Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Soul is a playful look at the concept of death and it manages to tackle the subject matter in that familiar, breezy way that only Pixar can. Performances are tight, the animation is jaw dropping and the narrative keeps a nice brisk pace. Sentimentality and somewhat cliched narratives are present but it doesn’t really matter when the movie contains so many beautiful moments which are genuinely moving.
Also there is a pedantic accountant character and I’m not sure whether I find it funny or insulting. 10/10, would listen to Richard Ayoade’s dulcet tones again.
I watched the Director's Cut. Ewan McGregor delivers an understated performance as trauma survivor Danny Torrance following the events of The Shining, as he grapples with his latent psychic abilities and the remnants of the psychological horror inflicted upon him as a child.
Coping with the twin spectre of his late abusive father and crippling alcoholism, Dan undergoes a spiritual transformation in order to face off against the True Knot - a group of psychic vampires. Despite the shadow cast…