Coco (2017)

[TalismanRing]

 

Goffe is BOT's very own Armond White 

[Goffe]

Well, I don't try to be. I love Pixar and I loved IO. What I said is really what I took from it.

 

As coolio would put it, maybe I just don't know how to watch movies? 

Edited January 11, 2018 by Goffe

[Noctis]

On 1/7/2018 at 11:13 PM, Goffe said:

At first, I couldn't get past the inherent silliness of the concept of entire generations of one's family getting upset by simply hearing the word music because someone they never knew abandoned them ages ago.

 

But once we got to the world of the dead, my gears shifted from puzzlement to total indifference. Coco began to resemble the newer Disney animations rather than classic Pixar I love so dearly. Fascinated by the superficial, plot beats that inspired the biggest eye-rolls and extremely slight on substance; pretty much every modern WDA picture.

 

Then, as the message took final shape during the third act, I started to dislike it so very intensely. "Only family matters" seems harmless enough, but there was something insidiously entrenched underneath that statement. "Giving up your aspirations and desires, your true self is the right path. Conform. Family knows best, absolutely". Sure, Coco does tried to defuse that side of the message by letting Miguel be a musician and giving Coco that moving moment at the end where everyone goes "awwwnnn" but no one in the family actually learns anything.

 

Also, the whole endeavor being dazzled by what seems a rather cruel world.

 

4/10

[Avatree]

Why was there no short film?

[Blankments]

On 1/22/2018 at 6:14 PM, Tree Billboards said:

Why was there no short film?

disney wanted to attach some awful Christmas special to it in the U.S. instead

[Blankments]

"I'm proud of you."

 

The little moments matter most. As beautifully surprising and emotionally raw the sixth go-around as it was the first. A symphony of love, life, and pure bliss I shall revisit time and time again.

 

"Until you're in my arms again, remember me."

 

A+

[Blankments]

I didn’t cry as much as I did on rounds 1-6. I blame the removal of Lee Unkrich, Darla Anderson, and Adrian Molina's address of gratitude for watching their movie. A+

 

(This is still a masterpiece.)

[druv10]

2 hours ago, Maxxx17 said:

I've heard of it but I haven't watched it. Is it worth the time?

Very much so. Fantastic story telling with so much emotional heft, truly a masterpiece. One of Pixar's very best!!!