❅ Movie Reviews by Nico Jaye ❅
We're all just kids
at heart!
Cartoons are awesome. I love 'em, and there are some
reeeeeeeeeeally good ones out there.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
is one of my favorites, and to this day I still gravitate towards that trope.
In the m/m world, I suppose you could take my love of geek/jock stories as
evidence of that. =)
I saw two animated movies this past holiday weekend that
were amazeballs! Totally recommend them if you're looking for an uplifting
story and some smiles.
Frozen just came
out in the theaters and features lots of the beautiful animation for which
Disney is so famous. The film is just gorgeous with a really heartwarming
message at the center of it. The story follows a princess as she tries to
convince her sister, who has accidentally cast a perpetual winter over the
land, to come back to their village to reverse the winter and bring back
summer. The sisters are strong heroines,
and it's awesome to see such positive and empowering role models for young
girls out there. Frozen promotes
family and loving people for who they are, and the true love in the end is such
a wonderful twist on Disney fairy tales.
Wreck-It Ralph was
available On Demand, and since I was one of the five people who hadn't seen it
yet, I finally decided to take the plunge. IT WAS AWESOME. I loved this movie.
Wreck-It Ralph, the titular antihero, is the bad guy in a retro-popular arcade
game. When he decides he doesn't want to
be bad all the time—and who can blame him for just wanting some love?—he goes
on a quest to win a medal that would prove he's worthy of everyone's respect
and affection. The journey that he goes
on is so gorgeous and fun and quirky. Some of the scenes feature cameos from
famous bad guys in other cartoons; I was so excited to spot Bowser from Super
Mario Brothers and M. Bison from the Street Fighter series. The story itself
features wonderful messages about self-acceptance, confidence, and teamwork.
There's even a little (unexpected!) romance between some of these cartoon
cuties. Overall, Wreck-It Ralph was
fantabulous, and I even found myself brushing back a tear at the sweet and
poignant ending.
Frozen: B+
Wreck-It Ralph: A
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