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Big Hero Six" is a Big Win

Austin Gonzalez
OPINION EDITOR

“Big Hero Six” is an alarmingly cute
and enjoyable movie with a focus on inspiring
kids to seek higher education in STEM, par—
ticularly robotics.

The protagonist is a 13-year—old
and 14 minutes into the movie, he goes from
wanting to be a delinquent who bets of fights,
to aspiring to follow in his brother’s footsteps
and go to “nerd school,” otherwise known as
college. This movie name-drops science babble
like it’s going out of style. With talk of super
capacitors, magnetic bearing servos, electro—
magnetic suspension, nuerocranial transmit-
ters, and more, Big Hero Six will be inspiring
for leagues of young dorks.

The nerdfest isn’t entirely super-
ficial. The ethics of science comes into play
with one character being described as a man
who has “cut corners and ignored soundsci-
ence” in lieu of self-interest. It’s great to see a
large mainstream movie support robotics and
STEM, and to try inspiring young dorks to
grow up and “do something with that big brain

 

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of theirs”. This movie supports the rise of nerd
culture in a sincere and valuable way. If you get
a chance to see the movie without watching the
trailer, the experience is much more enjoyable.
After seeing the trailers, I was extremely wary
of what this movie was trying to be. I was ex-
pecting something clichéd and a more childish
superhero movie and instead received science
and intelligence. It‘s also nice to see a movie
that gets into its plot so easily. I’m so used to 2
to 3 hour movies with waddling stories; having
Big Hero come in at an hour and 40 minutes
is a really nice change of pace. Enough time is
given to build the characters with well done,
key choices, and the pacing is really great. Ev-
erything feels intentional (if a little clichéd at
times.)

Big Hero Six is the type of thing
moviegoers deserve. There are symmetric ele-
ments which tie the beginning and end of the
movie together and relate characters that are
seemingly at odds. It’s a great and inspiring
movie for children to watch and enjoy. There is
nothing particularly enlightening for an adult,
but enjoyable nonetheless.

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