So I'm at work right now, it's probably not the best place
in the world to be updating my blog but this is my second shift today and I'm
feeling tired and generally apathetic toward respecting rules right now. So
what the hey?
I have actually finished watching all the Pixar movies to
date and I mostly feel ashamed that it took me so long to watch 14 movies. I
keep wondering why it’s taken such a Herculean effort to get through a
relatively short number of fairly decent movie work. Did I seriously get
that burnt out from last year’s Disney marathon? Do I honestly dislike computer
animation that much that my subconscious animosity prevented me from sitting down
to watch them? Am I sick of the constantly positive storylines that we’re being
forced fed by the behemoth that is Disney/Pixar? Or was it simply the fact that my
apartment has lacked a DVD player since mid-march? Or that until recently
I didn’t have a laptop with a disk drive? Or the idea that if I chose to watch
these movies at a friend's place I’d have to tolerate them talking during the movie?
If I’m being completely honest it was probably a combination
of all of the above.
I’m also ashamed that due to my ineptitude I was unable to
watch any Studio Ghibli movies. Of course, there’s always next year :)
Ok, let’s do this!
Up! Is a movie that had the audacity to come out the week
after I left to go serve my LDS mission. I had to endure 18 torturous months
of having people tell me how heartwarming and tender this movie is without
being able to see it. It was truly tolerable; it actually wasn’t that bad at
all. I mostly felt the sting of missing this movie while I was in the MTC but I
soon forgot about it. That’s a pretty shocking idea coming from me, I
know…especially considering how many people I yelled at for talking about Big
Hero 6 in front of me before I’d had a chance to see it. And the extent of
those comments had been “It’s a good movie. You’ll like it!” (As a side note: I
hate it when people say this to me. You don’t get a say in what I will or will
not like! I’ll decide that thank you very much!)
Anyways, most people who dislike this movie are cold and
heartless and probably poachers. When I finally had the opportunity to watch Up
it naturally made me teary-eyed and sentimental about family and whatnot.
I also really enjoyed the commentary on the state of the
modern family: absentee parents, kids with a lack of understanding and a sense
of entitlement, arbitrary awards that mean nothing and show nothing but that
everyone puts so much value into for some reason.
All in all a really well made piece of storytelling.
And I do love balloons.
Toy Story 3 came out shortly before I came home from my
mission and it was one of the first movies I saw in theaters upon my return
home. It was still showing at the local dollar theater and I went to see it
with a friend of mine after the date I was supposed to go see the movie with
bailed on me (it seriously was not a big deal so don’t put too much drama into
the above explanation of how I ended up seeing this movie). I remember it
fondly because we went to Wendy’s on our way to the theater and my friend snuck
in her Frosty after the usher told her she had to throw it away before she
entered the theater. Oh the rebellions that ensue with the movie theater
concessions!
Anywho, like any God-fearing American who was a child in the
90’s this movie made me crazy emotional. I probably got weepy-eyed, although I
can’t remember for sure. It was such a beautiful closing to a really phenomenal
saga and it made me feel like I was saying a very heartfelt farewell to my
childhood.
And then I heard about Toy Story 4 and my blood began to
boil.
SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH!!!!!!
And I’m going to pretend I didn’t watch Cars 2. The shame is
just too much for me to bare.
So the next movie on my list is Brave and I’m going to
refrain from blogging about that particular movie this time around since I have
a lot to say on the subject and it could get a little bit ranty.
Until next time.
Have a great weekend!
