Cinepals - LILO & STITCH Movie Reaction & Review!

Episode Date: October 7, 2024

Go to https://magicmind.com/CINEPALSS20 CINEPALSS20 gets you up to 48% off your first subscription for the next 10 days or 20% off for a one time purchase  #magicmind #mentalperformance #productivityhacks ___________________   "Ohana means family, and family means no one is left behind or forgotten." Achara watches the Disney animation Lilo & Stitch for the first time! Lilo & Stitch follows a lonely Hawaiian girl who forms an unlikely bond with a mischievous alien, Stitch, as they navigate family, friendship, and belonging. This film stars: Daveigh Chase (The Ring & Donnie Darko) as Lilo, Chris Sanders (How to Train Your Dragon & The Croods) as Stitch, Tia Carrere (True Lies & Wayne's World) as Nani, David Ogden Stiers (Beauty and the Beast & MASH*) as Jumba, Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall & Sky High) as Pleakley, Jason Scott Lee (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story & Rapa Nui) as David, Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction & Mission: Impossible series) as Cobra Bubbles, Zoe Caldwell (The Purple Rose of Cairo & The Royal Tenenbaums) as the Grand Councilwoman and Kevin Michael Richardson (The Cleveland Show & The Matrix Revolutions) as Captain Gantu. ____________________ Watch the cutdown reaction on https://www.youtube.com/@cinepals or join our Patreon at www.cinejump.com for access to full length watchalongs to movies and shows.   

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It's like, it's such a simple little story, you know? Like, as far as Disney animations go, I guess, it's like, it's very, just very simple. It's a story about family, right? And it's like set in Hawaii on an island. And at first it seems just very, I suppose, on the surface. But I was really surprised at how deep it actually is. And just how much understanding that Lilo has towards Stitch's character, if you wanted to kind of deep dive into it a little bit more,

I think it was really cool that they were both quite similar in the beginning where, you know, they were dealing with stuff. At least it's probably more apparent with Lilo, right? because she is suffering from loss because she lost her parents. And I thought it was really interesting how they kind of hinted at it. And I think I knew at the back of my mind kind of what might have happened because why would she be living with her older sister by themselves with no parents? Like the only way that would happen is if the parents died somehow.

So I guess it wasn't a surprise to find out. But they just kind of throw us into the middle of the story and it's like, oh, this is the situation with them. And the way that they fight and everything is just so relatable. Because I feel like if you have a sibling, you can probably relate to that. I know that growing up, me and my younger sister, because we were very close. It was intense. Like some of the arguments and fights that we have or that we had were some of the most violent ones that I've ever had with anyone in my life.

I think it's just family, you know. Like I can get so angry with my mom. I can get so angry with my sister, but then ultimately, at the end of it, we're family. So we come back together and we forgive and we love again. And so the movie is showing us this child who's going through some really heavy stuff, but in a lighthearted way, but you can kind of see how all of that is affecting her relationships with the other kids around her. And I think you can understand why she might be lashing out and behaving the way that she does. And so when she comes across Stitch, who is very reflective of herself,

it's like, I don't know if she was right in assessing how he was feeling and the hurt and everything that he might have been feeling inside. But it was probably also what she was feeling inside. And so that's why she was lashing out and, you know, sometimes being violent. And so she recognized that in him, which I thought was, like, really cool. And if you want to, you can kind of go deeper. and look at it that way. Or you can just take it at surface level

and be like, you know, he's built this way and he's this feral creature who was designed for destruction. But I also really love the message where it's the whole argument of nature versus nurture, right? Like, are we born a specific way and that's how we're supposed to be? Or do we have agency and free will

in order to change who we are and become a better version of ourselves? And I think this movie definitely supports the other side of the argument, which is it is nurture, you know. The creator was, like, so surprised that his creature that he made that was supposed to be, like, really destructive and everything comes to earth and is exposed to this little girl and her family. And all of a sudden, he's really sweet and he cares about family and he's got a heart.

And he's, like, so calm. And it's, like, surprising and everything. I just thought that was so adorable. And everything about the movie is so delightful from the animation style to the comedy, to the music. You know, it's just like, it's a fun time. And I think like a lot of Disney movies, or at least the ones that I really like, it has all of those things, you know, where it's like, yes, it's fun. There's some really great quirky characters, especially the animals, you know, and in this, of course, it's aliens, right? and they're just really cute.

And especially Lilo, like the way they made him. He's supposed to be scary, right? But he's not really scary, obviously. But he's just so cute and fluffy, just adorable and delightful. And it was just, like, really fun. And also really cool to be allowed into this world where it's set in Hawaii and kind of getting a taste of the culture.

I also really enjoyed how they added the language in there and, like, not necessarily even giving. as subtitles, but it's like you can understand through context and the body language of how the characters are moving and communicating. You're like, oh, like, I get it. And it's definitely a culture that I'm very fascinated by. Like, I really love just like the sense of family and community that comes from the people there and like how much they respect each other and the earth and the environment and so it was just really fun to get to be in this world with these characters in a location that I'm not really familiar with. And I do wonder for those of you who maybe are

from Hawaii, like how accurate was this in the representation of what it's like to actually be a local and to live there? Because I imagine it's night and day to the experience that you would have as a tourist, a visitor coming to see, you know, what the islands have to offer. And so I wonder how authentic it is to that experience. But this was such a sweet movie and I'm so glad that I got to watch it. I hope you enjoyed watching it along with me. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. And yeah, we'll see you.

We'll see you. I'll see you very soon. Anyway, take care. Bye.