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It’s all about Titanic this weekend. Going to see it Sunday in 4DX.

I hope Avatar’s re-release success bodes well for Titanic’s re-release next year.

I think in 2022 Disney/Pixar needs to do better at representation. At the end of the day we’re supposed to believe the only ‘star’ character from the movie Andy saw back in 1995 is the white male lead… We get the trope ‘strong’ person of color in a leadership role who now also is a member of the LGBT+ community relegated and marginalized to a side kick… Where’s all the merchandise/love for Commander Hawthorne and Izzy from all the kids in the Toy Story universe?!?! Tokenism is nothing Hollywood/Disney/Pixar should be patting themselves on the back over! Real change will happen when they finally give the lead to a LGBT+ character. If there is a sequel, how about Izzy star and buzz stay in the background?

Can we also talk about Sonic 2’s release date? Sing 2 had over 3 months of the family market literally all to its self. It got to take advantage of MLK, Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, and March’s Spring Break dailies all to its self. The theater count Sing 2 benefited simply due to lack of content was ridiculous… Missed opportunity I think that Paramount didn’t release in February or March.

Loved this movie - I feel like both this and the original are a love letter to Sonic fans. So many Easter eggs and game references with just ONE MAJOR disappointment - unless I’m wrong - I didn’t hear the iconic game music during the water scenes. No gamer can forget how traumatic and heart pounding that musical hook makes you feel while Sonic is underwater.

Wow! This is crazy. Of course we can’t forget the mockery The Oscars made of themselves when the Best Picture award incorrectly went to La La Land… but The Oscars supposedly prides itself with serious prestige and a high reputation. They allowed themselves to be turned into an MTV Music Awards production, which I’m not sure how that will sit with the Academy? I guess they were really desperate for ratings, but to exchange ‘good TV’ and ratings over integrity is a hard pill to swallow. Was it staged? Was it real? Would Will Smith with his massive ego really let an inappropriate and tasteless joke about his wife jeopardize the highest night of his decades long career? It completely takes the focus off of his accomplishment and turns him into a loose cannon TV side-show. Is something like this unprecedented? I don’t understand how Chris Rock would just stand there and continue to speak afterwards? I don’t understand how Will Smith would be allowed to stay? Bonkers.

It’s a total shame that it just won’t be possible for Raya to match the Box-Office numbers of any of the other Disney Revival movies - However, it appears that Raya is continuing the Disney Revival streak of critical acclaim! Currently the movie is sitting at 96% on RottenTomatoes - I can’t wait to check out this movie over the weekend.

This post didn’t age well... January 20th can’t come soon enough.

After watching the ‘Show Yourself’ debate unfold - the irony of the situation is that the answer regarding who or what the voice is - still ended up being so ambiguous in the final cut. My interpretation of the voice is that is has always been Elsa’s - her character arc throughout both movies has always been internally motivated. With ‘Let it Go,’ Elsa gave herself permission to be herself and experiment with her powers. With ‘Into the Unknown,’ Elsa allows herself to be seduced and listen to her ‘inner-voice’ that is calling out to her internally. That the Queen of Arendelle is not where she is really meant to be - to take the risk of leaving her new comfort zone, and lose everything to follow her passion. This all then culminates with ‘Show Yourself,’ where Elsa finally comes to the realization and full acceptance that she being herself was the answer she has so desperately searched for her entire life - closing and completing her arc throughout both movies. I feel like the directors/producers/song writers finally all decided on the choice of making the voice Iduna as a simple and nice book end to the ‘All is Found’ lullaby within the context of the movie - though story wise, considering Iduna has no magic, has never expressed a direct acceptance of Elsa while she was alive in either movies, and that she and Agnar have long passed away before they ever got a definitive answer regarding the ‘source of Elsa’s powers’ - I feel like it only makes sense that rather than the voice literally being Iduna herself, the voice is more of metaphor or a figurative representation of Iduna to help Elsa come to the realization and confirmation that she is deeply connected to Ahtohallon, by reminding her of the lullaby that she was comforted by as a child. Otherwise, if the voice is literally Iduna herself, I feel like it greatly diminishes Elsa’s arc by having the need for an external force in her mother to propel Elsa to follow her passion into the Enchanted Forest - as well as the need to have her mother’s validation and approval for Elsa to finally feel free to embrace and love herself. I wish the docu-series would have explained more regarding what was so unsatisfying or confusing regarding Elsa seeing, singing, and directly interacting with her own reflection before transforming into her final and complete form - it certainly sounded like it would have been much easier to follow than the final version. All this said - ‘Show Yourself’ is still incredible and it was 100% worth the time invested that was spent to save it in the movie. Just a shame it wasn’t the song Disney chose to nominate for an Oscar.

I agree! I say that this is Karma finally catching up to theaters after decades of drastically increasing movie ticket and food prices. AMC especially deserves this after how they responded to MoviePass. How does AMC even treat their theater employees? Minimum wage with no benefits no doubt. While the execs and CEOs are making millions and crying crocodile tears like they’re some mom and pop small business. Their greed, lack of good service and their stubbornness to adapt to today’s technology with a better business model put them in this situation, not Universal. All AMC cares about is that they keep their power over consumers, but choice and competition is always the best. Let the consumer decide what the future is... If AMC is smart they’ll stop dragging their feet and adapt accordingly.