Hoppers is a big win for Pixar, as it's the first time since 2017 the studio has had such success with an original story. Sure, the studio will continue to make Toy Story 5 and other sequels for as long as audiences will show up to watch them, but it was refreshing to see the studio come out with something new that was well-received. I loved it, though, admittedly was not prepared for that WTF scene toward the end that had my daughter and me talking afterward.
I think one of the most endearing things about this movie is that it's unafraid to embrace the morbidity of nature, and how twisted an idea like hopping into a robot animal can get. As we saw, it's especially disturbing the other way around, but I absolutely loved it all the same.
