tredlocity:

When the first teaser for Coco came out, a lot of people, including myself, were quick to accuse it of being a watered-down TBoL ripoff. And when criticisms from Latinx communities of it trying to trademark the phrase “Día de los Muertos“ arise, as well as rumors popping up of Disney turning down Jorge Gutiérrez’s pitch for TBoL, we all used it as more reasons to justify our initial skepticism towards the movie.

But then the rumors were debunked. Jorge Gutiérrez already explained that he never pitched TBoL to Disney, and that he supports Coco and its crew. Also, Pixar listened to the criticisms and took it to heart and made changes, and even hired some of the critics as consultants for the movie.

And while the initial teaser was pretty underwhelming, it’s also, y’know, a teaser. It doesn’t necessarily reflect the final product. We shouldn’t make conclusions based on two minutes of footage. Hell, there have been new trailers and promotional footage that serves as better representations of the final product.

As someone who has watched it, I can safely say that it is the most beautiful Pixar movie in recent years.

The one understandable reason to not watch this movie is the John Lasseter allegations. I get that. If I hadn’t already reserved the ticket days in advance, I would also be hesitant about supporting it.

If you’ve decided to never watch a Pixar or Disney animated movie until Lasseter is completely out of the company, I’m not gonna tell you to watch this movie. But if you’re willing to make one exception, at least make it Coco. It’s definitely more culturally significant than Incredibles 2 or the Wreck-it-Ralph sequel.