Monday, February 2, 2015

Big Hero 6 Review














Big Hero 6


Release Date: 26th December 2014 - Australia


Production Companies
Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Animation Studios

Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures Australia


Genre: Animation/Family/
Sci-Fi/Action

Rating: PG

Runtime: 102 minutes


Budget: $165,000,000

Box Office Gross: $657,869,686 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Young robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada and inflatable robot Baymax form a special bond. Both are catapulted into an evil plot with their close friends and form a band of high-tech heroes.


Voice Cast
Ryan Cooper - Hiro Hamada
Scott Adsit - Baymax
T. J. Miller - Fred
Jamie Chung - GoGo Tamago
Damon Wayans, Jr - Wasabi
Genesis Rodriguez - Honey Lemon
Daniel Henney - Tadashi Hamada
James Cromwell - Professor
Robert Callaghan
Maya Rudolph - Aunt Cass
Alan Tudyk - Alistair Krei
Abraham Benrubi - General
Katie Lowes - Abigail
Billy Bush - Newscaster
Daniel Gerson - Desk Sergeant
Paul Briggs - Yama
Charlotte Gulezian - Ringleader
David Shaughnessy - Heathcliff
Stan Lee - Fred's Dad (Cameo)

Crew
Directors - Don Hall and Chris Williams
Big Hero 6 Team and Characters Creators - Man of Action
Screenplay - Jordan Roberts,
Daniel Gerson and Robert
L. Baird
Additional Story Material - Bert V. Royal
Executive Producer - John Lasseter
Producer - Roy Conli
Co-Producer - Kristina Reed
Creative Advisors - Nathan
Greno and Mark Kennedy
Lead Production Supervisor: Animation - Karen Ann Ryan
Production Designer - Paul
A. Felix
Art Director - Scott Watanabe
Character Design
Supervisor - Jin Kim
Lead Character Designer -
Shiyoon Kim
Heads of Story - Paul Briggs
and Joseph Mateo
Lead Story Artists - John Ripa
and Marc E. Price
Modelling Supervisor - Zack Petroc
Head of Animation - Zach A. Parrish
Animation Supervisors - Nathan Engelhardt,
Jason Figliozzi, Michael Franceschi,
Brent Homman and Doug Bennett
Lead 2D Animator - Mark Henn
Environment CG Supervisor - Larry Wu
Character CG Supervisor - Carlos Cabral
Background Designer - Barry Atkinson
Director of Cinematography: Lighting -
Adolph Lusinsky
Director of Cinematography: Layout -
Rob Dressel
Cinematographic Consultant - Robert Richardson
Production Manager - Yvett Merino Flores
Head of Effects - Michael Kaschalk
Visual Effects Supervisor - Kyle Odermatt
Editor - Tim Mertens
Additional Editors - Lisa Lassek
and Julie Rodgers
Associate Editors - Shannon Stein
and Karen A. White
Supervising Sound Editor & Designer -
Shannon Mills
Sound Effects Editors - Addison Teague,
David C. Hughes, Nia Hansen and
Jeremy Bowker
Supervising ADR Editor - Daniel Laurie
Re-Recording Mixers - David E. Fluhr
and Gabriel Guy
Foley Artists - John Roesch and
Alyson Dee Moore
Music - Henry Jackman
Composers: Additional Music - Dominic Lewis
and Paul Mounsey
Executive Music Producer - Chris Montan
Music Supervisor - Tom MacDougall
Score Recordist and Mixer - Alan Meyerson


Awards

2015 Academy Awards
Best Animated Feature - Chris Williams, Don Hall
and Roy Conli (Won)


Review
Marvel is still a property from Disney and has always been in close competition with Warner Brothers' property, DC. Since Disney's purchase, they continued to bring the life of the treasured comic book heroes on the big screen. The two corporate giants had never done an animated feature together. Finally, the Disney animation studio people decided upon BIG HERO 6. It's one of Marvel's lesser-known properties and is from the group that created Ben 10. There isn't a movie with so many scenes containing mind-boggling animation with fast-paced action since Disney put away the toys on their two earlier attempts, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Treasure Planet.

This movie contains a story and a blend of humour and action and delivers perfectly crafted animation rivalled by a few others. The film also includes scenes that show a lot of sadness. I was captivated by experiencing this incredible film that no studio has ever done since Pixar pushed the envelope in their mega-hit production The Incredibles to blow away the superhero comic fan base in childlike wonder.

There are many good factors to choose from in BIG HERO 6 besides its 3D animation pixels and some weight of human emotion. The film carries the background setting in the city, which is supposed to be an amalgam of Tokyo and San Francisco and is supposed to be an architectural blend. I was amazed at the film, which reminded me of another animated feature I reviewed of The Iron Giantparticularly the friendship between a boy and a machine and the end where one of those main characters makes a heroic sacrifice.

It's one step ahead of Frozen and probably a better film. Nothing gets crazy with BIG HERO 6. It will continue to be its new greatest triumph in the animation field.

Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever

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2 comments:

  1. I definitely agree that this is a lot better than Frozen. It did a lot of things right; I just wished it held together in the final act.

    -James

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  2. I disagree about the final act and although it may not be original. I like to see a sequel if Disney and Marvel are both making one right now!

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