Zootopia- Furry Funny and Furry Touching
From the creators of Big Hero 6, Wreck-It Ralph, and Tangled comes the next great Walt Disney Animation Studios film, Zootopia. Though the plot is a simple one the themes and ideas behind are huge and handled expertly. IMDb sums it very well “In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a fugitive con artist fox and a rookie bunny cop must work together to uncover a conspiracy.”
Like all great Disney films there are plenty of laughs for parents and children alike. Zootopia expertly combines a great whodunit case with a nice twist for adults with a happy “You can be whatever you want to be” message for all the kids. Watching in a theatre with mostly adults, it was fantastic to honestly laugh and enjoy myself. The jokes were witty …show more content…
The issue that really stood out to me was that of racial differences. A great example of this is early on in the film when Judy first gets to the Police Headquarters. We meet Clawhauser (Nate Torrence) who calls Judy cute, to which Judy responds it’s okay if a bunny calls another bunny “cute”, but it’s not okay if another animal does. Just like Pixar made emotional health somewhat of a talking point with Inside Out, Disney makes somewhat of a talking point about real-world racial issues with Zootopia. You could also say women’s roles are touched on, but very averagely, Judy is only appreciated by Bellwether (the female mayor’s assistant) and Clawhauser (the effeminate officer). She is also treated differently i.e. assigned meter maid duty while the “big boys” get to tackle the bigger assignments.
Composer Michael Giacchino, the man behind the emotional opening number for Up or the loud, energetic jazz fest of The Incredibles, gives another great soundtrack. It really provides a sense of the foreboding darkness that Judy and Nick are approaching as they travel down their trail of clues to the underbelly of the city of
From the creators of Big Hero 6, Wreck-It Ralph, and Tangled comes the next great Walt Disney Animation Studios film, Zootopia. Though the plot is a simple one the themes and ideas behind are huge and handled expertly. IMDb sums it very well “In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a fugitive con artist fox and a rookie bunny cop must work together to uncover a conspiracy.”
Like all great Disney films there are plenty of laughs for parents and children alike. Zootopia expertly combines a great whodunit case with a nice twist for adults with a happy “You can be whatever you want to be” message for all the kids. Watching in a theatre with mostly adults, it was fantastic to honestly laugh and enjoy myself. The jokes were witty …show more content…
The issue that really stood out to me was that of racial differences. A great example of this is early on in the film when Judy first gets to the Police Headquarters. We meet Clawhauser (Nate Torrence) who calls Judy cute, to which Judy responds it’s okay if a bunny calls another bunny “cute”, but it’s not okay if another animal does. Just like Pixar made emotional health somewhat of a talking point with Inside Out, Disney makes somewhat of a talking point about real-world racial issues with Zootopia. You could also say women’s roles are touched on, but very averagely, Judy is only appreciated by Bellwether (the female mayor’s assistant) and Clawhauser (the effeminate officer). She is also treated differently i.e. assigned meter maid duty while the “big boys” get to tackle the bigger assignments.
Composer Michael Giacchino, the man behind the emotional opening number for Up or the loud, energetic jazz fest of The Incredibles, gives another great soundtrack. It really provides a sense of the foreboding darkness that Judy and Nick are approaching as they travel down their trail of clues to the underbelly of the city of