Yes I’m stealing this idea from Tamara Chambers, but hey a good idea is a good idea. I wasn’t planning on making this a series but figured I’d give it a try. So anyway…
The other day I talked about movies I have on my must see list. I figured it was time to watch them, and what the heck share my thoughts very briefly. Tonight I broke down and watched “Inside Out”. It seems like a film right my alley and I can’t believe I haven’t seen it. I watched it tonight and……….
It’s one of the best damn things I’ve ever seen in my life. I’m seriously sorry I waited so long to see this and I promise I will see it again. I think I was five minutes in and I was already hooked. As has been pointed out by others the concept isn’t the most original. We’ve all seen the “what controls out head” story before in one form or another. But what this film did with it is pure gold. The funny thing is how little this movie really has going for it. No villain. The characters are (by design) pretty one dimensional, and the story is pretty simple. So how does it work? There is sooooo much heart in this movie that it’s irresistible. I admit I didn’t know where the plot was going, and for a second the idea of Joy being separated from the main group annoyed me. Until I realized what that meant and man did it get interesting. There are so many complex ideas in this movie I’m pretty sure I missed some of them. The movie basically deconstructs depression and does it beautifully. The stuff about memories you lose and everything…great! And the dream stuff was fantastic. The best parts are the characters, Amy Poelher as Joy was fantastic but I loved Phyllis Smith as Joy man was she pitch perfect. And hey, Lewis Black as anger? That’s so perfect it doesn’t seem real somehow.
So any gripes? There were some moments that felt like padding like the stuff with the imagination that I could have done without. Yeah it was creative I guess but it felt like the creators saying “hey, look at all this cool stuff we can do!” And I kind of wish we had spent a little more time with Riley happy it would have made her depression even more poignant. And I would have liked a little more of her happy again, but the fact she was more mature was brilliant. But these are two very small things really, the movie is very very good hitting all the right notes just when it was supposed to. I laughed out loud and I even….well, hate to admit but that ending hit me. I got it, believe me. I could go on and on but will stop before I begin repeating what everyone else has said.
So comment and let me know if you liked the movie (did anyone not like it?) and if you liked this maybe I’ll do more as I try to expand my horizons as far as movies go. Trust me there are plenty of movies I never saw out there!
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