I can't imagine I'd have reacted to "Soul" the way I did if I'd have seen it any other year. Which isn't to say I wouldn't have liked it; I'd certainly have appreciated the delicate story and liquid visuals and dreamily gorgeous original score (Reznor! Ross!) in any year. But now ... it's like how I ended up watching A Christmas Carol differently this year, too (which is to say: I watched "The Muppet Christmas Carol"), at least the part…