Sunday, September 13, 2015

'Inside Out' Movie Review

Movie Title: ‘Inside Out’
And that’s what I’ve learned from the movie ‘Inside Out’…


Production House: Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures

Director: Pete Docter, who confirms that the film was mostly based on his own experience watching his daughter grow up.

Duration & Language: 94 minutes, English

Release Date: 19 June 2015 (USA)

IMDb Rating: 8.6 stars

Characters: Amy Poehler (Joy), Phyllis Smith (Sadness), Richard Kind (Bing Bong), Bill Hader (Fear), Lewis Black (Anger), Mindy Kaling (Disgust), Kaitlyn Dias (Riley), Diane Lane (Mom), Kyle MacLachlan (Dad).

Review:
          What I really love about ‘Inside Out’ is that the movie and story drives out the emotion of its watcher, and at the same time, it teaches us about growing up and life itself. That’s what happened to me and my friend; we started to weep some tears at the struggle parts in the movie.  This animated science-fiction drama movie attracted buyers to watch this movie, and turned out the film was the first best box office movie by the second week it was in the cinema! 
          
Beginning with the emotions which control the girl’s – whose name is Riley – brain, mind, and thoughts, and build up her 5 personality islands. That was also the scene when Riley first came to the world. The emotions were; Joy who keeps Riley happy most of the time, Fear who keeps Riley safe from any possible danger, Anger who…well controls Riley’s anger, Disgust who prevents Riley from being poisoned and looks well-looking, and lastly, Sadness who mostly gets sided by Joy. Who gets the dominant position? Yes, Joy. According to the director, the characters were made by glowing energy, instead of skin and solid – and that technically made the movie much more interesting.
          
The adventure then starts off when Riley and her family moved from her Midwest green town Minnesota to the traffic centre town San Francisco. When they got there, Riley – as well as the emotions – was shocked at the dusty almost-deserted neighborhood they were going to live in. The emotions began to panic as Riley’s day there wasn’t as perfect and cheerful as Joy had planned. In those days, Riley felt really miserable, and Joy tried everything she could do about it. Meanwhile, Sadness tried everything she could to prove herself that she was useful and has a purpose to be created like the others, only to be pushed aside as usual by Joy. On the first day of school, Sadness touched one of the core memories of Riley – which are the memories that build up the personality islands – causing it to turn blue, representing sadness. Joy tried to stop her, but both ended up outside the headquarters and into the maze of memories where they store Riley’s daily memories.
          
The two began their journey to come back to the headquarters, before things get worse. Along the way, they met Bing Bong; Riley’s hilarious childhood imaginary friend. Facing ups and down as they unraveled from core memory to daily memory, they learned that there can’t always have to be one dominant emotion, there are times where emotions has to be combined with each other to create a unique personality, and that’s what makes you special and different from others.          
          
Back in the headquarters, Disgust, Fear and Anger have problems of their own; Riley was sad, angry and her best friend is best friends with another person, and they couldn’t do anything about it. She couldn’t even smile a bit. Frustrated, Anger decided that if the only thing that could make Riley happy is to go back to her hometown in Minnesota, then he’ll transfer an idea for Riley to escape and run away back to the Minnesota. Disgust agreed, but Fear wasn’t so sure about the idea. Two over one wins, and so they transferred the idea into the control console – which controls the whole brain – and Riley set off, booking a quick bus. But then, the console turned black, also known as; Riley is emotionless and they couldn’t control her to come back when they realized that the idea was going to cause things to worsen.
          
Fortunately, Joy and Sadness arrived back right on time, and saved Riley with mostly the help of Sadness.
          
Happiness sometimes doesn’t have to be created by cheerfulness or having fun, sometimes it can be created by crying or weeping and letting your emotions and beautiful memories flow across your mind as you remember them. Being moved is a great way to let your problems and memories pass by, and after you cry, you’ll feel good and happy inside, causing you to smile afterwards.
          
What I have also learned in ‘Inside Out’ is that unique personalities can only be formed by not only one emotion such as Joy – who created only happy core memories and normal personality islands – but by multiple of emotions. They can be mixed up with other emotions which then forms more unique and colorful islands. As what I have told you before; those personalities are the things that make you special and different from one another.
          
In my opinion, the strongest characters in the movie are Sadness and Joy. You might think I pick them because they are the main characters, but there’s actually something more in them that makes them special. Joy is happy, bubbly, and very optimistic, and she taught us how to always think positive and find a new angle to solve a problem. Sadness, although she is sad and a bit gloomy, she taught us that it’s okay to be sad about something because it will lead you to happiness later.
          
For me, the best quote that gave me the spirit from ‘Inside Out’ is;
          “You can’t focus on what’s going wrong. There’s always a way to turn things around!” Joy cheered Sadness, who was lying on the floor. I think what this quote is trying to tell us is that even in the hardest and darkest times you can always find a way to turn things around and find the fun & light in there.
          
‘Inside Out’ is by far the greatest Pixar movie that made me so moved than the other Pixar movies. I love the bubbly characters, the amazing plot and cast, because like most of the other Pixar movies, this movie had taught me a great lesson about life, how to control our emotions and the science of psychology. And I think it’s great that Pixar made a movie that shows it’s difficult to grow up and move on, and it’s okay to be sad about it. The movie ended wonderfully; Sadness finally got the chance to prove herself that she’s important, and Joy learns that she give others a chance because they too can make happiness for Riley somehow, although probably their way of making her happy is not the same as her way.


Review by: Fairuza Hanun Razak

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