Inside Out (2015)

Inside Out Trailer

I have to write this film review because I think this movie is very meaningful. It's educational not only to children but also adults who would want to understand more about emotions.

The premise is what's going on inside the mind of a teenage girl, Riley, who newly moves to a new city with her parents. There are five emotions, namely, Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness, that lives in the control room / headquarters of Riley's head.

Moreover, there are different islands, namely, Goofball Island, Hockey Island, Friendship Island, Family Island, and Honesty Island, that shapes Riley's personality.

One day, an accident happen which Joy, Sadness and some core memory balls are sucked away from the headquarters. Without some of her core memories and Joy, Riley is becoming more upset and introverted. She loses her temper at her Dad and then her Goofball Island crumbles. Her best friend in the old city befriends with a new girl and she becomes angry and loses her Friendship Island. Her islands crumbles one by one and Riley is unable to have any feeling.

The plot becomes more interesting as we encouter Bing Bong the imaginary friend of childhood who helps Joy and Sadness to find a way back to the headquarters. Bing Bong is an elephant mixed with cotton and cries like a dolphin. He tears are candies.

It is very touching when Bing Bong sacrifices himself for Joy to ride up the cliff. It's so sad to see our imaginary friend fade away.

Joy used to think Sadness is useless, but when she sees a core memory which Riley lost her hockey game, the team and family tries to console her, she realizes that Sadness is indeed an important emotion.

At last, Joy and Sadness make their way back to the headquarters and the new islands are built up. Riley becomes happy again and more confident in her life.

Things happen, and emotions come naturally, but different people has different responses or reactions to the same event. It's how we face / deal with a situation that differs. To the same event, different people have different beliefs. We have to ask ourselves: are our beliefs reasonable? Are we being catastrophic? How true are our beliefs? And our beliefs and emotions will lead to our rational or irrational behavior. To conclude, the takeaway from this movie is that we all have emotions and we need to face them, to acknowledge them, and to understand why we feel that way, so as to become a healthy person.

Toy Story 3 (2010)

Toy Story 3 (2010) Trailer

Technically, the 3D effect is not that "wowing". The set is very coulourful, as usual. The characters are very unique and easy to remember.

Lotso is very adorable, even though he's a villian in Toy Story 3. He's huggable, very fluffy and smells like strawberry. I really want to have my own Lotso! I'll treat him well.

The surprise of the movie is Buzz's Spanish dance. I like the Spanish Buzz (El Buzzo?) so much! I like his Paso Doble dance so much and I like the song "Hay un amigo en mí" by the Gipsy Kings. Incidentally, I'm learning social dance. That's why I'm so intrigued by Buzz's dance!

The story has a very touching ending. I know what it's like to say goodbye to your favourite toy. Tell you a secret, I still keep my toys.

The Simpsons Movie (2007), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Swordfish (2001), High School Music 2 (2007)

Wow! Despite peak season, I watched so many motion pictures recently.

The Simpsons Movie (2007) is funny. Used a lot of colloquials. Gotta be very American to understand.

Ratatouille (2007) tries to be French. I love the background music. It's like playing Bistro.

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) is the sequel of The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy. Kind of seen it before.

Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind (2002) is a mess. With all the big stars, Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Drew Barrymore but no meaning at all.

I watched Swordfish(2001) just for Hugh Jackman. He plays an hacker expert and his look is cool & punk. Not the best movie for him.

High School Musical 2 (2007) is Disney's Channel original movie. Melody & lyrics are nice. A very cliche storyline.