With its stunning visuals/animation and it's nearly perfect soundtrack, Soul (2020) showcases an existential exploration with incredible grace (and soul).
Soul (2020, Movie, Animation): This now has to be one of my favourite Pixar films. The animation is stunning, the characters engaging, the ideas introduced thought-provoking, and the music is great. Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey are great as the leads, and Graham Norton steals the show as a Hipster-like soul. The comedy is quite strong, with several laugh-out-loud moments, but the real reason to see this film is the world-building done on the Soul Realm, espically involving the 'Zone'. Enjoyed all throughout, though the middle body-swap slowed the film down a little for me, though it still led to some great momments. I loved the ending, despite many people dislikeing it - I though it was an emotional and heartfelt ending to a great animation. With a layered story and high-quality animation, Soul will undoubtedly become a Pixar Classic. Definitely recommend for families and fans of animation.
Mandalorian
Set in the world of star wars, Mandalorian is a story of a bounty hunter. Mandalorian gets payed to hunt people. However, his aim changes when he is tasked to bring a creature, or a baby, live. Mandalorian meets this creature and his journey continues to deliver it.
Spread through 8 episodes, mandalorian is everything that new age star wars movie isn't. It's fun, engaging, and character driven. In mandalorian, we see a warrior, a trained hunter who cannot be defeated. Director Jon Favreau's depiction of mandalorian is of like dark knight Batman. He has similar fighting styles, cold backstory and deep voice. His code of conduct is to not kill anyone besides his target.
One thing Favreau excels in is Cinematography and camerawork. He excels in using modern age cgi at its best. He did that in lion king, jungle book and now in mandalorian. Mandalorian feels like a fresh breath of air while watching. It's like Favreau took a sinking ship and made it float.
Another noteworthy aspect is the background score. It's downright amazing. The mandalorian theme is addicting and satisfying. It blends down the star wars music here and there to keep the core alive
Over all mandalorian is a perfect show to binge watch this weekend
