#and how great would guillermo del toro be at this? like there's always gonna be ppl going 'hergblerg not kubrick'

[gotmilk5101520]

Trollhunters Book (2015) the weird book that would be the start of Tales of Arcadia

Trollhunters book. Read it and... what was all that?

Some spoilers below the cut.

So many things were different from the series we know and watch. It has a lot of horror and it was suppose to be a live action series adaptation of the book (Hey, Hollywood, if you want to do a live action remake of Trollhunters then just base it on the book. We already have the cartoon don’t want you ruining it like Rise of the Titans did) There were a lot of differences from the show i know, but it also had somethings that would be told differently from the book.

Instead of his mom, Jim lives with his dad James “Jim” Sturges Sr (And Jim’s last name isn’t Lake but Sturges which is actually important) who is a paranoid and traumatized man after losing his brother Jack Sturges in 1969 under a bridge and seeing some monster. Oh, and everyone lives in San Bernardino not Arcadia Oaks (So i guess it’s Trollhunters: Tales of San Bernardino?) And Barbara was the one that walked out (The book never gave Jim’s mom a name, but going with the series i chose to still call her Barbara) Oh, and Jim’s dad invented the Excalibur Calculator Pocket (Jim wielding Excalibur was foreshadowed as far as the book)

Jim is short. Like really short. Claire is taller than him (Okay am i the only bugged by that? Why didn’t the series let Claire be taller than Jim? Where are the aus where Claire is taller than Jim?) Tobias is called Tubby or Tub not Toby, and he’s Jewish, and he still lives with his grandma (The book doesn’t call her Nana) Claire is Scottish, apparently her birthday is May 2nd which is a day after Jim’s (Which is May 1st, but the series changed his birthday to October 10th) and her baby brother Enrique doesn’t exist in the book.

Steve is still Steve just more brutal and can get away with everything, his last name is Jorgensen-Warner, and is a Changeling (Though the show was going to make Steve a Changeling like in the book. But they changed their minds, as shown in episode 7 To Catch a Changeling, and his troll form was reworked into Draal. Now i have to wonder if Changeling Steve would’ve been better than what happened to him in the movie)

Blinky is an octopus like troll, with eight eyes (Four of them are blind) Aaarrrgghh is a female here with black fur. Gunmar the Black is red even though they call him the Black (I guess Gunmar the Red didn’t sound good) And the history of trolls is very different from the show. Also Killahead Bridge is called Killaheed Bridge.

The school actually has more teachers than the three in the show (Coach Lawrence still exists in the book) There is: Principal Cole, Miss Pinkton the math teacher, Miss Leach the drama teacher (Miss Leach probably later became Miss Janeth in the show) Senor Uhl doesn’t exist in the book. There are other characters like Professor Lempke (Someone i’m gonna talk more about later) Tubby’s dentist is named Dr. Papadapolous and not Dr. Muelas (Or as i like to call him. Guillermo Del Toro the Dentist) Sergeant Ben Gulager (Probably later became Officer Brennan)

There are different types of trolls like Nullhullers, who can vomit out all of their organs save their hearts to become faster. If i had to learn about this, you should suffer too. But i won’t say how Changelings replace their baby counterparts. It’s something you have to read yourself but it’s really really disturbing.

The Amulet of Daylight isn’t called that, and the Amulet is a Medallion that translates troll (So it doesn’t give you a suit of armor, or gives you a sword to fight trolls) The Trollhunters are different too. It’s the Amulet of Daylight that picks a troll to become the Trollhunter, with Jim being the first human Trollhunter. That is not the case here in the book. The Trollhunters were always humans and they fought the trolls that kept eating them. The Sturges are one of the family of Trollhunters, and towards the end of the book it’s revealed Claire is one too. And Merlin and Morgana have nothing to do with the book.

Jack Sturges was an interesting character to me and it makes me mad that he was one of the characters that wasn’t in the show. Hey i’m just saying, they could’ve made him be Barbara’s missing old brother if they didn’t want James in the series.

There were moments from characters that i always found strange and surprised the book didn’t confirm that.

Starting with Steve not Palchuk but instead Jorgensen-Warner. Now the book reveals he’s a Changeling cause Tub touched him with a horseshoe and Claire kills him. Some of Jim’s classmates would be among the kids that begins to disappear. And then later Claire gets taken as well. The book never confirms or denies it, but i believe Steve was the reason Claire and some of his classmates were taken. I say this cause when Claire tells Steve off (Which by the way was an awesome scene and i think she also Rule Number 3 him) and he walks away angry and then later she gets kidnapped. I found that weird and too convenient. And now that i’m thinking about it. Steve was bullying Jim and Tub before Claire tells him off. Thinking about it i think if Claire didn’t interfered then Steve would’ve picked Jim and/or Tub to get eaten by Gunmar. But that’s just my headcanon.

Another character i want to talk about is Professor Lempke, who i feel was split into two characters in the show, Strickler and Nomura. Lempke is an arrogant man who is also working to restore the Killaheed Bridge. Doesn’t that familiar? The book never confirms it, but it’s possible that Lempke was a Changeling too and was restoring Killaheed for Gunmar. Why else would he talk about how great the bridge is and went through all the trouble to get it to San Bernardino? And when Gunmar was freed and fighting, Lempke, as Jim said, was overjoyed at the battle and then after the battle Lempke disappeared. That last one honestly seemed like a sequel hook.

Given how somethings were i feel like, if Tales of Arcadia didn’t happen, then the book would’ve become a series. Trollhunters was from Jim’s point of view, and i feel like if we got the book series instead of the cartoon, then there could’ve been spin off books sequels and prequel. Maybe Trollhunters spin offs one from Tub’s point of view and one from Claire’s point of view, Trollhunters prequel on Jack when he was taken, Trollhunters sequels that may had them dealing with Lempke and possible other enemies and finding other Trollhunters. Who knows.

But all and all. The book was a good read and it really shows what would influence the show. Truth by told reading the book made me lose my appetite for a while.

#trollhunters #tales of arcadia

[mayquita]

Colin O’Donoghue on Playing Heroes and Villains in ‘Wizards,’ ‘The Right Stuff,’ and ‘Once Upon a Time’

From the creative mind of Guillermo del Toro and executive producers Marc Guggenheim and Chad Hammes, the final chapter in the Tales of Arcadia saga sees its characters go on an epic time-travel adventure in Camelot. Wizards follows Douxie (voiced by Colin O’Donoghue), a 900-year-old wizard-in-training who, along with Jim (voiced by Emile Hirsch), Claire (voiced by Lexi Medrano) and Steve (voiced by Steven Yeun), must ensure that good prevails over evil, in the escalating conflict between the human and magical worlds.

During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, Colin O’Donoghue talked about being a part of the Tales of Arcadia world, why he was so delighted to get to voice an animated character, what he loved about his character’s journey, getting to revisit Camelot, and what the voice recording process was like. He also talked about why the upcoming Disney+ TV series The Right Stuff appealed to him, whether he was personally satisfied with the ending of Once Upon A Time, and the great time he had playing Captain Hook.

Collider: When this whole project originally came your way, did you know that Trollhunters would only be one part of this whole Tales from Arcadia world, and that there would be also be 3Below and Wizards?

COLIN O’DONOGHUE: I did. I understood that would be the case. I came in, in the second season of Trollhunters, and I knew the character would also be in 3Below. I was in the background, and a character that made people go, “Who is this guy? Why is he there?” I think it’s really good that was teased. It’s worked pretty well, and he was a lot of fun to play. Especially in Wizards, it was really great fun.

How did you get involved with this project? Was this something that you had to go through an audition process for?

O’DONOGHUE: What happened was that they reached out to my agents about it. It was a few years ago, so I can’t remember if I had to do a quick voice recording, just so that they could hear it. But I think that they’d seen Once Upon A Time and had heard my voice. I was stoked. I was delighted to get the offer. I couldn’t wait to do it. I was gonna go study animation in college, so I’ve always been fascinated with the whole process and I’ve always wanted to do an animated film.

This character definitely goes on a big journey in Wizards. What was it that you most responded to, with his story? What did you love about the journey that you got to take with him, now that he’s at the center of the story?

O’DONOGHUE: I loved the relationship with Merlin, and with Archie, as well. I thought it was fun to see him try to be this apprentice wizard, who so desperately wants to become a master wizard and prove himself to Merlin, and getting to see how he progresses, or if he’s even able to do it or not. That was something that I was really happy to explore.

What was it like to find and establish Douxie, in the beginning, in just these little bits, and then really get to dive into him and get to know him so much more, over this season? Did you always know who he would be, at the end, or were there things that you really got to learn about him, along the way?

O’DONOGHUE: I knew that he was a wizard, and I knew that he was quite a powerful wizard. It was just so much fun, having these tiny little things with him that made an impact with people. And then, to really get to do everything that I did on Wizards was fantastic because he really is a great character to play, and a lot of fun. And also, the writing on this show is just so great to get to live with for awhile and really explore.

It definitely seems a bit tricky to explore the origins of the entire mythology of the trilogy while also taking these characters on their own new adventure. How did you feel about the way that it all tied together and the way the story ends? What was your reaction to finding out how things would all play out, by the end of it?

O’DONOGHUE: I was amazing. Whether it was on this or on Once Upon A Time, I’m always amazed at how writers, especially in fantasy, keep track of everything, let alone tie it all together. I’m always amazed that they’re able to do that. And in Wizards, they’ve really done an incredible job of blending the three series together into this one final thing. I just think it’s so smart and so clever, the way they do it. I couldn’t do it. That’s why I’m an actor, and someone else is writing the show.

I was very impressed with how we get to see some of the past characters and we get to see the mythology of Camelot. Pulling all of that together was really impressive.

O’DONOGHUE: I was excited to get to go to Camelot again. We did a season of Once Upon A Time in Camelot, so it was fun to see the version of Camelot that they did in Wizards.

What was the recording process like on this? Were you always in a booth alone?

O’DONOGHUE: I was always alone. I live in Ireland, so most of what I did was done in a recording studio in Dublin. Sometimes, if I was in L.A., I’d go in, but it was always on my own. It’s interesting. It takes a little bit of getting used to because nobody is really feeding you lines. You just say each line, and take a stab at what you think the other character would be saying or reacting to. But I really enjoyed it. Once you get used to that, then it’s really a lot of fun. You get to really ham it up. Maybe a lot of people would say that I’m a ham, but you try to be a little bit more subtle, so it’s fun just to be able to go for it, in animation, because they animate it over the top lines.

Do you know what the time span of work was that you did on this?

O’DONOGHUE: No. It’s been a while. I can’t remember when we recorded the first recording for the first episode of this. It must be a year and a half ago, maybe. I’m not entirely sure. I was in Florida shooting The Right Stuff for five months last year, so it might even be two years. I’m not entirely sure.

Were there ever any major changes, along the way? Did anything change, while you were doing the recording of it, or did everything stay pretty close to the scripts?

O’DONOGHUE: I think everything stayed pretty close to the scripts, if I remember rightly. I don’t think there were any major changes. I might be wrong in this, but when the script was locked, it had gone through so many iterations, at that point. Because they’re creating everything, and every blade of grass, once the script is locked, that’s it. There can be an additional line sometimes, or you might have to do an alternative line, but in general, the script is pretty much locked.

When The Right Stuff came your way, what was it that most interested and excited you about that project?

O’DONOGHUE: I knew the book. I’d read the book, and I’d seen the movie. I’d actually had a meeting at Appian Way, a couple of years ago, and randomly, they gave me the book before there was ever a script, just to have a read of it. And it was one that I really wanted to do, but I was doing Once Upon A Time, at the time, so I didn’t know if I’d be free for anything. Getting to play Gordo Cooper, one of the Mercury Seven, was just amazing. Also, that time period in American history, and the style of it, being from Ireland, that’s America to me, with a ’59 Corvette, Coca Cola bottles, and that kind of style of buildings. And the pilot script was just absolutely fantastic. It was incredible. It was an amazing opportunity to get to play somebody who’s a real-life hero.

Is that the kind of project, as an actor, where it’s hard to get out of your own head? Especially when you’ve read the book and seen the movie and you connect to the project before you even go do it, is it hard to then deal with the pressure you put on yourself?

O’DONOGHUE: I didn’t have a huge amount of time to think about it because somebody else had been cast in the role and they fell out of it. I had a day and a half to figure out what I was going to do before I was on a plane to Florida. It was good ‘cause then I didn’t have time to put pressure on myself. I didn’t have time to panic about what my Oklahoma accent was gonna be. It was actually good, in that respect. So, I wasn’t really nervous about it. I knew the cast was amazing, and I knew the quality of the script and that Appian Way was involved. I was just really excited. And because I played Captain Hook for so long on a show and became so recognizable as that character, it was great to go do something completely different, in a completely different genre and style. I had to shave my beard and look completely different. And then, I got to play an astronaut and test pilot. Who doesn’t wanna do that?

After being on Once Upon A Time for so many seasons, and now having had some time and distance from the show, how do you ultimately feel about the ending and the send-off that your character got? Is it something that you feel personally satisfied and happy with?

O’DONOGHUE: Yeah. The end of Season 6 did exactly what I thought they should do to close off the story of all those characters in Storybrooke. And then, it was fun in Season 7 to get to explore a completely different version of Hook and such a different character. At the end of it all, it was important for Regina to get some sort of redemption. That was always the way that the show should finish. I’m also glad that Eddy [Kitsis] and Adam [Horowitz] had the opportunity to actually finish the show the way they wanted to finish it, and the way that they had seen it. The show wasn’t canceled before they had a chance to finish it.

Captain Hook must have been such a fun character to get to put your own stamp on.

O’DONOGHUE: Yeah, my version of Hook was the first time that he wasn’t an older, villainous, mustache-twirling kind of guy. As soon as I put on the black leather trousers, the coat, and the eyeliner, that was it. You become Captain Hook. It was fun to do that, and getting to play so many different variations of the character, over the year. That was the good thing about Once Upon A Time. There were so many different realms and time periods that they were in and out of, so it was great. He was a great character to get to play.

Wizards is available to stream at Netflix.

#colin o'donoghue #colin interviews #colin other works #wizards #the right stuff

[origami10]

Finally watched Pacific Rim

unedited thoughts below

The Kaiju no.8 suits look similar- the backbone pattern; the Kaiju remains thing too

Love the wear effects on all the buildings and equipment

Great music (except the really awesome main theme just repeats at lots of parts of the movie...)

The two pilot system thing is neat though

Really glad I watched a Godzilla movie before this

They’re not built for speed are they

From 2013, huh. So the “let’s build a wall” strategy was relevant

It’s really hard even now to hear Jaeger and not think of Attack on Titan

where was that inspiration coming from

Also cool that “Chigyau tte” was translated as “better or worse”

Forklift pedestrian separation

Diesel engines??

There’s a lotta white guys in this. More so than that there’s a lot of the SAME white guy in this

The stick fighting looks cool but like... what

At least the Japanese is good

Ohh, the music with the traffic when they’re going to find the black market dealer is AWESOMEEE

Very disappointed in Hannibal Chau

PUT THE DIRECTOR AND MAKO IN THE SAME MECH

Nothing more Work than getting coffee and a snack and all hell immediately breaking loose

You know it’s a probably when you’ve heard a lot about the side characters and nothing about the main character

“I can’t tell you. But it’s pretty cool, so I’m gonna tell you.”

How does the red mech have three arms

Oh, so the Kaiju are coming for Newt. This was a long intro to what I thought was the main part of the movie...

“Ahh, my arm!” (Has a visible head wound). Was it really so bad he can’t pilot versus the commander???

I missed the like one line where it said- so they all went down because they were digital, but the other one was all electrical so it was okay...?

Why do I pick this movie to start analyzing the effectiveness of the hand to hand techniques? (Because they’re so slow...)

So they’re mentally connected but still have to talk...? More details on drift compatibility desired

Dragging a ship as a club... cool

Finding Newt in the bunker... I see you monster people

Kaiju tentacles cool

KAIJU WINGS THIS IS LIKE BUKI’S IBM REVEAL

SWORD wtf. Now???

Alright that visual alone may have been worth it

Is Mako the only female in this movie

Figured the downed Kaiju would be the brain they needed

Starting to think that what I thought was the plot of this movie was actually fanon

How did they always make the blue in Maki’s hair show up

Whatttttttttttttttttttttt Pregnant Kaiju whyyyyyyyyy

Guillermo del Toro, I should have know this wouldn’t be a normal movie

Shoes left behind are a thing huh. Why did Mako have hers off anyway?

An hour and a half in and there’s still no Newt piloting... does this have a sequel or

What the heck is the mathematician doing there

OHHHHHHHH, THAT’S who Newt’s piloting with. Have no idea how I didn’t see that coming. Mathematician didn’t seem like a character...

This was a heck of a long intro to what I thought was the movie

The backbone suit design is so badass

Reasons it was good to wait to watch this: having fun reading all the writing on the walls (similar enough to Japanese)

Wait are Newt+ operating an ACTUAL Kaiju??

Oh of course there was a toilet in the rubble, can’t you just vomit randomly on the ground?

Who’s to say the Kaiju aren’t reading Newt’s mind and getting intel on the humans’ plans

“Move you fascist”

How do you have a Category 5 if it’s the first

Your mechs are way too slow... I guess it’s pretty good if they can operate on land or water though

Do they all die in the end

“For THE lady”

Hang on, you’re telling me they (purposely) didn’t put subtitles on “Sensei, ai shiteimasu” ??????

Yes, hang on by stabbing your sword in the ground

Is Newt popular because everyone else is dead or (joking... kinda...)

Do Kaiju always come from inside the earth? (Like in Godzilla and stuff too)

Or... I guess it said it was a different dimension

Looked kinda like Eva for a second. No the heck way would his pod make it out

Yay, now there are no more Kaiju, humanity can go back to fighting with itself...

Slap him maybe he’ll wake up (was that insensitive ouo)

Still think Captain and Mako would have been an amazing badass team

Also, apparently Newt never pilots?? I was misled

This feels like watching Good Omens (just in that the vibe is 200% different from what tumblr gives off, I really should know better)

tl;dr Worth watching once, good music, fun setting, it didn’t need to be that long, two-pilot idea was cool but felt like it could have been utilized in cooler ways, really helped to have seen at least one Kaiju movie before, read Kaiju No.8 please

Oh man why is Hannibal whatshisface in the extra

#Pacific Rim #apologies for putting this in the tag #If anyone did want to catch me up on what about it drew you in I’m willing to listen

[ofcrimsonenchantresses-archive]

positive munday questions asked by: @undxroos​ @moreprofoundbonds​ & @avengingspiderman​

❀ - What makes you happy?

asduhasd I don’t even know how to answer that, not because I’m never happy but because I usually am.

🎔 - What is the best thing that has happened to you this week?

uhh some code that i was stuck on finally worked.

ლ - Which feeling do you think is the best feeling in the world?

the 2-3 minutes after finishing a long run when you’ve got those endorphins pumping through your body and you’re on a high and you catch your breath, that’s the stuff that makes you feel truly alive.

  ���   - State three things that make you smile!

music, my kitten and baking

༄ - What are the top three things you cherish in your life?

my family, my health and my partner

♡ - Tell us about something beautiful you see every day.

this is gonna sound weird but my money tree kevin, who is THRIVING.

ℬ - What are your top three favourite movies, and why? 

my top three are:

- knives out (directed by rian johnson) because i love murder mysteries and this movie is just so lovely to watch - the empire strikes back (directed by irvin kershner) because it’s my comfort movie - pan’s labrynith (directed by guillermo del toro) because it’s so beautiful and sad.

honourable mentions: harry potter and the philsopher’s stone, pride and prejudice, the lion king and the dark knight.

ℛ - What are your top three favourite books, and why? 

my top three are

- the harry potter series, which yes are not one book but i’m throwing them together. this book fundamnetally informed my childhood and even though my relationship with its author is changing, i will always cherish memories those books gave me - vicious by v.e. schwab, which i straight up inhaled. i love that book so much. - the long way to a small, angry planet by becky chambers. stop what you’re doing right now and go read this book.

⚘ - What is your happiest memory?

I have a very strong memory of watching my younger brother walk for the first time which I describe as one of my happiest but my memory is terrible.

♫ - Which one of your accomplishments do you feel the most proud of?

I am most proud of getting my undergraduate degree. A week before I graduated, my grandparents gave me my great grandmother’s engagement ring as a gift and I remember putting it on and thinking to myself ‘wow, my great grandmother was seventeen when she was given this ring and she would have never got the opportunities that I had’ and I had this overwhelming sense of pride in being the first woman in my family to get a undergraduate (and then postgraduate) degree.

】- Do you have anything in life you are particularly garetful for?

I am continiously grateful for my health.

➤ - What is your favourite thing to do in your passtime?

i like to crochet in my spare time and sometimes I do embroidery. recently I’ve been redecorated my house so I spend a lot of time painting rooms and learning DIY.

✩ - Do you have a ‘ to go to ‘ video that always makes you smile?

Yes. This one OR this one.

#mun

[aces-reviews]

DEATH RACE 2

Ladies and Gentlemen, the ass-kicking of a lifetime has arrived!!

We here at Ace’s Reviews are an opinionated bunch, but one thing we all agree on: Death Race 2 is the best movie in the series. Fight us. It’s Ace’s Reciews, broadcasting live from Terminal Island! The carnage is about to begin!!

Death Race 2 is a prequel to the Jason Statham film, giving us the origins of the Death Race and Frankenstein. There’s cars and explosions and your ass on a plate. So why is this film so much better than Death Race? A few reasons, really. For one, it doesn’t take itself quite so seriously. It embraces the ridiculous awesomeness. The main reason it’s so much better, though? The cast, of course.

“Seriously, we kick so much ass.”—all these people, probably

Look at that lineup!! We have to take it in order though.

First up is Luke Goss. Luke Goss has made a name for himself being one of those shaven-headed ass-kickers that you put in action movies. He’s also pals with Guillermo Del Toro, having played Nomak in Blade 2 and Nuada in Hellboy 2.

“I do a lot of 2’s for being number one.”—Luke Goss, probably

Here’s the thing. Some people might call him a poor man’s Statham, but I’m gonna say it’s the other way around. Luke Goss can act, and act well. Yes, he can kick your face clean off of your body, but he can also emote. Jason Statham is always Jason Statham. Luke Goss is Nomak, Nuada, and Carl Lucas.

He’s sent to Terminal Island because reasons, and there he meets the best supporting cast on earth.

First, there’s Lists.

“Lists is a badass, yo.”—Danny Trejo, definitely.

Remember last time, we talked about Lists and how important he is? Lists is the only character who’s in all four modern Death Race movies. He delivers exposition and is a deadly cinnamon bun. Seriously, Lists has blood on his name.

“It’s not a question of if I’ll end you, it’s when and how.”—Lists, absofuckinglutely

Oh, right, did you see the earlier pic? With Danny Trejo? That’s right, the D-Man is here to fix cars and kick ass, and he’s all out of cars, kick, and ass!! Trejo’s Goldberg is the best dude ever, and we love him so.

“Excuse me, would you like to make impossibly perfect babies?”—Luke Goss, lovestruck

Tanit Phoenix rounds out the main cast, and I’m just gonna say it: she’s probably the most beautiful woman ever put on film. She plays Katrina, the Navigator.

The supporting cast features Ving Rhames and Lauren Cohen as the executives in charge of Death Race...

“I know, it’s direct to video. Doesn’t matter. It’s the best one.”—Ving Rhames, as evidenced by his presence

...and Sean Motherfucking Bean.

Do I die? TELL ME DAMMIT

What makes this stellar cast work is one simple thing: chemistry. All of these folks work SO DAMN WELL together, a honed machine of radness. And you can tell that they’re having the time of their lives!! They’re having a ball! Honestly, if you told me that Luke Goss and Tanit Phoenix were a real life couple, I’d believe it.

Throw Trejo in there too, I don’t care

There’s a pretty simple plot involved that we won’t spoil here—watch the movie!! Like I said, this one is better than Death Race 1, even though the budget is smaller. A great cast, great action, and impossible amounts of fun make this our favorite entry into the Death Race canon. This one is so good, in fact, that it spawned its own sequel—Death Race 3: Inferno. Which we’ll be covering tomorrow, coincidentally!!

Join us here tomorrow for the final leg of the Death Race, live from Terminal Island!!

#frankenstein #death race 2 #review #luke goss #tanit phoenix #ving rhames #sean bean #danny trejo #fred koehler #lauren cohan

[themosleyreview]

The Mosley Review: Worst Films of 2019

Well 2019 has delivered some of the most disappointing, ugly and just downright disgraceful films I've ever seen. With 2020 on the rise, I can marvel at the fact that I wasn't the only one of the cats that fought his way through hell to get through this year. On an international scale, I believe a phoenix swept over the film industry and became the terminator of many franchises. Like you all, I survived this dark year in film and it is with great pleasure that I bring you the list of what films to avoid like a hungry lion looking for his next meal. So lets see who is the king of my list of the worst films of 2019. If you would like to see the full review, then click on the titles of each film. The first film on my list just hurts.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: It is with a heavy heart that I had to put this film on my list. Star Wars has always been apart of my life and apart of my soul. At any given time, you can find me playing a Star Wars game, watching any of the movies or even revisiting The Clone Wars series. As much as I wanted to love this film, there is just no denying that this was just the worst film the franchise has ever seen. There are some truly amazing and fun sequences and a great lightsaber fight, but that all doesn't matter when your core story is too busy negating, betraying and apologizing for past films that tried to expand and do something new. All of the new and old philosophies were completely destroyed by conveniences of stuff just happening and lazy writing. As for a trilogy, it was a unplanned, unfocused and perfect example of how not to tell a story ark. It hurts my ever loving Star Wars soul, but this was the worst of the franchise and just a massive disappointment.

Terminator: Dark Fate: I love and hate this franchise. I love that they keep trying to make a good film without the creator James Cameron at the helm, but I hate that they are staying modern day. Now with the risk of erasing everything after T2: Judgement Day, there was a chance to do something right. Well after the opening scene, the door was flung right open for an interesting path and it ultimately failed. This film followed the same mistakes of being heavy on big action sequences and less on heart and character development where it was needed. It was great to see Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger back together again and they had an awesome villain to battle, but I just thought this film was just meh all the way through. This was the last chance for the franchise and they blew it.

Captain Marvel: Well not all of them can be winners. The Marvel Studios brand is one of the most trusted brands in the industry and they have earned it. Almost every entry in their series of films have ranged from classic to alright. This film on the other hand was just a waste of a potentially great origin story for one of their most iconic female characters. I honestly could not connect to the main character enough for me to care. She had no real weakness in the film and no vulnerability. Yeah sure she's only known the life of a soldier, but that doesn't mean she isn't human. The storytelling in the film was all over the place with some stupid decisions and there just wasn't enough substance. A character with a snarky attitude and no regard for anyone else doesn't make for a good hero or a origin you want to study more about.

The Lion King: Double dipping doesn't always work and this was the prime example of that. I love the original animated classic and I think it truly is my favorite animated Disney film. I didn't go into this film judging it against the original because that would just be dumb and unfair. It is undeniable that this film is a technical achievement, but that was about it. The voice acting was a serious mixed bag. The child actors for Simba and Nala, Timon and Pumba and Zazu were truly the highlights, but the adult versions of Simba and Nala were flat and purely directed. Shot for shot remakes are not a good idea and this was that. If you diverted a little more from the source material, then this would've been an interesting remake. Listen up Disney, don't do this again.

Dark Phoenix: Oh man. The X-Men film franchise has truly seen some better days. We can all agree that this film franchise really had no since of continuity or an idea of where it wanted to end. Well with a reboot mid stream, I knew eventually there would be another attempt at the Phoenix Saga. Once again they've missed the X on the spot. The fact that this was the last film in the franchise that started in 2000, is truly a relief. We've had some amazing films, but this was by the far the worst of them all. Goodbye X-Men. I'll always have Logan in my heart.

Cats: I mean. Is there really anything else I can say about this insanely bizarre film? I had seen the Broadway version of the show on DVD a few years back and I could't understand it. The film made it better, but I couldn't get over the horrific nature of the CGI cat fur on the acts. It ranged from weird to “What in heavens name did you do to Jennifer Hudson?”. I know it was Andrew Lloyd Webber’s vision and probably director Tom Hooper's dream picture, but this was just too strange to be adapted to film. Not even the star power behind the film could save it. If an example of why certain shows work best for the stage was needed, then look no further than this atrocity.

Hellboy: Why was this rebooted? Oh yeah that's right. The studio didn't want to complete Guillermo Del Toro's superior vision of what Hellboy 3 would've been. Let me be clear, I gave this film a chance to show me a new, darker and more violent version of the iconic badass. What I got was a violent, darker, noisy and whiny little bitch of a character. I love David Harbour, but he was really dealt a terrible hand and I think he knows that. There are some awesome visuals and a great fight scene with big trolls, but after the first 15 minutes the film just dissolves into a horrible mess of a film. I didn't care by the film's last 10 minutes as we retread the same themes of the first iteration of the character. Thank God there isn't gonna be a sequel to this trash.

And now we’ve arrived at the last film I hated. The crowning turd of 2019, is none other than...

Men In Black: International: Where do I even start with this abomination. I loved the original and third MIB film. It wasn't a great trilogy, but it was consistent. The character Agent J earned his place among the MIB and the chemistry between him and Agent K was a perfect example of how to do a buddy cop film in the sci fi comedy genre. This film ignored all of that and focused strictly on the comedy and just never took itself seriously. The main character Agent M, had an interesting beginning and 5 seconds after she finds the MIB, they give her everything. She didn't earn anything which made her immediately boring and unnecessary. Chris Hemsworth is a great actor and he has great comedic timing, but this was the most obnoxious and unlikeable character he's ever played. This film had no heart, no real stakes or even an idea of what the story wanted to be. Like I said in my review, this film franchise should've stayed dead after Men In Black 3.

That's all folks and thank the heavens. These were the worst films of 2019 and I say this every year, but I really hope I'm right. Let's hope 2020 has a shorter list of worst films.

#worst films of 2019 #star wars the rise of skywalker #hellboy #terminator dark fate #Captain Marvel #the lion king #dark pheonix #cats #men in black international #chris hemsworth #david harbour #taylor swift #james mcavoy #arnold schwarzenegger #daisy ridley #adam driver #tessa thompson #brie larson #samuel l jackson

[biastrid]

I just finished 3Below!

Overly the show was pretty good. I especial loved the animation! It's really beautiful and definitely the best cgi animation I've seen in a show so far.

I also love Aja with all my heart. She's such a great character! I would literally die for her. I love how noticeable it is that they decided to put her hair up after Trollhunters was animated xd

I also live for the design of the Akiridions. They all look so cool!! Especially the king and queen!

And don't even get me started on the political touch with the racism and everything 👀 I don't wanna get too much into it right now but Guillermo del Toro served some good tea here and we're all Señor Uhl stans from now on. And I'm still not over "Girls are invisible here?"

Buuut to me the story just felt kinda...off? The show had a very slow start and somehow never really seemed to reach its peak. 13 episodes seemed too short but at the other hand the story was just not exciting enough to make more episodes. It would have made the show boring. I can't really explain why but somehow there is something missing. I love the whole story about family and getting used to a whole new environment and everything but the story is still missing something. More action maybe? Or more nervewrecking moments? More seriousness maybe? Or better characters?

Because honestly..except for Aja the rest of the new characters are pretty boring so far. I also like Krel but the story mainly focuses on Aja what is kinda sad. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Aja but Krel is a great character, too. They just never really focused on him. I also don't really like Vex so I guess that was kinda off putting for me.

Even so I'm always all in for aliens and space I'm not a big fan of the I'm-new-here-I-know-nothing-humor so I barely laughed throughout the show (I cried a few times tho sksks) But when I did I almost died (uncle Marlin I SWEAR I CHOKED) Also Steve was kinda getting on my nerves lol

What brings me to Staja. I like them. They're really cute. Interesting dynamics and everything. But I can't get rid of the feeling that they're gonna break up at some point. And I don't mean "hey I'm going back home" breaking up. I mean "hey um..so I'm gay and I realised I don't like you" or "oh I have no feelings for you anymore" breaking up.

I was more than happy to see all the characters from Trollhutners again! I cried whenever I saw them! And don't even get me started on my halfway breakdown as I saw troll!Jim :') I absolutely loved Aja's and Jim's relationship! They should become best friends thx

AND AJA'S AND KREL'S RELATIONSHIP! THEY'RE THE CUTEST SIBLINGS!! They made me cry too much.

Anyway...I'm just really curious how the story continues and whether I will start to like or dislike certain characters soon! And I can't wait to see more of Aja!!!!

#sorry for any errors #i'm tired #3below #3below spoilers #tales of arcadia #dreamworks #aja #krel #varvatos vex

[maculategiraffe]

OK, darlings, bear with me.  I'm almost ready to post the new chapter of Refreshment, but first I gotta get this Hill House thing off my chest.

This post will not contain specific plot spoilers, but it will discuss-- arcs, and themes.  So if you haven't watched it yet and are already planning to and don't want any more information before watching it than "so far it's my favorite thing in awhile" and "it's so goddamn good, I cast myself down and wept," then maybe avoid this one until after you've watched it.  (Or skip it altogether!  I'm gonna get long-winded here, I can feel it.)

If, on the other hand, you aren't sure yet whether you want to watch it, and you want to know more about what the viewing experience might be like and why I found it to be so good, then this would be a good thing for you to read before watching it, maybe, to help you make up your mind whether it's for you.

Or if you've already watched it, then just, here's why I loved it.

One:  It's not an adaptation; it's a lovingly transformative fan work.

You know how gleeful we all got about the fact that The Shape of Water was literally Guillermo del Toro's Cold War AU Creature/Kay fix-it fic of The Creature from the Black Lagoon?   Because fuck yeah, beautifully shot high-budget fanwork that develops and builds upon themes and possibilities latent in the original work and wins Oscars in its own right?

I really love the book The Haunting of Hill House, and I'm predisposed to hate adaptations of things I really love, because they always fucking get things wrong.  I've become a bit more open-minded about this as I've aged-- I will now grudgingly watch a Jane Eyre adaptation with a blue-eyed Rochester (although I still get so Goddamn Pissy about how Goddamn Pretty everybody always is in a Jane Eyre movie adaptation when both the romantic leads are canonically Changeling-Looking Motherfuckers, and that's, like, IMPORTANT, okay)-- but mostly adaptations seem to me to have missed an important point about the original.  At LEAST one!  Do you know what I mean?  Like in the movie of The End of the Affair where they made it so the guy she was secretly meeting with was a priest, and like... the whole POINT was--!  Or like remember how mad certain people got about Tom Bombadil being left out of LotR, and how much they (we) wanted to explain to you (anyone who was like "meh, fair enough, he didn't have much to do with anything anyway") that the whole POINT of Tom Bombadil was--!

 Anyway sorry the point is, that this isn't an adaptation.  It isn't The Movie Of The Book, or The Show Of The Book, which always gets things wrong.  (Except the movie of The Princess Bride, which in my view was essentially the second, improved draft of the novel.) 

It's a fanwork, about the book, and, like all great fanworks, it gets the book-- in some ways, yeah, I'll say it-- righter than the book itself did.  Because it loves the book, and it takes things that are peeping out at the corners and between the lines of the book, or merely glanced at by the text and hurried past, maybe for pacing purposes, or that you thought about when you were reading the book for the seventh time, and it develops those, and interacts with them, and brings them out into new contexts, and-- just, altogether, instead of being like watching an adaptation of a thing you loved, it's like reading a fantastic fanfic series of a thing that you loved.  Instead of watching it butchered, you get to watch it, skillfully and thoughtfully and thoroughly, loved, and in a way that you wouldn't have known how to by yourself.

Two:  It's scary like wasabi is hot.

I love wasabi, because, like many very strange humans whose behavior is a puzzlement and a dismay to rational plants everywhere, I like eating something that makes me feel like my head is going to explode, but unlike some of those strange humans, I don't like the pain to linger.   I avoid super-hot chilis, because I don't like a burnt-mouth feeling.  I like wasabi because while I'm eating it it makes tears stream down my face, but then once it's gone, it's gone.  Well, I like my stories like I like my wasabi-- super intense while they last, but with a discrete ending to the pain.  I love wallowing in exquisitely painful hurt/comfort depictions of a character's anguish and terror and desolation, because I know the comfort part is coming.  If it doesn’t, I feel kind of hurt and burnt.

 Well, I like my horror the same way.  I like things that scare the living starlight out of me while they're happening, but that wrap up in a way that leaves me not-scared for later.  My previous best example of this was probably The Others (remember The Others?  Nicole Kidman?  2001?  I never hear about that movie any more, I feel like it's really underrated.  I saw it in the theater and there was one moment when everyone in the theater collectively stopped breathing and then everyone let out this crazy collective shaky what-was-that laugh), but I also feel that way about The Babadook, and Alien, and-- I could probably list other examples, but you get the point.   I like Cabin in the Woods, but it (and others like it) work by defusing the horror while stuff is happening, which is different from movies that commit wholeheartedly to scaring you while they're happening but after you're done watching them don't leave you scared to go to sleep in case the Thing is under the bed or peering out of the mirror.  You know?  

Hill House ends that way, but-- disclaimer-- it's a 10-episode series, and if you stop watching at any point before the last episode, like I did, you might be creeped out and have to sleep with the light on, like I did.  (After, specifically, episode 5.  I already loved it but it had spooked me out badly.)  It is genuinely terrifying while it's happening, but it gets-- steadily, artfully, beautifully-- less scary as it goes along.  But not by becoming less intense.  The ratio of emotional intensity to spooky business steadily increases, until at the very end, you are far too busy sobbing your soul out onto your sweater to be scared.

which brings me to my next item:

Three: It's a deep, and deeply cathartic, exploration of how grief and trauma work.

Do you know the quote-- I think I've reblogged it here a couple of times, lemme just, here:

My therapist says I can’t

make the monsters disappear

no matter how much I pay her.

All she can do is bring them

into the room, so I can get

to know them, so I can learn

their names, so I can see clearly

their toothless mouths,

their empty hands,

their pleading eyes.

 So that's what it's about.  

It's not about how there was never anything to be afraid of at all.  It's not about how the monsters can't hurt you unless you believe in them.  That's part of what the show looks at, is denial, how corrosive it can be, and in what ways, to deny the reality of what happened to you and how much it hurt you and how it changed you, and how important the things were that you lost, and how different you are because of what's happened to you, and what's still happening.  And yet how understandable it is, to try to close your eyes to it, try to white-knuckle it away, fix it yourself, close the door on it, build a wall to block it out, make yourself blind to everything so you don't have to see the one unbearable thing.  

It's not about how the monsters can't really, or won't really, or didn't really, hurt you. 

It's about learning to understand how they can, and how they did, and how they do, and what they are, and that's the beginning of learning how you're going to live now.  And that you are.  And that-- and how-- it's going to be beautiful.

Four:  It's about love.

The ways love is messy.  The ways love makes mistakes.  The ways love fails.  The ways love oversteps.  The ways love overwhelms.  The ways love, when accompanied by fear or bad judgement or incomplete information or the other ways we all stumble so helplessly through life, can even lead us to hurt and harm people.  Beloved people.  Or be horribly hurt by them.  The ways love is not, in and of itself, a safeguard against doing the absolutely, catastrophically, unbearably, unfixably wrong thing.

And the ways love lights our path.  The ways love brings us back.  The ways love makes life, no matter how much it hurts, worth living.  The ways we can't do without it, nothing means anything without it, no matter how much it hurts-- and it hurts, it hurts, it hurts-- but that's what it is to be alive at all.  To be able to feel, and feel deeply.  To rejoice, and despair, and panic, and regret, and hope, and grieve, and breathe, and love.  And love.

That’s what it’s about.

#the haunting of hill house #and why i loved it very much #an essay by maculategiraffe age 35 #grief #horror #love love love

[princess-stabbity]

after rewatching “mac and dennis move to the suburbs” again, i really want a full-on remake of the shining starring glenn howerton and directed by guillermo del toro

#iasip #i mean this episode is basically the shining with dennis as jack and mac as wendy #but i mean #i want the whole thing #and how great would guillermo del toro be at this? like there's always gonna be ppl going 'hergblerg not kubrick' #but he's a great director with rich background in horror AND not an abusive misogynist like kubrick #and he loves stephen king #idk who should be wendy

[wonderfulworldofmichaelford]

The Shape of Water review

Last year saw the release of an utter travesty of filmmaking: Beauty and the Beast. It is easily one of the worst films I have ever seen in my life; it lacked everything that made the original Disney film great. The side characters were all dull, Gaston was a fucking bore, the Beast was a bland CGI furry, and Emma Watson as Belle gave the most lifeless, miserable, atrocious performance of her entire career. And it sucks, because we DESERVE a good Beauty and the Beast film, we deserve a love story where the monster is more human than the human suitor, with sympathetic characters and an interesting antagonist… and visionary genius and absolute madman Guillermo del Toro gave us just that, with the Shape of Water, a film that is easily one of the greatest love stories ever told.

This film has been memed to Hell and back, what with the basic premise – a woman bones a fishman – being particularly amusing to the internet for obvious reasons. But to the shock of absolutely no one, the film is so much deeper than the sex – in fact, you don’t even get to see the sex, and I’ll get into why later in the review. For now, let’s start with a plot summary:

It’s the early 60s, and the Cold War is at its peak. Elisa Esposito is a mute janitor working at a government lab with her black BFF Zelda. One day, she discovers a creature being held at the government lab that the superiors are calling “The Asset.” An amphibious fishman from the Amazon, she finds herself intrigued by this being and soon finds herself befriending it. Not long after, the government plans to vivisect the creature, but Elisa ain’t having any of that shit, and so with her old man artist friend Giles plots to get the Asset free. But all this is easier said than done… can they free the Asset, or is the man running the show, Richard Strickland, going to catch on?

I’m gonna be doing a lot of comparing and contrasting to Beauty and the Beast, because these films do follow the same sort of basic structure and have a lot of the same archetypical characters and themes, such as “the real monsters are prejudiced humans” and “strong female who feels alienated from her society.” The latter is particularly relevant here, and not just for Elisa; del Toro has stated that the movie is meant to reflect on how he feels as an immigrant in America, and the feelings of isolation and being an outsider are major parts for every single one of the film’s sympathetic characters. Elisa is a mute, as is the Asset (though the Asset is also, you know, an Amazonian fishman); Zelda is a black woman in the early 60s; Giles is an elderly gay man; and Dimitri is a communist scientist undercover at the government facility. Unlike in Beauty and the Beast, which has such a dull and unappealing supporting cast (save for Lefou), this movie’s supporting cast all have deep stories to them that are intricately woven into their characterization and reflect some of the core themes of the film. It really is impressive when a character who is a proud communist is sympathetic, likable, and heroic; Dimitri is to this movie what Stronheim is to Battle Tendency, to put it in the most bizarre way possible. Every single actor does a fantastic job, and it’s pretty easy to believe any of these characters could be a person’s favorite of the film.

But what is a Beauty and the Beast story without a Gaston? I hated the Gaston in the Disney remake, as he was a bland, unappealing, and uncharismatic waste of a good actor. None of that is a problem here; Michael Shannon (who you may know best as General Zod from Man of Steel) is playing Strickland, and it is just as fantastic a performance as the rest of the cast. He’s arrogant, pompous, and honestly kind of disgusting – even before his fingers start rotting he pisses all over the bathroom floor because he doesn’t hold his dick when he pees, and then he doesn’t wash his hands, oh and he’s also racist, prejudiced, and harasses Elisa – but he’s also the poster child for idyllic 60s life. He has a home with a wife, two kids, he buys himself a fancy new car… unlike our heroes, Strickland’s life is picture perfect, like the families in old timey ads. This is a stark contrast to the less perfect lives our heroes lead, but it is an important part of the film, as it showcases that true humanity doesn’t simply come from fitting the mold of the what people think humanity is, it is who we are when no one is looking, who we are when we are in a bad spot and help others, who we are when we are truly selfless. Strickland is not selfless; in fact, he is an utter bastard. And yet for all the world he seems nothing but your normal perfect white 60s husband, while the heroes are a ragtag assembly of the sort of people who would be most shunned in that time period.

Of course, one of the most essential parts of this sort of story is the leads themselves; Beauty and the Beast had a lifeless CGI doll that drifted into the uncanny valley every other shot as the leading man, and Emma Watson giving one of the blandest, most lifeless performances this side of Jennifer Lawrence in an X-Men movie as our leading lady. Needless to say, they fucking blew. But here, HERE we have Elisa and the Asset, two very unconventional leads. You’d think a character being mute would be a huge hindrance, but as movies like The Little Mermaid show, you can be strong and interesting even without a voice, and Elisa is definitely both of those things. She is so expressive even when not using her sign language, you can always get a really good feel for what’s on her mind at any time, and actress Sally Hawkins just really nails it, especially in a ll her interactions with the Asset. And the Asset himself, played by Doug Jones, is perhaps the greatest leading man in romantic history. Leave it to a master like Doug Jones to truly sell you that this massive walking fish creature is the perfect romantic lead. Frankly, I’m a bit miffed he didn’t get an Oscar nomination for this performance, because despite not speaking and despite being an amphibious beast, he really delivers a compelling performance, above and beyond what you’d expect. And as you would expect of any del Toro monster, the Asset is gorgeously designed and really appealing to look at despite being a big fish creature. And guess what? Unlike the Beast, the Asset utilizes a lot of practical effects and isn’t just a nonstop CGI dummy the whole film!

It’s interesting to note that the actual romance and the infamous fishman sex do not occur earlier in the film; it happens more towards the midway/final third of the film. But this is a good thing, because it does give us proper buildup and leads to the attraction feeling natural rather than forced and rushed. You see the two build a connection with each other, these two outsiders no one else truly understands connecting with each other because, in their eyes, the other is not the flawed, broken being that others see them as. To each other, they are perfect. And this leads me into talking about the sex scene, and why we don’t see it: we don’t see it, because doing so would turn something beautiful into nothing but cheap titillation. Let me explain further: the only sex we see in the film is the awkward, bland, missionary position sex between Strickland and his shiny, idyllic housewife. During sex he shoves his bleeding fingers in his wife’s mouth as she moans in pleasure so he can shut her up and imagine Elisa. The sex is awkward, uncomfortable, and almost disturbing to watch. There’s no passion, no love, there’s nothing there. It’s basically a million other sex scenes in a million other movies. The love between Elisa and the Asset, on the other hand, is beautiful, passionate, intimate… we shouldn’t be allowed to see it. We shouldn’t reduce the love of these two, this beautiful romance, down to some sleazy masturbatory visual extravaganza. What they had together is something truly special, and I believe it was truly the right thing to leave their lovemaking to the imagination; it is not our place to intrude on and gawk at true love being consummated.

This is the Beauty and the Beast movie we all deserve. It’s The Creature from the Black Lagoon movie we deserve. This is easily del Toro’s best and strongest film, better than Hellboy II, better than Pan’s Labyrinth, better than Pacific Rim… and make no mistake, saying that is REALLY SAYING SOMETHING, as all those films are absolutely fantastic. I absolutely loved this movie, it really was everything I could have possibly hoped it would be and more, and there is absolutely no way I could live with myself if I didn’t recommend this wholeheartedly to everyone. Honestly, even if it’s not my favorite film of 2017, I would have put this as the #1 best movie of last year regardless, because from an objective standpoint, it IS the best movie of 2017. If you’re looking for a weirder sort of romance film, if you’re looking for a movie where the monster finds love, if you’re looking for a 2017 Beauty and the Beast movie that doesn’t absolutely suck ass, this right here is the movie for you. 

#Review #movie review #the shape of water #guillermo del toro #the asset #doug jones #Sally hawkins #sci-fi #romance #beauty and the beast

[briangroth27]

The Shape of Water Review

The Shape of Water is an enchanting 1960s-set fairy tale told very well; a powerful, expertly-made work of art about the marginalized in our society. Director Guillermo del Toro got outstanding performances out of his stars while capturing the style and feel of the era perfectly, then used the time period to comment on today’s social issues through a story about the downtrodden rallying together against the establishment to preserve life and love.

Full Spoilers…

Sally Hawkins brilliantly conveyed character and emotion entirely through her expressions and sign language as Elisa Espostio (Sally Hawkins), a mute cleaning lady at a top-secret government laboratory who falls in love with an amphibian man (Doug Jones) captured in Latin America. It’s great to see a mute lead character and even better that the film doesn’t allow it hold her back at all, despite what those in power might think of her capabilities. Conveying the romance with and genuine love for the Amphibian Man was mostly on Elisa’s shoulders and Hawkins absolutely sold every bit of it. A wonderful moment late in the film includes an unexpected musical sequence that perfectly illustrates the impact he has on her heart, showing love can transcend even the strangest of barriers. That said, I don’t think Elisa is fully human herself, but the product of an earlier romance between a human and a different aquatic cryptid: her mysterious “scars” and backstory of being found by a river felt like a classic superhero secret origin. If that’s the case and the Amphibian Man healed her gills instead of creating them, then their relationship not only fuels her voice, but allows her to discover her truest self.

I also liked the easy friendships Elisa shared with her coworker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) and next-door neighbor Giles (Richard Jenkins). It was a nice and all-too-rare touch that these platonic relationships were just as important to Elisa’s life as her burgeoning romance with the Amphibian Man. It was a relief to find Elisa living a fully-functioning life even while she was longing for romantic love. I loved Zelda’s reactions to the Amphibian Man and to updates about Elisa’s love life. In addition to comic relief, Zelda brought common sense to Elisa’s interest in the Amphibian Man, at first keeping her friend’s head level and later recognizing that risking her life and career to help Elisa save him was something they had to do, even though she was greatly concerned for her best friend’s safety. Zelda being so dismissed in her marriage and having her decisions undercut (even if it was to save her life) by her husband (Martin Roach) was a solid mirror to Elisa and the Amphibian Man’s more mutually respectful relationship and to Strickland’s (Michael Shannon) domineering, controlling marriage. While Zelda was a fully-formed character, it would’ve been nice if she had a subplot of some kind of her own, like Giles did. His failed advertising posters (and failed interest in a guy (Morgan Kelly) working at a not-so-great pie shop) gave the movie a glimpse of the world and society outside the lab that we didn’t get from many other characters. Then again, perhaps it’s the fact that Zelda and Elisa work together and Giles doesn’t that made his world feel bigger than hers. It may also be that his ability to pass as an “acceptable” member of society grants him the ability to travel a wider world than Zelda can, as exemplified by the Pie Guy kicking an African-American family out of the pie shop. Despite his long reach, the sadness and rejection encompassing so much of his world, be it from the Pie Guy or the ad agency he was trying to sell to, painted a haunting picture of the world inhabited by those who “proper” society ignored or—at best—used, and I hope the world Elisa gets to travel to at the end of the film is happier and more equal. Still, I liked that Giles had a sense of hope to him; even if the world was clearly weighing on him, he still believes in the possibility of “happily ever after.”

The make-up for the Amphibian Man was mind-blowing and the movie deserved the Best Costume Design Oscar for it, while Doug Jones did an amazing job of conveying emotion and a sympathetic nature under all those prosthetics. The biggest thing I would’ve liked to see more of in the movie was his backstory. Actual god or not, I wanted to know what he wanted (beyond freedom and to love Elisa), what he thought of the world of men, etc. Who were his followers in South America and what “primitive” rituals did they use to worship him? What did he give them in return? Did he even register that he was worshiped as a god, or do his thoughts transcend those labels? What was his thought process as he went from worshiped to imprisoned? I wish he could’ve communicated better to give us some grander idea of his opinion on things, because his actions made him seem torn between gentle emotions and instinct-driven outbursts, like killing one of Giles’ cats. Perhaps it would be an interesting comment on society if this “god” were really just a different sort of animal and the people who worshiped it had simply projected their need for a god onto him, but I’m almost always against “grounding” half-measures in stories like this (if you’re gonna go there, go there), so I interpreted him as truly a god and would’ve liked to know more. That said, having Elisa fall in love with someone so outlandish was a strong metaphor for how those in power at the time (and honestly, in the present as well) saw homosexual and interracial love.

Michael Shannon’s Colonel Richard Strickland was a great villain and I loved how his control-freak nature demanded everyone around him become subservient, much like the paranoid American government he works for and represents demanded conformity. This made him simultaneously threatening and weak, hiding behind a thin veneer of socially-acceptable power. I especially liked his reaction when he found out just how replaceable he could become if he didn’t find the Amphibian Man; his easy dismissal in the event of his failure also contrasted nicely with how Zelda was always willing to cover for Elisa, from rescuing the Amphibian Man to simply holding her place in line to ensure she clocked in on time. Clearly there’s no friendship, loyalty, or leeway among the conformists, only control or destruction. Watching him break down as many people around him as he could—even his wife (Lauren Lee Smith), forcing her to be quiet while he focused on what he wanted out of their sex life—was very uncomfortable, so it was great to see his frustrated reaction to his inability to intimidate or break Elisa and Zelda. Not allowing his wife to speak was a great contrast to the Amphibian Man, who helped Elisa to not just talk, but to sing. The whimsical, silver screen nature of their classic Hollywood dance sequence also contrasted perfectly with the rot just under the “idealized” surface of 1960s America that Strickland upheld. Though the dance sequence is pure fantasy, it’s the only place where “the good old days” were actually good.

Another aspect that perfectly utilized the era was Dimitri Mosenkov/Robert Hoffstetler (Michael Stuhlbarg), a Soviet spy embedded in the lab. Like the threat of the Other found in African-Americans, the gay community, and a sea god, the Red Scare epitomized America’s desperate drive to destroy what it couldn’t control or understand. As I’ve seen noted elsewhere, it was very cool that the film subverted expectations and had Mosenkov not only help Elisa save the Amphibian Man from vivisection at the hands of the Americans, but that he gave Elisa information on how to keep him alive once she’d extracted him. That he cared more about the Amphibian Man as a living thing than as a means to attain Soviet superiority by vivisecting it was great; I definitely expected him to try to give him to his spymasters, where the South American god would’ve met the same fate the American military planned for it. It’s certainly a powerful indictment of our government that this spy sent to undermine us had more humanity than our people, who are only concerned with being “the best” no matter what that does to their souls. The fact that Mosenkov literally had a secret identity is also a nice thematic tie to Giles’ closeted homosexuality, Elisa’s mysterious origins, and the hidden power and passion the oppressed in this time concealed from their conformity-demanding government.

Universal’s classic Creature from the Black Lagoon was an inspiration for this film, and The Shape of Water is an excellent sort of remake, touching on similar themes while updating them and making them relevant to a modern audience. It was very smart of del Toro to explore the limitations of social mores of 1962 by focusing on a cast made up of those without power back then (who are still facing under-representation and lack of power today). However, I would argue that while setting this in the past has the desired effect of getting the audience to let its guard down, it also allows the audience to distance themselves too much, letting us say “those problems have been solved” and never forcing us to inspect ourselves. Still, I absolutely loved the score and the entire 1960s aesthetic del Toro achieved! I could easily have seen this taking the Best Cinematography Oscar. 

The Shape of Water looks beautiful, has an excellent cast who are all on point, and has a very strong love story at the center of a powerful tale of those without power subverting the accepted system. I definitely recommend it!

 Check out more of my reviews, opinions, and original short stories here!

#the shape of water #sally hawkins #doug jones #amphibian man #creature from the black lagoon #octavia spencer #zelda #giles #elisa esposito #michael shannon #colonel strickland #richard jenkins #michael stuhlbarg #dimitri mosenkov #guillermo del toro

[gotmilk5101520]

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia Watch Episode 51 The Eternal Knight Part 1 (Part 2)

Part 1

How do they miss them?

“Oh”

“nein!”

“Por favor”

“Please don’t hurt me”

“Calm down, Uhl”

“It’s me, Walter”

“Oh!”

“Nein, nein, nein!”

Yeah he’s barely recognizable.

“Not another flying truck!” Toby remembers that all too well.

“Jim!”

“Watch out!”

“Opps! Pardon me!” “Watch where you’re going!” “I wasn’t talking to you, i was talking to the weird blue alien lady!”

“I’ve always hated those twits” Moments that hit differently after Wizards.

“Wow”

“You all right, lovelies?” “Thanks Luka” “AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!”

“Hey, what’s up, Nana? Kinda busy”

“Oh, Toby Pie, it’s an emergency”

“Your friend ate the entire pie”

*Burps in Troll* This is an even bigger emergency.

“Morgana”

“Surprise bitch. I bet you thought you seen the last of me”

“¡Es el apocalipsis!” Translation from Google Translate: “It’s the apocalypse!”

“I swear, i saw demons!”

“But with better teeth” Guillermo Del Toro the Dentist has never seen great teeth.

“¡Loco”

“loco”

“loco!”

“Oh”

“So, what brings you here?”

Guillermo Del Toro living the dream.

“Zip-Slippers”

“Don’t fail me now”

“AH!”

Might want to go faster.

“Whoa”

“I’ve never felt this way before”

“She’s so tall. NO! No! You already have a tall alien girlfriend!”

“You’ve got a strong right”

“Wow! You’ve got a great left, too!”

“Let go”

“of my”

“GIRLFRIEND!”

“TP!”

“I think we can start dating again”

“Officially”

“I don’t wanna die”

“just yet”

“Uh, i thought those were only in the Darklands”

“Did you not read the book?”

“Toby King”

“Your spear, my Queen”

“Hey! Queen now?”

“Wumpas don’t need a king”

“Maybe it’s time you had a queen”

“All right”

“Boom, boom, shake the room!”

“Boom! Boom! Shake the room!”

“My cousin!”

“Say what?”

“Say what?”

Time for a Kaiju battle.

“Sorry, pal, but nobody gets in without a hall pass”

“Susannah and i will not allow it. ¡Entiende?”

“We few! We happy few!”

“We band of brothers!”

“I’ve always wanted to play Henry V!”

We got this.

“I feel like Guts from Berserk! Rest in peace, Kentaro Miura”

“No!”

“NO!”

“I told you”

“I would kill you myself”

“You let the old wizard work his magic on you, i see”

“Scared it’s gonna be a fair fight?”

“It’s not going to be as fair as you think”

“You aren’t strong enough to take on the both of us, Hunter”

“You left Morgana unprotected”

“Merlin is down in Trollmarket right now”

“Once he stops her-”

“Merlin might have had centuries to devise his plan”

“but you forget”

“He was sleeping”

“Morgana was awake”

“Now, who goes first?”

“Why take turns?”

“NO!”

The finale begins now.

And we reach the end.

#trollhunters #milk watches trollhunters #tales of arcadia

[solemnveloci]

COCO & BOOK OF LIFE Joint Review

Alright, lemme just get this out of the way.

I know that I’m gonna get some people saying “Hey, don’t compare them! They did a good job conveying two different stories, don’t be spiteful to one over the other!” and that’s a good point. I didn’t even intend on watching them back to back at first.

However, I needed a cleanser after the three straight Open Season movies I’d watched, and it made more sense to me to rewatch TBoL and to… first-watch Coco since they were both about the same holiday. So, worry not. I’ll get it over with quick in the beginning.

Let’s start! (obvious spoilers for both movies)

The Book of Life was practically strangled to death before its time by the multiple years in production until it was finally accepted by ReelFX. The creative minds behind the project were native Mexicans Jorge Gutierrez and Sandra Gutierrez, famous for such projects as El Tigre, Carmen Got Expelled, and with resident fish-kisser Guillermo Del Toro working as producer, they could finally bring their idea to fruition.

Then Lee Unkrich went to Mexico on holiday, mentioned sugar skulls to his higher-ups, and Pixar immediately grabbed him by the throat and said, “DUDE MAKE A MOVIE.” DisNepotism at its finest.

Of course, Disney proceeded to screw themselves over so hard they practically ripped their metaphorical cocks off when they tried to trademark DIA LOS MUERTOS so that no icky DreamWorks producer could get their paws on it. The blatancy of this dick movie rightfully pissed off about a million Latino people (Mexican or otherwise) and Disney realized that maybe they had the wrong priorities. In order to assuage the backlash, they threw about six Mexican creators at the script and creative departments and begged them to sew up the Austria-sized fuckup.

Coco now sits as the highest animated film of all time in Mexico. I’d say they helped a lot.

PROS

The Book of Life:

God, the voice acting is amazing. How the hell they got Channing Tatum in this, I’ll never know, but he nails his lines like he’s not even trying. Kate Del Castillo and Diego Luna are my two favorites, though, considering they dual-dubbed La Muerte and Manolo in both English and Latin American Spanish. This line in particular always gets me.

I adore the puppets as a framing device. There’s just something so cool about it, especially with how characters like Xibalba and the Candlemaker interact with them.

Joaquin shouting his own name like a Pokémon every time he does something.

The Mariachi brothers physically roll around sometimes instead of walking.

Both versions of Manolo’s love song are gorgeous and sweet. They’re a welcome addition to the jukebox musical style of the rest.

Placido Domingo as Manolo’s disabled, opera-singing, bullfighter great-grandpa.

*chuckles* “They crushed our dreams!”

Manolo’s mom is so darling, you guys.

“Being bullfighters, we often flirt with death.” “And that’s why there’s so many of you down here.”

Xibalba, the god of evil, pigging out on a giant table of food and causally telling Manolo that’s he’s been completely screwed over.

Something’s oddly funny about the fact that Chakal’s got a giant, untouched drawing of the medal in his Cave O’ Death.

“Hey! My arthritis is gone!”

“Hello… puddle.”

Manolo’s mom bitchslapping Chakal.

The scene where Manolo apologizes to all the bulls his family killed, and the way the bull just clams down and dissolves into marigolds, like its soul was just put to rest.

Luchadore Priest. Hell, just the whole fight scene.

The kiss between Manolo and Maria, not helped by the fact I though he was flipping Chakal off during it instead of raising a finger.

“Men! Typical.” I love that delivery. “WELP, SAW THIS SHIT COMIN’.”

The little goth kid passing out when La Muerte undisguises herself.

Coco:

Again, the voice acting, fucking astounding. Props goes to Gael Garcia Benal, he pulls off his character so well! Disney/Pixar movies have sort of been lackluster with their voice acting (with a few exceptions) but this one was perfect.

*flashback to Ernesto getting flattened under a bell* “I wanna be just like him!”

“Miguel, vitamins are real.” “Well, now I’m thinking they might be!”

Hector’s facial expressions are so good, you guys.

Actually, I want to talk more about this. Not just him, but all the physical comedy with the skeletons. Like, they way they detach their limbs or heads, it’s so animated and weird. Reminds me of old cartoons.

If someone told me they watched this movie for Hector, I’d support them.

“Those aren’t the words!” “There are children present.”

I don’t care if all the acts were meant to be bad on purpose, I thought they were cute.

“Bring back the singing dogs!”

Seriously, the body language is incredible. Gael must have been having the time of his life recording this.

“HAVE YOU MET MY GRANDSON?”

“I hope you die very soon!”

Ernesto’s twist villainy is better than Big Hero Six and Frozen combined, fight me.

In fact, it’s the only way the villainy would have worked. Dammit, Disney! You made it look lazy!

Holy fuck, he just fell over. That’s… jarring.

Art theft is bad, you guys.

*sobbing*

*LOUDER SOBBING*

Awww! She’s dead! Wait, that sounds bad.

CONS

You scrolled down here for the negativity, didn’t you?

Book of Life: This movie gets shorter every time I watch it. Not kidding. Maybe it’s because I’m used to all the plot beats and twists. But… why is it soooo short?! Even like, two more scenes could have helped it along. I NEED MORE.

Coco: The inclusion of Frida Kahlo. This one kinda doesn’t count, but it does annoy me that she was used as just a quirky side-character, which is a huge slap in the face for all that she’d done as an artist and an activist.  The gag at the beginning with Hector wasn’t that bad, but if I could’ve changed it, I’d put the guy who invented Alebrijes in her place, Pedro Linares. You’d only have to do a little bit of tweaking, the Rivera family would dress as a giant Alebrije puppet to get backstage instead, Hector could disguise himself as one to sneak past Ernesto’s guards, and we could have this scene.

Ernesto: Ah, excuse me, sir! The stage is that way.

Hector: *takes off mask*

Ernesto: Hector. You’ve gotten back into performing, I see.

And now, for some rapid-fire nitpicks if that wasn’t enough negativity for you.

Why does the museum have a trick wall? Is it always there, or just there when La Muerte needs it? Is this their day job, or did they shapeshift into actual museum workers? Where’s Joaquin’s Mom? If she’s alive, why is she neglecting a child to live out in the streets? If she’s dead, who the hell raised him before Maria’s dad? Where’s Maria’s mom? Is nobody going to point out that Manolo is the only living member of his family left?!

Why didn’t Imelda just ban people seeking out musical careers and not all music? Are they not allowed to go to church? What do they do for parties? Quincenaras? Did nobody that Hector knew talk about the movie where his own death was ripped off? Did he never even overhear it? If you do something evil, do you only go to the Land of the Remembered if you never get caught?  What if you’re a serial killer who never got caught? Does that mean there’s a hell? DID CHICH GO TO HELL BECAUSE HE WAS FORGOTTEN? WHAT KIND OF FUCKED UP GHOST CAPITALISM DOES THE PIXAR-VERSE AFTERLIFE RUN ON

#review #reviews #reelfx #disney #pixar

[neon-lit-disappointment]

My Thoughts on the Oscar winners.

Hey all and welcome to this fancy new blog were I talk about movies...alot.Since this is a new blog I thought a good place to start would be to talk about one of the biggest events within the industry, that everyone says they don't care about but secretly they do, even just a little bit.

I haven't seen every winner for all the category's so I'm not gonna talk about the ones I haven't seen, obviously, I'm also gonna keep this short since you don't wanna read paragraph after paragraph of me rambling about the Oscars.

So first things first the big one, Best picture The Shape of water. The shape of water is a beautiful film and it totally deserved all the awards it got, Guillermo del Toro honestly knocked it out of the park.

The next big winner was Three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri with Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell getting Best actress and best supporting actor, I can't really say much other than Frances and Sam's performances really were incredible.

Blade Runner 2049 won best Cinematography and visual effects and wow does it deserve them, this is probably one of most visually stunning movies I've seen for a long time , and honestly I feel like this movie deserves more recognition than it got but at least it finally got Dennis Deakins his Oscar.

Get out won best original screenplay, I don't really have much to say about Get Out, other than its a great film, I loved how it's managed to be funny and take it's self seriously at the same time, which honestly is hard to do.Personally I would have preferred if it went a little deeper on horror aspect but that just me.

Dunkirk, now here's were I'm gonna get a little controversial (maybe?), I don't think this movie should have got as many awards as it did, Sound Mixing and editing I agree with since the sound really does make the movie but I film editing I feel like should have gone to Baby driver as I didn't think Dunkirk did anything special with the editing whereas Baby driver felt like a unique mix of a movie and music video.( but you know not being a musical)

Now that's all for now, for rest I haven't talked about such as Call my by your name or The darkest hour, I'll be catching up on them over the coming weeks and posting my thoughts when I do, so hey maybe give me a follow if you wanna see that, oh and I'm always looking to improve my writing any and all constructive criticisms are more than welcome, oh and thanks for taking the time out to read this.

#Oscars 2018 #long post #movies #movie review #the shape of water #3 billboards #blade runner 2049 #Dunkirk #get out

[gatorfruit-moved]

1, 3, 6, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 21, 22, 29, 30?

Oh my god anon you got me going on tangents

1. if someone wanted to really understand you, what would they read, watch, and listen to?Mostly rock ‘n’ roll. It’s what I grew up on and it shaped me all my life. Here Comes The Sun makes me cry. So does Helium, I really love the Plain White T’s. The HorrorPops were also important to young me. Back to the House that Love Built and several Dutch songs are important to me because of family. Johnny Cash just has voice I’d die for. Reading wise, I live for fantasy, I’m not sure what you’d read to understand me. Elementary school me’s favorite book was the pocket science encyclopedia because I’m a nerd. With shows, I have no idea. I don’t really watch shows except Rupaul’s Drag Race and Dragula. But movies; both Guardians of the Galaxy movies, the second makes me cry a lot because a lot about Yondu reminds me of Opa. Even his funeral. Coco made me cry a LOT it’s very reminiscent of my family. Pap, my great grandfather, is named Hector and I have his father’s guitar from Mexico. The Lion King is also very important to me. And Hellboy, King Kong, Godzilla; all movies my dad loves. Pan’s Labyrinth was my first R rated movie and it’s important to me. I was with my dad and it got me into Guillermo del Toro.

3. list your fandoms and one character from each that you identify with.I’m not entirely active in fandoms oops. Homestuck: the amporas, they’re depicted as villains but for whatever reason they mean a lot to me. Voltron: lance, he just really resonates with me man. Coco: Miguel. He’s so much like me, we even have the same single dimple. That movie feels like my life.

6. are you religious/spiritual?I know it’s blunt but not at all. I find a lot of it fascinating but I just don’t believe in anything.

11. describe your ideal day.I’m going to strip away parts from other days. I’d actually get up early and not feel bad about it, make coffee and wait for my friends to show up, four of us in a car. These friends aren’t really defined but I have a couple in mind. We’d go hiking on a couple trails and make our way up to the ferry to Kelley’s Island, hitting a fast food joint for lunch and going to a simple diner for dinner. After getting settled, we’d go out for another hike as it gets dark and I’ll point out all the constellations on that hidden beach we went to. Libra sat right on the horizon, that’s always what I remember. Then go to the public beach, perfect for swimming. Water warm from the day, warmer than the cool air. After swimming, we’d drive back on a golf cart, feeling the wind on my bare skin and in my hair. We’d go back to where we were staying, all sit under blankets, sharing stories (and body heat, haha) and watching the fireplace until we all eventually fell asleep on each other.

12. dog person or cat person?I love my dogs but cats. There’s just something about their personalities. I love them so much.

13. inside or outdoors?Outdoors. I hate camping though. I wanna sleep inside but I love everything about hiking. No matter the time or weather. Hiking in my heaven.

15. five most influential books over your lifetime.Oof I don’t read ever because I’m a huge mess and I was never able to be emotional swayed by anything until GotG 2. The warriors series was important to me, as was redwall. I really enjoy the writing style in first they killed my father which I read in middle school. I still hang onto a kinda manga tutorial book because it got me into creating more in general. And I have the science encyclopedia still. I’ll never get rid of it.

19. which Harry Potter house would you be in? or are you a muggle?Well I always thought I was a ravenclaw which was and still if fitting but after coming out and being more secure in myself the gryffindor label has come to fit me far better.

21. do you love easily?This is a hard question for me to answer. I get fleeting crushes often, I’m afraid of so many people that any softness I take as love. But I cannot say I love you back to people without months of them proving themselves to me in a certain way. I’ve been closer to some people longer than others but the newer people have just had bigger impacts and I’m able to tell them that I love them even if they did give me shit for it months before. I don’t know how I am with romantic love. I’ve never dated and I don’t like throwing around the term love.

22. list the top five things you spend the most time doing, in order.Huh, I don’t really know how to answer this one. Because I could just be like; sleeping, eating, crying, which is true but I started to think moreso what takes me the most time to do as one action. Now I’ve decided to do a combination, and only say unique things. This won’t be in order because it’s more priority than duration. One would definitely be doing my hair, which takes at least six products if I want it to be nice. Then drawing, making colored pencil art. I found ways to color that I just love and I can create things I didn’t know I could. Next would be writing music, I put a lot of thought into it and music theory is very interesting to me. I spend a lot of time climbing. Just when I’m out messing around with my friends and I get a chance, I perch. I do it in games too, Link’s always on the top of a mountain because of this weird instinct I have. Finally, I’d have to say either math or science. It’s nerdy but love proofs and factoring and zoology and I could go on about random animals facts for hours.

29. three songs that you connect with right now.I’m not gonna be a shithead with this one ok; For Forever from Dear Evan Hansen, it makes me think of how perfect this last summer was, I made real friends and I got to be a stupid teenager going night swimming and catching bugs with my hands and getting fish hooks in my skin and just. Being a boy. We Don’t Believe What’s On T.V. by Twenty One Pilots. Acoustic ukulele covers of that song just kill me and I don’t know why. Helium by the Plain White T’s, it makes me think of Opa for some reason and the chorus hits me hard. I know it’s over three and also not a song but I have to reiterate that Johnny Cash’s voice just makes me feel whole. It resonates with my so deep and I don’t understand why.

30. pick one of your favorite quotes.My dumbass never found a good quote my favs are all jokes oof. “Shoot for the moon; if you miss you will die in outer space, which is cool”

- Katya Zamolodchikova

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

#long post #personal #questions

[pixarchan]

My thoughts about “Coco”

Uuuuuuu wow ok aaammmmm where will I begin?Ok let’s get started.

Some time ago I had the crazy idea of Pixar making a movie about Mexico regardless of Día de Muertos or any other festivities I just had that thought on my mind. when The Book of Life was released 2 years ago I like the essence Guillermo Del Toro gave, as a Mexican you can see the traditional Día de Muertos should be but I don’t know I think there was something missed there. Now I have nothing against The Book of Life it’s an awesome film I loved it but it doesn’t have that spark that gets the audience if you know what I mean.

So when I heard Pixar was gonna release a film about Mexico my mind just blew up, it was like if my prayers had been heard after all, making a movie about my land how the Pixar team went to my country to know our people, traditions, food, colors, music and also our handiworks it’s just something amazing and beautiful that Pixar took the time to live together with us the Mexican people, taste our food, sing our songs, share our traditions and share so many memories that will last forever.

The day before yesterday watched Coco with my family and all I gotta say is “AY DIOSITO SANTO PIXAR ERES GRANDE”. It is a master piece, Pixar made it one more time ladies and gentlemen every time Pixar releases a film they get know how to get us, and now that they made this film my heart screams an AJUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAA like a true Mexican, this film has everything about my Mexico lindo and something we Mexican people treasure more than anything is family, when I watched Miguel’s abuelita reminded me my abuelita even though I didn’t get to know her so much ‘cuz she did when I was 3 years old but my mom always tells me she used to sing, feed, dress and play with me and she always was with me and my sister and brother, how much she loved us so did my abuelito and my he used to be a shoemaker just like Miguel’s family that what my mom says ‘cuz unfortunately he died 3 years after abuelita did.

now I have one abuelito left, my dad’s dad who is 94 years old he he reminds me mama Coco, just this old papa being around with his sons and daughter, his grandsons, grand-grandsons, and grand-grand-grandson, (yeah I know I have a big family jejeje) giving him our love to him it’s just something we can’t explain, Mexico has this spark this warm that any other country would die for having and now that Pixar came with this beautiful movie I know for sure our people, our traditions and our land will last forever and no matter what stands in our way to keep growing as a country we will keep fighting to make the difference as we’ve always done through the years.

So thank you Pixar, muchas gracias foe making this Aztec land so happy and we are certain we Mexico are as great as tacos jajajaja no but really thank you guys for hearing this Mexican girl prayers QUE DIOS TE BENDIGA PIXAR.

#disney pixar #coco pixar #mexico #dia de muertos #family #traditions #food #music #life #love #friendship #people #warm #remember me #the book of life #thank you #dios te bendiga #god bless you #pixar