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"First viewing - June 19th The kiddo and I watched Luca together and we both really enjoyed it. It's well animated, richly detailed, and wonderfully funny and heartfelt. I got very caught up in the characters and their journey, and wound up loving it overall. It'd be an even better film, however, if Disney would allow their creators to go all-in on telling LGBTQ+ stories openly and honestly instead of forcing them to keep the truth in the background for fear of upsetting an ever-shrinking percen"
"Pixar does aesthetic pornography quite well and I wish they leaned more into it instead of making a lower rate Ghibli comedy. "
“Since I have always been a huge fan of Pixar, of course, I was really eager to check this movie. To be honest, I was rather surprised that this movie would be directly available for free on Disney+ (something that actually pissed off many Pixar employees) but I certainly jumped on the occasion to watch it only a few days after its release date. Well, as usual with Pixar, the damned thing was just so gorgeous to look at and, especially during this pandemic during which many of us spent hours even days cloistered in our homes, it was really neat to spend some time in such a cute Italian village from the 50’s/60’s. Then, at the centre of this tale, you had this beautiful friendship between these 2 boys who were basically lonely and it was just really neat and relatable to see them having ” read more
" First Viewing Viewing Date: June 19th Via: Disney+ Plot: Along the Italian Riviera, Luca and his newfound friend Alberto embark on an adventurous summer, but hide a deeply-held secret: they’re sea monsters from below the surface. Rating: 7.2/10"
"18.6. One of the weakest Pixar films I have seen in years. This is more like an aimless summer film where stuff just happens without a coherent plot. But here's the thing: Luca feels like a very rushed film where the creators forgot to add some vital details, like who are these sea men, what do they actually do, why do they turn to human and why any of this stuff happens, you know, to really flesh out the characters. At times the story feels very absurd because of these strange plot holes, li"
" Notes: As usual with Pixar, the damned thing was just so gorgeous to look at and, especially during this pandemic during which many of us spent hours even days cloistered in our homes, it was really neat to spend some time in such a cute Italian village from the 50’s/60’s. Then, at the centre of this tale, you had this beautiful friendship between these 2 boys who were basically lonely and it was just really neat and relatable to see them having so much harmless fun during some kind of sum"