#the absolute positivity in this movie

[phoenixkaptain]

I absolutely love Legally Blonde (the musical). Elle is such a great character!!

The audience is introduced to her in such an amazing way, with her mathematically trying to figure out what to wear. “It may be perfect for a blonde, but I’m not that blonde. I may be in love but I’m not stupid, lady, I’ve got eyes.”

Elle in general is so good. She’s so smart and she’s legitimately the most interesting character to follow.

But!!! The best!!! Part!!! At the end of the musical, when she says she’s leaving, Emmett confessing that he loves her isn’t what convinces her to stay. Instead, it’s the other female characters showing their support for her!!! The way the girls in this movie support each other!!! The “Greek Chorus” is perhaps my favourite example, if only because they’re so supportive of absolutely everything Elle does!!! It’s so sweet!!! “We came to see our president be legally blonde”? Best line, I love it, it’s so good.

But also, the romance between Elle and Emmett is so fucking good. Emmett supports her through absolutely everything. Emmett is such a great person, but also his musical cue is an oboe, which means I’m biased to like him anyway-

“They laughed at me like they’re laughing at you. We can’t win if we don’t follow through.” “Though it’s hardly my business to say, could it be the real thing in your way is the very man you’re trying to impress?” “But I know it’ll all be worthwhile when I win my first lucrative trial, and buy my mom that great big house out on the cape.” “As I hugged my mom and told her, with the chance I’ve been given, I’m gonna be driven as hell.” All of Emmett’s lines are so good, all of his songs are perfect, Emmett is the best character ever.

I love the ending, when Elle proposes to Emmett. It’s the character coming full circle. She begins the musical by planning an outfit that will be perfect for Warner to propose to her to; “This dress needs to seal the deal, make a grown man kneel, but it can’t come right out and say bride.” “I’ve got t leave Warner his pride.” She’s fulfilling the stereotypical idea of the woman having to be proposed to. She can’t propose to him or look too desperate to be proposed to, because that will ruin his “pride.”

Elle proposing to Emmett at the end shows such an amazing character growth. She knows she doesn’t have to fulfill the stereotypical female role in their relationship. She proposes in a room full of people, proving that she is no longer concerned with her partner’s “pride.” She proposes by saying “Emmett Forrest, please make me the happiest woman I know.” She proposes in the stereotypical male style, but it’s so fucking sweet because Emmett is so excited and they just love each other so much-

But the best way to portray the character growth is two specific interactions. To set it up, the Greek Chorus mentions, in the very first song, that being married won’t come between Elle and their “sacred bond of sisterhood.” Later in the same song, the Chorus sings: “We love you guys.” And Elle responds: “No, I love you guys.” Note that she specifically says “I,” because presumably, Warner doesn’t actually care all that much about them.

Now, in the finale, the Chorus repeats the line, this time to Elle and Emmett: “We love you guys.” But, this time, Elle and Emmett respond together: “No, we love you guys.”

Emmett supports Elle’s interests to the point that she feels comfortable sharing them with him. She feels comfortable introducing her best friends to him and he actually likes them. It comes full circle. Elle finally has someone who supports her completely, just like she supports Emmett completely, they make each other happy. It’s so sweet.

Also, it’s kinda funny because Emmett is Elle’s sugar baby-

[lorephobic]

“the class commentary in saltburn was shit” WHAT CLASS COMMENTARY???? NOT EVERY MOVIE WITH RICH PEOPLE HAS TO OR SHOULD HAVE CLASS COMMENTARY. EMERALD FENNELL KNOWS VERY WELL THAT SHE IS NOT THE RIGHT DIRECTOR FOR A MOVIE ABOUT CLASS COMMENTARY WHICH IS WHY SHE DID NOT WRITE A MOVIE ABOUT CLASS COMMENTARY.

[turtleblogatlast]

One of the absolute best things about the bros is that they just. Play. They play around like the teens they are, playing ball, or video games, or anything else. They just play and have fun together, genuinely enjoying each other’s company. I dunno, I just appreciate how easy it is for them to mess around and be kids.

[starleska]

i have a very important ask sitting in my inbox suggesting a Christmas-themed f/o who i know will make me absolutely insane when i watch their source material...so i wanted to post my other Christmas-themed f/os 🙈💖 anyone else have any festive blorbos? 🎅❄️🎄

[try-set-me-on-fire]

this guy

[gaylactic-fire]

I will thank HTTYD live action for one thing, and that's reviving my interest in this franchise like jumper cables to the heart.

Anyway, my controversial HTTYD take is that the second movie feels more emotionally mature, and it continues to resonate more with me the more I've grown into adulthood. It's the cautious optimism... It's the fact that you can't change everyone's perspective, and sometimes you need to fight for what you believe in... It's the fear of adult responsibilities that feel larger than life, only to realise that instead of running you have to try... It's the knowledge that the world may try and strike you down, but the bonds you've created will bring you strength in an uncertain future... do you feel me?

[fictional-worlds-are-exquisite]

i would die for the shark in under paris but that's probably unnecessary to say considering she'd kill me without hesitation. icon. keep killing bestie i love the way you snack on humans you are a star

[bedlamsbard]

I'm trying to figure out how to get from What If's CCverse CATWS knock-off (which I hate and think is not only nonsensical but actively insulting to both CATWS and BW) to an AoU in that 'verse and I think it may be literally impossible because they cut the Hydra infiltration out of that 'verse.

(Bedlam, you hate CC, why are you thinking about it? --I'm considering doing some concept writing for the hypothetical Yonder sequel.)

[babacontainsmultitudes]

I genuinely have no idea how many of you have seen "The Iron Giant" but *nonetheless* if by chance you have, please consider that movie but with Taylor as Hogarth, Cass as his mom obviously, Nicky as Dean, and agent Schmegan as agent Mansley.

[lhrry]

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[constantvariations]

Yknow, instead of basing a lackluster at best character off a nazi, Coco could have been Chajka, based off the heroic Chajka Klinger, a jewish woman who was essentially a scribe of history

You can even keep the minibag machine gun considering the history of jewish women hiding guns in their purses

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

As a CGI remake hater im deffo not gonna see the new little mermaid movie but as a Fish Enjoyer... it may be difficult. And its sad seeing people diss photorealistic fish bc i feel like thats not the problem here really. Sending you this bc i feel like you get it

Oh yeah, I’ve seen people going “why isn’t Flounder a flounder?” as if he was a flounder before lol, I bet people would complain if he was. I think it’s cool that they made him a real fish species this time around instead of a generic colourful fish! It’s a pet peeve of mine when mammals in cartoons will be (nearly) species specific, like “cat”, “fox”, “hamster”, “giraffe”, but other animals will just be these generalised nonspecific things, “turtle”, “spider”, “songbird”, “fish”. I’m not sure if I can say anything nice about the rest of the movie’s fish usage… a while back I reblogged a post that showed a poster’s species inaccuracies and it was all wrong, the poster even had an arapaima!! A freshwater fish in the Atlantic!! And Sebastian is a crab that cannot live underwater, sigh.

It’s cool that they wanna feature fish, photorealistic fish too, as significant characters! Given the rest of their remake record though, I’m not really expecting them to be able to make anything that is as vibrant and interesting as the original — if they can’t make lions emote or be interesting to look at, I don’t think they can do so with fish either. I don’t think I’m too much of a pessimist to expect a bland, small-scale version of the original that makes their CGI fish less emotive than real fish are ;P

[hickeygender]

i'm god's strongest soldier for what i'm thinking about doing tomorrow. i'm toying around with the concept of an essay (either a longass meta post or a proper vid essay if i can be bothered) about 1917 being an effective depiction of the horrors of war without being gritty due to brief moments of humanity and beauty despite destruction. to contrast this mastery, i might re-watch fury for the first time in a decade to point out where "realism" goes wrong. i cannot stress how gritty and edgy this movie is. to give you a vague idea of how bad it is, it's directed by the same guy who directed suicide squad 2016

[irregodless]

inside out 2 is interesting but it sure is the exact same plot as inside out 1 down to the emotions getting stranded outside hq as a core aspect of rileys isbeliminated and having to start from scratch while joy loses hope and cries while watching memories in a pile of memories that were deemed unimportant before being deus ex machinad by an imaginary cartoon

[iamanartichoke]

Last night (well, this morning, really; it was like 3am) I slipped and fell down a Loki disk horse rabbit hole and, to be frank, I am already exhausted and season 2 hasn't even started yet. I'm not gonna lie, idk if I'm going to be able to fandom-along for season 2; I might just end up quietly watching on my own and keeping my thoughts to myself. Which - isn't as fun, really, so lol fuck me I guess.

[rigginsstreet]

Stop casting Joseph Quinn in movies because now I’m forced to see his face on my dash untagged and it’s annoying!!!