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I re-watched The Brave Little Toaster for the first time since my teens a few months ago. I enjoyed it before, and even as a small child I loving it! But this watch through just solidified it as my favorite movie ever. It took 15-ish years of having been through the experiences of my late teens, becoming an adult, and struggling with hope and strife through my 20s to really, truly grasp its themes fully. It takes decades of feeling like worthless, unlovable trash to understand the utter feeling of hopelessness the appliances feel when faced with the prospect of losing their master, becoming obsolete, or being discarded -- despite their utmost devotion, love, hard work and sacrifice they put into their relationship with him. Just wanting to be important to somebody, wanting to brighten somebody's day, wanting to make a difference, wanting to make the world a better place.
If you haven't watched it, I cannot stress enough how DECEPTIVELY WELL it captures so many themes, tackles so many problems in life, and covers important elements of life that I have yet to find another piece of media do even a fraction of. And certainly not in the length of only an hour and a half. It is so well-written, so endearing, so down-to-earth. And with such charming characters, whom all audiences can appreciate.
(Mild rant about movies here) And I think it also contrasts well with modern media/movies, where strife is almost always just one type of cookie-cutter trauma that can be overcome with reassurance or friendship, where every story is about "nerdy bullied protagonist who's quirky and has anxiety, learns they are powerful and smart and good, values themselves at the end of the movie". Coming from somebody who has anxiety, I would really appreciate it if media conglomerates would stop hyperfocusing on the single easiest mental condition to cater to and give a solution to (spoilers: a single adventure of acquiring snarky friends doesn't cure anxiety), and handing it to us like a simple marketing token. Like, I'm so sick of being served like a child -- "oh! Here's that thing you relate to! You like this, right? Your generation likes it, right? This is what you're into! This will make you like our movie, right??" and being expected to fucking eat it up. :|
Anyway, I love that movie with all my fucking heart. Toaster is a whole-ass fucking gender and I would die for him.
If you haven't watched it, I cannot stress enough how DECEPTIVELY WELL it captures so many themes, tackles so many problems in life, and covers important elements of life that I have yet to find another piece of media do even a fraction of. And certainly not in the length of only an hour and a half. It is so well-written, so endearing, so down-to-earth. And with such charming characters, whom all audiences can appreciate.
(Mild rant about movies here) And I think it also contrasts well with modern media/movies, where strife is almost always just one type of cookie-cutter trauma that can be overcome with reassurance or friendship, where every story is about "nerdy bullied protagonist who's quirky and has anxiety, learns they are powerful and smart and good, values themselves at the end of the movie". Coming from somebody who has anxiety, I would really appreciate it if media conglomerates would stop hyperfocusing on the single easiest mental condition to cater to and give a solution to (spoilers: a single adventure of acquiring snarky friends doesn't cure anxiety), and handing it to us like a simple marketing token. Like, I'm so sick of being served like a child -- "oh! Here's that thing you relate to! You like this, right? Your generation likes it, right? This is what you're into! This will make you like our movie, right??" and being expected to fucking eat it up. :|
Anyway, I love that movie with all my fucking heart. Toaster is a whole-ass fucking gender and I would die for him.
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zord
~zordraggon
i suppose it would look like the modern movies have gone down in quality because studios are focusing on quantity, they are a publicly traded company so they always have to put out tons of movies with the simplest tropes to cut costs and sell tickets, though i suppose comparing all modern movies to one really outstanding one isn't really fair either since there is always gonna be great movies in a sea of "meh" ones
sorry for the ramble, just felt like saying all that
EingefrorenesEisen
~eingefroreneseisen
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Oh nah, I pretty much agree, but honestly it feels really rare to not see a movie with the typical modern day tropes and checkboxes like the nerdy character who has anxiety or the smarmy meta humor.
EingefrorenesEisen
~eingefroreneseisen
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I just didn't reply because I'm lazy, and also because I'm used to people not engaging in much depth with me about my thoughts. :') so I appreciate it honestly
zord
~zordraggon
yeah thats true, studios have mostly just stuck to what works and since its more complex to have more emotional depth
