That would have allowed some truly interesting reflections on the nature of personal identity, especially the inner dynamics of major changes to one's motivations and values in life.

For much of the movie, especially when 22 inhabited Joe's body, I was convinced that Joe's body would survive, but that it would no longer be ensouled by his own soul, but by 22. The success of the merger was due to ongoing synergy of the team. Despite their imperfections, the 'Jerries' mean well, and prove their good will at the end, when they offer Joe another chance at living after he selflessly concedes his 'badge' (and thus his life) to 22, whom he then shepherds into the next world. Pixar is an expert in technical aspects of movie production, while Disney is an expert in management of advertising, marketing plugs and merchandizing (Sherman & Sherman, 2011). These angels of science aren't evil, per se, although the cosmic accountant Terry reminds me of a gnostic demiurge, a being of imperfect knowledge striving for 'justice' rather than 'mercy.' In any case, Soul is enveloped by non-denominational, quasi-scientific, and morally ambiguous pre- and post-mortem realms and their governing angels. Pixar Intro Remakes are several remade animated videos from the Pixar Animation Studios Intro showing the lamp Luxo Jr. This observation is made explicitly by one of the 'Jerries:' divine(?) beings who control the 'Great Before' where souls go before their incarnation, whose straight-line forms suggest computer vector graphics but they also appeal to quantum mechanics as if to a divine law.

I really appreciated the major lesson that Joe/Joe's Soul/22 learn over the course of the movie: that one's 'spark,' or inner motivation, isn't the same as obsession about something (like getting a great gig), because obsession drives many people to become lost souls, despite still living. After landing the gig of a lifetime, a New York jazz pianist suddenly finds himself trapped in a strange land between Earth and the afterlife. With Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House.

A fabulous story about a near-death experience, with some conventional and some interestingly non-conventional statements about life and the afterlife. Soul: Directed by Pete Docter, Kemp Powers.

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