Big Hero 6

Here is what I learned from going to see Big Hero 6 in the theater last night; I learned that really cute women go to see these movies by themselves and I'm not just talking the soccer moms either! I walked in and saw a cute Anne Hathaway look alike just sitting in the theater by herself with this huge grin on her face because she was so excited for what she was about to see. How did I not know that this was a thing before now??? I could've already been re-enacting scenes from Rachel Getting Married; and if you have seen that movie then you know exactly what I'm talking about! I guess when it comes to cartoons I typically only see Pixar movies in the theater, so I still had this negative connotation of screaming children and overweight moms guzzling down 40 ounces of Mr. Pibb right next to me and ruining any chance I had of enjoying the film. But I of all people should know that Austin is a very, very different place.

So after walking in and seeing this, I had already considered this movie viewing experience a success but was hoping for a cherry on top once the film actually got started. Big Hero 6 is the latest movie adaptation of a Marvel comic and it takes place in San Fransokyo; this explains the white looking Asian kid that's our protagonist in the story, Hiro. Hiro is a young teenage genius who has already graduated from high school but spends most of his time hustling gamblers at the local underground robot battles. His brother Tadashi is tired of seeing him waste his potential so he takes him to his school to introduce him to his nerdy friends and to show him the lab where they work in hopes that it will inspire him to use his mind for something productive. Well his plan works and Hiro finds himself especially drawn to his brother's invention Baymax; a giant white, inflatable, and huggable robot that is designed to be a personal healthcare provider for anyone who needs it.

Drawing from his newfound inspiration, Hiro immediately gets to work on an idea of his own so that he can enter it into the school's competition and hopefully earn himself entry into the university. But what he doesn't realize is that what he invents is so revolutionary that everyone will want to get their hands on it and will do so at any cost. It's here where the story picks a bit because something awful happens as a result of what he created and he decides to upgrade Baymax and his new friends' inventions to help bring the culprit to justice.

This movie felt like a cross between Val Kilmer's Real Genius and Pixar's The Incredibles. It has more than enough to keep the kids entertained as everything Baymax says and does is hilarious. Plus you can just look at him for the entire 90 minutes and never get tired of it; he's just that cute of a character. He brings the same lovable qualities that Wall-E brought to the screen except he learns karate and can actually form complete sentences.

And there are a ton of cool action scenes to help keep the older people entertained too. Once Hiro and his friends get in their superhero suits and do what comes natural to them, it feels like you're watching a live action Marvel movie at that point because most of those action scenes are nothing but CGI themselves. One of my personal highlights from Hero was the car chase scene that was clearly inspired by the Marky Mark version of the Italian Job; it involved the evil villain rocking a cool mask and what appeared to be a Rav 4 mini car. You'll just have to experience it for yourself.

I have to say that I was thoroughly entertained and will definitely buy this movie once it leaves the theaters. I rate it as very FRESH and suggest that you pop in.