![]() ![]() In a very neutral, fluffy, UwU kind of way, trusting others is… nice. Let’s agree that trust is, generally, a good thing. And boy, they did NOT handle it gracefully. All that I’m saying is that this primary theme of trust is impossible to miss. ![]() Or an early episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. The closest comparison in terms of being heavy-handed is, surprisingly enough, another Disney film, the 2015 live-action Cinderella, and its whole “have courage and be kind” shtick. Good luck trying not to pass out by the end. Take a sip every time the word is mentioned, and take a full shot every time Sisu starts preaching trust. ![]() Heck, you can make a drinking game out of it. Now, anyone who’s seen Raya and The Last Dragon knows how often the theme of trust gets brought up. But, despite all the positive things that one could say in praise of RatLD, I do think that the movie has some creepy, insidious shit in it, and it needs to be addressed. As far as I’ve seen, critics are quite positive about this movie, praising it for its visuals (which are, let’s admit it, as unimportant as they can be here, because Disney has more than enough money to buy top tier looks for their movies), and for an adult story with complex morals and a multifaceted set of characters, among which they point out the lack of a clear villain (I mostly rely on critique and reviews I came across in my own country, but from what little I’ve seen of English-speaking critique, it pretty much lines up). The characters are well designed and overall (mostly) charming and likable and it’s found family of sorts, which is great, found family is the best trope and I’ll fight people on that! There are no songs I personally can’t get behind that particular decision, but I do know that it made a lot of people very happy. ![]() It’s a take on an action adventure road trip movie: an unusual genre for a Disney Princess flick. It looks pretty (the environments and backgrounds are especially beautiful). I wanna start by saying that RatLD is not… bad. Proceed with caution if you haven’t watched the movie Here comes my assorted mess of thoughts about the movie and its message, kind of structured but not reallyĪ special thank you goes to for proofreading!Īlso, spoiler alert. ![]()
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