I’ll level with you, this has been a terrible month for my relationship with movies. I had a long list of movies that I wanted to go watch at the cinema, but each time I set a day aside to go to Barcelona to watch one, I just didn’t! I was in no mood, none whatsoever. So, the university opened again on Tuesday (1/9) and suddenly I’m not alone anymore, lol, so I thought that handling 6 hours of a lot of people was enough for one day and I left early and headed to the movies. Yes, the only thing that actually made me move was the fact that otherwise I would be listening to people for at least 5 more hours!
Anyhow… I decided to watch Inside Out, because I needed a laugh and thought that was safer than The 
Fantastic Four or any other action movie. Lucky for me, the movie was still at the closest Original Version Cinema in Barcelona, near Plaça de Catalunya 🙂 . It also gave me an opportunity to find out that a Costa Cafe opened near there (on the same street as a Starbucks, dumb move!) – I had lunch there, had a cappuccino, regretted it slightly… moving on!
This movie, wow, this movie is FANTASTIC!!!! Holy Crap, totally magnificent! It’s my favorite Disney-Pixar Movie, for sure.
I didn’t have much idea of the plot before it started, but I was so pleasantly surprised. I loved Riley and I loved all of her emotions and her islands, so precious. I don’t even have coherent words for it, but I’ll tell you that I was laughing and then I was crying, and then I was laughing and crying at the same time (and wiping my tears with my t-shirt because I forgot my paper-tissues). It’s ok to be happy, it’s ok to be sad, angry, and feel disgust and fear, all these emotions are part of us, and they make us complete. We are all emotional complex, deal with it!
The actors were amazing in their parts, Lewis Black as spot on! Bill Hader was Fear, and I thought he did great as well.
But the ladies were magnificent! Mindy Kaling played Disgust and OMG, she was so funny. Phyllis Smith was my favorite though, I loved Sadness, and I loved how she portrayed her. having watched every season of The Office, I immediately recognized her voice, and honestly, no one could do it as well as she. And of course, Amy Poehler does a terrific job as Joy and I loved her so so much!!!!
I can’t say enough how amazing this movie is. Have you seen it? Did you liked it?! 😀
This movie was so adorable! I loved it! It was amazingly funny and sad and it wasn’t what I was expecting at all.
Spoilers!
When the islands were falling and Joy and Sadness were traveling together and Joy just kind of lost it with her, I was so heartbroken! Then when Riley’s imaginary friend…that was just so tragically bittersweet.
It was nothing like I was expecting either. I read it was good, but I had kept away from spoilers.
and yes, the islands falling broke my heart… when the family island cracks, oh my, I was a sobbing mess. and the imaginary friend 😦 the sacrifice… (i’m so glad there were only 2 more people in that theatre)
I know, I watched it when it first came out so I didn’t read reviews. I watched it and my heart broke and then mended. It turned out to be so bittersweet and simple. I was amazed how simple the plot really was but how intricate it seemed.
it is simple and intricate at the same time, because I don’t think that the kids will totally get it, you know?
Yeah, I know what you mean. I didn’t get it right away either, so it was definitely something else.
I cried so much during that movie!!
Something different though: did you read the debate over how Riley had like male and female emotions, whereas her parents had female/male only? There are like tons of threads devoted to that and what it could possibly mean hahaha
I wondered about that, but honestly I think it’s wonderful. Her personality is not fully formed yet, nor her sexuality, so it kind of makes sense, right?
Exactly! I think it’s a cool message. All those “kid” movies have so much underlying meaning that no kid will ever get though. Just imagine their minds being blown when they rewatch it as adults with their kids.
🙂 oh yeah. I also liked that Riley played hockey (which a violent game) and that she dressed very gender neutral, good messages all around
Totally! There was really barely any stereotyping, which is great!
Agree! Oh, I want to watch it again and again. My nieces watched it back in June and were not as enthusiastic as I am.
Maybe that’s actually more of an adult film than most people think at first? Maybe kids just don’t fully get it. It is colorful though, they should love it for that alone hahaha
they did, but not as much as I.
after the movie I saw a Joy Pop figure and I’m still struggling not to go back and buy it!
For a short time the cups in my cinema had figurines from Inside Out on top and now I am sad that I don’t have Sadness … (I never buy beverages or stuff in the cinema .. to expensive)
oh… I want sadness and joy, together… and yes, stuff at the cinema is too expensive, more often than not it’s more expensive than the movie ticket
A 0,5 l bottle water cost like 3,50 Euro. That is just abominable.
agree. here in spain the prices are worse than in Portugal, but all very expensive nonetheless
I never noticed that in any conscious way! I noticed (and loved) her gender neutral interests, but I didn’t think about the ramifications of her male/female emotions in relation to her parents. How fascinating! Now I want to watch it again, especially the credits when we get a look at other people’s emotions. Do you know if those people/animals had all male or all female emotions, or were mixed like Riley’s?
Good question! I think it was sometimes difficult to tell, but I think some were mixed, the bus driver was definitely all male and I just really couldn’t tell with the animals to be honest.
Guess I’ll have to watch it again. For research. :p
Of course! Research is very important 😉
the adults were definitely gender specific, i don’t remember the kids.
I loved the movie too! I agree with you, the casting was perfect! Phyllis’ voice was so perfect for Sadness and having Amy as Joy was also great because it was like hearing Leslie Knope! And even Mindy as Disgust was cool because after seeing her as Kelly on The Office, it was clear she could do that personality perfectly!
true! But I knew that Mindy was doing disgust, but I didn’t recognize her voice as easily. Nor did I recognize Amy’s (though I knew it was her), maybe because I’ve never watched Parks and Recs
I have been wanting to see this movie since a long time. Your post makes me want to watch it even more 😊
yay 😀 it’s truly worth watching.
I loved this movie. Nobody wanted to come watch it with me so I went alone and after that I felt such satisfaction when explaining how awesome it was 😀 Especially because I’ve watched one of the last projections in the cinema 😀
😀 I went alone too! And I would go again, because it’s amazing.
Inside Out was amazing! It had such a clever story line and the characters were adorable. I can’t wait to see what comes after the movie… heard there would be a short coming out soon 😀
yeah, I saw on IMDB, a short about Riley’s first date. That should be hilarious
I saw Inside Out and loved it! There was a few parts where it just seemed to drag on forever but other then that, I love the overall message the movie gives and would definitely watch it again.
I LOVED this film, I thought the whole idea was brilliant before I even saw the film. But when I went to see it I was so impressed, it has been ages since I saw a great animation.
Yes, it was just so well done. It’s definitely my favorite animated movie since Disney’s Tangled, but those cannot be compared
Two completely different films, both absolutely astounding though I agree 😆