As soon as the first few scenes of Coco brightly lit up the screens, you have a terrible sense of disbelief "Is this going to be like The Book Of Life?" particularly with the uncanny resemblance of the lead's love to strum the guitar and the soul of the movie based upon the Day of the Dead.
Was it?
Heavens' No.
Coco is 25000 ft heads and shoulders above The Book of Life - in terms of narration, screen richness and lively moments. I'm not going to horribly spoil your viewing experience by playing out the details of this visual paradise. Yes. It's a must watch in the theatres else you are missing out on something good and upbeat in your life.
You can speculate the core story in the beginning itself. Nope. This is not Hindsight Bias. When Miguel goes to the Land of the Dead, he finds his entire family there. But, none of them were celebrating Ernesto as their own member, it clearly indicates that something is logically awry which leaves you to take an educated guess to the main essentials of Coco excluding the whys and wherefores to the specific situational events. If you didn't surmise it, then you may find yourself engaged with smart plot twists and the reasons for the happenings.
Either way, Coco is a deeply-moving and fully-flavored film that has the right mix of songs, actions, and sentiments without being too melodramatic in the eking out of the strong message of the immense importance of familial ties and relational bonds to be balanced with one's dreams.
Coco is highly spirited, pun intended, and breath-takingly sucks you into a resplendent vortex of warm and vibrant colors that are a complete feast for the eyes especially the scene-stealer where you are shown the entire townscape of the Dead in one single shot. That. Was. Magnificent.
Like many of positively tear-jerking and multi-hued Pixar films as Up, Inside Out, Wall-E, Toy Story etc, Coco also makes your eyes wet with their intensely emotional narration and heavily emphasizing on the attachment to family and thus, it easily occupies the one-of-the-best positions in the ranking of Pixar's reels.
Oscars?
Oscar Nomination guaranteed.
But, will it go all the way?
IMHO, Yes. As of now since there are no tough contenders to Coco. Nope. Despicable Me 3 cannot even come close to this yet-again Pixar Dazzler.
Summarizing, Pixar has time and again understood the right emotional touch points of their target audience extremely well to churn out high-quality films that are thoroughly enjoyable and memorable to be watched not only by kids but also by adults.
What are you waiting for?
Get immersed into the Spirited, pun again intended, Mexican Wave of Colors.
PS:
Please be on time so that your attention is equally grabbed by Olaf's Frozen Adventure - a short animation based on the mind-blowing 'Frozen' that is screened before the actual movie.
Did I say short? It was a mini-movie by itself.
Still, you don't want to see here and there but keep our eyes glued to the screen especially when Elsa creates a gorgeous and stunning icy Christmas Tree with her trademark hand-waving magic.
Did I say short? It was a mini-movie by itself.
Still, you don't want to see here and there but keep our eyes glued to the screen especially when Elsa creates a gorgeous and stunning icy Christmas Tree with her trademark hand-waving magic.
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