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| Review by Benn Robbins |
Disney redeems itself, in my eyes, after the horrendous Frozen with Big Hero 6.
I am one of those anomalies that despised the film Frozen. I thought it was a poorly written and trite piece of filmmaking rehashing a story that they did so much better with Lilo and Stitch.
Big Hero 6 isn’t a phenomenal film and it doesn’t try to be. It succeeds in being fun and exciting, touching and thoughtful.
As my good friend once said, “There is no greater love story than the love between a bot and his giant robot.”
And this film continues to carry the torch.
The story is about Hiro (Voiced by Ryan Potter), a brilliant young kid who is squandering his amazing talents building robots for illegal robot fighting in the back alleys of SanFransokyo who befriends his big brothers creation, a rotund, inflatable robot named Baymax Voiced by 30 Rock’s Scott Adsit).
All things go higgledy-piggledy when an evil mastermind takes control of Hiro’s new robots and wreaks havoc and mayhem on the city. Hiro, using his brilliant intellect create the first super-hero team of San Fransokyo called Big Hero 6 with his high-tech friends, the speed junkie, Go Go Tomago (Jamie Chung), the OCD Wasabi (Damon Wayons, Jr.) the chemistry obsessed, Honey Lemon (Génesis Rodriguez) and millionaire fanboy and financier, Fred (T.J. Miller). They set out to stop the evil kabuki masked villain and save the day.
Like I said, this film isn’t overly original but it is super fun. Especially for super hero fans.
And with the rise of popularity of the superhero genre, It was only a matter of time before the Super Mouse joined in. Definitely taking cues from their newly acquired Marvel Comics, Disney’s Big Hero 6 is an Avengers-like origin film for the kids and adults alike.
The humor and drama are on par with the rest of the Disney oeuvre. Not quite as good as Wreck-It- Ralph or Tangled but definitely better than the mess that is Frozen.
One thing is for certain after seeing this film. I want a Baymax for myself. I had to restrain myself from taking the one in the theater lobby as a left the film for my journey back home.
One final thought. The short film before Big Hero 6, entitled Feast, was a feast for the eyes and heart. Definitely a fine companion nice to the feature film.
