Lilo and Stitch
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miriam_eWhat a cool movie! I just watched it. Disney did a terrific job on this. The animation is superb (but you kinda expect that of Disney), and backgrounds and theme art are beautiful, and the story is very original and uplifting without being saccharine. The beginning is reminiscent of Zim, the way it delights in Stitch's wickedness. There are so many cool touches to the story that I was held all the way thru. I loved the dog pound scene, especially when Lilo insists on paying. Heheheh. Another cute bit was Stitch's destruction of "San Francisco".
One of the strangest aspects was the reiteration of a very un-American idea: "ohana means family; family means no-one gets left behind". USA seems built on the notion that the lower classes deserve to get left behind; never give a sucker an even break; a social safety net supports losers with a tax on hard workers. But this movie promotes the value of looking after those less fortunate. It is something you don't see being prominently displayed in USA films these days, and it is very encouraging. USA these days is drifting dangerously towards becoming a rigidly class-divided society. If you are born poor then the most you can hope for is a life of bonded slavery. In Australia our politicians seem hell-bent on dismantling our social safety net too in an attempt to emulate USA. In Europe poverty is not a life-long sentence -- they've shown that the way to a more egalitarian society is to ensure that no-one is left behind.
One of the strangest aspects was the reiteration of a very un-American idea: "ohana means family; family means no-one gets left behind". USA seems built on the notion that the lower classes deserve to get left behind; never give a sucker an even break; a social safety net supports losers with a tax on hard workers. But this movie promotes the value of looking after those less fortunate. It is something you don't see being prominently displayed in USA films these days, and it is very encouraging. USA these days is drifting dangerously towards becoming a rigidly class-divided society. If you are born poor then the most you can hope for is a life of bonded slavery. In Australia our politicians seem hell-bent on dismantling our social safety net too in an attempt to emulate USA. In Europe poverty is not a life-long sentence -- they've shown that the way to a more egalitarian society is to ensure that no-one is left behind.
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