Maybe I am a sap after all. I honestly believe that Sing is the perfect kid movie of that sort. I thought that about Cars as well, but Sing represents a musical feast that, while specifically addressing a very limited range of genres, was delightful and uplifting. It managed to keep my youngest awake and kept nearly every other kid in the theater enraptured from beginning to end.
It wasn’t just the music–though it was largely the music–but also the slick stories told around the principal singers. Each had a cross to bear (and resolve) prior to the end and it all wrapped nicely with surprising musical twists.
Some Thoughts:
- I watched a lot more of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and I gotta say they left a ton of holes to plug–starting with Snoke and explaining the First Order in a legitimate way. Oh and there’s the Rey thing and the Kylo Ren thing–the Ren thing in general. To be honest, I have doubts about JJ’s ability to do this well. He hasn’t yet.
- RIP George Micheal. He was one of the best.