Review 775: Hoppers
I think it's fair to say that Pixar is not the powerhouse that it once was. Over its 30 year the studio has churned out 30 animated features, the last several of which have ranged from middling originals like Onward and last years Elio to and endless string of sequels. As a result, I've felt my love Pixar slowly fading in recent years. It's not dead mind you, it's just not what it once was and I feel that everything I love about this studio probably already exists and everything that's been coming out lately just insert for me anymore and that's ok. It puts the wonder back into Pixar. After a group of scientists invent a way to "hop" human minds into lifelike robotic animal bodies, an animal-loving teenager named Mabel Tanaka (Piper Curda) uses the technology to embody a robotic beaver and thwart a construction company's plot to destroy the local animal habitat, unwittingly starting an animal uprising against all humans. Now the idea behind Hop...
