#altivo

I’m back by popular demand/well not really but my optimism’s grand

A sequel to my Disney horse Rating post for all the other random non-Disney horses. Dreamworks, Bluesky, random cartoons, anything I could find. Featuring: Altivo, Spirit, some Barbie horses, and a few abominations.

Horse (Sing)

6/10 I don’t hate it and I feel like I should because it’s really hard to anthropomorphize horses that much without making them into the stuff of nightmares.

Shadowfax (The Lord of the Rings) 

5/10 There’s nothing WRONG with him per se, but it’s SHADOWFAX. Lord of all horses. He should wow me, and he doesn’t. Check out Gandalf’s weird sock-boots though. 

Hervé (Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper) 

-6/10 Horses' mouths don’t look like that. Horses’ mouths should not look like that. This thing wants to eat human flesh but can’t because it has two solid curved huge teeth with no physical  relationship with its jaw. Also this horse has the beginnings of male-pattern baldness. 

Princess Brietta (Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus)

1/10 Her eyes are flat like they’ve been painted onto her socketless skull. And there’s something very off-putting about this shade of pink. 

Beauty, Merry Legs, Ginger (Black Beauty) 

4/10 Ginger isn’t ginger. That is not a sorrel horse. There’s ONE requirement. Beauty’s the best of the three which is I guess what counts. 

Hans, Klaus and Greta (Ferdinand) 

2/10 I hate them so much. The core design isn’t that bad but the way they move and pose is. No horse should make that face. The one on the left is stretched putty.

The Grand Chawhee (All Dogs Go to Heaven)

I know what you’re thinking-- “isn’t that a mule or a donkey of some sort?” No. He’s a racehorse. Maybe a thoroughbred. And it’s his birthday so the other horses let him win. 

9/10

Stella (All Dogs Go to Heaven)

1/10 She gets one point for being nice to Chawhee. But she’s clearly some sort of alien giraffe hybrid. 

Odette’s horse (Swan Princess) 

7/10 Just a nice little palomino design.  

That little shaggy pony (The Quest for Camelot)

12/10 Amazing. Look at the determination.

Buck (Barnyard) 

2/10 See this is what that horse from Sing COULD have looked like. 

The Horse in the Back, Not Klaus But I Couldn’t FInd a Better Picture (Klaus)

9/10 He matches his owner and I respect that

Leah (The Star) 

4/10 This is horse is voiced by Kelly Clarkson. That has nothing to do with her rating, I just thought you should know. 

(Starchaser: The Legend of Orin) 

8/10 for both. I have questions but I do not want answers. It’s better this way. 

Fred (Over the Garden Wall)

7/10 don’t love that his head is a different color than his body in a weird way but he looks neurotic and fun. 

The Chariot Horses (Prince of Egypt)

8/10 I’ve just always liked these guys with their square faces and fun hats. 

Altivo (The Road to El Dorado)

7/10 Look at the little curl in his mane. Good personality. A little too much “Dreamworks Face” 

Donkey in Horse Form (Shrek 2? one of the Shreks) 

3/10 Look at his face. I DREAD what he might have to say. 

Esmeralda, Esperanza, Ernestina (Madgascar 3)

2/10 They’re coming for you. Coming to drag you into the Abyss. 

Police Horse (Madagascar)

7/10 I like his face shape. Compare him to the Madgascar 3 horses-- look how much more identifiable as a horse he is. 

Melvin (The Lorax)

10/10 He’s not a horse, but he’s so fluffy I love him. 

Babieca (Puss in Boots)

4/10 This horse has dead eyes. 

Onyx (Rise of the Guardians) 

13/10 She’s the leader of the nightmares and I would fully support her terrorizing the dreams of children. I’m pretty sure she and her mares ate the boogie man. A true Girlboss.

Yi Min (Kung Fu Panda but I think just an online game) 

-20/10 Just from a design perspective there’s far too much going on so it’s hard to even make it all out. Also I would have zero idea that this was a horse if the wiki page didn’t tell me it was. It has split hooves? 

Spirit Jr. (Spirit: Riding Free) 

8/10 Objectively I know the design is good  but my heart rebels against this show’s existence. 

Boomerang Thomas Stone (Spirit: Riding Free) 

8/10 I’m not doing all the horses from this show but I had to throw him in because he’s cute and he has a middle and last name for some reason.

Horse (Centaurworld) 

Why are there two distinctly different designs for her? This one gets a 9/10. The round one is like... a 5. All the other creatures in this show are eldritch abominations that will haunt me in my sleep now. 

Esperanza and all the other horses from this movie (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron) 

10/10 No notes. Perfect horses. 

Rain (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron) 

15/10 I don’t have a joke here I just really like the way they differentiated her and made her pretty without too much anthropomorphizing. I like that she has a roman nose.  I like her feather. 

Spirit (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron)

I am really glad to see you here and seeing that you found your spark again.

I am gonna be honest I haven't watched the Road to El Dorado yet but it is def a movie I wanna watch it looks so good. Soooo I guess I just would love to know what you like so much about it? Do you have a favourite character? A favourite scene? A favourite song? (in case it has more songs than one. I know that it has one but I don't know if it has more) :)

Oh hey, Stripet! 😄 It's soooo good to see you here, my friend! Thank you so much for following my new blog and for your support regarding my writer's block 🥹🫶 I know I keep saying it but you're just soooo sweet 🫂💖

I really hope that you'll enjoy the movie whenever you can watch it! 😄 I love it dearly because of a combination of many factors, sooo please allow me to fangirl a little bit, spoiler-free so you can fully enjoy the experience of watching it for the first time 🥰

First of all, the characters are two silly Spaniards who share a very close bond, almost like brothers, though many people ship them as they were originally meant to be a romantic couple, and even though I personally like it better when their bond is platonic, I also enjoy the fan content I've seen of them as a couple. The thing is that they are very much in sync and work amazingly well as a team, as they balance each other quite well with their different personalities. Their silly antics throughout the movie never fail to make me laugh 🤭

Also, as I said, they're Spanish! And being Spanish myself I just LOVE seeing the representation of my country and culture as well as the many times they speak Spanish here and there 😄 There's a scene at the beginning of the movie that cracks me up every time, because even the music is perfect there! 👌

Another thing is the story: they don't really search for it, but they find themselves involved in an adventure that takes them far away from home. It's both interesting and funny to see how everything plays out in their favour, so they, who, btw, happen to be two con men, only have to take the chance and make the most of it 🤭

And last but not least there are two other factors that make me love and enjoy this movie every single time as if it were the first one: the music and the visuals. On the one hand, Elton John was in charge of writing the songs for this film. On the other, it's visually so incredibly beautiful and stunning!

Now, as for my fave characters, it's definitely a tie between Miguel and Tulio, the main characters, as I love them precisely because of how different they are and how well they complement each other. First we have Miguel (voiced by Kenneth Brannagh), a man full of life and charm who's dying to live a great adventure and tends to be a bit impulsive. Also, he's quite good at playing instruments. You might have seen this gif of him 👇🤭

Then we have Tulio (voiced by Kevin Kline), the mastermind behind every plan whose greatest wish is to amass as much gold as possible (and who's also the comic relief in the movie 🤭). He tends to be grumpy (in a funny way) and panics easily if he doesn't have everything under control, and that's where Miguel's personality helps him so much: he's so optimistic and easy-going that it's usually enough to make Tulio relax. Be it romantic or platonic, I'd say they're the perfect representation of the grumpy/sunshine trope 🤭 And I'm personally a BIG fan of this trope so I was just bound to love their relationship and dynamics 😁

Then as for a favorite scene... that's a bit harder to pick as there are so many good scenes that I love! Without getting into much detail so as not to spoil you, I'll just say: the "holy ship" scene, the moment we see El Dorado for the first time aaaaand... "mighty and powerful gods" 😁 Oh, and the entire ending squence ever since the jaguar appears. I could literally rewatch it all the time without getting tired of it, hehe.

And as I said earlier, the music in this movie is simply BEAUTIFUL. I'm not sure which song is the one you know, but literally all of them are wonderful and I usually just listen to the entire soundtrack on loop 🤭 I'm just gonna add one of my most favorites here as it really is an amazing song and the scene is also one of my favorites, hehe 😁🎶

You'll see that this scene perfectly shows what I mentioned about their personalities and Tulio being the comic relief character 😂 Oh! And that majestic steed right there is Altivo 😁 I'm sure you'll come to love him!

I'd like to simply mention other three songs but they take place a bit further in the movie, so maybe you'd prefer to wait till you watch it to avoid spoilers (totally up to you obv!). But I need to mention them as I love them dearly: "It's tough to be a god" (the funniest one imo), "Without question" (good vibes only) and "Friends never say goodbye" (heartbreaking 🥲💔).

Honestly my friend, I had so much fun responding to this ask, and I can only hope you'll enjoy this movie whenever you can watch it and hopefully we can fangirl together 😄 I still remember the first time that I watched it and how it kept surprising me in the best and funniest ways possible, so I sincerely hope your experience will be the same or at least very similar 🥰

Before I go though... you may have seen this iconic gif as well 👇🤭

It's so simple yet so silly and hilarious 😂

Inktober 2024 Part II

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12. Remote [Black Mage Village - Final Fantasy IX]

13. Horizon [Sawtooth - Horizon Zero Dawn]

14. Roam [Sir Fratley - Final Fantasy IX]

15. Guidebook [Naruto Uzumaki - Naruto]

16. Grungy [Silco - Arcane]

17. Journal [Edward Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist]

18. Drive [Naoto Kurogane - Blazblue]

19. Ridge [Stegosaurus]

"Girls just wanna have fun, I just wanna have sex in a car" (FVN - LVL1)

"Write such good stories oh, their mothers must be proud, making money off your insecurity and doubt" (Girls - Marina And the Diamonds)

"I get mean when I'm nervous like a bad dog" (Cop Car - Mitski)

"You took away what I wanted the most and he will come back to me, he will come back to me one day" (Sufre mamón - Hombres G)

"And since I didn't want to stay sad and lonely I had to get married with the neighborhood faggot" (El Putón del barrio - El Cuarteto de Nos)

"But I quite like your girlfriend, How'd the fuck she end up with you? You know we talk about all the dumb shit you do" (Oh yeah, you gonna cry? - Lovejoy)

"They will blame us, crucify and shame us, We can't help it if we are a problem" (The Adults Are Talking - The Strokes)

"It's just that I fell in love with a war" (A Pearl - Mitski)

"I'm the doctor, I'm the patient, Don't forget that, it's important" (Prescription - Mindless Self Indulgence)

"He only loves me when, There's a means he means to end" (Jobless Monday - Mitski)