TequilaMockingbird63

I (knew) very little about Mexican tradition and I knew absolutely nothing about the film Coco except for a few trailers I saw on TV but decided to see it after a few friends raved about it on facebook.

I went to a matinee by myself. I bought my ticket, got my popcorn and I even brought in a few tissues because I was warned I might cry. well, 10 minutes into the film tears were pouring down my cheeks. Not because of anything sad. Because of how absolutely BEAUTIFUL the film was. A remarkable touching story, remarkable details! A movie about life and death that is so colorful, so absorbing, so poignant, and so approachable for kids, and with so many layers upon layers upon layers of meaning and significance for adults.

Pixar did an amazing job. I absolutely fell in love with adorable Miguel and his street dog Dante. My god, you could see the peach fuzz on Miguel's face! You could feel the intricate finger movements while playing a worn-out guitar you could see the minuscule pores and imperfections of the bones. and the COLORS! the visually gorgeous bright colors, like the rich orange cempazúchitl flowers-known in English as marigolds and the paper banners called Papel Picado - (Tissue paper with cut-out shapes put on altars to represent air.)

Coco might be the most beautifully animated, wonderful movie I have ever seen. It's a visual marvel, a musical phenomenon and had many really emotional moments that by the end of the movie I WISHED I had brought in an entire BOX of Kleenex! It was that good.

Everyone should see this movie to remind them that death is not something to be afraid of for it is a part of our life that everyone will undergo someday, that no one ever truly dies, as long as someone still remembers them in their memories, forever and ever.

BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD TEAR THIS APART! I went to see this yesterday for some Christmas cheer and I got this piece of crap excuse for a holiday movie. This film was written by the two men behind The Hangover series. It revolves around Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn and the arrival of their mothers Susan Sarandon, Cheryl Hines and Christine Baranski. ALL ACTRESS WHOM I ADORE! But the script was just stupid stupid stupid. NOT funny and the characters downright unlikable. I absolutely love the actress Kathryn Hahn but having her and her mom (Susan Sarandon) out in front of a store with a basket that says "Canned goods donations" where they proceed to aggressively STEAL GROCERIES from the bags of people who exit the store, open a bottle of wine and drink it in the parking lot makes them not only UNLIKEABLE but not funny and pathetic. Why in the HELL would I root for these characters?

And when Mila Kunis' character tears down the X-mas tree her mother put up with "ornaments from the Titanic" and destroys everything her mother did? The only thing I was thinking was "Wow what an A**hole". HATED THIS MOVIE and I'm sure the actresses who probably just needed a paycheck did too.

3 stars for the cast and the pretty set decorations.