Disney's Big Hero 6 is a children's movie with something for grown-ups
Here's a surprise for the cynics: Big Hero 6 is a superhero action movie that makes your heart melt. Funny, poignant and oh-so-adorable, this Walt Disney makeover of a little-known Marvel comic book isn't just another origins tale to set up a profitable franchise around a team of would-be heroes, although that's probably one of its purposes.
Voiced by: Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, Daniel Henney (English version)
Directors: Don Hall, Chris Williams
Category: I (English and Cantonese versions)
Here's a surprise for the cynics: Big Hero 6 is a superhero action movie that makes your heart melt. Funny, poignant and oh-so-adorable, this Walt Disney makeover of a little-known Marvel comic book isn't just another origins tale to set up a profitable franchise around a team of would-be heroes, although that's probably one of its purposes.
Co-directed by Don Hall ( Winnie the Pooh) and Chris Williams ( Bolt), it tells a child-friendly story that revolves around a bunch of tech nerds obsessed with robotics. But this visually entrancing 3D animation will disarm sophisticated viewers with its candid treatment of abstract issues like compassion, grief management, and the politics of revenge.
Fourteen-year-old orphan Hiro (Ryan Potter) has been drifting through life since he graduated from high school. The science prodigy can seemingly only realise his self-worth by storming the underground robot fighting and gambling circles with his formidable creations, as in Real Steel.
That's in stark contrast to the concern for humanity displayed by his older brother Tadashi (Daniel Henney), whose newly invented Baymax ( 30 Rock's Scott Adsit) is an inflatable health care robot reminiscent of Hayao Miyazaki's much-loved Totoro. A huggable marshmallow figure whose exterior is made of "non-threatening" white vinyl, Baymax takes therapeutic attention — both physical and psychological — to a new level.
