Karsten has written 300 reviews for films during 2020.

Undeniably and unsurprisingly one of the most gorgeously animated films of the year.
On a semi-unrelated note: It is weird that THIS was the film that really made me think about how horrific a film industry dominated by streaming services looks like. Like you can really only experience this beautiful movie if you own an Apple device of some kind. Or an Apple Id or whatever you get what I mean. Very awesome how films got so accessible and so inaccessible so fast! Not a mind-blowing thought by any means. But pretty odd the more you think about it, no? Idk
Great movie, though!
Soul is the textbook definition of a one-of-a-kind in that there’s nothing textbook about it. From the look to the music and from the structure to the story itself, everything about this is completely fresh. Like watching a Pixar film for the first time again.
The film starts with high concepts and the “adventure” ends with 30 minutes left. Joe Gardner is both gifted and soo normal. Basically, Pixar started with a concept as broad as purpose and stretched it…
REALLY bummed i never came around to this. while i think the way it goes about these themes is pretty clever, i didn’t really get much out of the film itself other than an “oh, neat” and some really intense squirms. said “ouch” out loud once or twice which is really embarrassing on my part. it had all the right ingredients, thumbtacks and all, but i didn’t taste a thing.
Fully expected a mom-pleaser movie and, it totally is, but I also...liked it way more than I thought I would?? Super entertaining and very jazzy throughout. Mostly got a kick out of my dad roasting Lucas Hedges for his dweeby backpack in every scene. I like it! Fuck it!