Last night I took my family to see Zootopia 2. We all absolutely loved it! I virtually never watch movies twice, but this one has to be seen on big screen and then at home where you can pause and re-watch, because there are lots of hilarious micro-jokes impossible to catch otherwise. The plot is good (there were a few twists I had to explain to my 5 year-old son), the animation superb, the characters really cool.
A little disclaimer: I was a consultant for the movie (my name is in the credits, yeay!). A long time ago the team contacted me to help them make sure the snakes were anatomically, physiologically, behaviorally, and biomechanically accurate. I was really surprised by their attention to this. And the snake looks great! Every scale is in place, the movements are fast and precise like they usually are in arboreal species, the personality is calm, shy, very patient, and a bit inward-focused, as typical for pit vipers (spoiler: the snake has to be a pit viper for the plot to work). The snake uses Tibetan emergency warming technique that is unknown even to most Buddhists, not to mention reptiles, but I’ve learned and tried it myself and can confirm that it works.
Anyway, I am recommending this movie not because I am so proud to have made a small contribution (which I will brag about forever) to its creation, but because it is really, really good.
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