Lovin' Life

Most movies are so afraid of being “cheesy” that whenever they say something like “friendship is the most powerful force in the world” they quickly undercut it with a joke to show We Don’t Really Believe That! ;)  Even Disney films nowadays have the characters mock their own movie’s tropes (”if you start singing, I’m gonna throw up!”) It’s like winking at the camera: “See, audience? We know this is ridiculous! We’re in on the joke!”

But Lord of the Rings is just 12.5 hours of friendship and love being the most powerful forces in the world, played straight. Characters have conversations about how much their home and family and friends mean to them, how hope is eternal, how there is so much in the world that’s worth living for…. and the film doesn’t apologize for that. There’s no winking at the audience about How Cheesy and Silly All This Is; it’s just. Completely in earnest.

Lucy’s pure childlike innocence at the start is so gorgeously endearing; like, if she hadn’t gone through into Narnia that first time she went into the Wardrobe, Peter would have come into that room and seen the freshly removed protective sheet all crumpled on the floor, and the door open, and he would not only have known INSTANTLY that someone was hidden in there, but he also would have known at a glance WHO was hidden in there and he’d probably pretend not to know there was anyone in there; he’d look behind it, but not in it - he’d probably be able to hear Lucy giggling, but even THEN he’d pretend not to be able to find her. But Lucy doesn’t register even remotely that Peter would know instantly where she is. She pulls this big sheet aside, pulls open the door, and goes, “yes. This is perfect. He’ll never find me here.”

Love the bit where the wolves are attacking Susan and Lu and Peter, Aslan, and a bunch of others arrive, and Oreus is about to go charging in there but then Aslan is like “No don’t, this is Peter’s battle,” so Oreus throws his hand out to the side to prevent anyone from charging in, like he hadn’t been literally about to do exactly that; makes me lol every time

Shout out to Skandar Keynes for the subtle quality of his acting. The way he portrays Edmund prior to the Witch is so childish and immature, and then the way he is after her is so vastly different. And I’m not talking script writing, although obviously that too. I mean the way he presents himself, down to his body language and the way he speaks. His voice becomes just a tad lower and slower; calmer and more self assured. The way he’s so stiff in the first part of the film, constantly recoiling from his family’s touch/looking uncomfortable and tense all the time, to how he looks so much more relaxed after he’s been rescued, even when he’s only just walking down from speaking with Aslan, and is about to see his siblings again for the first time since he betrayed them. He looks looser - no longer tense down to his bones, the line of his shoulders is no longer taut, and even when he’s hunching away because Peter’s just spoken to him and he’s not sure what to expect, it’s a different sort of hunch. He becomes so much older in the wake of the Witch, and Skandar portrays it so well. Physically he hasn’t aged at all, but all his mannerisms and actions are so much more mature, and honestly A+ acting my boy

The animation of the various creatures is so flipping good. I mean, this was a movie made in 2005, so like, it’s not like good CGI was an impossibility, but the LWW standard not only holds up to the quality of CGI in current movies, it actually surpasses a lot of them, and that’s very impressive. The Griffins for instance?? 10/10, if I didn’t know they weren’t real animals, I wouldn’t have guessed it

I will never not be blinded with rage the first time we see battle-ready Jadis and see that she’s wearing Aslan’s mane as part of her outfit, gah, it makes me utterly furious

The score for the battle scene is one of the greatest pieces of music ever written

I will always love the part where the mice chew Aslan loose, because that’s canonically when Talking Mice became a thing, and it just gives me the warmest feels

“Peter’s not king yet” iconic

Tumnus charging into battle with nothing but his scarf and just simply running into people and pushing them over, good job boyo, A+ for reckless enthusiasm

The casting for the older Pevensies is SPOT ON

No like seriously it’s SPOT ON

Shout out to the costumes in the first movie, because they’re absolutely stellar and SO MUCH BETTER than the costumes in the second movie, which were…. not stellar

“What was it he said? You girls stay in the castle; I’ll go and get the stag myself” adorbs, I love it

What must the shock have been for the Pevensies, one second being in their 20s in the woods, and the next being not even teenagers again and on the floor of a dusty old grey bedroom, honestly, i don’t know how any of them coped with that, I would have been so beyond devastated

A post about a little boy and his cebu…

A post about a little boy and his three cebu…

A sick cebu…

A sad cebu…

And a mute cebu…

and also a hippo.

Um…

This is me at the airport.

This is my Aunt Ruth.

This is me at a bull fight.

This is me fighting the bull.

This is me and the bull.

This is me and the bull and… I think that’s the bull’s cousin. He’s a cebu.

Caspian: We have to trick my uncle into agreeing to a dual with Peter. But I don’t know if it will work, they already have a guaranteed victory based on numbers, and his advisors are not easily swayed. Someone would really have to goad him into it.

Edmund:

Edmund:

Yes.

Did I giggle every time?

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-waiting till like 2:30 am to watch the old dcoms and shows

-it not feeling like halloween till twitches and halloweentown played

-pass the plate pOMegRaNAte and ZucChINi

-"The time I... climbed mount everest"... made me wish I could climb it too

-disney's friends for change

🎶send it oonnnnn,, on and onnnnnn🎶

-as the bell rings!! Dah dah dadadadah dada as the bell rings

-lily on hannah montana having a really bad singing voice but emily osment having music out... child me mind BLOWN

-if i didn't have you mitchell x emily playing all the time during commercials

-selena singing cruella de vil ALSO playing all the time

-mileyworld

-this is life with derek,, this is life with derek! This is life with lizzie, edwin, george, and nora, marnie and casey

-selena gomez & the scene

-disney channel games, all the actors on different teams and competing

-that's so suite life of hannah montana

-DISNEY. 3-6-5

-what's that? a hat? crazy funky junky hat! overslept, hair unsightly, tryna look like kiera knightly! We've been there we've done that we see right through your funky hat!

-yeah the replacemeeeennnntssssss

-HELLLOOOO NEWW YORKKKKK

-lizzie mcguire singing with herself on stage except brunette with an accent

-dylan and cole being in danimals commercials

-germs can hide on your hands and make you sick when you touch your eyes, mouth, or nose, so wash your hands often, especially when you touch something that might not be clean. Just grab some soap, scrub your hands with warm water for at least 20 seconds, and wash those germs down the drain. Disney channel wants you to protect yourself, your friends, and your family from getting sick

-max saying "that's bunk!"

-MOOOOM! PHINEAS AND FERB ARE MAKING A TITLE SEQUENCE!

-zack & cody's tipton trouble

-hannah montana the movie the game

-1 2 3 4 who's that knockin at my door? 5 6 7 8 hurry up and don't be late 9 10 11 12 got a secret I can't tell

-getting disney channel books and posters at the book fair, like the "junior novels" or activity books centered on the shows and movies

-shaaaaakeeee itttttt uppppppp

-wizards on deck with hannah montana

-princess protection program

-camp rock 1 being a movie with music and camp rock 2 being a full blown musical

-not completely throwback but tess said shane grey's favorite color is green and then joe's record for happiness begins is green, coincidence? I think not

-to the beat of my.. to the beat of my.. to the beat of my heart

-SOOOO RAAAAANDOMMMM

-so check it out I got a manicure yesterday ... check it out.. ooo check those out, check you out

-starrrrstruckkkk camera flashes cover of magazines ooh ohh

-lemonade mouth being a movie of bops

-london tipton being able to communicate with dolphins in the suite life movie because of fruit

-also london is dumb af: PRNDL; A PLUS THE CROSS; "faa, soo" if something is FAR I say SO because I have a private jet

-when they said maddie didn't look anything like sharpay even though ashley tisdale played both characters

-also ashley tisdale voicing candace on phineas & ferb

-aly & aj

-disney channel sing it

-JONAS being the cheesiest show on the whole channel but loving it anyway

-zoom zoom zoom, make my heart go boom boom, my supernova girl

-hatching pete, dadnapped, minutemen

-seeing high school musical 3 in theater

-something to dance for x ttylxox mashup

-radio disney jams 11

-hannah montana 2/meet miley cyrus

-speaking of hannah, hannah montana and miley cyrus: best of both worlds concert dvd in 2D & 3D was as close as I got to seeing her live

-wish gone amiss

-when the crowd wants more, I bring on the thunda, cause you got my back and I'm not goin unda

-CORY IN THE HAAAAUUUUUSSSEEEE

-the last season of wizards having a different theme song than the first three (same words but... they changed it..)

-david archuleta on hannah montana

-raven getting that look on her face o.o before a vision

-hayley kiyoko being on lemonade mouth and wizards of waverly place

-and now we're back, ooonnn Disney Channel

-Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya de la Rosa Ramírez

-music videos playing during commercials

-I'm ... from ... and you're watching disney channel *draws mickey ears*

-one of the only non-disney commercials being "... is a proud sponsor of disney channel"

-I DON'T WANNA WASTE MY SUMMER AT SOME CAMP. I'M SHANE. GREY. FOR CRYING OUT LOUD

-when they had those special versions of movies they'd play like camp rock or starstruck where they'd share behind the scenes stuff as it played,, like when joe tripped in camp rock it was an accident but they kept it in the movie

-dance dance revolution disney channel edition

-niley and jemi being the major ships

-SWEET MAMA IT'S THE JONAS BROTHERS

-some of my faves of the late night dcoms: thirteenth year, zenon, you lucky dog, smart house, motocrossed, actually all of them were my faves

-the luck of the irish playing on st patricks day

-getting bop, m, j-14 magazines for the posters of disney channel actors

-brandy and mr. whiskers

-everyone being upset that raven wasn't in the third cheetah girls but I still liked it because it had lots of great songs

-alex and justin playing that song "make it happen" on wizards and it being an absolute BOP

-a normal dad would go to a foreign country on a secret mission and bring his daughter back a TSHIRT, /not/ a PERSON

-she's the girrrlllll nexxtttt dooooorrrrr, nice but naughty, a heart that's pure

-phil going from the year 2121 to 2004 and his whole family acting weird af

-speaking of acting weird af, stepsister from planet weird being made of a bubble? They're a planet of bubbles??

-the laziest butler in existence being bertram

-you can dream it, you can be it, if you can feel it, you can believe it, 'cause I am you are we are /exceptional/

-the proud family movie having those peanut head dudes

-the nachos on kim possible looking like the tastiest nachos in existence

-them going to a deserted island in even stevens movie and all this crazy stuff happening to them but actually it was a fake reality tv show

-calling all the monsters, calling all the monsters, calling all the calling all the calling all the monsters

-miley voicing the girl on bolt

-did you know the guy that played Mr. Fulton on HSM2 was on like three other dcoms?? Yeah he was the dad on Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-off AND The Other Me

-when one of the girls phones was dropped in a yogurt container in cow belles

-avalon high being about king arthur coming back and the bad guy was supposed to be his step bro but PLOT TWIST it wasn't

-teddy ending every video to charlie with "good luck, charlie"

-also PJ's name on his birth certificate actually being PP by mistake

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the one-on-one scene was very very very important for the viewers to see and understand the history that ricky and nini have, the connection they share, and the chemistry they have together. 

the scene begins with ricky possibly beginning an attempt to apologize, but nini, understandably, doesn’t respond too kindly.

she’s aware that she did her best to console ricky, and even though he was in a negative mood and returned to her with a rude demeanor, she knew he was just hurting and she told him what she understood would help ricky out. but of course, she was still hurt by his words.

it’s clear that there was a lot of tension built up between the two, and that they need to talk it out.

it’s so so so obvious that there’s so much left unsaid between the two and they needed to clear things up, and let things out. ricky admits that he’s glad to have it out of his system, as he believes stuff has been building up that needed to be said.

but just as the relationship went after the breakup ‘pause’ event, they both clearly seemed to not want to continue with what else they wanted to say and attempted to “move on” in the scene :

the tone that is set in the scene currently is very tense, and viewers are shown a bit of a banter between ricky and nini. they both clearly have different sides to their story, but without fully acknowledging the differences in perspective, and talking all of that out, they end up holding back themselves and instead release a negative connotation against each other.

the scene analysis is continued below the cut:

Musical Enjoyer: theyre just supposed to be fun :) its not that deep