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I just saw Hoppers. And I loved it so much.

I've said it so many times before that Pixar films always feel like they came out at the right time for me. Which I think is just an effect of them being incredibly relatable and current and important. BUT

I now work in wildlife and conservation full time which is why I'm not active here anymore. And just...it addressed the issues SO WELL. Working together!! And I'm forever trying to get it into people's heads that humans ARE nature - it's not us and them, we all live on the same planet. And I feel like Hoppers did such a great job of showing how wildlife and people should be coexisting and it shouldn't be hard.

!!!!! I LOVED IT. And the humour was great. And the characters were great. And all the animals looked SO soft I just wanted to hug them all it was almost too distracting but it was perfect

I hope everyone else loved Hoppers.

Also I've loved kind of going into it blind. I feel like I enjoy it more when I'm not picking apart every part of production that I can get news on. It was such a wild ride.

First of all. I liked Elio. My favourite bits: the creepy scenes, Elio is very very cute, I really liked the use of We Are Not Alone as a double meaning kind of thing.

I think you can tell the story has gone through a lot of changes, because there are so many really great elements and ideas, but it's like they don't fit together...effortlessly?? It's not one flowing beautiful story. I liked the slower first half of the movie learning about Elio and his life, and I loved that he loved getting abducted. But it weirdly felt like the universe kind of got smaller in the outer space half of the movie. Even though it literally got astronomically bigger. It suddenly just became really simple. Get badge. Stay in space with friends.

I just wanted to type out my current thoughts on the movie. It's better than seeing what the internet thinks about it, and every post about it outside of tumblr being like "There was no marketing for this movie!!" and "Another bean mouth movie?! Pixar are FAILING"

These aren't original opinions.

There was marketing. Marketing is weird now. Sometimes it doesn't work, because the internet is awful. During the trailers at the cinema, I realised I had no idea any of those movies even existed. I don't know how I receive information these days. it's depressing

I like the 'bean mouth' style if that's what it's called. I think it's fun. But I think people making this comment probably haven't seen the movie. Did Glordon have a bean mouth? no Turning Red and Luca had a similar kind of art style, but they also really really didn't? It's just annoying when you see people complaining about movies but they also don't see the movies.

ALSO. I think Disney+ and streaming services generally have had a pretty sad effect on the cinema experience. It's such a vicious cycle. I remember the feeling of needing to see Inside Out another time in the cinema before they stopped showing it, because it would be ages before I'd be able to see it again. But now my brain knows it'll be on Disney+ pretty soon so it's fine. But also when it does come to Disney+ I probably won't watch it because I'm overwhelmed by the amount of choice we have nowadays.

Pixar just revealed their upcoming 2027 film Gatto, directed by Luca director Enrico Casarosa.

Lee Unkrich has just revealed he will be returning to Pixar to direct Coco 2 together with co-director Adrian Molina.

I saw The Wild Robot yesterday and it may have immediately become my favourite Dreamworks movie??? It was stunning. And it did what I always want animated movies to do more - experiment with different art styles! The kind of impressionistic/watercolour backgrounds were so so lovely. I love that this and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish pushed the usual boundaries more of 'what an animated film should look like'.