When Hiro’s eyes widen at the laboratory where his brother crafts amazing technological creations, you might get suckered into thinking this is that rare animated film for kids that celebrates science. Then a beloved character dies in a mysterious fire. Students in the lab learn a masked villain caused the conflagration and turn their inventions into weapons to fight him. As they don costumes — because how can you fight supervillains without costumes? — one kid says: “This is our creation story.” Then you realize, oh, yeah: Big Hero 6, loosely adapted from the Marvel comics series, is an elaborate setup for a new superhero franchise for kids. With Disney as the owner of Marvel Studios since...
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