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deanpinterester · 1 month ago

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i have this unfounded theory that a lot of media is so consumed with trying to one-up each other and be different that they forget that simplicity is often just as effective of a tool in telling a compelling and cohesive story

#uhhhh me #i'm not sure different is the right word but idk how else to say it #like they're trying to show how creative and unique they are but at the cost of telling a straightforward story. u know #i just saw IF and the first half of the movie was actually really good #it gave me old school kids movie vibes #but when they introduced the concept of the retirement home full of imaginary friends it kinda got convoluted #to me it was them trying to put a spin on the concept of imaginary friends by bureaucracy-fying it #but in the end that whole idea wasn't even necessary #it had very little to do with bea's arc and the interviews went on for too long for no reason except to get laughs #when the movie didn't need it! it already had a casual funny tone!#to me the movie could have just kept with blossom and blue and cal (and keith if you really want)#and forgone the entire retirement altogether #just have bea trying to reunite blossom and blue with their humans and then reuniting cal with herself #like yeah sure you lose the hopeful ending of all the IFs finding humans again HOWEVER i feel that wasn't the point of the movie anyway #the point was bea needing to learn it's okay to still be a kid in hard times and it's okay to still need childish things when you grow up #it's simple but simplicity works #ofc nuance not saying complex movies can never be good bc a lot of them are #it's just that i feel like convolution is becoming more and more of a problem in media #source: i watch way too many damn movies

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