Hidden Gems of Disney + instant videos

After the government announced pretty much the whole of the UK was going into a very severe Covid related lockdown - again - tonight, it was fair to say that mini-sorb was feeling it a bit. We've been in some sort of relatively severe lockdown in our region now since the end of August - also the last time I saw my family who like about 350 miles away from where I do (this being pretty much the other end of the country for England) and it's starting to get to all of us, especially Mini-sorb who is utterly sick to death of the restrictions involved in being able to see all her friends in real life. Even in virtual life (Roblox) they can all only play together in about half hour bursts before they all start virtually shouting at each other..........

So after a temper-tantrum, a lot of frustration related tears and generally feeling pretty rubbish, we put Soul on and for an hour and half were transported into something wholesome and wonderful and philosophical, so beautifully explained that a 9 year old understood it all without need for any additional - and extremely amateur - explanations from either myself or Mrs Sorb. It was completely wonderful, and easily stands with Pixar's very best.

Is it appropriate for a 4/5 year old? I would say most Pixar movies I have seen are not, so I am guessing this one isn't either.

EDIT: Common Sense Media says 8+. Sounds like a watch for the wife and I after our daughter's bedtime one night then.

Perhaps the only happy memory I have of my dad is when he took me and some cousins to a drive-in to watch Condorman. I was super skeptical. It sounded like the lamest superhero ever.

Nobody told me that it was a silly ass comedy. I laughed my head off and had a great time of it.

Weird. I’d mostly forgotten about that.

I think Soul is a little deep for a 4/5 year old and not as attention getting. My now 6 year old loved at the 4/5 age range:

Cars
Planes
Coco
Monsters Inc/Univ
Incredibles
Finding Nemo/Dory
Not Pixar but wore Zootopia about out

Each kid is different, but while the movies do have parts for older kids/adults - we found them to be very child friendly and if he lost interest he just got up and left

I would say that your daughter might be bored, as there is not the same amount of visual energy as compared to other Pixar movies.

My 6 year old enjoyed it more the second time around as well. Of course some of the nuance is lost on him, but there certainly is nothing objectionable.

Edit: I should caveat that the story, aptly named Soul, does dance around the topic of death, the afterlife, and the pre-life so it made for some interesting questions from my 6 year old and discussions about our faith and people (grandfather, dog) who have passed in his "memory timeframe".

Soooooo, Wanda Vision is really weird. I have no context, and it's fascinating that way.

Dick Van Dyke was my favorite sitcom for a long time. I just rewatched the whole series on Netflix maybe 15-18 months back. I've seen every Bewitched episode at least a couple times. So these first two shows were a lot of fun.

But I really do wish I could binge them all this holiday weekend. I hate these delayed releases. Might have to wait a couple weeks to pick it back up.

Edit: I guess there's more discussion in the Marvel thread.

Oh for sure I get the huge nods to Dick Van Dyke Show. Definitely watched a lot of that growing up.

I think nine.

IT'S THE MUPPET SHOW!

Nice! I was pretty upset when they stopped releasing the dvd sets after only a few seasons. I can finally rewatch every episode again.

YAAAAAAY! I bought the first 3 seasons on DVD when they came out, and have been waiting... and waiting...and waiting for the 4th and 5th seasons. Hopefully, most of the music will be intact.