**EXTREMELY RELUCTANT SPOILERS**
No matter how much time has passed, whenever somebody mentions "Inside Out," I will always think of those 15-minute educational shorts that used to run during midday on PBS since the 1970's. And when it comes to little people in your head representing moods and personality traits, the early-1990's Fox Sitcom "Herman's Head" will be my go-to reference. But with entire generations being unfamiliar with both of these, the only "Inside Out" has become the 2015 Disney/Pixar production about an 11-year-old girl struggling with being moved from the Great Lakes to San Francisco.
Unfortunately, considering that this is a less than five-minute animation short, it's kind of hard not to spoil. Riley's parents are surprised to find that a boy from her school is visiting her supposedly as part of an attempt to go skating with a group of her friends. They had to know this was coming. She has a classmate who wears eye shadow, and she's not even a teenager yet. Anyway, her mom tries to act cool about it, while dad is sitting down with him in the kitchen to find out if he's worthy of going out with his daughter. This boy named Jordan who visits Riley, seems like a slacker or a wannabe stoner, and her father is not happy with him. Riley's dad is mere seconds away from kicking this boy's sorry ass out of the house, when he realizes they have something in common. They were both in a band, both fans of AC-DC, and both nearly wreck the house as they play a dual air-guitar jam while "Back in Black" plays on the bookshelf stereo in the background!
And to think there was a time when parents thought the music of AC-DC was satanic. Had he lived past 1966 into the '80's, Walt Disney in his aging ignorance would've probably felt the same way. Equally, I can't fathom the idea that any members of the band at the time, including the late Bon Scott would consider that any of their music would've even been touched by a Disney production. And yet here they are together for all of us to enjoy. On a side note, I just have to recommend sticking around past the closing credits of this short.
As I mentioned in the warning, it's far too difficult not to spoil this movie. There's too much goodness packed into these five minutes for an audience to enjoy. Therefore a sequel to this movie whether short or long is a must. Bring it on, Pixar!
No matter how much time has passed, whenever somebody mentions "Inside Out," I will always think of those 15-minute educational shorts that used to run during midday on PBS since the 1970's. And when it comes to little people in your head representing moods and personality traits, the early-1990's Fox Sitcom "Herman's Head" will be my go-to reference. But with entire generations being unfamiliar with both of these, the only "Inside Out" has become the 2015 Disney/Pixar production about an 11-year-old girl struggling with being moved from the Great Lakes to San Francisco.
Unfortunately, considering that this is a less than five-minute animation short, it's kind of hard not to spoil. Riley's parents are surprised to find that a boy from her school is visiting her supposedly as part of an attempt to go skating with a group of her friends. They had to know this was coming. She has a classmate who wears eye shadow, and she's not even a teenager yet. Anyway, her mom tries to act cool about it, while dad is sitting down with him in the kitchen to find out if he's worthy of going out with his daughter. This boy named Jordan who visits Riley, seems like a slacker or a wannabe stoner, and her father is not happy with him. Riley's dad is mere seconds away from kicking this boy's sorry ass out of the house, when he realizes they have something in common. They were both in a band, both fans of AC-DC, and both nearly wreck the house as they play a dual air-guitar jam while "Back in Black" plays on the bookshelf stereo in the background!
And to think there was a time when parents thought the music of AC-DC was satanic. Had he lived past 1966 into the '80's, Walt Disney in his aging ignorance would've probably felt the same way. Equally, I can't fathom the idea that any members of the band at the time, including the late Bon Scott would consider that any of their music would've even been touched by a Disney production. And yet here they are together for all of us to enjoy. On a side note, I just have to recommend sticking around past the closing credits of this short.
As I mentioned in the warning, it's far too difficult not to spoil this movie. There's too much goodness packed into these five minutes for an audience to enjoy. Therefore a sequel to this movie whether short or long is a must. Bring it on, Pixar!