Honestly? Inside Out. I think it gave kids (and adults) remarkable emotional language with which to understand themselves. https://twitter.com/leighlahav/status/1015851447886348288 …
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I greatly enjoyed Inside Out, but I’m bothered by the fact that the plot from the emotions perspective is to simply get back to headquarters. I get the parallels in Riley’s experiences, but she’s mainly a “deadline” for Joy and Sadness to hurry.
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In other words, I think it’s a great film but with problematic things that get in the way of its fundamental story and structure.
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I have no understanding of how that is not only not problematic, but how that it detail isn't brilliant commentary on the ultimate necessity of sadness in our emotional spectrum.
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The necessity of sadness is powerful no doubt. The problematic part is by personifying the emotions, we get invested in what they’re doing. And all Joy and Sadness are doing is “get back to headquarters before it’s too late.”
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But I don't understand. That's not all they're doing. They're having a relationship with each other (and other characters) that helps them come to understand each other and each other's importance.
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I get that. But it overshadows the depression that Riley is experiencing, where she can’t put to words what’s wrong with her. It’s two narrative trajectories (Joy/Sadness and Riley) that independently would work beautifully but together creates something problematic for me
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Riley is a human. Joy and Sadness are personified and therefore are also “humans.” The only difference is Joy and Sadness’ actions determine what Riley does. To me, that downgrades Riley’s narrative from emotional confusion of missing home to “consequences made by protagonist”
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I could not disagree with with all of this more.
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That’s okay. It’s just a thing that bugged me with the film that prevented me from calling it a masterpiece. Still rated it 9/10. If my words came off as I disliked it, I apologize.
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