Cinepals - Inside Out Reaction & Review!

Episode Date: March 29, 2024

Jaby and Achara react to Inside Out, an animated emotional journey inside the mind of a young girl named Riley, where her personified emotions Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust navigate through life's challenges. Directed by Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen (Up, Soul, Monsters, Inc.), stars Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation, Sisters, Mean Girls), Phyllis Smith (The Office, Bad Teacher), Lewis Black (The Daily Show, The Aristocrats), Bill Hader (Barry, Trainwreck, It Chapter Two), and Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project, The Office, Ocean's 8). Join our Patreon www.Patreon.com/JabyKoay for the full length reaction to this show and many others ans subscribe to our YouTube channel for the cutdowns www.youtube.com/@cinepals   SOCIAL MEDIA ~CinePals~ Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok: @TheCinePals ~Achara Kirk~ Twitter & Instagram: @AcharaKirk ~Jaby Koay~ Twitter & Instagram: @JabyKoay

Senna. Pals. I vowed to never watch this film again. I took an oath because what it did to me, I did not appreciate. And so, Achara has not seen this film yet. And we couldn't find anybody to watch this with her. And so it was either by herself or with some, it's me. So I'm here. Will this movie do to me what it did before?

Y'all know what I'm talking about if you've seen this film. I have no idea. That's the question. Is it going to wreck me? Is it going to wreck me again? We're ready. Okay. We're ready.

We're ready. We're ready here. I got some too. Mine's toy story. Will it wreck me? And because of all this preamble, will it wreck Achara or have I cut that out? Yeah.

Because sometimes when Achara's ready to cry, she won't. We'll see. We'll see. There's probably already a thumbnail giving the whole thing away. Anyway, here we go. I think this is such a valuable movie,

especially for little kids, or just kids. And it's just a great way to remind us as well that like all feelings are valid. you know and it's not just one you know like in the beginning it definitely you feel like oh my gosh sadness is so irritating why does she always have to be a wet blanket but then when you realize that no you know sometimes we need those things to kind of remind us of the good times or just being honest about how we're feeling so that you know the other people around us can take care of us because if no one

knows that you're feeling sad and also like just the pressure you can feel sometimes especially when her parents were like oh be my happy little girl and all that stuff it's like the pressure to live up to what other people expect you to be can just be crippling so i thought that they made a really lovely little movie about all the feelings and just the value of each and every one of them because they all have their roles in keeping us safe and letting us be a fully rounded human i thought it was really beautiful my forehead hurts yeah it hurts because like sometimes when i get like really emotional it just like it just gets knotted up right here i think because i'm trying not to cry and so everything just kind of focuses right there in a bad way yeah it was really cool to revisit

this i didn't remember most of it um just like the major emotional trauma points of the film because like you started crying i'm like oh you ain't seen nothing yet it's about to get bad like i preemptively was already crying because i'm like i know what's gonna come i like before before anything even happened to Bing Bong, you started crying. I'm like, what the hell? And then the sad music happened. And I'm like, no, he's crying. The sad music happened. What's going on? Oh, no. Every time, well, it's self-sacrifice in a movie with a character you've grown attached to always messes me up. Oh, 100%. It doesn't matter what it is. Like, Rickett Ralph, same thing happened. He doesn't die, obviously. But like, in Record Ralph, there's a self-sacrifice moment.

And I'm like, oh, Jesus, I don't know why. It just does something to me. It's something core. And so I think that I didn't get the lesson of the movie the first time around which is to write over the old memories with new ones. That's one of the lessons anyway. Sure, yeah. Just like appreciate the memories for what they are and then be okay with writing new ones because when I watched this, it was with someone

who I had to say goodbye to that I missed for a very, very long time and so that memory was just so like I knew nothing could ever beat the experience of that memory in that moment. Right. Because me and this, for that time, stepdaughter of mine, We both had a major cry over Bing Bong. And it was like, we were both wrecked.

And I'm like, nothing will ever top that, you know, in terms of that experience. And nothing should. But like, it also messed me up in a way that I didn't like. I was like, what the hell? I didn't sign up for this. This is too much. Well, I think also Bing Bong's self-sacrifice is, in a way, kind of like, you know, losing a part of your childhood, right?

And I think that's what makes sometimes watching Toy Story really sad for me. It's just because of all of what that represents, you know. It represents a time when you were innocent and when things like having a weird imaginary friend brought you joy, but then when you're older, suddenly there's no place for that anymore, you know? And so he had to let go in order for joy to continue forward and help Riley with her personality. No other Pixar film has messed me up like this one. And even watching me.

Every single Pixar film. messes me up. No, this one, and even now watching it again, I'm like, this is, oh, oh, like the seeing, them being in the, in the wasteland of memories that are forgotten, and then just seeing it disappear. And it's like, all those innocent moments in your life just vanishing. And it's like, oh, this is so dark. It hurts so much. Obviously, there's like, you know, a light at the end of the tunnel that they guide you towards in the story. And they take you through all that. And so watching it a second time allowed me the opportunity to really appreciate just how they anthropomorphize all of the things that you experience and kind of put it into this kind of categorical place that you can

understand, you know, where things are, where they end up, these little islands and how these islands have to be maintained. And then when those islands fall, you form new ones and that's okay. And then life moves on. The fused color at the end, it's just, there's a lot. It's very creative and it's wonderfully done. I don't like experiencing the emotions. Like, it's a powerful, it's, it's too powerful, too much. Over 9,000. I'm just like, oh, I can't. Yeah, I don't know what it is sometimes about animation and maybe because it taps into a part of our brain and our hearts that because it kind of personifies imagination and maybe it requires our imagination a little bit more in order to participate, that it can get to those feelings inside you sometimes in a way

that watching a live action could never. I think part of it might also be that we were raised on Disney films, right? And so it feels safe and vulnerable. And so once we've got you there, Then we can tweak, like tinkling your shit. They had us laughing at the beginning, you know, like it's so funny, it's so cute. And then it's like, pow, take that. You're going to experience sacrifice and sadness and that tinge of bittersweet. And I think that's what gets me even more. Like, sad things get me, but it's the sad mixed in with the happy that really breaks me.

And I think that's what Bing Bong was, where it's like he was happy to see her go and help her out. But he knew he had to sacrifice himself in order to do so. This is probably, like, easily one of the best Pixar films ever made. And it makes sense they're making a sequel. I don't ever want to come back to this again. Like, ever. I just don't. I don't like how it feels.

Like, it's excellent. Like, story-wise, voice-over-wise, character development, just the creativity on display, the beautiful animation, the music, all just make such a powerful Pixar film might be the best. I don't like it. I don't. I mean, I really do think this is a great one to watch with your kids to just kind of be like, listen, you know, like, there's a whole host of feelings and it's okay to feel them all. In fact, please feel them all.

Well, I see, I would like lock my kid in a room, be like, you're watching this. Go ahead, have fun. Good luck. Walk right out. Have fun with those feelings. No, because then when Bing Bang dies and they're by themselves and they're going to be distraught, you need to give them a cuddle. No, you need to be there. They will learn the art of doing this.

No, I'm kidding. I wouldn't actually do that. But yeah, I'm going to stay away from this one as long as I can. But I was happy that we could go on this journey together. So I'm glad you liked it. I did. It's great. I appreciate the film immensely.

I think it's great. It hurts me Bing Bong dying. I can feel it coming. When he realizes this is the way, I'm like, oh, God. It's already there. That feeling of like, fuck. you're gonna cry. You know what I mean? Yeah. Anyway, glad you guys could see that. Um, so bye.