actually just made me really sad because pretty much every moment of tear jerking white anti-racism or solidarity or simply kindness in this film did not happen in real life
so much white saviourism, so many unrealistic moments of racist white people magically changing their ways and worst of all, mary jackson’s wonderful radical husband being made to look unreasonable time and time again watched this thinking it would be nice and uplifting but instead just became infuriated by the…

surreal and magical. I don’t usually like this 3D lego-ish style of animation but the movement was animated so artfully that it looked prettier than I ever thought possible. the boy sitting next to me said it was like waking up from a dream when the movie ended and I really agree! not just the look and sound but the plot had that twisting-morphing-story-not-quite-finishing feel of one

the sound design was by far my favourite part of the film. mostly…

this was truly one of the most beautiful things I've ever watched, both in terms of the plot and the sheer loveliness of the animation. definitely kickstarted my summer of creativity, I started drawing as soon as I got home :)
I love how little was said but it just made every line so much more meaningful, which I know is typical of Ghibli movies but I haven't actually watched that many. the last conversation between the boy and his…