A few weekends ago, my friends and I decided to watch Big Hero Six, a Disney-Pixar movie that was playing in the Campus Center Theatre. I had seen the movie when it was first released, but enjoyed it so much as to see it again. Also, who wouldn’t want to see a movie on a Saturday night with their friends?
The animated movie is about a young genius named Hiro Hamada, an aspiring robot fighter (and quite the hustler) who has no intentions for using his inventiveness for college, that is, until his older brother, Tadashi, convinces him to apply. Hiro applies through a showcase held by the school, where the person who develops the most innovative technology is guaranteed acceptance from the Dean of the school. Hiro develops “microbots,” a uncountable amount of mini robots that, upon wearing a neurotransmitter headband, will shape themselves into anything the mind can create and even build tangible objects through this shape-shifting. Hiro showcases his invention and amazes the entire audience, thus granting his acceptance into the college and even being offered millions of dollars for his inventions by another scientist, which Hiro respectfully declines.
However, things take a turn for the worse as a tragedy occurs, shaping the future for these microbots to be of destruction due to the evil intentions of a certain individual. Hiro must band together with his friends, as well as Baymax, a healthcare robot whom Tadashi had developed in school, to stop the antagonist and secure the neurotransmitter headband. The movie, overall, has the tragedy and emotional appeal of any great Disney movie, but also provides comedy for all ages especially through the character of Baymax. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone, as I’ve seen it three times total, and would definitely see it again if given the opportunity.