Monday 14 December 2015

Inside out- Feelings have feelings

Ever thought about how feelings work? You're sad one moment and the next moment, you get a brilliant idea and your face lights up like a Christmas tree. Ever wondered why all of a sudden you're phased out or the most random memory of you picking your nose for the first time comes back for no reason. Well, if you're going through all this, then be assured that your mind is in good hands.

This movie talks of two things, Riley and her mind. Born in Minnesota, she has her bundle of memories and adventures right from childhood in this place. Here is where her feelings come in. Within her mind, the five feelings, Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Fear and Anger manage her memories and other activities related to her brain through their Headquarters stationed in Riley's conscious mind. Her memories come to them in the form of orbs that are in different colours for different feelings and are sent to long term memory at the end of each day. Every special memory called a "core memory" is kept in the headquarters and powers small personality islands in her mind. For instance, when Riley made her first friend, the memory became a core memory and friendship island was formed.

Riley is now eleven years and has to move to San Francisco. Both she and her feelings have a tough time dealing with this. New school meant making new friends. That would begin with making the first impression. As all our feelings get ready to face the challenge head on, Sadness ends up controlling the console, making Riley cry on her first day, thus creating the first ever sad core memory.

All hell breaks lose when Joy tries to dispose of the sad core memory and in the process knocks off all other core memories leading to all of Riley's personality islands to shut down, causing huge psychological damage to Riley. During all this chaos, Joy, Sadness and the core memory orbs end up getting sucked into the long term memory storage area. They now have no time to lose and have to get back to headquarters to make sure that Riley gets her personality islands running before it's too late. With time definitely not on their side, will they be able to make it or not?

Disney and Pixar have outdone themselves this time with Inside out. It is by far the best concept for any animated movie. Thinking that feelings have feelings can only come from these guys. Every detail is so perfectly shown and the basic concept was that all the feelings have their own role to play in a child's life. The ending of the movie gives us a beautiful message which I felt was the best part of the movie. Other than that, it's like your average Pixar movie with just a tad more emotion and "feeling" in it. A must watch from the review girl.






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