Alright, for those of you who don't know me by now I'm a HUGE Disney fan. So I rented the new Disney/Pixar movie Coco from the library and watched it last night and I have to say that although there were a couple of things I didn't like about it, all in all I think it was one of the best (new) movies that I have seen in a really long time. It tells the story about a boy from Mexico named Miguel who wants to be a musician more than anything but his parents are really against it. So after learning that famous singer Ernesto de la Cruz (who was crushed to death by a gigantic bell) might be his great-great grandfather, he pursues searching for him and winds up in the land of the dead as a curse from taking his guitar out of his tomb. However, not all things are they appear as he soon discovers that Ernesto murdered his real great-great grandfather (Hector) and spiking his drink with poison so that he could steal the songs that he originally wrote for his daughter Coco who just happens to be Miguel's great grandmother. Hector desperately misses his daughter and wants to see her, but since the only picture that remains of him in their house is torn, he can't visit her in the land of the living.
In order for Miguel to return to the land of the living (and avoid turning into a skeleton himself at sunrise) he must receive a blessing from one of his family members so that the curse will be broken. So he promises his great-great grandfather Hector that he will put his picture up and help Coco (who has altimzers) remember him. When it appears to be too late, Miguel receives his blessing (after Ernesto is destroyed for a second time) and returns home with the guitar that really belonged to Hector all along and sings to Coco "Remember Me" which is the song that her father sang to her as a little girl in hopes that she will remember him. Which she does and Hector is saved from vanishing altogether and after the picture of him is now restored he is now finally able to visit the land of the living.
A year passes by and Ernesto is finally forgotten as Hector is now being remembered as the true musician and song writter. Coco has been shown recently passing and being reunited with her father. Then at the end of the film Coco and her parents rejoin Miguel and his family for a celebration of the love that they will always have for one another and his whole entire family finally accepts his love for music and alows him to follow his dream.
Well as you can see, it was pretty dark for a Disney/Pixar film, and I wasn't too thrilled over the fact that instead of going to Heaven or Hell (although I'm not sure if they would do that in a Disney film anyway) they just stayed put on earth rotting away as skeletons. And of course the whole thing about curses and shrines I wasn't a huge fan of either. However at the end of the day it is just a cartoon and I love the whole message about family and how important it is. I was nearly crying at the end of it too. I would definitely recommend watching it for yourself as I only summarized it best to my ability. I take half a point off my final score for the few things I mentioned that I wasn't all that happy about, but it still receives a 9.5 in my book.
In order for Miguel to return to the land of the living (and avoid turning into a skeleton himself at sunrise) he must receive a blessing from one of his family members so that the curse will be broken. So he promises his great-great grandfather Hector that he will put his picture up and help Coco (who has altimzers) remember him. When it appears to be too late, Miguel receives his blessing (after Ernesto is destroyed for a second time) and returns home with the guitar that really belonged to Hector all along and sings to Coco "Remember Me" which is the song that her father sang to her as a little girl in hopes that she will remember him. Which she does and Hector is saved from vanishing altogether and after the picture of him is now restored he is now finally able to visit the land of the living.
A year passes by and Ernesto is finally forgotten as Hector is now being remembered as the true musician and song writter. Coco has been shown recently passing and being reunited with her father. Then at the end of the film Coco and her parents rejoin Miguel and his family for a celebration of the love that they will always have for one another and his whole entire family finally accepts his love for music and alows him to follow his dream.
Well as you can see, it was pretty dark for a Disney/Pixar film, and I wasn't too thrilled over the fact that instead of going to Heaven or Hell (although I'm not sure if they would do that in a Disney film anyway) they just stayed put on earth rotting away as skeletons. And of course the whole thing about curses and shrines I wasn't a huge fan of either. However at the end of the day it is just a cartoon and I love the whole message about family and how important it is. I was nearly crying at the end of it too. I would definitely recommend watching it for yourself as I only summarized it best to my ability. I take half a point off my final score for the few things I mentioned that I wasn't all that happy about, but it still receives a 9.5 in my book.
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I promised her that I would post a couple songs from the movie, and here is the one that won the Oscar for the best song. (I can't say I really agree with it though although it is pretty)