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Big Hero 6 (2014)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

Big Hero 6 has a few very brief moments of flickering lights, including one of the opening shots, and during a montage of self-taped tests. The first high-speed chase ends with bright police lights strobing and lighting the environment.

There are high-speed chases and flying scenes, with one of the flying scenes depicting other peril at extreme heights.

Flashing Lights: 4/10. Motion Sickness: 6/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: Grief is a central topic of this film, spurred by a character death.

NOTE: The Flashing Lights Warning Track for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is now available on our Patreon page at Patreon.com/MovieHealth. Access will be free, even without a Patreon account, until October 1.

Image ID: A promotional poster for Big Hero 6

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How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

It’s been over 10 years since the release of How to Train Your Dragon. Unfortunately, this means you can’t catch it the way it was meant to be seen - on the big screen and in 3D - but it still dazzles. This animated film has it all. A great story of friendship, stunning visuals, memorable character designs, an instantly memorable score, terrific voice acting and a great message. It doesn’t matter how old you are, it becomes an instant favorite.

Much to his father’s disappointment, teenaged Viking Hiccup (perfectly voiced by Jay Baruchel) is hardly the dragon killer his village needs him to be. When Hiccup knocks down a Night Fury - the most elusive and deadly of all dragon species - he finds that he cannot kill it, and instead befriends "Toothless".

We've seen stories about sons rebelling against their parents because they would rather dance ballet, sing, or do anything other than do what they're expected to do before. How to Train Your Dragon differentiates itself first and foremost with its visuals. No dragon we've ever seen looks like the ones in this film. Taking inspiration from the book of the same name by Cressida Cowell, the animators went to town on the creature designs, which range from the two-headed Hideous Zippleback - one head spews flammable gas, the other, sparks - to the bumblebee-like Gronckle. All of them are memorable, as are Hiccups classmates. You’re like the overenthusiastic Fishlegs (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), excitedly looking at these beasts and trying to figure out what makes them tick. I predict in about five to ten years, we’ll be seeing highly detailed and articulated action figures of the creatures in this film sold to adults who grew up with this franchise. That’s how iconic they are.

As you can deduce from the title, Hiccup and Toothless eventually form a close bond and our hero becomes the first dragon rider. The first scene in which they take flight together is pure movie magic. The emotions bubble up inside as if it’s you soaring through the air for the first time. Even on a flat screen, the way they zip alongside cliffs, through rocky formations and above the water is so exciting - particularly with the score by John Powell - it threatens to bring tears to your eyes. You recognize the emotional weight of this moment and the visuals are incredible.

The emotional power of Hiccup and Toothless' flight comes from the character work. Directors Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois have made the genius choice to give a lot of cat-lie attributes to Toothless. He’s effortlessly loveable but also a little wild - if you’ve ever owned a cat, you know what I mean. You’ve seen how Hiccup and his father are. It’s not that Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler) is a bad father, it’s that they just have nothing in common, whereas Hiccup and Toothless? they get along but they do so well. It breaks your heart knowing they’re from two worlds and that there’s no way this is going to work out. Training with Toothless means Hiccup becomes more knowledgeable about dragons than any other Viking. At his school, he’s acing every course, which breaks down the barrier between him and his father. It raises your spirits but creates a dark cloud on the horizon.

In the end, the screenplay by the directors (who co-wrote with Will Davies) finds a surprisingly elegant way to give the audience the happy ending they want and deliver a big action scene that brings together everything we’ve learned about dragons. It’s revealed that every dragon has been stealing food for the biggest dragon of all, a Godzilla-sized mega beast that will eat anything. The genius of this revelation is that it recontextualizes every dragon attack. If only this big bully were gone, then everyone could live harmoniously. In Independence Day: Resurgence, The Great Wall and similar films, this “Queen” that can be defeated to save the day feels artificial. Not here. In hindsight, it all makes sense.

It's one of the best cast animated pictures in recent memory. Christopher Mintz-Plasse as the big, but squeaky-voiced dragon nerd Fishlegs, America Ferrera as Astrid, Hiccup’s rival and possible romantic interest and the other Vikings are terrific. Even these secondary characters are memorable, making you eager to see more. Then we get to the ending, which is mature and somber. How to Train Your Dragon is much more than the sum of its big, action-packed sequences of aerial pyrotechnics, dizzying flying scenes and narrow getaways. It's packed with emotion, action, and fun. I can’t recommend How to Train Your Dragon enough. (On Blu-ray, April 15, 2022)

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Cloverfield (2008)

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Cloverfield will be released on Steelbook 4K UHD (with Blu-ray and Digital) on January 17 via Paramount. The 2008’s found footage monster movie will be celebrating its 15th anniversary.

Matt Reeves (The Batman) directs from a script by Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods). Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, and Odette Yustman star.

Cloverfield is presented in 4K with HDR and 5.1 Dolby TrueHD sound. A semi-transparent slipcover with additional artwork is included. Existing special features, listed below, are included on the Blu-ray disc.

Special features:

Audio commentary by director Matt Reeves.

Special Investigation Mode

Document 01.18.08: The Making of Cloverfield featurette

Cloverfield Visual Effects featurette

I Saw It! It's Alive! It's Huge! featurette

Clover Fun outtakes

Deleted scenes with optional commentary

Alternate endings with optional commentary

A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.

Pre-order Cloverfield.

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W A T C H E D

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Office Christmas Party (2016) Film Locations

Office Christmas Party (2016) Film Locations

In 2016 the comedy Office Christmas Party starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman and, T.J. Miller was released. With the majority of the filming taking place at the John C. Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago, other familiar locations in and around the city were also used – such as the first location below. Films such as Rampage (2018) and The Dark Knight were also filmed near here…

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June 4: Happy 41st Birthday to Actor and Comedian T.J. Miller, who provided the voice of one of the residents and teens living in the town of Gravity Falls, Oregon, the ex-boyfriend of Wendy Corduroy, and current boyfriend of Tambry as the Gravity Falls character of Robbie Valentino.

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Deadpool

Deadpool    [trailer]

A wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal but ugly, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.

It feels as if by now Reynolds mostly plays variations of his Deadpool character, adjusted for the relevant film rating. Which is fine by me, though I think it's best to return to the "original". Especially when in the mood for some cynical entertainment that also makes fun of the superhero genre.

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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2010

I wouldn't kill him, because he looked as frightened as I was. I looked at him... and I saw myself.

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Deadpool (2016)

My rating: 7/10

Yeah, still pretty good

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