Big Hero 6

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Big Hero 6 may seem like your average superhero movie at first glance, but the depths of its plot put it up there with the best films of its era. As the title would suggest, the film focuses on the formation of the eponymous team of superheroes, led by 14-year old tech genius named Hiro.

From the emotional depth of the storyline and themes, to the parallels between the hero and the villain, this film has a level of depth and maturity not seen in many animated films in general. The animation is also very well done and the way in which San Francisco and Tokyo blend to form the film’s high-tech setting is also rather impressive.

Considering the lack of diversity in many Disney films, it should also be commended for its incredibly diverse main cast. And although all of the side characters other than Hiro are admittedly rather underdeveloped, they’re likable enough to be entertaining.  

The fact that Hiro makes as many mistakes and goes through as many emotions as a real 14-year old would, as opposed to being a perfect paragon of virtue, is also rather refreshing, as well as being more realistic. But by far the best character in the film is Baymax, the robotic nurse created by Hiro’s brother. He is as adorable and hilarious as Stitch and is also a fairly unique character on his own.

Overall, Big Hero 6 is a very entertaining and surprisingly deep film, which you should definitely check out if you haven’t seen it already.

Rating

Good guys: All of the protagonists are both unique and likable (if a tad underdeveloped in places), whilst Baymax is one of my favourite Disney sidekicks, so the good guys get 6/10

Bad guys: Disney once again uses the twist villain, but it works well here due to the parallels between their story and Hiro’s, so the bad guy gets 7/10

Animation: The city of San Franksoyko is very well designed, so the animation gets 6/10

Music: The movie has a really good score and Immortals is one of my favourite Disney songs, so the music gets 7/10

Plot: A moving plot gets 10/10

Overall score: 36/50

Next review: Zootopia