#excellent movie

[inkedinserendipity]

oh my god, y'all. oh my god. moana 2 spoilers under the cut.

i am just?? i am speechless. i am literally still collecting my thoughts. right now i am just a mess of glee and relief and joy at watching that movie. the first movie meant so much to me!! and the most important part of it to me was the friendship between maui and moana, and i am so proud of the sequel for how they did that relationship right. i was stunned honestly by how faithful they were to what drove the first movie - maui coming to respect and care about this mortal, and moana caring about him and turn.

the first thing he does when he hears the gods are threatening moana is go no, this is between me and him! this isn't about her! don't even talk to me about the way he dove into the ocean after her!! without hesitation, even after he just lost his hook and his powers! (especially after the way he reacted to that exact same thing in the first movie, but in this one, instead of lashing out, instead of even pausing to think about it, he just goes in after her.) the panic in his voice when he finds heihei and demands, oh hell, where's moana. the way he mourned - god, that broke my heart. that was palpable. that was tangible. the song, aue, aue....

fuck me. FUCK me. if me from six years ago could've seen this, i would've been overjoyed. i'm tearing up now, even thinking about it. this story that i cared about so deeply has been continued with so much respect to what spoke the most to me.

the callbacks made me so freaking happy too! the mini-maui being just as much of a little shit, keeping score, the oar and the hook, oh and MOANA'S OAR becoming the symbol of her divinity? i lost my freaking mind! that was so good! and her ancestors - her grandmother, tala - being the one who ushered her into divinity - was so fucking good. we tell the stories of our elders in a never-ending chain. you could see it happen! in the symbol of te fiti, the swirl of people who gathered around her to bring her back to life!

the tie between community killed me too. how in the beginning of the movie, the meeting in motunui featured just moana and her father - and then toward the end, the structure was full of people.

i have so many more thoughts, about the musical callbacks, the refrains from the first movie (and, candidly, a number of critiques about the new characters and the strange pacing and lackluster and plot and weird music choices - basically everything but the friendship between our leading duo, tbh), but this was just...my heart is so full. i am so glad i got to see this movie. younger seren, you would've fucking loved this.

[thatonesquintern13]

we’re here because

we’re here because

we’re here because

we’re here 🧡

[bugoutreviewgirlie]

The Paris Special was incredibly, incredibly good. Massive kudos to the writers, the animators, the costume designers, the composers, everyone that worked on this. It by far surpasses all the movies and specials before it. I'm gonna be rewatching this again for sure.

[heretyc]

[polymysteryinciscanon]

No idea what I just watched or what emotions I am currently experiencing...but I am fundamentally changed as a person and have a better appreciation for the human condition so...

Sounds like a ghibli movie to me!

[jefferson-starkid]

I just watched Shiva, Baby and holy shit that was the most stressful and relatable hour and 15 minutes of my life

[iinsawdious]

recently watched the mitchells vs the machines and it is. soo good

[piney-45]

ANYONE ELSE WATCHED THE NEW THE LITTLE MERMAID???? I NEED TO RANT ABOUT IT SO SOMEONE

IT IS THE BEST MOVIE IVE EVER WATCHED

IF YOU HAVENT WATCHED IT YOU SHOULD

UTTER MASTERPIECE

[oh-shit-i-spilled-my-genderfluid]

New favorite movie unlocked: Mama by Guillermo del Toro

[woogly-boogly]

if you're going to watch one horror movie rhis year, make it Talk To Me. holy shit it was so good, loved the premise, loved the execution. i really hope this movie gets the ball rolling on getting more Australian movies because it feels like we only get like one a year, and we deserve more lol

[jinxedeyes]

GO WATCH NIMONA NYOOOOOWWWW @!!!!!

[deadbookssociety]

FOR THOSE WHO THINK JOHN WICK IV WILL BE GREAT... SHUT UP IDIOTS!!! GO WATCH THIS👇🏻

[therottenkingsreckoning]

I just rewatched this yesterday with my sister. Still just as breathtakingly gorgeous as the first time, maybe even more so now since our artists' perspective lets us appreciate just how much effort must've gone into every frame.

Also, did not expect the plot to move as fast as it does. Like I'd remembered it being sort of slow tbh, but nah it just speedruns that shit

Castle in the Sky (1986) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

[yashahimewasamistake]

The Wonka movie was good.

I laughed a lot.

[yezzyyae]

Watching “Red Eye” featuring Cillian Murphy & Rachel McAdams. It’s soo good I really am on the edge of my seat how Jack lured Lisa it’s only because he was handsome & his eyes was alluring👀😩his voice is soo scary & calm.