One really sad thing about this movie is that if Jerry hadn't given Joe a second chance, his mother would see her son die the day after his big break.

Fun fact: The animated model of Joe’s hands alone have more “joints” than Woody’s entire body in Toy Story 1

You missed a win point. Although Joe’s big performance has some of the most beautiful shots in the film, its runtime is incredibly small, not even two minutes long. Compared to the ninety minutes of the whole film, it is almost disappointing how fast the moment comes and goes. That reflection is so meaningful because even though the moment cinematically is so sweet, glorious, and visually pleasing, much like how Joe feels while in the performance, it is insignificant in the grand scheme of things. Joe finds that out immediately. The moment we’ve all been waiting for doesn’t even satisfy the film or the viewer, in the same way it doesn’t satisfy Joe’s ambitions and success.

the scene of 22 going through what's essentially a depressive episode really hit me, because the way they portrayed it really does show it feels, every time i watch it or think about it, i tear up

This imo was THE movie we needed in 2020. Truly teaches the value of life, you may have ambitions that you think you need to be something but all the little things you do can be enough for you and you just dont realise it. Like the movie says, "I'm gonna live, every minute of it."

TWO WINS MORE: the title "Soul" appears at the end because it means that Joe STARTED his new life just like a movie begins And second in the dubbing of Latin America a joke from one of the souls that says "I'm a manipulative megalomaniac who's intensively opportunistic." and jerry says: "haha this is going to destroy a country"

If you've ever been through a depression and got out of it thanks to a series of very small, seemingly unimportant things, this movie hits you like a ton of bricks. My new favorite Pixar. Incredible.

What I love about Soul is that it subverts the usual "pursue your dreams and don't care about anyone else" message that many, many western films have. It says that you can pursue your passions and have dreams but not being "successful" in those areas doesn't mean you've failed at life. There is no defining "purpose" or "meaning" to people's lives - all you have to do is live it.

This was the first Pixar movie in a while that legitimately felt like it came from Pixar's prime days.

Fun Fact: There are actually people who don't like music, but they are able to interpret the emotion that the music is supposed to convey

If we think about it, 22 is probably the smartest “human” in all of history. She has been taught and essentially remembers all of the teachings of her previous mentors and whilst she may have had just your average old human as a mentor, she’s also been taught by some of history’s most famous people. That’s quite impressive.

12:55 That is a scarily close representation of depression. The negative self talks can really crush your soul, and until you find a different perspective to see them as the lies they really are, they are the only reality you have, and can distort anything else trying to come in. That part hit real close to home for me.

So a fun detail that I noticed even after my first time watching: When the movie starts Joe is really careless and clumsy and that’s the reason why he gets himself killed. When he is a “mentor” there isn’t really a way to be clumsy but when he gets into the cats body he acts clumsy again. He jumps from the bed and falls on the ground, he accidentally scratched 22 after not being able to sit on his shoulders and you can go on for a while. The more he is in this body the more he gets used to being careful and walking elegantly like cats do. When he finally gets back into his body he suddenly isnt that clumsy anymore and that’s because he learned from being a cat. It’s a small detail and easily overlooked but I thought it was worth pointing out.

I think it’s crazy how well Pixar’s animation style has grown. Looking back at its earlier films and then comparing them to now is a mind-boggling experience. Definitely one of my favorite animated movies from the past few years.

I loved the scene where Terry accidently captures Joe's friend's soul and lets him go with a friendly advice to stay away from the pre-processed food unless he wants to become dead for real, totally scaring Joe's friend out of his mind.

I literally never noticed that Joe zones out during the seminar in which they’re about to explain “so what is a Spark?” This film is perfect.

To me, that scene in 22's mind is a great representation of anxiety. As well as the scene where Joe leaves the hospital

A brief story about the quiet coyote: there was a time that one of my teachers in middle school couldn’t get the class’ attention with words. So without saying anything she held up the quiet coyote and immediately the whole room was dead silent. So yeah. Quiet coyote works.

as a musician myself, who is still waiting for my big break, this movie shattered my heart into smithereens. Because me & Joe have one giant thing in common - our passion and dedication to pursue our biggest dream made us take a lot of little things and life in general for granted. Propably if I saw my life like Joe I'd think ''this was meaningless'' at first, too. Whenever something cool happens, I enjoy it but in the end I brush it off because it didn't lead me to my success (spare me in replies, I know how it sounds). When Dorothea tells the story about the fish looking for the ocean, I paused the movie to cry my eyes out. I still have no idea what my spark is, but right now all that matters is what this movie taught me - you're already in the ocean, enjoy every flavor, every sound, laughter, time spent with family like it's the best thing ever. Because it is. I began writing a gratitude notebook, everyday write down things you're grateful for. I'll be coming back to this movie anytime I need a lil reminder to seize the day.

As a metalhead, the scene at the end when he removed the sheet music and understood the real life inspirations into himself...man. That shit brought tears to my eyes

Whoever dislikes these the second they come out perplex me.

Soul is such a different movie. It is not your regular ' kids ' movie (I hate it when people automatically count every animation film as a kids film and discount the importance of themes in all of these films because ' its just for kids '). It is just so mature, thoughtful and soulful (pun partially intended). You begin to discover many other aspects of this film on each viewing. It begins to resonate with you even more as you grow up. It truly is a wonderful film. If Pixar keeps going on this path, I am sure that they have a bright future ahead of them.

I just noticed 22 looks different because over all the time they have not got a purpose, they still developed a personality.

i feel like i’m the opposite, not really having a purpose or a passion and it’s super scary. but this movie made me feel that we don’t need to have a big reason to live, it’s all the little things. it’s made me appreciate life more xx

As a Black college student who is struggling to find their “thing”, this movie is so important to me in so many ways and I fell in love with it on the first watch,,, I’m so glad this movie exists 🥺🥰

I am NOT an emotional person. I mean,, I'll understand the heart behind emotional scenes, but it's hard to get me to physically react to them. Heavy eyelids and watery eyes are usuallyabout as close to I get to actually crying. But the "Epiphany" scene is one of the ONLY times I actually shed a tear. And that deserves mention. 👏🥲

Surprised that the moment on Terry's delivery of "Joe, you cheated" after Joe and 22 were arguing in the You seminar wasnt a win. It's so crushing for Joe and the movie viewers, but Terry is inarguably right, he did cheat. Just leaves you with a somber feeling you cant fight back against, but in the best way possibly

Movie came out right as I was flunking out of university after years of piled on anxiety and stress was just killing me. I’d been thinking to myself "I just gotta get into med school then my life can finally start" cos after that I would have finally lived up to the expectations so many people in my life had for me for as long as I could remember. That was my purpose and failing to reach that just kinda broke me for a while. It struck a chord with me to watch a movie that reminded you what living was all about again. Telling you there is no purpose to live up to besides just experiencing life itself and all the simple things. I get overly emotional, so a lot of movies bring me to tears, but this one really just resonated with me.

Soul is such a beautiful movie overall.

That opening music made me say, “Yeah, that’s about the skill of a middle school band the moment we get new music.”

I love that all it took to distract Terry was: "Oi, look over there!"

I literally just watched this movie after being in a super depressive “my life is wasted and I’m just gonna lie down in a corner and die” phase and going into a manic “getting my shit in order” phase, and man did this film hit me hard. I cried on probably 5 separate occasions.

One Huge win has to be the clever way the movie presents itself. During the opening credits the last words on screen say “Disney/Pixar presents...” and after Joes final monologue the title of the movie pops up right before the ending credits. To signify that Joe found his soul and finally truly started to live. It’s just a tiny detail that I just absolutely love.

I liked how it showed all of 22's mentors' words effecting her like that, and it just shows that in real life even the slightest words parents/guardiens find as just random not-too-important comments can have a big impact negatively/positively to someone.

9:03 When your barber says he has an hour wait, but there's an empty chair by the window. "Aw hell naw, there's a REASON it's empty."

When I watched this movie, I didn't cry, but near the end I had to pause it and just write down what I was thinking to process my emotions. That was something that I never felt like I needed to do before but this movie just hit different. Pixar did a good job here.

This film changed my outlook on life. I’m currently studying to be a teacher and i always thought my purpose was to help people and teach children. This movie let me see the ocean! My purpose in life is not teach, my purpose is to enjoy it!! teaching is how i do that... it’s not my reason for living. This movie came out at the perfect time, this pandemic has affected all of us, but it has let me see that I need to focus on the things that matter; spending time with the people and things that matter. If i were to spend my whole life striving to be a teacher I’d eventually get there, but I would i be happy. I would’ve missed so many things to get there. Instead I need to enjoy my life and I’ll use teaching to do that. Thank you and well done Pixar again!

This movie moved me something fierce.

Watching a new CinemaWins video has the same feeling as drinking hot chocolate during a winter day

if somebody told us in the late nineties that the lead singer of nine inch nails would compose a pixar movie we wouldn't believe them

Just the concept of Lost Souls is absolutely haunting to me. Being so caught up that part of you turns into this mindless, endlessly repeating monster *shudders*

I would like to point out how much I love this channel. Whenever I watch something, I always see someone say something bad about it, and while it's good to notice the flaws in things, I like seeing an entire thing dedicated to seeing the good parts of shows and movies.

It's a tiny detail but one of my favorite scenes in the movie is showing the SOUL title card at the end of the movie after Joe says he's going to start living. It's pretty symbolic since title cards typically show the start of something. Therefore, this symbolizes the start of Joe's life and it makes me so warm everytime I see this singular moment

I’m not gonna lie. Terry. Best animated character of that year

This movie has some of the best, most realistic (non-person) animation I've ever seen. The scene where they zoom out from Joe's apartment to the subway to Central Park to North America at night, to the galaxy was so damn beautiful

Please do "The Prince of Egypt"!!!

You should’ve talked about how, like in Coco, all the sounds coming from the instruments are actually what they’re playing on screen

This movie is nominated for Oscar. I am going to predict that it is going to win the Oscar for best animated feature film.

7th best Pixar film. Perfectly artistic and quite a unique one.

2:39 They should’ve gone a step further by releasing the movie in 3D. Seriously, why didn’t they?

I will never get over Soul. The way it made me cry at the end with the meaningful message will never be forgotten. My favorite Pixar movie by far.

Soul was the first Disney movie to ever make me cry. The meaning behind it is just so heavy and almost everyone can relate to it. It really makes you think about purpose and happiness and inspires a lot of introspection.

I love how we don’t get the title card until the last frame of the movie. I personally think that it is because this is where Joe’s life is gonna truly begin but who know I just think it’s neat

I loved the animation of this movie so much, it has one of the most creative art directions even for Pixar standards

15:46 and that's a beautiful beard win

My piano teachers son played bass for this film! I had the honor to learn about jazz with him and his other buddies!

This movie rivals Inside Out for my favorite Pixar movie. I like everything in this movie but Inside Out discusses depression which is so close to home that it is my favorite. Soul one of my favorite movies and for good reason. So much care was put into this movie, and imo they were finally able to crwate something to rival the famous Up scen

I remember when this movie first came out on Disney + and I had high expectations and was not dissatisfied

Something I just noticed, the bike that almost hit Joe before he falls at 1:33 is a Vespa, a foreshadowing of their next film Luca! (Is foreshadowing the right term? When Pixar put hints about the movie that's going to come next?? Well I hope I was clear enough). Can I please ask you to do the movie Luca, please? I remember in videos like Megamind or Kubo that you like to point out wins and details about the eyes and this movie has plenty of those.

i gotta say as someone who spent time in a mental health care program with other teenagers, 22 was spot on with the people i’ve met

The design of the Jerrys/Terrys is incredibly satisfying. I loved whenever they were on screen.

I really loved how much actual plot there was. It feels like a lot of animation has to be comedic 90% of the time but Pixar is just the master of having these warm films that don't overdo the cheeszyness. And this in particular sticks out so much as just fully emotional and strong

9:44 the reflection of Terry's luminescent strands in the wood of the string bass. Simply amazing artistry!

9:16 As a dog groomer, I can relate. It may not be the most paying job or even the most enjoyable but if you love what you do, you never work a day in your life

The piano montage made me tear up

FINALLY i cannot get enough of soul praise, it really touched me intensely deep

1:59 it’s string theory! Einstein created string theory originally on the basis of violin strings. All particles vibrating a part of a string. Since this is physics, string theory pertains to gravity. Some people call it quantum gravity, and is what we applied to understand black holes and open the idea of worm holes (Einstein Rosen bridge, like discussed in the first Thor). String theory requires that other dimensions exist and you have to travel through holes of time. So not only is joe traveling to a different dimension in a different “time”, since it’s originally based on violin strings I see this as both a music and a physics joke that flew over a lot of people’s heads.

I just wanna say that, as an autistic person who experiences sensory overload sometimes, that scene where 22 sees New York and the living world for the first time and gets overwhelmed is incredibly accurate.

Richard Ayoade is always a win. So glad animation studios have just decided his voice gets to be a side character in all the things.

Adding a win for when Joe got home from his performance and starts playing piano while thinking about his day with 22 and realizing that spark and purpose aren’t the same thing. And in the background we have beautiful and breathtaking piano sounds.

5:08 The fact that this guy actually can spot these out amazes me

0:39 Those are the correct positions for a Bb trombone with those notes! It was a high C# which is played in 3rd position for the first note, for example!

Man I needed this movie I’m living in that limbo of after college and trying to decide where to go and succeed but I made myself miserable dreaming of better things but I love where I am and keep getting better every day

This movie has such a different ending and I love it so much. No big triumph. No payoff to some subplot. Just a normal man realizing his appreciation for life.

I watched this film at a time in my life when it was actually starting to feel like I was making progress in my recovery from depression, and it hit me so hard I had to excuse myself to go sob in my room. This film really hasn't gotten enough recognition imo

“Soul” has such a special place in my heart. Definitely a new favorite. 😊

I clicked this so fast, thank you for doing this movie!

Honestly, I think this movie exceds in its visuals, and I actually like more over these months! Its not the greatest movie of all tiem, but it has such wonderful moments that it just gibes you that fuzzy feeling inside you :]

1:19 in jazz rehearsals such as those, it's oftentimes considered rude/ unorthodox to whip out a solo like that so my guess is that they were shocked for that reason.

5:43 i think my favorite easter egg in any pixar movie is the joe ranft name tag in this scene. ranft was a screenwriter for pixar and voiced lenny in toy story, heimlich in a bug’s life, wheezy in toy story 2, pete ward in monsters inc, jacques in finding nemo, and red in cars. he died in 2005. his younger brother, jerome, also works with pixar as a sculptor. i like to think he added that detail and i just love that so much.

Just wanted to make sure you knew for the sake of the subtitles, but his name is spelled "Jon Batiste"

Request of Everything Great About the entirety of the Pirates Of The Caribbean.

It's a nice touch that the cat's mouth doesn't sync perfectly with Joe, it's not like he's actually speaking

12:06 Not to undercut anything about this movie but it was really funny because when she said this and my parents just went "What?" And I had to explain it to them for like 5 minutes till they finally understood

13:53 Considering the movie was released on Disney+ rather than theaters, that is indeed the truth.

Week 26 of asking for Everything Great About Dead Man's Chest

Shoutout to them for more black culture references: specifically at 8:41 with the haircut style posters, the Ali vs. Frazier poster and the A Tribe Called Quest art in the background. Looks like my old barbershop growing up. RIP Phife Dawg

I have gone into ‘the zone’ before. When I’m drawing, listening to music, or singing. The singing is the one I wanna bring up. It’s happened way more than twice now, and here’s how it goes: I’m looking at a sheet of music for school, I’ve learned it pretty well, I start going off of memory, I get in my own head, keep singing, notice everyone staring, stop singing, and turn red as a tomato

This movie truly touched me in a way no other movie has. It's message has changed my outlook on life. Thank you for the video sir

It came out at the right time for me... Unemployed... Falling behind two years to start college... Money problems. A lot of pressure, really something I needed to hear. So of course, I love this movie now.

The fact that they called production babies “You Seminar Graduates” is the biggest win for me, one that you missed unfortunately.

6:14 had me laughing out loud lol

This film really hit me in the feels. I've always felt lost not knowing where I'm going in life. The feeling of not having a purpose is crushing.

This is one of those films that gets better after each rewatch. The first time you watch you expecting something mind blowing and profound but don't get it so you write it off. The second time you view it you start to notice all the fun details and deeper meanings and start to relate with the characters.

This was exactly the movie I needed to see 5 years ago, and watching it now made me so proud of how far I've come. 5 years ago I was in that stage of life where I felt I needed a purpose to deserve to live, and felt hopeless because I couldn't figure out what that purpose was. I was able to realize on my own that finding a purpose isn't the point of life. Living is the point. Seeing this movie really solidified that for me and I'm so happy that other people who watch this will be able to learn the same lesson :)

as a trombone player, the biggest win to me is that they actually got all the slide positions right

The music The fucking music *it's so good*

The moment when Joe starts playing the piano and reflects on life just really hit me hard. I had tears in my eyes and it was overwhelming. What was until then a fun little body swap shenanigans movie, became so much more. Also, I once again beseech you to attempt Guy Ritchie's King Arthur, Legend of the Sword.

As a jazz lover, I gotta say that the music was what brought me to this movie. I don't even have words to describe the feeling that it gave me to hear Tia Fuller's saxophone with Jon Batiste's piano.

At 7:23, There's a A113 on the wall behind..