Zootopia (2016)

WARNING-WARNING-WARNING: this review only revolves around the idea, concept, and story of this film. I can’t stress enough that I’m not an expert in 3D animation. But here’s my proposed idea, ‘if one wants to make an animation film, everything can happen in that film.’

Another roundup animation film produced by Disney. When I first saw the trailer of this film, there was something unique about it. They use smart phones, in such a way, it made the film had a modern feeling. But I was doubting it would do well, because the film had a bad premise - there was little information.

But..

When I finished seeing the movie, I was happy to see the noir genre was in the latest animation movie. There were only a few noir films in these recent years; some might call me old school, but the noir genre and style is one of the best thing that ever happened on the film history.

I’m going to talk about this film on the noir side.

The movie had a great concept. It was really nice to see an animation film that was aware of the modern globalisation. They really spoof the hell a lot of it into something fun. And Zootopia looked fun as a central city of all animals, but we mustn’t forgot one of the structure of noir genred film was the introduction of the “dangerous” city. In this case, it’s Zootopia.

Beside that, this film had a great story of diversity; it was for the recent awakening of diversity problems – in the US primarily. It was simbolised and great for young generations to consume. Parents, you don’t need to watch this movie first to check if the film is safe to consume. Just take your kids into the movie and you’ll teach more about diversity with this film.

Of course, the noir genre will always have mysteries and fragile main character(s). The characters were amazing in this film; we’re talking about catching your dream vs. your naiveness, redemption, and last but not least diversity. The chemistry of the two buddy cops were slick and smooth. The mysteries of the unsolved problems were really unpredictable.

Also I won’t forget to mention about the easter eggs and references about other things which you need to watch for.

The verdict:

This is a noir film! An animation noir film! I haven’t heard the word “noir” to mention a film – only in style. Noir genred films are hard to find these days.