During this film, the serotonin surge was REAL. It’s heartfelt, profound, and personal. I like how they show how parents don’t always succeed in being supportive, which hit home for many people, and also Alberto’s predicament with his father (which also hit home for many others), but they still present a beautiful conclusion where Luca’s aspirations and desires are supported by his parents. It demonstrates how to deal with a difficult situation and provides hope for our future children and how we will treat and respect them.
It was such a bittersweet finish. It’s inspiring to see Luca pursue his aspirations despite having to leave his best friend behind (insert eye emoji here), and it’s a realistic circumstance. You can’t always step off the train at the last minute to spend eternity with the one you love, no matter how much you want to. They stayed in touch and are developing and evolving together without suffocating or fostering harmful codependency.
Perhaps I’m reading too much into a fish movie about gay sea creatures, but the film has left an indelible impression on my heart, which I willingly welcome. Wonderful, wonderful film!!! Genuinely, a new favourite. (It also gave me the same serotonin high as meeting new people as a teenager, reminding me how much I enjoy socialising!)
Can’t Crush A Soul Here. That’s What Life On Earth Is For
I’m Going To Live Every Minute Of My life
Is All This Living Really Worth Dying For
I’m Just Afraid That If I Died Today My Life Would Have Amounted To Nothing
Above lines are from the movie that really really got me
Very deep and cool movie
Its not all n all for kids but for growing ones and adults
While I found myself thoroughly engrossed while watching this movie, a funny thing happened, around the halfway point, I realized I hadn’t laughed once. Sure I had smiled a few times at the low key humour but never was a joke thrown in my face that seemed like it was just thrown in there to make sure the film didn’t lose the kiddos. Admittedly Pixar doesn’t usually go out of its way to ensure kids laughing every second but this film doesn’t have that on its mind there are times during the first quarter when you may believe someone’s spiked your drink with a hallucinogenic as Disney’s innovative way of capturing our entrance and exit to the world is developed, but, as you will find, this is a film to get you thinking, and, more importantly thinking about yourself – reflecting so to speak. Delivered with the usual Pixar excellence, if this doesn’t make you realise that tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life then rewind, pause and start again, because the message is universally important to all and that includes you. Artistically it’s a masterpiece without any doubt it’s incredibly inventive like most of the Pixar movies and deeply poetic like just their greatest ones. It manages to use the animation to create and rationalize images, worlds, characters and concepts so complicated and imaginative that usually can only find their form inside minds. The movie features a likeable character Joe Gartener whose life is cut short and is forced to face the fact that he never accomplished his ultimate goal in life playing gigs as a jazz pianist. He spends the whole movie bouncing between the supernatural and physical world trying to get back into his own body so that he can live out his dream only to discover that his ultimate goal does not define his life. But at the same time narratively it feels rushed and this makes it hard to be involved, moved and you find yourself detached from so many aspects about the main character, the dimensions he crosses and about the philosophy behind them. The main story needed more attention, a more elaborated development especially in the first half where the movie doesn’t find the right rhythm running and running without a breath, a beautiful essential breath. Maybe it just needs to be watched a second time or even more to be fully appreciated. Still, it is a good movie, even a masterpiece under some aspects as already mentioned, but it could have been a masterpiece under every aspect if it lasted longer. It had so much to say and too little time to do it. This movie might be more intended for adults than children. It reminds you about the things that make being alive so great. It’s not about making it big, it’s about the little moments that happen every day. Anyone who regrets a decision they made or who constantly thinks about where they would be if they would have chosen a different path in life should watch this movie
