Inside Out 2

Cute! Initially, I felt the new characters might be a bit much for an adolescent. I mean, Ennui? What 12-year experiences existential boredom? I don’t know, but as the story progresses, we see the need for the balancing qualities of that character.

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There were some really clever artistic decisions made about how to visualize certain things.

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I like the way sarcasm is depicted as a chasm in the mind in which things said and heard are distorted by the distance. I also like the way they showed how beliefs are the roots and scaffolding of a person. That is absolutely true. I also like the way the subconscious mind is visualized as the far-reaches of the space inside the head.

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The way they pulled the story together, it’s easy to see the value of keeping bad experience in the “active memory” bank. But that’s only valid when you’re 12. I think when we become adults, it’s actually better for us to push the memories of the time we said a dumb thing at a party, or had a bad job interview, or whatever to the back of the mind. As I understand it: wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you.

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Anyway, regardless of my thoughts about the dubious value of bad memories, this is a solid movie.

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The thing I liked the most about this film is that all the characters are female. The lead character isn’t discovering who she is in relation to a boy, but to herself, her sport and her friends.