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Favorite things
So I wanted to share with you a list of some of my favorite movies, books and shows from last year. These included some mainstream ones and lots of obscure foreign films (with subtitles). I had been enchanted with either the storytelling aspect or the visual or something odd or compelling in it. Sadly, I can’t find that list. I am sad I can’t share it with you and sad for me too as I can’t remember everything on the list (I watch a lot of movies).
I won’t end this post on a negative. I will share at least one film that was on there. It was the Secret World of Arrietty.
If you are a fan of Studio Ghibli movies, you might be aware of this treasure of an animation. It was nostalgic in the way of childhood crushes. The most beautiful aspect was definitely the visuals. To be that small and see our normal world anew! The garden was enchanting and had a meditative serene atmosphere. If you haven’t seen the film, I highly recommend it.
I will continue to look for that elusive list and hope to share with you some of my favorite finds. Have you discovered any book or film lately? I would love to hear about it.
I won’t end this post on a negative. I will share at least one film that was on there. It was the Secret World of Arrietty.
If you are a fan of Studio Ghibli movies, you might be aware of this treasure of an animation. It was nostalgic in the way of childhood crushes. The most beautiful aspect was definitely the visuals. To be that small and see our normal world anew! The garden was enchanting and had a meditative serene atmosphere. If you haven’t seen the film, I highly recommend it.
I will continue to look for that elusive list and hope to share with you some of my favorite finds. Have you discovered any book or film lately? I would love to hear about it.
Askew (Toronto Reels 2019)
For this edition of Things You Might Not Have Seen, I highlight the animated short Askew. It is a featured animated short for Absolutely Canadian Toronto Reels 2019.
I liked the animation for its style and moody atmosphere. It is about a museum director who is obsessed with perfection. She obsesses over an askew painting. Her quest for perfection leads her to destroy the very art pieces she is responsible for.
There is a great message behind it all. She gets a new perspective on life: Sometimes through imperfection, we find a new way of seeing things.
There are cameos by many famous art pieces, such as the Scream by Edvard Munch and The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo. Keep an eye out for those 😉
You can watch the animated short at the 30 minute mark here: https://gem.cbc.ca/media/absolutely-c...
There are three other great animated shorts in the link above: Wash day, First Steps and Family Affair. The link will be available through Jan 2021. Be sure to check it out.
I hope that you discovered something new today. Thank you for reading!
I liked the animation for its style and moody atmosphere. It is about a museum director who is obsessed with perfection. She obsesses over an askew painting. Her quest for perfection leads her to destroy the very art pieces she is responsible for.
There is a great message behind it all. She gets a new perspective on life: Sometimes through imperfection, we find a new way of seeing things.
There are cameos by many famous art pieces, such as the Scream by Edvard Munch and The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo. Keep an eye out for those 😉
You can watch the animated short at the 30 minute mark here: https://gem.cbc.ca/media/absolutely-c...
There are three other great animated shorts in the link above: Wash day, First Steps and Family Affair. The link will be available through Jan 2021. Be sure to check it out.
I hope that you discovered something new today. Thank you for reading!
Star Trek: Lower Decks
For this edition of Things You Might Not Have Seen, I will talk about the new animated series “Star Trek: Lower Decks”.
This series caught my eye for one good reason: I wanted an introduction to Star Trek. Catching up with Star Trek’s different series and many episodes is an intimidating task! It is hard to know where to start.
What I like about the animated series: Even though I have not seen the original, I can tell that this version is not taking itself too seriously. Lower decks is good-naturedly poking fun at the original Star Trek. Case in point (and perhaps my new favorite): The sarcastic Vulcan salute. “Live long, and prosper” indeed 😆
The ship itself is called USS Cerritos (which sounds like a combination of the words Cheetos and Doritos). It is no way as impressive as the other ship names, such as Enterprise, Voyager, Discovery, and Excelsior. I can’t find the etymology of the name, so I can’t confirm the meaning, but Cerritos is also the name of a small US city.
I also liked that Lower Decks is a story about the underdogs: Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi. The story of the crew behind the scenes. The animated series shows the complex world of Star Trek, without going too much into the details. It would be hard to do punch lines if you have to explain all the jokes.
Does the animated series make me want to see the original? Maybe. On it’s own, it is entertaining and funny. I can see that the underdog characters are growing and developing, perhaps even to lead their own ship one day. Their friendship to one another is at the heart of the show.
I hope that you liked today’s blog post. Thank you for reading! 😊
This series caught my eye for one good reason: I wanted an introduction to Star Trek. Catching up with Star Trek’s different series and many episodes is an intimidating task! It is hard to know where to start.
What I like about the animated series: Even though I have not seen the original, I can tell that this version is not taking itself too seriously. Lower decks is good-naturedly poking fun at the original Star Trek. Case in point (and perhaps my new favorite): The sarcastic Vulcan salute. “Live long, and prosper” indeed 😆
The ship itself is called USS Cerritos (which sounds like a combination of the words Cheetos and Doritos). It is no way as impressive as the other ship names, such as Enterprise, Voyager, Discovery, and Excelsior. I can’t find the etymology of the name, so I can’t confirm the meaning, but Cerritos is also the name of a small US city.
I also liked that Lower Decks is a story about the underdogs: Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi. The story of the crew behind the scenes. The animated series shows the complex world of Star Trek, without going too much into the details. It would be hard to do punch lines if you have to explain all the jokes.
Does the animated series make me want to see the original? Maybe. On it’s own, it is entertaining and funny. I can see that the underdog characters are growing and developing, perhaps even to lead their own ship one day. Their friendship to one another is at the heart of the show.
I hope that you liked today’s blog post. Thank you for reading! 😊
The Physics of Sorrow (2019)
“There is only childhood and death. Between the two, there is nothing.”
For this edition of TYMNHS, I will talk about the animated film The Physics of Sorrow by Theodore Ushev. The film is based on a book of the same name by author Georgi Gospodinov.
The Physics of Sorrow is an half hour animation showing us the life story of one man. It is a saga of his childhood reveries and adult regrets.
It is the first-ever fully animated film using encaustic painting. What is an encaustic style? It looks like a moving Edvard Munch painting. Once you see it, it becomes easily recognizable. It is smudged pastels whose edges are blurred, animated with wisps of dreams.
What is Sorrow in the film? It is a time capsule. It is nostalgia wrapped in regrets. The protagonist carries a briefcase with him with small life mementos. A gum wrapper. A dinosaur given by his daughter. Tin soldiers. Toy cars. We see him playing toy soldiers to becoming a soldier himself. He goes through a strict childhood, to enrolling in the army, to post-war PTSD, a marriage then a divorce.
The Physics of Sorrow is a poignant story. It is a moody and deep portrayal. Grief and sorrow are a constant companion. They are more familiar than happiness.
I want to read the book the film was based on. There are beautiful lines weaving through the film that touch a chord.
“Sometimes the end of the world is a purely personal matter.”
“How are you? How’s it going? How am I? I am not. Period.”
The protagonist regarding his briefcase and the end of the world: “To be opened after the end of the world. There must be something that remains though. Something He could use to start over. The day after the apocalypse, there will be no news, newspapers. How ironic? The most significant event in the whole history of humanity will get no media attention. Nobody will post on their Facebook page ‘The world has ended’.”
I hope that you liked today’s blog post. Thank you for dropping by!
For this edition of TYMNHS, I will talk about the animated film The Physics of Sorrow by Theodore Ushev. The film is based on a book of the same name by author Georgi Gospodinov.
The Physics of Sorrow is an half hour animation showing us the life story of one man. It is a saga of his childhood reveries and adult regrets.
It is the first-ever fully animated film using encaustic painting. What is an encaustic style? It looks like a moving Edvard Munch painting. Once you see it, it becomes easily recognizable. It is smudged pastels whose edges are blurred, animated with wisps of dreams.
What is Sorrow in the film? It is a time capsule. It is nostalgia wrapped in regrets. The protagonist carries a briefcase with him with small life mementos. A gum wrapper. A dinosaur given by his daughter. Tin soldiers. Toy cars. We see him playing toy soldiers to becoming a soldier himself. He goes through a strict childhood, to enrolling in the army, to post-war PTSD, a marriage then a divorce.
The Physics of Sorrow is a poignant story. It is a moody and deep portrayal. Grief and sorrow are a constant companion. They are more familiar than happiness.
I want to read the book the film was based on. There are beautiful lines weaving through the film that touch a chord.
“Sometimes the end of the world is a purely personal matter.”
“How are you? How’s it going? How am I? I am not. Period.”
The protagonist regarding his briefcase and the end of the world: “To be opened after the end of the world. There must be something that remains though. Something He could use to start over. The day after the apocalypse, there will be no news, newspapers. How ironic? The most significant event in the whole history of humanity will get no media attention. Nobody will post on their Facebook page ‘The world has ended’.”
I hope that you liked today’s blog post. Thank you for dropping by!
Piper (2016)
In this cute edition of Things You Might Not Have Seen, I will talk about the animated short Piper. I actually saw this animation in a movie theater, when it played before Finding Dory. (Yes I went to see a cartoon in a theater.. . why do you ask? 😅)
The quality of this animation is so good, that for the first few frames, I actually thought I was looking at a real footage of birds by the beach. The animation is about Sandpipers, birds that live on the beach, hunting for food in the sand when the wave recedes, and dispersing when the water comes back in.
There is an adorable baby piper 🐣 who like any baby, demand food from its mother. The mother Sandpiper feels it is time for the baby to leave the nest, and start looking for its own food.
The baby piper is excited at first, and rushes by the shore. It is too busy exploring to realize the tide was coming back in. We see the baby Piper back at its nest, cold and shivering 🥶 The mother calls the baby back to the shore, but it refuses to leave the warm, safe nest.
The baby is hungry, and miserable 😔 It feels it is too small to fend itself in the big world. While feeling sorry for itself, the baby Piper meets a baby hermit crab, even tinier than itself.
The baby Piper learns some important lessons from the tiny crab:
1. No matter how small you feel, there will always be someone even smaller than you.
2. Tiny is mighty 💪 The feisty, tiny crab made sure the baby Piper didn’t forget.
3. If you are too busy hiding your head in the sand, in this case literally, you will miss out on the wonders of the world.
4. Once you start believing in yourself and find your strength, you can help others, and change the world around you for the better.
This short animation is as meaningful, as it is cute. If you haven’t seen this Academy Award winning animation, you can check it out.
I hope that you discovered something new today 😊 Thank you for reading!
The quality of this animation is so good, that for the first few frames, I actually thought I was looking at a real footage of birds by the beach. The animation is about Sandpipers, birds that live on the beach, hunting for food in the sand when the wave recedes, and dispersing when the water comes back in.
There is an adorable baby piper 🐣 who like any baby, demand food from its mother. The mother Sandpiper feels it is time for the baby to leave the nest, and start looking for its own food.
The baby piper is excited at first, and rushes by the shore. It is too busy exploring to realize the tide was coming back in. We see the baby Piper back at its nest, cold and shivering 🥶 The mother calls the baby back to the shore, but it refuses to leave the warm, safe nest.
The baby is hungry, and miserable 😔 It feels it is too small to fend itself in the big world. While feeling sorry for itself, the baby Piper meets a baby hermit crab, even tinier than itself.
The baby Piper learns some important lessons from the tiny crab:
1. No matter how small you feel, there will always be someone even smaller than you.
2. Tiny is mighty 💪 The feisty, tiny crab made sure the baby Piper didn’t forget.
3. If you are too busy hiding your head in the sand, in this case literally, you will miss out on the wonders of the world.
4. Once you start believing in yourself and find your strength, you can help others, and change the world around you for the better.
This short animation is as meaningful, as it is cute. If you haven’t seen this Academy Award winning animation, you can check it out.
I hope that you discovered something new today 😊 Thank you for reading!
The Ancient Magus' Bride
For this edition of Things You Might Not Have Seen, I will talk about the dark fantasy animated series, The Ancient Magus’ Bride . I will talk about the first season (I haven’t seen the second season yet… so no spoilers, please)
The Ancient Magus’ Bride starts with an auction. The object? A young girl being sold as a slave. The girl is fed up of her life. Her family has abandoned her and her neighbors mock her for being different.
She feels like giving up. Either she will end her life, once and for all, or she feels that being sold as a slave is a better option. At least her life would be useful to someone else. Yes, it is a pretty dark start. But life has something else in store for young Chise Hatori.
The auctioneer is excited that she is a sleigh beggy, a special magus who can draw magic from her surroundings and from within herself. Sleigh Beggys also have short lives because of their talent. The magic severely strains their bodies, making Sleigh Beggys very weak, and fated to die prematurely. The auction ends with Chise being sold for five million pounds.
She is sold to Elias Ainsworth, a seven-foot-tall humanoid with an animal skull for a head. Elias tells her that she will be his future wife. Chise is surprised, but doesn’t disagree. All she wants is a home and to feel that she belongs. Elias takes her to a beautiful country home in Great Britain. From here, their story begins…
I love this animation for the characters. Both Elias and Chise are ostracized in society for who they are, but they find comfort in one another. Although Elias already declared his intention to marry her in the first episode, the animated series savors their courtship. We see whether Elias can save Chise from her early death. We see whether Chise can save the magus from completely giving in to his demonic side.
The animation style is beautiful. Each frame has a surreal, romantic, and supernatural feeling. It is the perfect series to escape to another magical realm, with fantastic and memorable magical creatures, such as dragons, shapeshifters, demons, etc. The anime feels like a cross between Spirited Away and Inuyasha. Each episode has it own story, but adds to the overall narrative.
Watch The Ancient Magus’ Bride to see characters grapple hideous external demons, but you might just find that internal demons are the hardest to overcome.
Thank for reading today’s blog post. I hope that you discovered something new today 😊
The Ancient Magus’ Bride starts with an auction. The object? A young girl being sold as a slave. The girl is fed up of her life. Her family has abandoned her and her neighbors mock her for being different.
She feels like giving up. Either she will end her life, once and for all, or she feels that being sold as a slave is a better option. At least her life would be useful to someone else. Yes, it is a pretty dark start. But life has something else in store for young Chise Hatori.
The auctioneer is excited that she is a sleigh beggy, a special magus who can draw magic from her surroundings and from within herself. Sleigh Beggys also have short lives because of their talent. The magic severely strains their bodies, making Sleigh Beggys very weak, and fated to die prematurely. The auction ends with Chise being sold for five million pounds.
She is sold to Elias Ainsworth, a seven-foot-tall humanoid with an animal skull for a head. Elias tells her that she will be his future wife. Chise is surprised, but doesn’t disagree. All she wants is a home and to feel that she belongs. Elias takes her to a beautiful country home in Great Britain. From here, their story begins…
I love this animation for the characters. Both Elias and Chise are ostracized in society for who they are, but they find comfort in one another. Although Elias already declared his intention to marry her in the first episode, the animated series savors their courtship. We see whether Elias can save Chise from her early death. We see whether Chise can save the magus from completely giving in to his demonic side.
The animation style is beautiful. Each frame has a surreal, romantic, and supernatural feeling. It is the perfect series to escape to another magical realm, with fantastic and memorable magical creatures, such as dragons, shapeshifters, demons, etc. The anime feels like a cross between Spirited Away and Inuyasha. Each episode has it own story, but adds to the overall narrative.
Watch The Ancient Magus’ Bride to see characters grapple hideous external demons, but you might just find that internal demons are the hardest to overcome.
Thank for reading today’s blog post. I hope that you discovered something new today 😊
Unikitty! (Animated series)
If you are in the mood for watching something fun, you might like today’s blog post. For this edition of Things You Might Not Have Seen, I will talk about the animated series, Unikitty.
The greatest threat to the kingdom of Unikitty is a citizen becoming sad… or worse, bored 👀
Meet the main casts of silly characters:
Unikitty: a perky, happy unicorn, kitty princess. Her greatest power… being happy. She will stop at nothing to make you happy too, including (frequently) destroying her kingdom.
Puppycorn: Unikitty’s little brother. A silly puppy that want to eat hotdogs, take naps, and rap.
Dr. Fox: Scientist, genius fox that loves science. Her experiments are dangerous, often adding new adventures for Unikitty and friends.
Hawkadile: Personal bodyguard. Love interest to Dr. Fox. Brave warrior with both brawn and heart.
Richard: Royal Adviser. The voice of reason, or in Unikitty kingdom, the voice of boredom. He likes quiet fun, like making cookies like his meemaw… or doing taxes 😂
Master Frown: evil doom lord from Frown Town. He wants to spread unhappiness in the kingdom of Unikitty. He gets his butt kicked by Unikitty and friends.
Brock: Master Frown’s roommate and friend. He likes playing video games rather than help Master Frown with his plots. He is friends with Unikitty and friends, despite Master Frown frowning about it.
This is a light and fun series to watch. Thank for reading today’s blog post. I hope you discovered something fun today 😊
The greatest threat to the kingdom of Unikitty is a citizen becoming sad… or worse, bored 👀
Meet the main casts of silly characters:
Unikitty: a perky, happy unicorn, kitty princess. Her greatest power… being happy. She will stop at nothing to make you happy too, including (frequently) destroying her kingdom.
Puppycorn: Unikitty’s little brother. A silly puppy that want to eat hotdogs, take naps, and rap.
Dr. Fox: Scientist, genius fox that loves science. Her experiments are dangerous, often adding new adventures for Unikitty and friends.
Hawkadile: Personal bodyguard. Love interest to Dr. Fox. Brave warrior with both brawn and heart.
Richard: Royal Adviser. The voice of reason, or in Unikitty kingdom, the voice of boredom. He likes quiet fun, like making cookies like his meemaw… or doing taxes 😂
Master Frown: evil doom lord from Frown Town. He wants to spread unhappiness in the kingdom of Unikitty. He gets his butt kicked by Unikitty and friends.
Brock: Master Frown’s roommate and friend. He likes playing video games rather than help Master Frown with his plots. He is friends with Unikitty and friends, despite Master Frown frowning about it.
This is a light and fun series to watch. Thank for reading today’s blog post. I hope you discovered something fun today 😊
Animated movie: Your Name
To all you hopeless and hopeful romantics out there, you are in for a treat today. In this edition of Things You Might Not Have Seen blog series (TYMNHS), I talk about the 2016 animated movie, Your Name by Makoto Shinkai.
Let me start by saying that the visuals are stunning. This is even before the story. You can, in fact, turn off the volume and fall in love with the images… but then you will miss out on the awe-inspiring love story.
Mitsuha Miyamizu is a high school girl living in the rural town of Itomori. Bored of her life, she wishes she was a boy living in the city of Tokyo. Her wish came true as she begins to switch bodies with Taki Tachibana. They would wake up as the other person and live through their life for the day. They first thought they were having vivid dreams, but eventually realize they can communicate with each other. They would leave each other messages on paper, phones and sometimes on each other’s skin (often full of mischief 😆). Both help each other with their social problems.
Mitsuha (in Taki’s body) sets Taki up on a date with his coworker Miki Okudera, who he had a crush on the longest time. Taki (in Mitsuha’s body) causes awkward Mitsuha to become popular at school.
Now, I can’t tell you about the rest of the movie without giving away spoilers. Let me just say that the body-switching ability between the two stops and Taki wants to find out why. There is a comet involved, the town of Itomori being destroyed, Mitsuha possibly being in the town when the comet fell, and a race against time to save her and the people in her town. There is also an unbelievable twist that has you scratching your head and wondering why you didn’t catch the clues before.
I loved how funny Your Name was. I started the movie out giggling. By the end I felt like I was punched in the heart. I hated how raw it made me feel. I wasn’t ready for the emotional rollercoaster ride.
Would I go through it again?
Yes 💗
Your Name is a beautiful love story. It will stay in your heart for a long time.
I hope that you liked today’s blog post. Thank you for reading 😊
Let me start by saying that the visuals are stunning. This is even before the story. You can, in fact, turn off the volume and fall in love with the images… but then you will miss out on the awe-inspiring love story.
Mitsuha Miyamizu is a high school girl living in the rural town of Itomori. Bored of her life, she wishes she was a boy living in the city of Tokyo. Her wish came true as she begins to switch bodies with Taki Tachibana. They would wake up as the other person and live through their life for the day. They first thought they were having vivid dreams, but eventually realize they can communicate with each other. They would leave each other messages on paper, phones and sometimes on each other’s skin (often full of mischief 😆). Both help each other with their social problems.
Mitsuha (in Taki’s body) sets Taki up on a date with his coworker Miki Okudera, who he had a crush on the longest time. Taki (in Mitsuha’s body) causes awkward Mitsuha to become popular at school.
Now, I can’t tell you about the rest of the movie without giving away spoilers. Let me just say that the body-switching ability between the two stops and Taki wants to find out why. There is a comet involved, the town of Itomori being destroyed, Mitsuha possibly being in the town when the comet fell, and a race against time to save her and the people in her town. There is also an unbelievable twist that has you scratching your head and wondering why you didn’t catch the clues before.
I loved how funny Your Name was. I started the movie out giggling. By the end I felt like I was punched in the heart. I hated how raw it made me feel. I wasn’t ready for the emotional rollercoaster ride.
Would I go through it again?
Yes 💗
Your Name is a beautiful love story. It will stay in your heart for a long time.
I hope that you liked today’s blog post. Thank you for reading 😊
Animated movie: Over the Moon
For this edition of Things You Might Not Have Seen, I will talk about the 2020 animated movie, Over the Moon. This is a children’s animated movie that tackles a serious topic: a child grieving the loss of a parent.
Fei Fei had a lovely family with two loving parents. Her life turns upside down when her mother falls ill and passes away. It seems the world had forgotten her mother and the stories she told, especially the legend of the Moon goddess Chang’e.
The Moon goddess’ love story has a special place in Fei Fei’s heart, which she thinks is a story of one true love like her parents’ love to one another. Four years after her mother’s death, she is shocked when her father gets engaged to another woman and that drives Fei Fei to find the moon goddess to make him remember. She thinks if she can prove the moon goddess is real, her father won’t remarry. Fei Fei doesn’t want anything to do with her new step-mother or step-brother, Chin. Chin is a rambunctious boy with a big heart, eager to be her baby brother. He already considers her as his older sister and part of his family.
Fei Fei designs a rocket that resembles a Chinese paper lantern in the shape of a rabbit and uses fireworks to boost her speed. She takes her bunny with her, the last gift from her mother. Her rocket almost succeeds but Chin snuck aboard her rocket and she didn’t calculate for his weight. They begin to crash to Earth but the rocket is captured in a mystical beam and taken to the Moon. They crash land and meet playful spirits of Lunaria, a kingdom made of light on the dark side of the moon and home to moon goddess Chang’e.
Chang’e is very different from what Fei Fei imagined her to be. She is sassy and popular like a popstar. Chang’e is carrying her grief with her and tries to hide it beneath bravado, just like Fei Fei. The most poignant portrayal of grief is when Chang’e and Fei Fei both lose hope and enter an inpregnatable state of sadness; Chang’e when she has no chance remaining of being with her love again and Fei Fei when she sees a vision of her mother’s death. At this moment, it is their friends and Chin who break the wall to get through to them. Chang’e and Fei Fei encourage each other to find the love all around them. They both realize they must move on from their tragedies for the people who love them.
I liked the movie’s blend of traditional with modern Chinese culture. The movie could have explored Fei Fei and her father’s relationship a bit more at the end. It is a good movie showing the many sides of grief and for showing that healing comes from love.
The movie is a musical and the songs were catchy.
I hope you liked today’s blog post. Check out Over the Moon for your next animated movie.
It has been one year since I started this blog 🥳 I have discovered many new things and shared them here with you. I hope you discovered something new from them and were inspired too.
Thank you everyone who take time to read my blog posts and/or my books 😊 I appreciate your support in my writing journey.
Fei Fei had a lovely family with two loving parents. Her life turns upside down when her mother falls ill and passes away. It seems the world had forgotten her mother and the stories she told, especially the legend of the Moon goddess Chang’e.
The Moon goddess’ love story has a special place in Fei Fei’s heart, which she thinks is a story of one true love like her parents’ love to one another. Four years after her mother’s death, she is shocked when her father gets engaged to another woman and that drives Fei Fei to find the moon goddess to make him remember. She thinks if she can prove the moon goddess is real, her father won’t remarry. Fei Fei doesn’t want anything to do with her new step-mother or step-brother, Chin. Chin is a rambunctious boy with a big heart, eager to be her baby brother. He already considers her as his older sister and part of his family.
Fei Fei designs a rocket that resembles a Chinese paper lantern in the shape of a rabbit and uses fireworks to boost her speed. She takes her bunny with her, the last gift from her mother. Her rocket almost succeeds but Chin snuck aboard her rocket and she didn’t calculate for his weight. They begin to crash to Earth but the rocket is captured in a mystical beam and taken to the Moon. They crash land and meet playful spirits of Lunaria, a kingdom made of light on the dark side of the moon and home to moon goddess Chang’e.
Chang’e is very different from what Fei Fei imagined her to be. She is sassy and popular like a popstar. Chang’e is carrying her grief with her and tries to hide it beneath bravado, just like Fei Fei. The most poignant portrayal of grief is when Chang’e and Fei Fei both lose hope and enter an inpregnatable state of sadness; Chang’e when she has no chance remaining of being with her love again and Fei Fei when she sees a vision of her mother’s death. At this moment, it is their friends and Chin who break the wall to get through to them. Chang’e and Fei Fei encourage each other to find the love all around them. They both realize they must move on from their tragedies for the people who love them.
I liked the movie’s blend of traditional with modern Chinese culture. The movie could have explored Fei Fei and her father’s relationship a bit more at the end. It is a good movie showing the many sides of grief and for showing that healing comes from love.
The movie is a musical and the songs were catchy.
I hope you liked today’s blog post. Check out Over the Moon for your next animated movie.
It has been one year since I started this blog 🥳 I have discovered many new things and shared them here with you. I hope you discovered something new from them and were inspired too.
Thank you everyone who take time to read my blog posts and/or my books 😊 I appreciate your support in my writing journey.
Animated series: Hotel Transylvania
If you are in the mood for a fun animated series to escape from reality, today’s blog will feature the animated series, Hotel Transylvania.
Am I distracting myself from not learning about book marketing?
Yes 😋
I am sticking to writing for now. 📚
Hotel Transylvania has three full-length movies (a fourth one coming out), so why should you see the animated series? The series features the teenaged children of our favorite monsters: Dracula, Frankenstein, Mummy, and… Blob? It also has cameos from other monsters and their kids, such as the teen werewolf twins who are competitive, ruthless, girl-scouts. Aside from Mavis, we haven’t seen the teenage characters in the movies.
Meet the mischievous main cast:
Mavis Dracula is the carefree 114-year-old daughter of Dracula. Dracula is away from the hotel on a vampire business so Mavis is freer to scheme fun new plans with her best friends. She is curious and has a carefree spirit and gets into trouble with her aunt Lydia, the only adult-like adult around.
Wendy Blob is Mavis’s best friend, a green blob of goo who Mr. Blob’s daughter. Don’t let her innocent face and cute glasses fool you, she is equally as mischievous as Mavis.
Hank N. Stein is the teen aged son of Frankenstein. He is one of Mavis’ best friends. He is afraid of nearly everything, especially fire, just like his dad. He oftens moves past his fears to take part in Mavis’s fun and mayhem.
Pedro is a lazy teenage mummy who resembles Murray. He has sibling rivalry issues. His older, more talented brother is the favorite son of his mom. Pedro enjoys eating, sleeping, and rapping.
Aunt Lydia Dracula is Dracula’s older sister and Mavis’ paternal aunt. She is the one in charge of the hotel and who pushes strict rules when Mavis and her friends want to just have fun. Despite her strict appearance, she has some fun weaknesses, such as being obsessed with romance books.
I like the animated series because it focuses on friendship, family, and just having carefree fun as a teenager.
I hope that you check it out too.
Thank you for reading today’s blog post. As always, this blog will be available as a podcast at anchor.fm/aisha-urooj
Have a great day 😊
Am I distracting myself from not learning about book marketing?
Yes 😋
I am sticking to writing for now. 📚
Hotel Transylvania has three full-length movies (a fourth one coming out), so why should you see the animated series? The series features the teenaged children of our favorite monsters: Dracula, Frankenstein, Mummy, and… Blob? It also has cameos from other monsters and their kids, such as the teen werewolf twins who are competitive, ruthless, girl-scouts. Aside from Mavis, we haven’t seen the teenage characters in the movies.
Meet the mischievous main cast:
Mavis Dracula is the carefree 114-year-old daughter of Dracula. Dracula is away from the hotel on a vampire business so Mavis is freer to scheme fun new plans with her best friends. She is curious and has a carefree spirit and gets into trouble with her aunt Lydia, the only adult-like adult around.
Wendy Blob is Mavis’s best friend, a green blob of goo who Mr. Blob’s daughter. Don’t let her innocent face and cute glasses fool you, she is equally as mischievous as Mavis.
Hank N. Stein is the teen aged son of Frankenstein. He is one of Mavis’ best friends. He is afraid of nearly everything, especially fire, just like his dad. He oftens moves past his fears to take part in Mavis’s fun and mayhem.
Pedro is a lazy teenage mummy who resembles Murray. He has sibling rivalry issues. His older, more talented brother is the favorite son of his mom. Pedro enjoys eating, sleeping, and rapping.
Aunt Lydia Dracula is Dracula’s older sister and Mavis’ paternal aunt. She is the one in charge of the hotel and who pushes strict rules when Mavis and her friends want to just have fun. Despite her strict appearance, she has some fun weaknesses, such as being obsessed with romance books.
I like the animated series because it focuses on friendship, family, and just having carefree fun as a teenager.
I hope that you check it out too.
Thank you for reading today’s blog post. As always, this blog will be available as a podcast at anchor.fm/aisha-urooj
Have a great day 😊
