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Obviously I have beef with 'Kiki can't talk to Jiji anymore because she ~matured~' but overall they are so wholesome....
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Jax crying when Dewan is born because he's so honored and humbled and overjoyed and thankful and so full of love for Kiki, who just spent eight months of her life (a long time to a clone!) growing an entire child because he wanted one and she loves him and he loves her. and he can hardly wrap his mind around it. a baby. he delivered it! he was there through the five or so hours of labor, watching kiki just be in pain and discomfort for HIM and their KID and she did this all before with Pai. Jax is sobbing.
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M:I Dead Reckoning Spoilers
This is your last warning.
OKAY so on the one hand, I cannot believe they killed off Ilsa!! Did they do a good job of foreshadowing it? Yes, I saw it coming a mile away even before they got to the bridge. However, (in my opinion) it was a disappointing move.
I was so down for Hayley Atwell to be in this movie. In fact, I still really love her character + character development over the course of the movie!! I think she was well fleshed out for her first movie!! But just because they introduced a new character (and dare I even say… love interest???) does not mean they can kill off the only other female on the team. They one-hundred-percent fridged her for the sake of Ethan’s dilemma later on in the movie, and that was after they already set up the first fridge in the beginning of the movie to show how angry/scared he was of this guy.
Furthermore, they killed her off to perpetuate Ethan’s tragic love life. We know that before Ethan joined the IMF, his SO was killed by Gabriel. In the first movie, the woman he was seeing on his team is killed with the rest of them in the beginning of the movie. We never hear from the thief (Ms. Hall?) after the second. Julia we know fakes her death and becomes a ghost after the third movie. And then, in Fallout, it seems like Ethan’s finally given permission (by Julia or himself or the circumstances, take your pick) to move on and be with Ilsa. Only for it to all fall apart in the very next movie!!
There was no reason to kill off Ilsa. It was bad writing, especially after hinting at Grace being his next love interest and killing off Ilsa because of her. There was no reason for Grace not to get along with everyone as friends in the IMF or as a contact or what have you and still have Ilsa as Ethan’s SO as well as a rogue agent/in the IMF/ghost contact.
That being said.
Now that I have finished blaming the writers, I must congratulate them in the way they handled Ilsa’s death. I mentioned earlier that I was able to see Ilsa’s death foreshadowed in the cinematography and the overall feel and narrative of the movie. Faking her death in the beginning of the movie to prime the audience for her real death later, having her face blown up on the tv screen behind the director when he tells Ethan that continuing this path will cost him, and the overly blatant call out of the entity that she was closer to the bridge than Ethan.
Concerning the bridge itself, I feel like it was somewhat ridiculous to have Ilsa carry a sword over a gun, but those feelings aside the sword v knife fight was freaking awesome. They did do her (as well as Grace before) justice in the fight against Gabriel in the fact that visually they were really cool looking fights and they weren’t taken out in two swings.
And on the matter of Grace’s presence at the bridge, I have to say it was very in character for Ilsa to pursue Gabriel in an effort to save Grace. From our first meeting with Ilsa, she was always willing to put an ally’s life before her own (just as Ethan is so prone to doing) and so character-wise, it makes sense for Ilsa to go in without backup, without waiting.
Am I still mad that she died? Absolutely! I could also talk about their usage and subsequent disposal of Paris (a really awesome and fun character; tbh I am not totally sure that’s her name), but right now I wanted to focus on Ilsa’s death as Paris’s role in the movie requires her own pros and cons list. However, I can say that I (personally) think that it was handled much better than some other movies deal with their characters deaths. Overall, it was a fantastic movie and I will be watching part two next year to see how they round off this arc.
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I need a kiki soon. Just chilling on the bisexual couch.
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music recommendations based on your favorite ghibli movie!
🤍 Kiki's Delivery Service
🎶 The Sundays
-super cute jangly 90s pop fit for a little witch exploring her new town
🤍 Up on Poppy Hill
🎶Saint Etienne
-upbeat and catchy tunes to listen to while cleaning up the Latin Quarter
🤍 The Secret World of Arrietty
🎶Adrianne Lenker
-pure cottagecore folk perfection to listen to while foraging for flowers
🤍 Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
🎶Stereolab
-quirky 90s electronic that feels very fitting for its unique setting
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The Ever-Present Challenge of Whether Legolas is Blond or Brunet
Blond
The movies
book evidence to be found later
Brunet
“[Legolas’s] head was dark, crowned with sharp white stars that glittered in the black pools of the sky behind.” -FotR pg. 435
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@grimflyer : nothin' bro what's the matter with you
“Wh- NO!!! No, no, that’s NOT how this works!! I’M supposed to say that! You can’t do that!!”
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