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| Nelson_Mandela 06/11/19 10:58:33 PM #339: | #102. Coco https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Coco_%282017_film%29_poster.jpg Dir: Lee Unkrich Genre: Animated, Musical, Fantasy Year: 2017 It's almost unfair how deftly Coco pulls at the heartstrings. Take the opening scene from Up and extend it for as long as the last act of this film and you basically will understand what an emotional gut punch it is. Coco perfectly takes the theme of The Day of the Dead (remembrance of the ancestors) and molds it into modern Pixar conventions. It does so without feeling forced or too predictable while simultaneously embracing a culture that most kids probably don't know much about (unless they are awesome and played Grim Fandango). They are able to build the "rules" for the fantasy universe so as that they are easy to understand but also set up the most tension-filled climax in an animated movie since Renaissance era Disney. What is left is an ultra-satisfying, lachrymose yet celebratory tribute to Mexican culture ever put to screen. --- "A more mature answer than I expected."~ Jakyl25 "Sephy's point is right."~ Inviso ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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