Inside Out 2015

So after I saw inside out, I thought the movie was very meh... This however does not mean I think this movie is bad, I just don't think it is that good. Let's first look at the characters, which already limit the capacity of storytelling possible in this movie. Joy is very clearly the main character of this story and the audience has to use her as an anchor. Thankfully, this character has an arch. It would have been easier to make her a carbon cut out like the rest of them but I was please to see that she had some sort of character development. And by "some sort" I mean bare minimum, because quite honestly I could not see myself caring about any of the other characters. Which is a problem in a movie about emotions. Each one of the characters represents an emotion, meaning that we can assume the characters will react one way and one way only. It does make it simple for a child to understand, but let me just say that i'm not aiming this review for children. If I was at a younger age where my brain was less developed, then i'm sure I would have loved this. But i'm not. So seeing an incredibly un-original and predictable movie at every turn just does not do it for me. The only characters they could have fleshed out are the parents and we barely get any screen time with them at all. I'm not saying you have to develop every character on screen, but they really couldn't develop one? Even the main girl doesn't have any character. Especially considering she is being micromanaged by five other flat characters. Now, I will say this movie is "unconventional" for a pixar movie, but for a normal movie I would say that this was fairly un-original. I am sure many of us have seen this concept done to death. Even the story has been done a million times. Overall, this sticks to the cliché "Disney movie" formula by not making a bad movie, just a predictable one. The animation was fine and it was shot well. But for me, this is a sign that Disney and pixar really need to step up their game and experiment more. Writing characters with the emotional complexity of the 7 dwarves is something any can do. They need to try new things. Because watching characters going on an adventure, is not an adventure if you can see a predetermined path going from point A to point B. If you have any comments or disagreements, please bring them forth. You just may change my mind.