Zootopia · 3:26am Mar 5th, 2016

Okay guys lemme just say something. This is a very very good movie. Probably my favorite animated movie of 2016 so far, and I doubt that that's going to change given how good it is. Unlike most people who saw this with their kids, I saw this movie by myself. As in, my parents didn't come with me and neither did either of my brothers. I honestly didn't mind that at all because my parents had their own stuff to do, I really didn't want to deal with my youngest brother (he's seriously out of control, you don't even know.) and the middle one I especially didn't want to deal with because ever since the first trailer of this movie was released he's been a huge asshole about it. Without even going to see the thing he right away accused it of "Pushing the Furry agenda onto kids", which is probably the most detached from reality thing I've heard come out of his mouth in a while given that this isn't even the only movie in the world to have anthro, talking animals. (Also he's super hypocritical about it given that one of his favorite games happens to be Star Fox.) he's one of those people that'll just gripe about intentions that aren't really there. This is also coming from the same guy that thinks Family Guy is still funny and that Undertale has no plot...yeah.

In terms of the actual movie itself, one of its strongest points is the visuals. You can say pretty much whatever you want to about the rest of the movie, but it can't be denied that it's really beautiful-looking and incredibly detailed. I can't say I'm surprised because Disney has definitely some of the best animators in the industry, but oh my God it's so good-looking. Zootopia in itself is a very creative city in the way it integrates all the different animal's needs and whatnot. (Though there is not one single non-mammal in this movie. What? And also what the heck are the predators in the movie supposed to eat if they get along so well with their natural enemies? The movie doesn't really answer those questions, but I mean, there's a fucking rabbit wearing a police uniform and talking. I think we'll live) The humor reminds me a lot of the way Gravity Falls did its humor. A lot of adult-ish jokes that can really go over a kid's head and still be really funny to them (there's kind of a lot of implied racism/specieism jokes in this) There's of course that one scene that pretty much everyone on Youtube has seen of the sloths running the DMV and yeah it got a big laugh out of me too because...yeah that's basically what the DMV is like. The jokes are pretty damn smart. Just like with a lot of movies nowadays, this movie has a message that basically says we really shouldn't be prejudiced when we don't even know what someone is like and especially not base those stupid prejudices off of stereotypes (Bunnies can be aggressive and not all foxes need to be sneaky assholes for instance.) and it tries to get the point across without being overly preachy. It succeeds on a pretty good level. And considering that this is the same company that made Song of the South which most people consider to be racist as shit, it shows we've come a long way since then. So yes, see this movie. PLEASE.