i am SUPER biased towards this movie. When i watched it with my parents and my sister, I was fully expecting my dad to get up and leave. He does this for every single film we've ever seen together. He gets bored, or it's too cheesy, or the very most common thing i hear is 'it's not realistic enough', which I had always just accepted as a character trait of his- he doesn't like movies, and that was okay. So i was of course expecting him to not watch Luca all the way through. But he did! He sat all the way through it and when I looked over to him he was always smiling at it... haven't seen him smile that much EVER, and never ever ever at a movie targeted at kids. I think it just reminded him so much of his childhood he had to like it. No complex theme, no crazy world ending threat, just kids being kids and getting into trouble. What I'm saying is I think Luca is highly highly underrated and such a fantastic movie, and I adore it even though I appreciate this sins video too.
Almost the same thing happened to me and my dad! Sure, we watch a lot of movies together, but he's not very interested in the animation section and doesn't even express much of a reaction to them at all. But I was so delightfully surprised to hear him smiling for the entire movie, that made me realize how important it is to have a movie that's not just full of deep thinking and metaphors, just something that makes you feel lighter and happier.
i am confused about how actual fandoms with in-depth characters and plot have people hating every second of it, but this amalgamation of a movie seems to have everyone thinking its amazing and inspirational and new... i swear, when i watched it everyone in the room was screaming at the, frankly, absolutely torn plot, so many plot holes it may as well be threads. maybe it was the two bags of popcorn, maybe it was the fact that we have seen better than this, maybe its just that my brain is weird, who knows, but please, give me a bloody list of things you actually like about this film, and list in detail, none of that "oh it was **insert thing that is honestly generic** (i'm not even gonna touch on the whole "this is good representation" thing, thats a rant for another time. but you all seem like decent-ish people who can conversate, so please reply.)
The movie is a perfect formula old-school one like something out of the early 90s late 80s that manages to duck under the whole “Wokewood” radar and come out a solid film under a hour and a half with a good ending/message and plenty of feels.
1995 Pixar: "What if toys had feelings?" 2006 Pixar: "What if cars had feelings?" 2007 Pixar: "What if rats had feelings?" 2015 Pixar: "What if feelings had feelings?" 2021 Pixar: "What if Italians had feelings?"
2001 Disney: What if monsters had feelings? 2003 Disney: What if fish had feelings? 2008 Disney: What if robots had feelings? 2012 Disney: What if video game characters had feelings? 2021 Disney: What if Asians had feelings?
They never explained how Lucas’ parents were able to walk perfectly when they first emerged from the water in the movie. Makes you wonder if they’ve done it before.
And guessing how the people at PIXAR think about their art, they probably made it on purpose to have the audience think about it. I have to see a movie by them, where the story is solely confined to the movie shown.
I won’t lie, being a Luca (and a descendant of Italian immigrants), watching this film was quite cathartic; I definitely shed a tear or two. It was the first time I’ve ever felt represented in a piece of media and I’m really glad people enjoyed it.
I was so excited to Luca to come out because I am a decent from Italian immigrants too! My grandma Colona actually came straight from Sicily! I sadly didn't get an accent tho even tho my dad is 100% I think my Nona is aswell(my dad's mom) Italian he doesn't have much of one either but some of my uncles do ☺ I actually cried watching bec it made me think of my grandma in a happy way and the ending made me cry bec it was so cute 😢
You missed a sin during the Uncle Ugo scene, if Luca had gone to the deep, his parents would be condemning him to a horrible death of either suffocation due to the lack of oxygen that a creature of the shallows, such as Luca, would not be adapted to, or being squashed into a Panlucacake due to the pressure that deep, that, again, a shallows creature like Luca wouldn’t be used or adapted to.
I mean, Ugo can survive in Shallow Waters, even with the choking thing, so I am pretty sure Luca would as well, but with consequences. Either way, it was a horrible idea of the parents's part
Then again, this is kind of realistic as a metaphor. I'm sure everyone knows an example of extremely loving and caring parents who squash and destroy their children's lives, personality and future just because their idea of protecting them from the cruel crazy outside world doesn't quite align with reality (and/or the actual time their children live in).
On one hand I’m thinking “No, they wouldn’t dare to nitpick Luca. It’s too wholesome to find anything wrong with it.” but on the other hand I’m saying “Nitpick it! Nitpick it!”
@@stormgate3079 off the top of my head, at least a sin for how they have indoor plumbing but there's no way any character knows how to install and repair that. Probably also that the areas around their "howses" changes by the episode, e.g. Rabbit's garden is near a cliff in one. Oh, and all the "he survives this" from all the big falls.
Probably the biggest sin of all in this movie, which some how they didn't mention, is that the entire plot of the race wouldn't exist because there's no way all the parents there cheering for their kids would stand by and watch Ercole clearly cheat or even enter the race when he's clearly too old.
The fact that I audibly said “he survives this” BOTH times they jump from the tower through the tree to the ground proves how much cinema sins has gotten in my head
“Forcing someone to be human without their explicit consent” I mean, isn’t that the situation with all of us tho Edit: I did not mean this in a depressed sort of way. I am happy with my life. I am saying no one ever asked to be HUMAN. Sometimes I wish I was a bootiful butterfly 😤
@@LucianDevine Well, the sperm is more of a pre-programed drone that acts in very predictable patterns, it does not have sentience, and therefore doesn't have the capacity to consent. So I would ague not.
Still, I'm glad that he got exactly what he deserved. In fact, I'm glad that he's a big jerk since we first see him, instead of being another twist villain.
I lovw how the bully is just a pathetic guy that goes against marginalized groups or people that he finds weaker to boost his ego But at the same time no one really cares about him
I’m glad he wasn’t made the “main” villain. Would have ruined the movie. Instead, he was the most frequently present secondary villain of three. Definitely made the movie a lot better in the end for two of the three secondary villains to be cut off with proper explanation. (With the hunters just generically being scared off by peer pressure)
Still. This movie hit the spot. Another wonderful PIXAR-work with jokes, gags and easter-eggs for every age and perfect score. Those people are artistic miracle workers.
honestly, Alberto had it coming I don't care if he's a neglect child with rampant daddy and abandonment issues that does not undo toxic jealousy and blatant manipulation fucco aroundi i founde autto
ADDITIONAL SIN: Somehow Luca and Alberto’s pants aren’t left with gaping holes made by their tails in their rears after they transform from sea monsters into humans. I’m SHOCKED this one didn’t make the sin counter. I’d have given it a sin for every occurrence.
It is even more bizare that their seaweed clothes don't have a hole for the tail, when they transform into human. It's very apparent on Luca's parents clothes, when they first embark on the beach and hide from the fisherman. BTW, the boys might've been wearing their pants backwards, with open flyzip. I'm sure Ercole wouldn't have missed commenting on it, if that was the case.
I'd take off the point for selling out their fish friends, because there's no point where it's implied that the sea monsters consider fish their friends. The fish Luca is herding are livestock, and are presumably being raised for food, and so it's likely sea monsters see fish as something to eat, not as friends. Also, since they breathe water they wouldn't spit out bubbles when spitting out food, but they may release bubbles of oxygen when settling on a rock if the species has a swim bladder, because species with swim bladders release oxygen when they want to increase their density.
I love this movie a lot but I also love seeing it absolutely picked apart by cinemasins like this. So thank you! I’m glad you took a sin off for the betrayal scene that parallels the struggles of coming out. The plot may be simple and elements have definitely been done over and over again but I’m glad you touched on that unique aspect and how touching it is.
I had a revelation: It's not that Disney is getting less and less creative, more and more recyle'y with their plots, and more and more cliche. It's just that I'm getting older (33) and the curse of longer life means you start to see things repeat themselves. My movies when I was a kid were no less cliche or recycle'y .. its just they didn't seem that way to me because it was the first time I'd experienced such plots/feelings/emotions/cliches ... daym.
Makes sense, since most ideas that can be considered original have already been thought up: unimaginable horrors, either from the outside or the depths of humanity? Supernatural? Wondering how it would be like if an object was alive? What depends I think is what the creator focuses on and if it either comes off as forced or actually natural to relate to
It's easier to watch a movie for fun if you don't have expectations other than just to watch and enjoy. One thing that I noticed when I was watching movies with my sister is that she tends to look out for flaws instead of watching it first and then see the flaws. Which made me not enjoy watching as much as I like because she would vocally point it out while we're watching
They repeat their plots because they're using them to showcase the new tech. This movie took Toy Story 4's lighting software and texture mapping to show off the changes they've made with water (especially shallow seawater in moderate climates) and skin & hair textures (especially the scales). They did the same with Soul showcasing the environment of New York and then the spirit stuff
Amen to that, half dude. I remember when Doug Walker reviewed _A Bug's Life_ for DisneyCember, I thought he was being really dramatic and nitpicky when he criticised it for the "liar revealed" trope. Like, yeah, I was aware this happened in other movies, but I didn't think it was that big a deal at the time.
"Ah, this is one of those lunches where no one eats anything but still feels like you've got a ton of crap shoved down your throat." The way this had me CACKLING 😭🤚
I'm Italian and WOW: it's the first sin and I didn't understand what "loghi" meant. Then I realised it was Italian. Congratulations for the pronunciation, it was so perfect I didn't even registered it. I probably would have understood it immediately if it was with an English accent.
Personally, I like this movie. It's not a ground breaking emotional Pixar film, but it's still good. I feel people hate on this movie because it's not a normal Pixar movie.
Studio Ghibli has expressed respect for my culture many times. Pixar almost got there and blew it up with a single decision. Stupid Giulia's voiceover. Are we good enough for the secondary characters but not for a main one? Did you really have to go for an american actress, bastardizing every single italian word she pronounces? She literally names a sex position instead of a cheese! Studio Ghibli created a much more interesting representation of my culture and almost everything was way more fantasy. Still I could see that a bunch of japanese dudes could differentiate a Milanese character from a Venetian one! Luca's not a bad movie, but it really doesn't have the Ghibli vibes. Ghibli made art. Pixar mostly make merchandise. P.S. The sex position is "pecorina", which is what she says in the movie, and literally would be "sheep style", which is our "doggy style", while the cheese is "pecorino". Imagine my embarassment when I used this movie as an english teaching tool with my student. No. I won't tell you why it's refered to sheep instead of dogs in Italy. You don't really wanna know.
When I was a little kid, I had a relative that was Italian. He would come over to my house all the time and always brought Oreos for me and my sisters. We loved him so much. I would always make meatballs with him for spaghetti and I loved doing that so much with him. And every time he left, he would always say ciao to us. I didn’t know what that meant back then, but we always said ciao back to him. Sadly, he passed away years ago. I miss him a lot. I wish I could make meatballs with him one more time so I could remember the recipe. I thank him for getting me interested in Italian culture.
For me it's kinda refreshing seeing simple yet great story from pixar. The movie was fun and gorgeous, characters were likable and had fun interactions with each other and world around them, there were even a few sad and in a way dark moments. Overall I wouldn't say it was bad at all, sometimes you don't need much to enjoy a movie
On the wanting to go to school thing: Speaking as someone who was a homeschooled kid in the middle of the country with few friends, wanting to go to school was constantly on my mind as a child. Especially since school was portrayed as some magical place to meet friends and go on adventures in media. I found this movie highly relatable.
... It took my two minutes to understand this joke because "fine" means "end" in italian and I'm italian so I was like: ... What? I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HELP THEN I REALIZED "oh he means "fine" not fine(end) ooohh"
Saying they sold out their fish friends is like saying teaching aliens how to herd sheep for food is selling out your mammalian friends. Also I found the parents shoving kids into water to be funny.
Right.. it's like when people say that a chicken eating some other bird (or a sea gull eating chicken) is cannibalism... Nope, not if they're a different species...
I liked this movie , simply because these children seem so carefree and fun at the beginning but then we get a deeper look about their feelings. It’s not groundbreaking creative but it’s a comforting children’s movie.
i don’t know why but every time i watch this movie i cry. like EVERY single time! what am i talking about i know why, because this is movie is TOO DAMN CUTE!
@@K_ingh16 basically, it's to celebrate when the natives of America, and the first colonists here worked together. Personally, I think everyone should celebrate it, because a lot of people are thankful for something.
@@K_ingh16 Yes. Thanksgiving is the celebration of a day where the colonists shot their guns into the air to scare the natives, who showed up ready to fight. Then the colonists killed the natives who showed up, and the native leader had their head cut off and put on a pole for 25 years in the area. The only reason it became a holiday was because about 150 years later someone changed a line in the historical document saying that the natives and colonists had a peaceful meal together. Thanksgiving is literally a day of being thankful for the slaughter of innocent natives for no reason. Native Americans don't celebrate Thanksgiving, they see it as a day of mourning of their fallen ancestors to the hands of the colonists. Go figure, good job America.
This is my favorite Disney Pixar film. My husband and I watched it on the way to Cinque Terre, and I think the animators perfectly captured the spirit of Italian culture as well as the breathtaking aesthetics of the Mediterranean towns. So lovely. Plus, it’s a beautiful story about friendship, abandonment wounds and the hunger for adventure.
12:23 I don't care what you think of this film. The father putting on his hat and heading out to look for Alberta without a second thought is at least 1 sin off.
14:15 CinemaWins did the same thing but added a win instead of a sin. It’s basically just a movie character will do something, anything, and it will be winned or sinned depending on who’s show you’re watching.
I absolutely fell in love with Luca, and it's by far my favorite animated film ever. Super duper biased, but it speaks volumes on "coming out" stories-which, my experience was not the best, lol-anyhow, it was a beautiful little tale, and I adore the film aesthetic and animations and story so much.
@Caoimhe Macken Yeah, definitely had some coming out archetypes, in the story. Luca "outing" Alberto as a sea monster, then promptly running away. Hohh that scene got to me.
3:02 "setting aside the fact than an underwater spit take should result in bubbles not water" Where do you see water in this shot?? All I see is some shredded foliage that's been shot forward and begun to settle. There's literally no spit in this shot. And why would a merperson spitting underwater cause bubbles? There's no air in their mouths. Moving water underwater doesn't make bubbles. Haven't you ever looked at a garden hose in a pool??
@@ItalianStallion69 bruh who the fuck asked you? You're just pissed at 15 people agreed with me? Do you have _anything_ useful or interesting to add to the discussion? Any actual criticism for my perspective?
Spinning the checkerboard is also a reference to the Pixar short Geri's Game in which the exact same maneuver was used. I don't know whether to count an extra sin to Luca for that or to take a sin off. My unofficial count will be 108 for the reuse of an unrealistic, physics-defying strategy in a board game.
I can agree that really really wanting to win something does not beat actual skill. I’ll be back to the basketball tryouts next year, Regina. Just you wait.
You also missed where Luca and Alberto are racing down to the water when Luca was in the lead and no one passed him, yet they passed multiple competitors (Ercole kicks one as they pass)
Something movies never address is the Fish-eye lens effect... this is NOT an effect of having fish eyes, but rather an effect of being under water looking up. Water both reflects and refracts light, the practical effect of this is that if you are underwater looking up, you have a cone that extends roughly 35 degrees from your position straight up... outside of this cone the surface of water only reflects and you will only see what is underwater reflected... but within this cone you see ALL of what is above the water, everything horizon to horizon is refracted into this 35 degree cone. So you can look in a very small circle and see literally everything that is above the water.
11:26 Hey guys, a certified guy named Massimo whose Italian. Spaghetti tip for all those people out there with a forking problem. Get a spoon. You heard me right, the fabled...yet unused tableware in spaghetti. You grab the noodles with your fork the put the tip of your fork onto the spoon, after that, you start twirling the fork until you get the deductible, yet enticing swirl we all thrive for in a perfect scoop. Cinema, if you ever view this comment...please don't chop-stick it in my Ravi-hole-i...thank you.
I just want to point out, you missed a not-so-obvious sin here. In the scene with Alberto running with huge umbrella, wouldn't the WET ROAD have turned his feet back into mer-person flippers?
How dare you, haha. Honestly, I think Luca is my favourite Disney/Pixar movie of recent years. It was refreshing just to get a simple story without any of the complex world-building or end-of-the-world threats. It was just a really fun, feel-good movie of friendship and acceptance.
I really think this movie is pretty good. Gorgeous visuals, fun and semi-deep story and some twists and turns for a kids' movie. The characters are fine. But I must have watched a couple too many of these videos because upon my very first viewing I realized how inconsistent the human-to-fish-and-vice-versa transformations really were. I proceeded to still enjoy the movie but still mutter to myself every time a transition happened with different rules compared to the previous.
Yeah I've realized after binge watching these how critical I've become of every movie I watch, but for some reason it's just funny to nitpick things that no one really cares about
The only way it could get to make any sense is if you assume that forth and back transformation go by different rules. human-to-fish happens always when they get wet, automatically/instinctively. fish-to-human could have some voluntary control, as the tranformation itself could dry them up.
I think what a lot of people don’t understand about this movie is how much it’s based around the storytelling style of Ghibli. This movie is closer to Ponyo and Kikis Delivery Service than it will ever be to say Toystory or Inside Out. It’s about the environment and just the small joys of being human. To experience the sun on your skin and warm comforting food for the first time. Yeah there is a plot but it’s more about the relationships of the people to each other and their world. That being said this was a v good cinemasins and Bullshitio will be added to my regular vocabulary
Why would the underwater spittake be bubbles? They don't breathe air, therefore no gasses would be trapped and expelled to form bubble. If you take a balloon, fill it with water and squeeze it out underwater you just get a jet of water, not bubbles.
3:54 It took longer for him to turn human because its either the first time so his bodys getting used to it Or its longer to establish whats happening.
There's so many things you missed. 1. When Giulia gave Luca and Alberto her treehouse, This blanket where the two pillows on it, magically disappeared. Did Alberto kick this blanket off this treehouse? Did somebody steal that blanket? 2. You mentioned about the Pasta, but you missed the part when Alberto about to expose himself in front of Luca and Giulia, his feet is in the water, but that hadn't turned his feet. 3. 11:56 Giulia's soaking wet. When Mossimo touched Alberto, his skin changed. When Giulia touched Luca, his skin remained human.
No sin for the Beauty and the Beast clichee of speaking English without accent in a non english country while other characters speak with that specific accent? And why do Italian Mermen spreak English and don't understand Italian? WHAAAAAT
Because people consider animals/foreigners speaking English realistic as long as the animals/foreigners can't communicate with us. Sort of like how people say Tarzan is realistic because Tarzan is the only person who can hear what the apes are saying and all the other human characters can only hear the apes making realistic ape noises.
