordon. Entourage also focuses on the close knit friendship all four principal characters have going back to their roots in Queens, New York, as well as navigating the tumultuous road that relationships can take you on. The show is in my Top 3 shows of all time. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie as it was a huge homage to the show even with the opening credits. Much like the show, the movie showed incredible writing giving each character an intriguing story.
Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, & Jerry Ferrara were all excellent reprising their roles. Besides Christian Troy & Sean McNamara in Nip/Tuck (interestingly enough produced & created by a name that comes up in E's storyline), E, Vinny, Drama, & Turtle, along with Ari are five of my favorite male characters of all time. Eric Murphy is my favorite character in Entourage, but at the same time everybody is awesome & truthfully it's one of the only shows where you actually like all the main characters. They have so many dimensions to their characters. Also, I just have to point out that Jeremy Piven deserves his Emmy awards-what an incredible performance as always by him. Throughout the movie, we follow the characters through Vincent Chase's new movie Hyde (looked really interesting & something I'd see in real life), E's relationship with Sloan (always some of my favorite moments in the show), Drama's constant struggle with finding success in Hollywood over the years (his story is a rollercoaster of emotion that ends in true VICTORY for him-well deserved & something long time fans of the show will definitely shed a tear or two for), Turtle (dealing with his new money & trying to woo Ronda Rousey), & Ari (juggling his personal life with his wife & kids & his role as head of Time Warner).
Every obstacle, wrong turn, & crushing moment whether it's Texas co-financier's especially Haley Joel Osment's Travis McCredle's vendetta towards Vincent & dislike of Drama's performance or Ari's head-butting with the studio, everything ends up working out. I like seeing that. When it looks like the Four Horsemen of Hollywood are going to be taken down, they rise above & right the wrongs. Doug Ellin did an awesome job presenting a movie that stays true to one of the best television shows ever created. The cast was phenomenal reprising their iconic roles. The storylines were well written & created a unique blend of drama & comedy lacking in so many modern movies. I definitely give this movie a 5/5. It's easily one of the best movies of the year for me. If you haven't seen the show, I highly recommend it. The movie does stand on it's own, but if you've seen the show you'll appreciate the movie even more. Looking forward to more adventure from Vinny, E, Drama, Turtle, & Ari.
Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, & Jerry Ferrara were all excellent reprising their roles. Besides Christian Troy & Sean McNamara in Nip/Tuck (interestingly enough produced & created by a name that comes up in E's storyline), E, Vinny, Drama, & Turtle, along with Ari are five of my favorite male characters of all time. Eric Murphy is my favorite character in Entourage, but at the same time everybody is awesome & truthfully it's one of the only shows where you actually like all the main characters. They have so many dimensions to their characters. Also, I just have to point out that Jeremy Piven deserves his Emmy awards-what an incredible performance as always by him. Throughout the movie, we follow the characters through Vincent Chase's new movie Hyde (looked really interesting & something I'd see in real life), E's relationship with Sloan (always some of my favorite moments in the show), Drama's constant struggle with finding success in Hollywood over the years (his story is a rollercoaster of emotion that ends in true VICTORY for him-well deserved & something long time fans of the show will definitely shed a tear or two for), Turtle (dealing with his new money & trying to woo Ronda Rousey), & Ari (juggling his personal life with his wife & kids & his role as head of Time Warner).
Every obstacle, wrong turn, & crushing moment whether it's Texas co-financier's especially Haley Joel Osment's Travis McCredle's vendetta towards Vincent & dislike of Drama's performance or Ari's head-butting with the studio, everything ends up working out. I like seeing that. When it looks like the Four Horsemen of Hollywood are going to be taken down, they rise above & right the wrongs. Doug Ellin did an awesome job presenting a movie that stays true to one of the best television shows ever created. The cast was phenomenal reprising their iconic roles. The storylines were well written & created a unique blend of drama & comedy lacking in so many modern movies. I definitely give this movie a 5/5. It's easily one of the best movies of the year for me. If you haven't seen the show, I highly recommend it. The movie does stand on it's own, but if you've seen the show you'll appreciate the movie even more. Looking forward to more adventure from Vinny, E, Drama, Turtle, & Ari.