I started reviewing movies on here because I decided to watch all the MCU films in chronological order a few summers back. I did the same thing with the X-Men this time last year. Around that time I also constructed a list of animated films to go through that spanned all manner of art styles and animation methods. This movie was on there, though I never got around to finishing that list. This is my second attempt.

The art style…

Remarks:
"Maybe your gift is being in denial."
Amen for curly-haired protagonists post-Merida. Mirabel's relationship with Antonio is actually fucking beautiful. I love animation. I love Mirabel's mother. They're all so...human, you know? I guess I just haven't been paying enough attention to animated films thus far. What was the last one I saw? Wall-E, last year? Decidedly not a lot of humans in that one. Abuela is actually kinda fucking traumatizing. Félix Madrigal steals the show in every scene…

This is about the show, not the creation of it, obviously.

I'm writing most of this soon after having watched "Remember It"

If you've been holding out on watching this because you think it's a Marvel Studios quality show, I assure you it's leagues better.

I should preface this by saying I'm inherently drawn to the X-Men post writing Book 3 because they share deeply similar themes. The X-Men and Mutants have always been an allegory, and this show is…

"My thoughts are stars I can't fathom into constellations," and brevity was never my strongest suit, so feel free to keep scrolling.
We've come a long way from TFIOS. This is the one time I'll advocate for not judging a book by its cover. It's not a romance, I'm sorry. I'm biased here, and this is less a review and more me convincing you its a good film and not some YA garbage. Then again, I don't vibe with action…