ParaNorman
oh my flip i loved this movie !!!!!! its so me coded with the screams and awkward humor!!!!! something about the characters was so intimate and special. Needless to say, all the characters are amazing!!! i was laughing constantly but surprisingly , this affected me more than i bargained for
as a kid i was both very similar and different to norman, in front of others i was loud and tried to fill up space to be seen and heard (sound familiar?) , but i had a side to me that wasn’t shown when i was alone. i was quiet , would cry and write frequently , feeling as though i wasn’t understood. i was quite dramatic for a 10 year old if i don’t say so myselfi think lots of kids feel similarly to norman and are shut down early on in life </3 creating a fear to be ones true self the little witch felt like a representation of that for me it’s not just a kids movie !!! it’s so much more. life is about kindness, and WEIRDNESS!! finding the strange things about others and embracing them rather than being frightened and shutting it down. i want to give all kids around the world the biggest hug, but the biggest hug of all to my younger self. she was bright and bold and loud and full of feeling and she always deserved a space to be heard - as we all do!
i hope to spend my life continuing to do my best to create space for others, a space of love and curiosity. Like norman!!! A place where forgiveness and understanding never comes at a cost. We can learn so much from those around us, if we all made more of an effort to give each other grace :,(
the world needs more paranorman
anyways this rules and it’s just as colorful and silly and goofy and BEAUTIFUL to match with its depth and sadness. i could write so many funny things about it too <3
if you read my brain spillage and have reached this far thank u i’ll buy you a cookie