Smartly written with a lot of heart, Big Hero 6 is one of the few family-friendly animated movies that parents might not grow tired of slipping into the DVD/Blu-ray player over and over again. The Oscar winning feature film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on February 24, 2015 and is a worthy addition to your Disney home video collection. Although the Big Hero 6 Collector’s Edition Blu-ray combo pack is short on bonus material, the film is one of Disney’s better recent animated features and, most importantly, it isn’t just for kids.
Based on the Marvel Comics, Big Hero 6 features a lovable robot named Baymax and his best friend, Hiro Hamada, the younger brother of Baymax’s creator. Hiro and Baymax develop a special bond which is put to the test when they discover a plot to use Hiro’s micro-bots to do evil. Teaming up with a ragtag group of unlikely heroes, Hiro, Baymax, and the newly formed superhero group attempt to save the city of San Fransokyo.
The Bonus Features:
The Collector’s Edition includes the Oscar and Annie Award winning short Feast featuring an adorable dog. The extra material also has four deleted/alternate scenes to check out that are available only in storyboard form with introductions by directors Don Hall and Chris Williams. And for those who love to know more about the actual process of animating a film, the lead animators on the movie discuss how they approached creating each of the characters and giving them each a personality in the “Big Animator 6: The Characters Behind the Characters” featurette.
The best of the bonus material – and the only one you need to check out if your time is limited – is “The Origin Story of Big Hero 6: Hiro’s Journey.” Big Hero 6 voice cast member Jamie Chung hosts the featurette which provides an in-depth look behind the scenes at the research process and how the Marvel comic book characters made the leap to the big screen.
GRADE: B+
-By Rebecca Murray
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