Not done talking about Encanto >:]
i love seeing the different opinions about Encanto that colombian people have. i personally LOVE the movie, i love the themes it explores, i love how they delve into intergenrational trauma, i love the spanish dub. i love how they don’t frame Alma as an evil villain but rather a very traumatized woman who buried all her feelings deep down and was doing her best to take care of her family, i love how they also didn’t excuse her behaviour but still gave her a chance to change and redeem herself overtime, i love how in the end it is clear that the family has a lot of healing to do but it ends in a positive note, showing that they are going to be alright
many people disliked how the movie showed “multiple colombias“, and i totally get that, but i honestly love that.....it’s obviously not accurate, there’s a big mixture of flora and fauna and traditions and food and clothing that isn’t realistic. and if this was supposed to be a a more realistic film, i definitely would be upset. but it’s a fictional movie about a colombian family saved by a miracle who now have powers. the miracle lifted up the mountains and build a house out of nowhere. i like the ambigious setting because in my opinion, it makes sense in this context
and also because i think it’s really fun to explore all these different aspects of colombian culture. i do agree that this film was not made for colombians, that’s very clear, but i think that’s fine tbh. it’s disney, it’s a usamerican film, i really don’t care. as one of my teachers put it: the fact that they showed many colombias help a lot of people feel represented in the film because colombia is a very diverse country and it’s clear they were going for a “representing and celebrating as many aspects of this culture as we can“ kind of things instead of focusing on one region and working around that
all i want is for people to look for more actual colombian media, i want more stories about us made by us for us, and i want these stories to be recognized internationally
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There's good adaptations that are almost better than the original. There is bad adaptations that make you wish there never had been one in the first place. And then there is Howl's Moving Castle: It deviates so much from the original that it basically becomes it's own story, wholly different from the book in plot as well as vibes, but still amazing in it's own right.
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someone probably said this already but in spiderverse i think it's interesting how when pavitr was first introduced everyone thought something bad was gonna happen to him bc of how confident and optimistic he was. and then in the actual movie we see that something bad was supposed to happen to him (police chief dying!) but it doesn't! miles stops it! and miguel berates miles for this, says it's going to cause the universe to collapse or whatever.
there's this idea that tragedy is inherent to spidermans growth, and while it's true that some spiderpeople learn important lessons through loss, no one stops to ask, is it really necessary? yeah, maybe the chief was supposed to die. but why does spiderman have to be formed through tragedy? why do we (as heroes) have to let people die? pavitr didn't lose anyone, and he's still a good spiderman! maybe, if he doesn't suffer, he'll end up better off for it!
so while miguel is arguing for all this big picture stuff about saving the multiverse he's lost sight of what it really means to be a spiderman, he's not looking out for the real individual people. yeah it's just one person who would die, but that one person means something to someone. shrugging and saying "stuff just sucks sometimes, we can't do anything about it" is the opposite of what superheroes do. pretty obviously, miles arc is also a reflection of the struggles people face in real life, working within unequal systems, where it's easy to shrug and say "that's just the way it is" and not ask "but why does it need be this way? can't we do something about it?"
miguel is arguing that you can't have your cake and eat it too. presumably, miles and co. are going to find a way to get around that and change things for the better (and maybe that's why miles has that line about two cakes in the advisors office!)
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when nimona first shapeshifted in front of gloreth, gloreth was a little freaked out, but more just shocked, and then they went on being friends. it was only once gloreth’s parents told her that nimona is a horrible monster that she finally turned on her. this movie isn’t subtle in the least with its themes, but i like this part of the movie because it really shows just how imaginary and baseless (for lack of a better way to phrase this) the fear of monsters (i.e. trans people) in society is. children, like gloreth, when left alone without any societal influences, will be faced with this Other, Different thing and accept it, just go with it. befriend them.
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Steve has a tell when he starts dating someone, which is why Robin always knows when Steve is going on a hot date. There is a cologne that he designates only for date nights. This is how Robin finds out that Steve and Eddie are dating.
"So, who's the lucky lady this time?" Robin asks, leaning over the counter dangling Steve's keys in front of him with a shit eating grin.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Steve responds, rolling his eyes.
Before he can grab for his keys Robin pulls them away. "I know you're going on a hot date because of what you're wearing."
Steve scoffs, trying to grab for his keys again with no luck, watching Robin pocket them in horror.
Robin smirks as she looks him up and down. "You're wearing a Henley tucked into the tightest pair of Levi's you can squeeze that ass into..."
"Jesus, Robin." Steve breaths out, ears turning a shade of pink. "I'm..."
Robin puts up a hand to stop him from speaking even further. "Let me finish." She says smugly. "And to top it off you're wearing Drakkar Noir, which always screams, STEVE HARRINGTON IS GETTING LAID." Robin finishes her sentence with a wide grin, seeing as the pink from his ears has now spread to his entire face making it's way down his neck.
Before either one of them can speak the bell jingles as the door to Family Video opens.
"Come on Harrington," Eddie booms from the open door. "I want to get to the diner before anyone can take our booth."
Steve offers a slow smile to Robin, seeing that her jaw has dropped in pure shock. "Can I have my keys now?"
Still speechless, she digs his keys out of her pocket and places them in Steve's hand.
Just as he's about to pull away she grabs his wrist, "I want details, Harrington."
"In your dreams, Buckley."
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