…because film is largely subjective
by Frederick William Springer III
Big Hero 6 in 3D
Release Date: 7 November 2015 Runtime: 102 Minutes
Review Date: 24 February 2015 Rating: 5 (of 6)
I went into Big Hero 6 pretty blind, only having seen the dopey looking marshmallow
airbag (Baymax, pictured on the poster above) in a short trailer, not exactly leaving
me with high expectations. However, I
was very pleasantly surprised by a solid story and entertaining characters.
One thing that did
stick out to me was that the content really seemed geared more towards tweens
and young teens rather than the younger set Disney usually targets.
Other than a very
generic bad guy, who's movements reminded me of Pitch from Rise of the Guardians at times, there's not a lot I can fault
(other than, maybe, making my namesake an equally generic surfer/valley type!). FYI: If you're one of those knuckle-heads
that doesn't watch the ENTIRE movie, you're going to miss an additional scene after the
credits.
Fortunately, I
had the pleasure of seeing Big Hero 6
in 3D in the theater the day it was released on home video. When I got home and looked it up online to
see about possibly purchasing it in the future, I was dismayed* to see Disney
didn't release the Blu-ray in 3D.
(Which leads me
to a side rant on how Disney likes screwing around with its consumers. If you already produced the film in 3D for
theatrical release, does it really cost you any extra money to release it that
way that for home consumption? Frozen, the highest grossing animated
film of all time, has still yet to be released in 3D in the United States,
though it came to home video nearly a year ago.
Yet, in other world markets, the 3D version is available. Why? When
Oz the Great and Powerful was
released to home video, they sold the 3D version separately which was--and still is--unheard
of, every other 3D film released previously from Disney and all other studios normally including the regular version as well. And let's not even get into all the games
they play re-releasing their old films with changed lyrics, cut scenes or
digitally altered characters and scenery.
I think Disney started George Lucasing their films long before Lucas
himself became notorious for doing so...)
*Though, I concede, my outrage is almost purely principal based, nothing too razzle-dazzle about the 3rd dimension presentation here.
