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    The one big problem is how the OT story overtakes the Finn/Rey story for a big chunk in the middle of the film. It's unfortunate that the pacing becomes so uncontrollable once Finn and Rey get caught up in Han's stuff, but after sitting on it for a while I've come to appreciate that, while parts of this movie don't fit well with each  other, the parts themselves are really well done and enjoyable. 

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    You get the idea. The general motivations and dramatic situations are presented in fairly plain fashion, but it's way too easy to lose the thread of the specifics, not least because the characters by design are unforthcoming about why they feel and act the way they do. That's actually what makes the end feel weirdly unsatisfying, even though I like its refusal to play into "love conquers all," because the group's decision is to trust each other to try and become friends with who they all really are, as opposed to who they want to be or who they think others want them to be, and that seemed like... what they had already been doing, the whole show? That's a general problem with anime, though — characters who act like friends often insist they aren't friends until some plot point gives them the opportunity for a formal declaration of friendship. Maybe it's a thing with Japanese social mores? I don't know.

     

    The student council gag that ran through that christmas arc was actually very telling of how the season was going to end. The confrontation among the three of them in the final episode felt like the same kind of unhelpful ambiguity. 

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    Here's an idea:

     

    Of the 16 Pixar movies, I think it's safe to say that most of us have seen a majority of them (although I never saw Cars 2 and have yet to see Good Dinosaur)

     

    So, I propose that we all list our top 5 (or even top 10) Pixar films, and see which films are the "most-favored" pre-rewatch, and then do the same after the rewatch. It wouldn't take many people to make an interesting sample size. Like Patrick, I also have not seen a lot of these movies in years.

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    I think Rataouille is the most gorgeous and inventive of Pixar's films (I adore that it is a critical but earnest love-letter to everything Disney could be but had, in recent years, failed to live up to), but I should say that I haven't seen it in nearly ten years. Most of these movies I only saw once or twice when they came out. This whole string of conversations will probably make me rewatch them all next year.The video store I work at has most of them on Blu-Ray.

     

    Man, I'm also shocked at how different everyone's list is. A group rewatch would be a lot of fun, I think.

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    People who love Finding Nemo: What do you like about it?

     

    It's flawless. It's not even my favorite pixar film. It's just actually perfect. ( I read your thing in the movies thread and realized that I should probably come up with a substantial post about this but long story short: i love how that movie looks, i love dory, every scene in that movie is memorable)

     

    What does everyone think about the ending of Ratatouille? I love Ego's speech to death and it's my favorite thing in that movie. I've always felt that without that ending, the movie is kind of weak, or at least very clunky.

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    UP, Ratatouille and The Incredibles are my top 3. I presume everyone's bottom 3 is the Cars trilogy so need to go into that.

     

    I've always held Incredibles in high regard for how it functions as a family drama and a super hero movie. There are so many great scenes in that movie combining both. 

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     I find the clunky megathread format kind of charming for this community, because it's antiquated compared to the ephemeral way information is presented on other forums, and sites like twitter, tumblr, etc. It's like this weird comfort-zone place where the same pictures have been framed on the wall for centuries, so to speak.

     

    Also when posting, sometimes its hard to gauge interest in X or Y, so having a general grounds for briefly mentioning something that you kind of want to talk about is nice. 

     

    (Mainly just posting because I think it would be hilarious if this thread somehow stayed alive and became a megathread)

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    I tried Spotify for the first time today and I'm not sure I understand the point. I wanted to listen to Run The Jewels 2, so I searched for that. It gave me a playlist that had some of the songs from that album, and some other RTJ songs, and some adverts, and then after a while it wouldn't let me listen to any more. Are you just supposed to hope it gives you what you actually want to listen to?

     

    The spotify mobile app free version is essentially useless. You get free access to the entire library on desktop, and you have to pay the subscription for the same on mobile. I've stupidly fell into their dumb trap where I tried out a free trial of the mobile app and now I pay for it because i can't live without it :((( 

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    Knowing there was a twist but not specifically what it was ruined the movie for me.  I had been told by several people before I saw it that there was a surprise ending, which led to me figuring out what it was early on.  And that was within months of the release.  It's impressive to be able to be surprised by that today.

     

    The same is true for me and the Usual Suspects. It's really easy to figure out the twist in that movie when you know that one exists.

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    Rick and Morty has had this sort of ridiculous, all-over-the-place direction to it for the past few episodes, which is something a lot of off-kilter Adult Swim shows do, but there's something sort of uniquely fascinating in how strange it gets. I had this same feeling when watching Dan Harmon's other show Community. A lot of comedy TV breaks rules in goofy ways, but when Harmon does it, it feels strangely self-destructive. 

     

    The episode tonight was really good, and had the most phenomenally minimal B-story ive ever seen.

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     Seriously, guys, don't bother with hard and fast rules if you're going to break them for all of your favorites. It makes me mistrust the entire mission of these flowcharts!

     

    It would actually make for a more helpful (or at least less misleading) list if he followed through 100% on his personal bias and just made it an association of things he likes about his favorite shows.

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    I thought this was just a beginner guide at first, and was really surprised and freaked out by the thoroughness when i scrolled down.

     

    I always get very little out of these types of lists since I think genre is an ineffective way to find shows I like. 

  21. Posted

    Fiction is a 100% created product and all you are learning is what the author thinks about that topic. Every word of dialog, every action, every event is in there because the author wanted it there.

     

    I disagree with the idea that the author's original intent with a particular text is the only thing that can be taken from it. The author also chooses what to leave out of the story, and the ambiguities and unknowns are what involve the reader. In filling those blanks, the reader has to be sort of empathetic, but also utilize their own experience.