What a mix! I chose to represent (in no particular order besides LoTR being ON TOP WHERE IT BELONGS 😤): the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, Spider Man: Into the Spiderverse, White Christmas, The Emperor’s New Groove, Everything Everywhere All At Once, What We Do in the Shadows, the Downton Abbey movies, Beetlejuice, & Atlantis: the Lost Empire 🤙🏻
Lord of the Rings is just…hands-down, peak for me, the best movie experience. Fight me. Ok, don’t actually, but yeah it’s a special movie for my whole family who watches them at least once a year & is loved by a family I’m really good friends with & care for deeply. They’re just so good & one of only a handful of movies I don’t get tired of rewatching ever. Same with White Christmas, honestly, like my family watches it every year & quotes along just like LoTR. It reminds me of family time & is just SO FUNNY with such good lines. I love both Danny Kaye & Bing Crosby to death & the girls are wonderful performers too- one of few musicals I’ll let slide 😌 Into the Spiderverse is just…art. It’s a great action movie that’s family-friendly but not overly kiddie, it features a diverse world & POC lead, & it combines traditional, comic, & 3D animation in a way that shows so much love for the cast while being dynamic & super visually appealing. I literally love it so much. Emperor’s New Groove is unironically some of the height of comedy in my mind. One of Disney’s best movies fight me again 😤⚔️ Everything Everywhere All At Once…was amazing. Art once again. Well-made, dealt with serious & goofy topics, had me laughing & crying & thinking & loving. As a queer woman who has a harder relationship with her mother, I lost it at the mother-daughter dynamic & it made me almost want to come out. But I just felt moved & seen & broken & healed by it & loved that it didn’t turn out in despair. Waymond Wang is a KING. What We Do in the Shadows was made by one of my FAVORITE creatives, the super duper talented & attractive Taika Waititi. His sense of humor just hits the nail on the head just about every time for me, I love his acting, I love the supernatural, the premise is hilarious, I love Rhys Darby…it’s just great ok? I’m a huge Downton Abbey fan so of course I included the movies that continue my favorite show, just fun check-ins with the beloved characters! They introduce a dense character pool but TREAT ALL OF THEM WELL for the most part & show you why you should care about them, even some you may hate at first. Just a great show & something that helped me bond with my mom which is nice 🥺 she enjoyed the show & recommended it to me, then we had something to share & talk about & we watched the latest movie in theatres together- her first time in at least 2 years at the theatre! 🅱️lus I just love a good period/historical fiction hehe. Beetlejuice is… just my kind of content. I love supernatural, dark humor, humor, zaniness, & wholesome family dynamics & it has it all. I wasn’t expecting the ending, but it was just what I wanted! A wild ride, definitely not to the tastes of all but so for me, that wrapped up perfectly & you know I’m a sucker for a good closing 😌 Atlantis: the Lost Empire is unique, diverse, fun, creative, & just completely unlike anything Disney had done or did again. They had a wonderful era I always cite & this one is a prime example. Just a super cool movie I love it!!!
Honorable mention to other Disney movies like Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Treasure Planet, Big Hero 6, & Encanto which are also favorites, plus the original Star Wars trilogy &, controversially, Eternals. What? It was very ‘me’ like Beetlejuice, big diverse character pool, fantasy, adventure, some found family-ish dynamics faintly sprinkled in, visually appealing moments, that whole Bollywood scene EXCUSE ME. It may have been a bit corny or some see it as a plot hole, but it was very enjoyable to me besides Ikarus being annoying… like sorry I simp for Druig & Makkari I don’t make the rules.