ASSIGNMENT 2

MOVIE REVIEW : INSIDE OUT

SUBJECT CODE :
BTSL 1033
SUBJECT TITLE :
CRITICAL THINKING
PROGRAMME :
Bachelor of Education in
Teaching of English as a
Second Language (Honours)
STUDENT’S NAME :
SIVASANGARY A/ P
MANIMARAN
ID NO. :
201905020014
LECTURER NAME :
MISS BATRISYIA ROID
BINTI MAZLAN
LEARNING CENTRE :
CITY UNIVERSITY
MALAYSIA

MARKS:
COMMENTS:
1.0Introduction
Hello Miss Batrisya. My name is Sivasangary A/P Manimaran , I was born and
grew up in Malaysia. Now, I'm studying first year of degree in City University
at Petaling Jaya. I am doing Bachelor of Education in Teaching of English as a
Second Language (Honours). I am a quite person, easy-going, optimistic and
flexible to work. I can work for longer time, as long as, I'm interested in it. I like
music, reading books, walking and traveling. Usually, I read book in my free
time. I love to read short stories, poems and interesting facts about the life and
friends. The short story which I like best is "In a Groove". I also love to travel; I
want discovery the beauty of my country to learn more and more about culture
and the local person. I'm personally interested in cooking. I love to cook with
my mom. I love this subject which is Critical Thinking. I think if I try best, I can
reach my points and my dreams will come true. It's so difficult and requires
patience and hard work. Now, I am going to do a review about a movie which is
Inside Out. First, I am going to explain about definition of critical thinking.
Next is introduction of the movie. On this, I will share the summary in
introduction of the movie. Then, I am going to brief on elements of Critical
Thinking based on the movie Inside Out. Furthermore, I will describe about
examples of reasonings in the movie Inside Out. In addition, I am going to show
about examples arguments in the movie Inside Out. Moreover, I am going to
clarify about examples of inference in the movie Inside Out. Additionally, I will
share the characteristic of main charms from Inside Out. Finally, I will reveal a
conclusion for Inside Out.
2.0 Definition of Critical Thinking.

 Critical thinking refers to the ability to analyse information objectively

and make a reasoned decision. It involves the evaluation of sources, such

as data, facts, observable phenomena, and research findings. Good critical

thinkers can draw reasonable conclusions from a set of material, and

discriminate between useful and less useful details to solve problems or

make decisions.

 Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and

skilfully conceptualizing, applying, analysing, synthesizing, and/or

evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation,

experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief

and action. In its model form, it is based on universal intellectual values

that transcend subject matter divisions: clarity, accuracy, precision,

consistency, relevance, sound evidence, good reasons, depth, breadth, and

fairness.

 Critical thinking is that mode of thinking - about any subject, content,

or problem - in which the thinker improves the quality of his or her

thinking by skilfully taking charge of the structures inherent in thinking

and imposing intellectual standards upon them.

3.0 Introduction of the movie.

Inside Out is a film about an 11 year old girl named Riley who moves across the

country from Minnesota to San Francisco with her parents. Riley experiences a

transformation in her mind and in who she is as a person as she tries to adjust to

her new life in San Francisco and to the difficult process of growing up. The

viewer follows Riley’s five emotions, Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust,

on a journey in her mind to help her through her transition to adolescence, and

to assist her in making what they think are the right decisions.

Riley is from Minnesota and she has a special gift. Five of her emotions are

personified and are manifested by characters. These are Joy, Sadness, Fear,

Disgust, and Anger and they come to life. These emotions call her mind

‘Headquarters’ and they, much in the manner of a crew controlling a spaceship,

they subtly influence Riley's real-life decision-making processes and memories

too via a control panel. Riley’s memories are located in coloured zones in her

mind and are then dispatched into her , which are sent to her long-term memory

around the time she goes to bed each night. The most important memories,

known as "core memories", are housed in a hub in Headquarters and power five

"islands" that each reflect a different aspect of Riley's personality. Joy takes

charge of the emotions to keep Riley in a happy state, but she is uncertain of

Sadness's purpose and keeps her isolated from the other emotions.
4.0 Elements of Critical Thinking based on the
movie Inside Out

a] Happiness is not just about joy.

 When the film begins, the emotion of Joy—personified by a manic pixie-

type with the voice of Amy Poehler—helms the controls inside Riley’s
mind; her overarching goal is to make sure that Riley is always happy.
But by the end of the film, Joy—like Riley, and the audience—learns that
there is much, much more to being happy than boundless positivity. In
fact, in the film’s final chapter, when Joy cedes control to some of her
fellow emotions, particularly Sadness, Riley seems to achieve a deeper
form of happiness.

 In that light, Inside Out’s creators, including director Pete Docter, made a

smart choice to name Poehler’s character “Joy” instead of “Happiness.”
Ultimately, joy is just one element of happiness, and happiness can be
tinged with other emotions, even including sadness.

b) Sadness is vital to our well-being.

 Early in the film, Joy admits that she doesn’t understand what Sadness is
for or why it’s in Riley’s head. She’s not alone. At one time or another,
many of us have probably wondered what purpose sadness serves in our
lives.
  With great sensitivity, Inside Out shows how tough emotions like
sadness, fear, and anger, can be extremely uncomfortable for people to
experience—which is why many of us go to great lengths to avoid them
But in the film, as in real life, all of these emotions serve an important
purpose by providing insight into our inner and outer environments in
ways that can help us connect with others, avoid danger, or recover from
loss.

C]Don’t try to force happiness. 

 One of us (Vicki) felt an old, familiar frustration when Riley’s mother

tells her to be her parents’ “happy girl” while the family adjusts to a
stressful cross-country move and her father goes through a difficult
period at work. As a child, Vicki got similar messages and used to think
something was wrong with her if she wasn’t happy all the time. And
all the research and press about the importance of happiness in recent
years can make this message that much more potent.

 Thank goodness emotion researcher June Gruber and her colleagues

started looking at the nuances of happiness and its pursuit. Their findings
 challenge the “happy-all-the-time” imperative that was probably imposed
upon many of us.

4.1 Examples of reasonings in the movie Inside Out

1. Building self-determining teams.

 The crux of the film’s plot was centred on things breaking down when
Joy was accidentally removed from the headquarters of Riley’s mind.
With Joy assuming the role of effective leader earlier on, the ensuing
drama was an accurate replication of just what could happen if you build
teams that are not independent of you.
 Joy never prepared her team for the possibility that she may not be
around to steer the ship that is Riley. Granted, leaving the collective team
of Disgust, Fear and Anger in control sounds like what may be happening
in Kanye West’s head. As a leader, if your team may potentially break
down when you are away, then you have failed as one.
 The key to building a successful team is not to put yourself as the central
star by which all processes run through, but to design an effective process
and make it the star from which the entire team functions. If your process
is designed right, it doesn’t matter if you or your team members have to
step away, the team will still continue to function.

2. Valuing differences

 While Joy painted a compelling picture that Riley would be happy so

long as she was in charge, it proved the contrary as the movie
progressed.She became so engrossed with being in control and keeping
all the other emotions in check that she failed to realise the value that all
 the other emotions brought to ensuring Riley’s survival and emotional
well-being, with especial regard to Sadness.
 As the antithesis to what she stood for, Joy saw Sadness as a “problem”,
someone that should be kept as far away from the controls to ensure
Riley’s continued happiness. But in the end, it turns out that Sadness was,
in actual fact, one of the key reasons why Riley has been happy all this
while. They are great because they know that the unwillingness to allow
their ideas to be critiqued so that they can be improved is tantamount to
having a stand-up comedy show in front of their mirror, in their room,
laughing at their own jokes and then coming out and telling the world that
they are a great comedian.

3. Learning to let go.

 Riley was able to express how she really felt to her parents at the end of
the movie because Joy finally recognised the crucial part that Sadness had
to play, relinquishing the control room. Great leaders are not great leaders
because they think they can do everything on their own. Great leaders are
not afraid to empower their people to think independently, make
decisions and even fail.
 One of the keys to successful leadership is not to always make decisions
on your own, but to recognise when it may be best to let go and allow
someone else to take the lead on things. The right perspective is not to see
their rise as a threat, but as a legacy to just how effective your style of
leadership is.
4.2 Examples arguments in the movie Inside Out
4.3 Examples of inference in the movie Inside Out

1. Make it Simple

 One of the things that makes Inside Out so effective is that it shows how
small things can have a big impact. The story of a girl whose family
moves to an unfamiliar place, forcing her to make friends at a new school
and leave behind her old life, might sound comparatively small next to
what we’re used to seeing on the big screen. Yet Riley’s experiences
resonate not in spite of their smallness, but because of it.
 This scene finds Riley’s emotions being set off by her father disappearing
to go to work, and then soon after, by the pizza place that puts broccoli on
her slice. Again, these are tiny details, but they work because a) we’ve all
been there, and b) they add up in the world of this story. Inside Out shows
us that sometimes, the littlest amount of plot is also the most effective.
Instead of spending long scenes doing world-building and providing
backstory, it gives us just enough and then trusts us to feel something
based on our own experiences growing up.

2.Keep it Moving

 Part of the function of keeping the action in this scene simple is also to
advance the story as quickly as possible. This isn’t to say that anything
feels rushed, but the rate of storytelling is so efficient, there’s not a single
second for the audience to even be kind of bored. In fact, this whole
sequence runs just under a minute.Think about how all of this unfolds.
Riley is sad her dad has to leave for work. Joy sees sadness wanting to
take over after this happens, and reminds Riley she is hungry. Riley goes
 to get pizza, which ends up being the biggest let down yet. Her emotions
walk away defeated.
 What’s amazing is that this happens in probably about the same amount
of time it took you to read that. There’s no unnecessary dialogue, no
extended debate, no beat that stretches too long. Yet nothing is unclear
either. The writers here are masters of conveying by means of much
information in as little time as possible. There are many reasons for doing
this, including the fact that Inside Out is, ostensibly, a children’s movie,
and that audiences prefer content that tends to be fast-paced and quick-
witted. However, this is also a good lesson for writers trying to get their
scripts read by executives/agents/managers/whoever. It’s important to
assume that the people who can help you are busy, and that their time is
valuable. If you can grab a reader as fast as this scene does, you’re in
good shape.

3.Show Character in Little Moments

 We know Riley’s dad is a workaholic based on the way he answers the
phone. We know that as much as her mom loves her, she’s not quite clued
in to how much her father’s departure is affecting Riley, based on her
reaction. We know that Riley is trying as hard as she can to make the best
of this situation, based on the way she perks up when the idea of pizza
comes into her mind. And of course, we also know how she feels about
her new surroundings as soon as she sees the foreign, icky pizza they
have in San Francisco.
 Inside Riley’s head, the characters show themselves even quicker. When
the pizza arrives, they all react the same way, but not without staying true
to their characters. Fear is dismayed. Disgust simply walks away. Joy is
confused. And anger is, of course, livid, exclaiming, “Congratulations,
San Francisco, you’ve ruined pizza! First the Hawaiians, and now YOU!”
 This kind of dialogue tells us all we need to know about this character, in
what might otherwise feel like a throwaway moment in the movie.

5.0 Conclusion

After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San

Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on

how best to navigate a new city, house, and school. Growing up can be a bumpy

road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life

when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided

by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in

Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her

through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life

in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main

and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict

on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.

Thank you.