Sunday, November 26, 2017

Coco (2017)

Director(s): Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina. Voices: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt. 109 min. Rated PG. Animation.

Not to set general rules, but beside questionable religious edicts, American culture is not well-equipped with assisting kids deal with non-material concepts - and could use a helping hand from other cultures. Coco does them the favor of defining 'death' in an entirely new way, by setting up a 'land of the dead' with its own simple rules, and creating a story more engaging than in the land of the living. That, and an animation so stunning, it could've been an entity on its own. Waiting to see if Pixar will ever run out of insanely unique ideas.

PS: There's this well-known social media post:

Pixar, 1995: What if toys had feelings
Pixar, 1998: What if bugs had feelings
Pixar, 2001: What if monsters had feelings
Pixar, 2003: What if fish had feelings
Pixar, 2004: What if superheroes had feelings
Pixar, 2006: What if cars had feelings
Pixar, 2007: What if rats had feelings
Pixar, 2008: What if robots had feelings
Pixar, 2009: What if dogs had feelings
Pixar, 2012: What if Scotland had feelings
Pixar, 2015: What if feelings had feelings

I would like to add:

Pixar, 2017: What if the dead had feelings ...


PPS: If you plan on seeing this is in a theater, plan on showing up 40 minutes late. Come early, and have Disney molest your brain with probably the worst animation short they've ever done.

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