Versa
I really really loved this. I don’t want to just write a silly thing and move on bc this deserves more than that and I also just have a lot to say in general
-This art style is something I really wish Disney (and Pixar) would use more often. Still very cartoon-like, while still looking and moving like human adults. The environment was also very light and flowy but it wasn’t like they were always just floating in space.
-The dancing animation was so wonderful. It really reminded me of figure skating, and I wonder if that was an inspiration for the movement at all. Very graceful and emotionally moving. It just amps up the emotion beyond facial features and body language.
-THE MUSIC I LOVE THE MUSIC. It really felt like if you were to close your eyes you could imagine yourself floating and dancing just like they were.
-The story itself was very beautiful and of course tragic. But even then, it didn’t linger in that sadness. It showed more of the healing and how they both processed and grieved more than anything. And I loved that they showed how they healed together.
-I adore the coloring in this. The environment of course draws inspiration from our galaxy but it’s also still whimsical and fantastical. I love that she’s in blue and he’s in red/pink, too. Most people just think blue=boy and pink=girl but in this case it shows their emotions. His distance, love, passion, anger, all of that shows with that red/pink color. Her calm, sorrow, grounded nature goes with the blue. And of course that healing yellow color that patches the cracks also is the same/similar yellow for their child in the end. Like it all makes sense. It’s all very intentional.
-I really wish that Disney wasn’t always so afraid of showing this kind of intimacy and love in their more modern movies. Like Disney isn’t always sunshine and rainbows I know that but I really felt so moved by this. Like this level with the showing of love, grief, and healing between two people is something that is overlooked. I DON’T MEAN TO BE THIS PERSON BUT LIKE… how many movies are we going to get of the quirky, not fitting into a box, hyper-independent type of main character. NOT THAT THERE’S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THOSE MOVIES, BTW. And I’m not saying we need to bring back the fair small dainty maiden with the prince who saves her with true loves kiss or whatever, either. I just think it’s 100% possible for Disney to make a full-length movie that has the cartoon-style and deep topic and metaphors and having the whimsical and fantastical and characters who deeply love and care for each other. THESE TWO DIDN’T UTTER A DAMN WORD AND I KNEW HOW MUCH THEY LOVED EACH OTHER.
Anyways. I loved this.