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001 - Tales of Zestiria?

Favorite character: It's a tough call between Maltran and Symonne, and Lunarre is trailing right behind both. I tend to call them the "Heldalf Squad," but make no mistake, Heldalf himself isn't part of it. I just like his swagalicious minions. The dry and sarcastic political manipulator, the sadistic and wordy theater nerd, and the flamboyant cannibal who hates everything. Yes. LOVE. But I have to give a shout to my boy Dezel on the hero side! Angsty/stoic characters are very hit-or-miss with me, but Dezel is the flavor I love - obvious soft spots and quirks, and slowly he builds from being antisocial to showing how big his heart is. When he stops the woman from leaping off the Guinevere tower...that's one of my favorite scenes in the entire game, because you can see when the switch flips, when he realizes that he CANNOT stay aloof any longer when there's a stranger's life on the line. He's still a grump about it but a compassionate grump.

Least Favorite character: Heldalf. His backstory is really clever, and I like the curse on him. But he himself just feels like Ganondorf but more boring. I kinda hate that he's so vanilla when his three lieutenants are in my arsenal of pet villains from the vastness of fiction. Also shout-out to Chancellor BART in the opening Ladylake act, because I distinctly remember liveblogging this to a friend, and I played Zestiria *after* Berseria (I'd loved Berseria and that's why I eventually sought out Zestiria) so here I am just comparing up the corrupt church in Ladylake to the Abbey's suave rogues gallery like "Yeah no BART has nothing on Lady Teresa Linares." Thankfully BART was never seen again.

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): DezeRose, SorMik, Symonne x Coco Atarashi (The World Ends With You), Alisha Diphda x Sergei Strelka, and...I swear you have to bear with me here...Zaveid x Anna (Frozen). I also kinda wanna note a couple ships I'm on the fence about for my other favies - those being Maltran x Ebony Maw (Marvel Cinematic Universe or Marvel Ultimate Alliance) and Lunarre x Arkham (Devil May Cry).

Character I find most attractive: Dezel. It is a scientific fact that guys with pointy teeth are just hotter.

Character I would marry: Maybe Dezel, maybe Sergei. I wouldn't want to take them from those I see as their wifeys, but at the same time, they are husband goals, both of them.

Character I would be best friends with: Catch me clinging to Maltran's train and she drags me along annoyedly as I yell "PLEEEEAAASE LET ME HANG OUT WITH YOU GUYS" and Lunarre is losing it laughing while Symonne rolls her eyes

a random thought: So I toyed around with basically every accessory I picked up, and I decided to put the sideburns on Rose because fuck gender roles. Well then I just got used to seeing her with facial hair in every cutscene where her 3D model was used, and now I headcanon that she does get it. Maybe nonclassical CAH intersex? Like, I don't necessarily see her as trans (but I support everyone who hc's her as such) but moreso "a cis woman, but I grow this stupid damn facial hair like a dude and I don't get why." And this is why you shouldn't let me play with customizable accessories on RPG characters because I can and will abuse my privilege to headcanon.

An unpopular opinion: That this is actually a very good game. Listen, I think I get it - the initial marketing promised something far different. And that's disappointing. But coming back to it several years after its release, after the release of its PREQUEL, when I never had that hype building up...it actually exceeded my expectations. I held off from it for a while because I thought Eizen's fate would make me too sad, but that didn't end up the case at all. I actually had just come off playing a more recently-released triple-A game that was hyped up for years, and I completed it to my satisfaction in 20 hours. $80 for 20 hours. Zestiria gave me my money's worth in comparison; it took me about 60, and I loved just how MUCH story it had to offer me. I honestly like Rose better than Alisha anyway (Rose was one of the biggest aspects that interested me about playing it in the first place). I've also seen complaints that the characters weren't well-developed enough? Which I just kinda take to mean "They didn't angst enough." Listen. There are PLENTY of games out there if you want angst and sad stories. I don't really like sad stories in my games. I like adventures where the party is a goofy foundfam that jokes around with each other and helps each other work through shitty situations, and that's EXACTLY what I got. (And Berseria really worked on me too because it kinda started at the bottom of the angst barrel, then worked its way up through "The edgy and tortured protag has gained a party of idiots and oh noooooo she's learning friendship and happiness.") Dezel's death is one of the few game deaths that just made me SATISFIED to watch instead of depressed because of the closure he got and the themes tied into his final moments and sacrifice. I loved going on this adventure, I loved the idiots who I went on it with, and I loved seeing what Glenwood had to offer me in world design the further I explored.

my canon OTP: There's not much for canon romance in this game, come to think of it. Just subtext and some flirting. So I'm blanking on if there actually were any canon couples at all.

Non-canon OTP: DezeRose! Which maybe can be considered almost-canon based on the amount of subtext, but still. It's adorable. (And it's the exact same dynamic as EiRoku except M/F and a thousand years later. I need these four to double date...the dual-wielding goofs with their edgy, grumpy Reapers...)

most badass character: Rose! Not only able to wield the Shepherd's Armatization powers, but also to be a dang good assassin on her own, able to hold her own against Heldalf before she even had her eyes opened to seraphim! Though a shout-out goes to Edna because her armatization was my favorite to play with. There's something just satisfying about bashing the enemy in front of you with a pair of GIANT FISTS

pairing I am not a fan of: RoseAli. To be honest, it was at one point something I kinda enjoyed as a third-tier ship for Rose (Dezel first, then Lailah in second). But then...Alisha's Story. I didn't actually purchase it, thank goodness, just watched it on YouTube, and it was the most grating addition that anyone could've made to this game. First of all, I can sum up the issues with Alisha's Story by reminding everyone that it canonized a secret entrance to Camlann that was much easier to get to and wasn't protected by Muse's sacrifice. But the real thing that hurt to watch was how far down they had to knock Rose and Alisha's friendship to get them to rebuild from scratch. Rose claiming she was never Alisha's friend because she's grieving Sorey? The two of them getting into a PHYSICAL FISTFIGHT over it? Nope nope nope. That's not my Rose. Even less my Rose is that whole scene where she...you know...pounces on Alisha to dress her in the silly noblewoman's dress, and it's framed like...let's just say it's really uncomfortable to watch if you don't know the punchline is just a silly outfit. Even though Alisha's Story isn't canon in my head, it still really killed any buzz I had for RoseAli. I will also say I'm not a big fan of Eizavie - first of all, EiRoku or bust in this house, and second, I have a little bit of a hard time seeing Zaveid as mlm due to how much he goes on and on about The Ladies(TM). (Though I could see Eizen as having a tiny crush on him, though. Just like "Oh no he's hot but he's connected to Aifread's disappearance help")

character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): Mostly just in Alisha's Story. I was mad about the aforementioned Rose stuff, but also...like...they undid Lunarre's original cathartic death, they did so to team him back up with Symonne and then do a whole fakeout that they had Maltran with them too, but Maltran is just an illusion and immediately after this, Lunarre and Symonne just decide "Yeah, we're not gonna work together anymore, have a nice life." Why does Maltran need to stay dead if LUNARRE somehow survived EXPLODING? And just...look to next question for more clarification:

favourite friendship: I just want to imagine that Maltran, Lunarre, and Symonne were weird evil friends. The kind who'd take artistic selfies and caption them "Murder and mayhem with my besties!". Maybe they even had a sibling dynamic. They were all pretty dang jaded, so I like to think they sat around sometimes talking about the things in this world that did them wrong. The reasons they were drawn to Heldalf. Heldalf himself wouldn't have cared, he would've kicked them around like disposable tools, but the three of them were too entrenched in his dogma to see it. Maybe if they met up again after he was off the board...then they'd sing a different tune. Realize they're all three better than this, and now they're gonna do things THEIR way, because remember when they made a three-point attack on Glenwood and Sorey was barely able to keep up with them wrecking Lastonbell AND Pendrago AND Glaivend? Remember when Lunarre and Symonne had each other's backs the night Dezel died? Now they can do what they want on their terms! And I just - I have many MANY feelings about these three.

character I want to adopt or be adopted by: Okay silly self-insert time but the thing is, Archibald Snatcher (The Boxtrolls) and Roman Torchwick (RWBY) are my two favorite parental f/o's (and also my OTP to end all OTPs), and I have this thing about how they'd be PERFECT crime dads to Symonne in particular because she's like a little, more theatrical Neopolitan. So there's a universe in my head where Symonne is basically already my little sister, and I look out for her - well, okay, she's a seraph with powerful Artes and I am a powerless mortal so really she looks out for me because "I suppose SOMEONE has to make sure you don't die" and I am grateful to her for it.

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markwrecksmysoul · 4 years

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Got7 reaction to you kissing them out of nowhere

Jaebum

You watched Jaebum as he spoke to you telling you some embarrassing thing he’d done while he was drunk. You weren’t focusing on his words. The way his lips moved had all of your attention. He looked so cute. The way he would lick them every so often.

Before you knew it you had already leaned in.

“And so I was completely drunk stumbling around and I knock into the guy-mm!”

Ice cold fear had settled into your chest when you felt his lips on yours. The ice left as quickly as it came when he responded slowly moving his lips against yours. You both pulled away moments later and he smiled a hint of confusion behind it.

But instead of questioning you, he continued his story blushing hard.

Youngjae

Youngjae was merely a friend. A very cute, funny, absolutely perfect friend. He was reclining on the couch, phone in hand completely absorbed in whatever he was looking at. And you were completely absorbed in looking at him.

The way he pushed his red brown hair away from his eyes, his lips curving upward as he looked at something funny. You couldn’t stand to hold back any more. You reached out taking his phone out of his hands. He protested but stopped once he noticed you halfway over him one arm braced on his other side. You took a deep breath.

Then, you kissed him, it was short and sweet and he didn’t pull away or throw you off at first contact like you feared he would. Instead he asked jokingly,

“Can I have my phone back now you loon?”

Jinyoung

You didn’t know what to call it. Spontaneous insanity, Early onset dementia, maybe it was Mania! Your calculus tutor was explaining a new concept to you but you weren’t listening.

How could he expect you to listen when he looked so perfect? How could he expect you to be able to focus on anything other than his soft plump lips?

Before you could think better of it you leaned in cutting off his next sentence with your mouth. You fully expected him to throw you all the way to Canada. But instead he had cautiously responded to the kiss, and boy it was a perfect kiss.

You both pulled a way in a daze until jinyoung had cleared his throat pointing at the work book. “Hey! you can’t distract me that easily with your sneaky attacks! do another round of problems”.

You smiled biting your lip. you followed his order but from the corner of your eye you could see his bright red ears.

Yugyeom

You stood in front of the snack isle next to your very tall roommate Yugyeom holding the handheld shopping basket. He had two brands of banana milk clutched in his big hands and was studying them as if they were some big mystery he needed to solve. His eyebrow were scrunched together and his lips were formed into a pout.

Cute

You leaned upwards onto your toes and pecked his cheek. You weren’t sure why, but you didn’t regret the impulsive move. Yugyeoms eyes were wide and he set one of the milk cartons down to touch the spot you kissed. A smile broke out on his face and he dropped the milk carton he had in his hand in your basket.

“Alright I’m done we can go home now”.

Bambam

You were listing all the things bestfriends were allowed to do one by one in your head. Nap together, hug, watch a movie, be jealous of their significant others?

Are bestfriends allowed to think that the other has amazing hair?

No. You sighed internally as Bambam leaned forward getting into the children’s film. He was fixated on the movie boxtrolls.

A dangerous thought popped into your mind. Kiss him. The little devil on your shoulder egged on those thoughts. You were never one to deny yourself something. In this case that something was Bambam. You leaned in and kissed him. A hum of shock erupted from his soft lips.

His lips were at a standstill, feeling awkward you started to pull away , until his hand snaked around your waist. And he kicked your small kiss into overdrive.

After several moment he pulled away. Your mind was lost in La La Land. He smirked.

“You always do spontaneous stuff during the good part of the movie you know”.

Jackson

“Cupcake timeee!” You called out at your roommate Jackson. You would make cupcakes together every year on Easter. It was a bit of an ongoing tradition ever since you moved in. Jackson hopped up from the couch rolling up his hoodie sleeves.

“Say less!”

You mixed the cupcake batter in a big bright red bowl while Jackson whipped up the cream cheese frosting. you grinned staring at him, he mumbled a silly rap about whipping frosting.

“You’re a dork sometimes Wang”.

Jackson gasped. “How dare you I am so profoundly cool you don’t even know”. You rose a brow. “Righhht”.

Jackson dropped his bowl and whisk on the counter and stalked towards you. He dipped a finger in the batter and flicked his finger at you.

Your eyes widened. “You flicked batter at me!”

Jackson licked his finger. “I sure did what are you gonna do about I-“.

Your lips were on his in an instant and you could taste the cupcake batter on his tongue. You pulled away a few moments after enjoying the dumbstruck look on his face.

Mark

It was another lazy Sunday night for you and your bestfriend Mark. Mark sat criss-cross on the floor watching chowder on Hulu you sat behind him on the couch his head between your knees while you fumbled with his hair.

You wouldn’t have moved from your position if your life depended on it. You leaned forward and plopped your chin on his head.

“You know that kinda hurts right?” You hummed nonchalantly in reply until he’d moved so your chin was no longer digging into him. You pouted. “I was comfortable.” Mark laughed. Your heart skipped a bit. He looked so adorable. Thoughts of kissing him ran through your mind but you waved them away

“Don’t pout weirdo.”

He sat back down again and grabbed your wrists to drape them over his chest. you rested your chin on his shoulder now, a satisfied smile on your face.

“I’m changing it to adventure time.” You felt his jaw move against your cheek. You really wanted to kiss him. You were so close.

You grabbed his chin his body turning with his head and pressed your lips onto his the adventure time theme song played softly in the background.

Your heart was beating hard like you ran ten miles. then you pulled away.

“Are you gonna kiss me everytime I change the cartoon ? cause I can live with that arrangement”

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theantisocialcritic · 4 years

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Archive Project - October 20, 2014 - Book of Life Review

When I first heard of Book of Life, I was reminded of some of the weird, racially questionable stuff Nickelodeon made back in the day like El Tigre and Nacho Libre. Shows and movies that walk the line of being celebrations of another culture and racially insensitive stereotype perpetuator. With the last several months though and getting a great deal of promotion sent my way and seeing the high caliper talent that is backing up the production such as Guillermo Del Toro, its quickly grown to be one of my most anticipated movies this fall. So how is the movie? Well, I really liked it! The story is kinda complicated because it is weaved together on multiple levels and planes of reality but the basic story goes something like this: Mexico is the center of the universe! On the day of the dead, the people of Mexico are celebrate the legacy of their dead loved ones. Those loved ones in turn rise from the dead to join the living and celebrate. Amongst the celebration, who deities have made a bet amongst a love triangle between three young children. Both Manolo and Joaquin seek the heart of Maria, a strong willed young girl. Whichever of the Gods wins the bet and wins the heart of the Maria to their child wins control over their equivalent of Heaven. As the three children grown up and part ways, each falls into their destiny. They never forget each other though, and as adults they reunite and their love triangle returns. If the description doesn't sound very enticing its because trying to wrap up this movie in a nutshell is very difficult. It switches between the bet of the deities, a love triangle, a Mexican themed remake of Corpse Bride and a group of kids on a field trip fluidly but makes summing up the story in a meaningful way next to impossible. With that, I really liked The Book of Life! The story is a bit more convoluted than I'd like but the characters, visual design and vocal performances are all cranked to 11. With most animated movies, i've found that the central story and visual aesthetic tends to overpower the characters. If an animated movie is made cynically, for the money without a lot of time this tends to be the result. Reel FX Studios however took the time to flesh out each of the characters with a sympathetic and unique personalities. Even the lesser half of the proscribed love triangle is entirely sympathetic. In a lessor movie, Joaquin, voiced by Channing Tatum no less, would be the meathead tough guy fighting for the girl's attention. Book of Life however makes the character very sympathetic from the beginning. While he does fall into the cliche of a crappy fiancee, it is fairly obvious why because he spent his youth growing up under a military general, Maria's father, who has some very old school attitudes to gender politics. Even with that though, Joaquin is still sympathetic. I like that the movie is able to dedicate portions of its screen time over to just letting the characters breath, interact and talk. Most kids movies wouldn't seem to have the patience for that. I also adore the visual design for this movie. Its gorgeous to look at and its full of tiny details and color. Initially I kinda worried that it would carry a bit of racial insensitivity (especially after the trailer where the guy bragged about unlimited churros…) but the movie handles its take on Mexican folklore effectively. Book of Life carries itself both with the confidence of good intentions and a childlike sense of wonder towards the culture it is exploring. It isn't perpetuating stereotypes and doing things to hurt people of Mexican lineage but admires the culture and wants to show people how cool it is. I have a lot of respect for the movie for that. Sadly though the movie was not perfect. There were some weird set ups they didn't quite pay off and visa versa here and there. I was hoping that the movie would put me through the ringer a little harder and make some of the harsher moments more emotional. Not that the weren't good but I wanted more of them than I got. Still a lot to recommend with this movie even though it didn't quite hit the high water mark I wanted it too. Still, Book of Life joins the long list of 2013's great animated movies like The LEGO Movie, How to Train Your Dragon 2 and The BoxTrolls! I definitely recommend you go see it! Thank you for reading! Live long and prosper!

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justanothercinemaniac · 7 years

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Epic Movie (Re)Watch #146 - The Boxtrolls

Spoilers below.

Have I seen it before: Yes

Did I like it then: Yes.

Do I remember it: Yes.

Did I see it in theaters: Yes.

Was it a movie I saw since August 22nd, 2009: Yes. #319.

Format: Blu-ray

1) Unlike previous Laika films, The Boxtrolls isn’t really a horror movie in any way. It’s more just quirky fantasy. Not that this means it is any less well done of a film though. Just make sure you know what you’re seeing.

2) I just have to say, from the first few minutes of the film, Ben Kingsley as Archibald Snatcher steals every freaking scene he’s in.

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Kingsley’s voice work is totally unrecognizable as Snatcher, and that is part of what makes him fun. You feel some sympathy towards Snatcher, as he just wants to move up a social ladder which he has been at the bottom of since birth (because it’s an injustice and unfair system). But darn if he just isn’t an amazing villain. Each and every one of his lines DRIPS with delightful evilness and greed. He is just amazingly fun and so freaking good in this movie, Snatcher is easily not only one of my favorite animated villains of all time but one of my favorite villains of all time period. Sometimes a movie is as good as its antagonist, and if that’s the case for The Boxtrolls it makes sense that this movie is so freaking good.

3) I grew up in Wisconsin. I totally understand the obsession this town and its elite members have for cheese. Cheese is awesome, man.

4) The titular boxtrolls.

The animation in this film is amazing and you can see that just by examining the boxtrolls. For characters who have little to no dialogue, each individual boxtroll is somehow given its own unique character and personality through design and movement alone. You understand that Fish is a little more caring and patient than the stubborn Shoe, for example. And even with the boxtrolls with smaller parts you get a sense of individualism among them. It would have been easy for each boxtroll to be a carbon copy of the other. For them to be the same if not in design than at least behavior. So kudos to the filmmakers for taking the time and effort to give each their own personality.

5) Fish and Eggs have a really interesting relationship. It’s almost father/son, in fact it’s REALLY close to father/son, but even Winnie comments later how Fish isn’t really a father. That may be because he’s a boxtroll, but I don’t know. He doesn’t feel like a total father. It’s like Eggs is raised by the community and Fish is the one who puts special interest to him. So ALMOST a father but not exactly. Either way, it’s a nice relationship to have in the film.

6) The entire class structure in this film (white hats at the top, red hats at the bottom) is really interesting to me. I mean it sucks, because people get to be abuse power while other people are at the bottom just because of privilege (or lackthereof), but it just works REALLY well. Not in reality, obviously, but as a storytelling device. It’s sleek, simple, easy to understand, and create a basic conflict for the rest of the film.

7) Winifred!

She’s so freaking weird, I love it. Laika has a real knack for portraying kids honestly, weirdness and all. And Winnie is no exception. She’s unique, a total nut job in the best sense, well developed, and has a great conflict with her dad which illustrates one of the biggest struggles about being a kid: no one ever listens to you. Elle Fanning is great in the role, giving Winnie all the heart/bravado/weirdness she needs in one well balanced package.

8) This is way too accurate to today’s political world.

White Hat 1 [on how one gets a white what]: “With valor!”

White Hat 2: “Chivalry!’

White Hat 3: “Or being rich! That’s how I got it.”

9) Eggs in the human world is the opposite of how we are introduced to the boxtroll world. We are introduced to the boxtroll world as this wondrous place filled with imagination and wonder. Eggs is overwhelmed, freaked out, and no one could pay him any mind. It gets to a line he has later in the film: humans are the monsters, not the boxtrolls.

10) The Trapshaw Baby song is a great piece of exposition to not only kind of what happened to Eggs, but also why the surface people hate boxtrolls.

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It was also written by Eric Idle, of Monty Python fame. I would also like to point out that it is easy to see the twist that comes with Madame Frou Frou if you’re looking for it. I wasn’t the first time I saw this film, so I was honestly surprised.

11) Eggs big conflict in this film is one of identity. He is too human to be a boxtroll (as he doesn’t have the natural inclination to hide like the others) but he’s too boxtroll to be accepted in the human world (biting Winnie, wearing his box, hiding from humans). You would think he belongs to both but instead he belongs to neither.

12) Wow. I can’t tell if this is awful or brilliant.

Winnie [about a street]: “Creeds Way? Milk turns into it.”

[She points to a street sign that names the street “Milk” just before the one man band does a rimshot.]

13) Snatcher is really starving for power (and cheese, which in this film are one and the same). It’s a bit of self loathing: he thinks if he raises his social status, he will raise who he is as a person. I always love a villain with a weakness (it feels more realistic when they’re defeated in the end), and I think Snatcher’s starvation for power/cheese is a great one.

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14) The following factory fight once Eggs is discovered trying to save Fish is a great action set piece. It is well paced, humorous, and also helps move the story along. This is when we learn that Eggs (and also when Eggs learns that he’s) the infamous Trapshaw Baby, and it’s when we learn that the captured boxtrolls are being forced to build something. It’s just a wildly fun scene altogether.

15) I love that THIS is how they explain why Eggs speaks English while the other boxtrolls don’t.

Eggs: “I have a speech impediment!”

16) Poor Eggs.

Eggs [translating for Fish]: “He says I was given to him.”

His entire world comes crumbling down. The conflict of identity (not being fully boxtroll or fully human) becomes apparent to him, starts to weigh on him. Everything he thought he knew was a lie and everything is now upside down. Growing up sucks, basically.

17) Eggs at the white hat party is so painfully awkward I love it!

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18) This line gets me wondering...

Eggs [after Winnie tells him to kiss the hands of the ladies]: “Which one’s the ladies?”

Do boxtrolls have gender? Are pronouns ever used to describe boxtrolls? I can’t remember. All I can remember is them being referred to by their full names like Fish and Shoe. But does anyone remember if they have gender? I’m totally down if they don’t! Like if that’s just not a part of their culture, I am so okay with that. I’m just trying to figure out if that’s the case or not.

19) Platonic male/female friends waltzing (especially if the female is leading) is one of my favorite things in the world.

20) This line kinda gets me.

Think about what’s happened at this point: all of Eggs’ family, everyone he ever knew, have been kidnapped by humans who think they’re evil for kidnapping him. He tries to tell them the truth and he is outright ignored. It doesn’t matter. Not as much as their cheese, their privilege, their power, their beliefs. They shut out everything that doesn’t make sense to them and make up lies to fill in the blanks. And here’s Eggs who is hoping they can help but learning the truth that a lot of people really just suck. I don’t know why this line is so powerful to me, but it is. It all is.

21) When Snatcher invades the boxtroll cave to round up the last of the boxtrolls it feels like such an invasion. Here was this place of warmth and safety being ruined by a greedy man and his death machine. It is incredibly effective but damn if it just doesn’t feel wrong.

22) Eggs’ dad!

I had the chance to watch this film with my mom for the recap. She had never seen it before and was so sad when Eggs’ dad was seemingly killed off. So when “Jelly” showed up she got so excited, it made me like the film even more.

23) I cannot even imagine what animating this giant robot was like for stop motion animators.

24) I didn’t mention it before, but I love how Richard Ayoade’s Mr. Pickles and Nick Frost’s Mr. Trout keep having to convince themselves they’re good guys. That they think they’re on the side of justice and keep losing that faith as the film goes on. This is the culmination of that for me.

Winnie: “Are you pest exterminators or evil henchmen?”

Mr. Pickles: “I KNEW it! I KNEW that’s how people saw us!”

25) This. Freaking. Line.

Lord Portly-Rind [after Snatcher talks when he’s disguised as a woman]: “Why is he talking like Madae Frou - oh my god! I regret so much.”

26) This scene. The idea behind this is so freaking important for EVERYONE to hear. I knew it’s something I still have to remind myself of on a daily basis, and I love that this film says it.

Eggs [when Snatcher has his white hat]: “Don’t do it. Don’t change who you are. Cheese, hats, boxes! They don’t...make you. You make you.”

27) I love the boxtrolls and the humans in a cohesive society at the end. Granted I love any film with a message of unity.

28) I! Love! THE META!

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Outside of Pixar, Laika is probably turns out quality animation with more consistency than most studios. The Boxtrolls is no exception. With a unique sense of humor and excellent characters, we are taken on a fun fantasy filled ride which will fully immerse you from start to finish. It is truly just a wonderful film.

#The Boxtrolls #Box Trolls #Laika #Ben Kingsley #Elle Fanning #Epic Movie (Re)Watch #Both is Good #Movie #Film #GIF

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