Luca - Disneycember 

I loved it

Yes, it was incredibly delightful. The animation was gorgeous to look at, the story was simple, and the characters were likable.

I loved the film that I actually started to listen to Mina, due to a song that they feature in the end credits.

I liked it and I especially like how it was something that was a bit different for Pixar.

You should check out the owl house

I Especially love that moment. I like how she points out that it seems that they're just risk in their lives for a Vespa. But the climax of the movie all three children risk their own lives not for the race or Vespa but for their friends. That is pretty awesome and heartwarming in my book

To me Luca has a important message about being yourself and not hiding behind a mask to feel wanted and accepted as it important to be yourself and know there people who will respect you and care about you but those who wont but sometimes you cant please everyone

@@comicbookreviewer4856 Like Mulan.

Something else I want to add is what Guilia said to Luca in that scene at her place after she's seen Luca's fish claws: "you think I want you to leave? This is the happiest I've- look, it's just not worth it." It's clear that once the initial shock of seeing sea monsters are real wore off she is not scared at all seeing how if they really were dangerous sea monsters Luca and Alberto would have actually harmed her a long time ago. She just wanted to make sure her her first real friends outside of Genova don't get hurt Heck, before Alberto revealed himself Luca said "we were wondering if *we* can come to your school?" This meant that at that point in time Luca was thinking of actually leaving with Alberto and Guilia to her school because he still believes his parents will want to send him to the deep. Lucas still considered Alberto his friend at that point even though he was angry with him for in his words "you don't know how to do it right" and "you're just afraid you can't do it [going to a human school]"

I think to subvert that trope is often makes for a better 3rd act, or wherever they normally put it, than the regular variant of the trope

Thanks so much, your comment gives me life, as always! 🥰

Great as always 😊

Having “Two Sith Lords” as part of the list reminds me of that Villain Pub parody of 12 days of Christmas from How It Should Have Ended.

Tis a beautiful sight to see

@@MovieFan1912 I was thinking the same exact thing!

I thought that was a nice touch. Instead of a big tragic and intense backstory he's like "Nah man. I was born with this."

He is a really cool character where he doesn't say much but you know what he is thinking with just expressions. I do enjoy his character.

I like that too! I'm glad that this movie is not having to explain every little thing and provide a traumatic backstory for everything. I'm fine with leaving some things a mystery or not given as much focus.

I was looking forward to the story of how it happened, but for how light hearted the rest of the movie is, it's fine.

He was simply born like that, that's the story. It just kind of happened.

Yeah I agree with you

It's a wonderful & little slice of life. Sometimes that's all we need :)

Precisely, the characters were likeable and sympathetic, and the plot straightforward, what more could we ask for?

So pretty much like a Studio Ghibli film, which Doug loves!

Quality over quantity as they say 😊

Yeah

To me he reminds me of Peter Pan- that little preteen boy who would lie through his teeth because he's convinced he knows everything. He's a really great likeable character

Yeah, that friend? That was my dad. XD

That's pretty nice, and I remembered growing up with my best friend while watching too. It's kind of annoying seeing people on twitter trying to push that the boys are gay when its clearly a story of friendship between boys and not a love thing.

That reminds me that the creator of the Legend of Zelda said it was inspired by him exploring caves as a kid. That’s shows what a good childhood can do.

@@ArynBacklogDragon Same here. Not every friendship has to have a forced romance

Yeah. That's why I've never been a fan of people seeing Luca and Alberto as a gay couple and not best friends. And no, it's not because of homophobia. It's the same case as when some people shipped Dipper and Mabel from Gravity Falls.

@Alejandro Reactions hold on. I understand what ur saying but shipping a biological brother amd sister and shipping two guys who become friends is NOT THE SAME O-O

Indeed, you don't need a big, flashy plot to create a memorable film, just likable characters and a simple story.

@@trinaq Same. It was a great movie

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I'm pretty sure "Turning Red" is also going to be simple and fun. But "Lightyear" is probably going to be deep like "Soul" for instance.

a simple movie, for a simple boy

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@@ARCtheCartoonMaster The summer holidays are delegated to summer because summers are miserable and hot, the exact situation where you don't want to be jammed into a building with tons of other people.

Definitely

They’re fantastic

Wow 🤩

You do know there's an entire sub-genre of slice of life anime called "slow life" which Luca and Kiki would both fall into, right? There's even an anime series called the Flying Witch that has an almost identical premise to Kiki.

@@catdogmousecheese Anime mastered this genre.

@@DeathKitta Oh, 100%. A Place Further than the Universe immediately springs to mind as another amazing example.

I think kiki was my first ghibli film I really like it too

@@pparisps5141 Same actually, I was like 8 years old watching this on a VHS tape I used to record from live tv. I missed like the first minute or two but as a kid I didn't care. I wore that tape down to pieces watching it all the time.

Yes, please, I hope that he also covers it on Nostalgia Critic one day!

Such a bad movie.

Oh lord. I remember seeing it with my family at the cinema when I was 7. I "went to the bathroom" for 20 mins because I was bored

Yeah I know

Please

He’s such a talented young actor.

His performance as Jack in "Room" is so phenomenal it's almost scary it was portrayed by a 7-year-old.

Same. Such a great movie.

Good movie but I wouldn’t say it’s a masterpiece

I bet these are gonna compete for the academy of Best Animated Feature

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I love those. "Let's put the cookies in the box, and then we won't eat them." "But we can still open the box." "You are right." XD

One of my favorite Pixar shorts

Yesssss

It reminded me so much of La Luna, so it totally makes sense that it's the same person! I love how these Pixar short makers are going on to make full length personalized movies. :03

Soul was pretty good too, but this is definitely a movie all people can appreciate. I think some of soul’s theme flew right over the heads of kids, which can hurt an animated film’s staying power.

Probably why they’re also following it up with Turning Red which seems to have a similar smaller scale story, Lightyear is probably gonna end up as a hard hitter or something so they need the sweet stuff in between

Yeah the life action Little Mermaid can suck but I think Jacob playing flounder would be a nice fit

The worst part is that the live action version has to exist in the first place.

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@@marquis911 It might be the worst Live-Action Remake

I'm Chaplin

I did too.

Yeah

Right! We watched Raya just a few days before watching this one, and tried to figure out why we liked Luca and not Raya. Quickly we realized that right now, during these disasterous times, we don't crave an epic world destruction movie where the whole of humanity is all but wiped out by a mysterious plague, but rather a simple movie that speaks to friendship and family and pasta. Both were beautifully made, but it's Luca that we've returned to again and again, not Raya.

Fullmoon werewolf

Actually, the idea of a merfolk or sea monster being able to disguise as a human but are revealed when they get wet is a very old folklore. A folklore that has appeared in a few animes and even some western properties such as The Wild Thornberrys. It's not SUPER common or well known so I full get why people think of it as a new concept. Especially since The Wild Thornberrys episode left things a lot more ambiguous

In Italian Fairy tales this is a common trope, when i saw the trialer for the first time i was YES THIS IS ITALIAN TO THE BONE

@@kaylawoodbury2308 if you ever happen to look into it (i don’t know if “falling into a research hole” is a thing that happens to other people, but on the off chance that it is and that you’re one of them…) and discover either research done on the origins of that particular piece of folklore or even just an instance of it that seems particularly ancient, /please/ share with the class. I love that stuff 🥰

honestly I feel like most people wouldn't react to it with horror IRL. I would expect the #1 reaction would be shock, followed by just curious interest.

makes you miss your childhood and that sweet need for adventure, especially during these times.

You don't see many LGBTQ relationships in media because for decades, it wasn't acceptable. If any gay characters were included, they were usually comic relief and nothing more. That's thankfully starting to change. Representation is important. Also, as Doug pointed out, Luca and Alberto can be anywhere on the spectrum. Doesn't have to be full on gay. Most people in reality are somewhere on the spectrum, not completely one way or the other. The director said he intended the movie to be about kids in the "pre-romantic" stage of life, where romance isn't in the equation yet. But that he's thrilled at how his movie has been received by the LGBTQIA community. And I think Doug makes a good point that the movie is done so well that everyone can interpret it however they wish. It's a safe place for, literally, everyone. While it's fine to not see them as representations for the queer community, and I totally agree that affectionate male friendships need to be normalized, understand that it's okay for people to see it the other way. As stated, a safe space is very important, especially for minorities. :)

Maybe their skin has some kind of mucus that keeps them from getting burned or something?

The better Little Mermaid remake.

@@chasehedges6775 By far!

That is unfortunately getting a live action remake though.

@@mattwolf7698 That's why I'm just sticking with this movie

@@TheHuffmanator Well tell that to Disney with Mulan

You're right. 'Different paths for friends' was what they were trying to do with Ralph and Vanellope but this movie worked WAY better.👌

The perfect summer movie, in my opinion.

I most certainly did watch this delightful movie over 20 times this past summer

I would say Mitchell’s vs the machines being a bigger film

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i think this is a better version from his character from It, yeah him as freddy in shazam isn't that interesting, out side from his handicup, but he is likeble enough, him as eddie is like zenitzu from demon slayer he never shut the fuck up about anything, yeah he is a germophobic but even germophobic people are less cartoonish than this guy, honestly everytime he was on screen i was waiting for pennywise to kill him. That fortunately happen in chapter 2.

Better version? He was already the best part of Shazam besides Zachary Levi.

@@NeoConnor1 I never said it was bad.

@Tom Meehan Yes, people are allowed to see things differently but that doesn't mean that their perceptions of how they see things can't be challenged.

He actually never said they weren't gay. I read all his interviews and the only thing he makes clear is that his intent for the movie was the be about friendship, in the "pre-romantic" years of childhood. He never once stated the sexuality of the boys. As for your argument, I both agree and disagree. I agree only in the sense that it might make youngsters more skittish about showing affection towards their friends for fear of being labeled. But at the same time, that's been a problem for decades, so the response to Luca won't make it worse. If anything, it'll make it better in a way, since most kids won't be privy to what the internet is saying. So they'll just watch the movie and see a wonderful, affectionate friendship and conclude that it's normal. So they're actually receiving a positive message that's influential to future friendships. In my opinion, it's not the LGBTQIA response to movies that may or may not have a queer subtext that's the issue. It's societal views on minorities in general. In a utopian society, a person can see two characters in a movie as gay, while another person sees them as platonic, and they'd both agree to disagree. No hateful remarks about who's wrong or right or how it might negatively impact others. Both parties would simply understand that their opinions hurt no one, as long as they're respectful. It's for this reason that I hate ship wars. Imo, as someone who's panromantic, I like the idea of a budding relationship between Luca and Alberto. But I also don't care if it never happens. The movie is great no matter the subtext. While I know that representation is important, I know that it'll be awhile before most children's media companies are on board with including more in the mainstream. Newer generations are way more inclusive, after all.

there will be more movies from Pixar/disney so we all will need to make multiple lists. I think top 10 from the first few years then a top 20 list overall.

@@audreym3908 Well actually, I’m planning to do a ranking videos in the future.

Luca is just a fun movie. 👍👍👍💯

Agreed

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You're not alone. I don't think it's bad but people overhyped this film like Frozen. I never saw the Studio Ghibli comparison. It's a great movie but not one of the greatest