I recently watched the movie, Lilo
and Stitch. I don’t know why but I just had an uncontrollable urge to watch it.
It was as enjoyable as I remember. There were still the laughs. Still the funny
voice of Stich that I personally think I can do a pretty good impression of.
Oh, and don’t forget the iconic Ohana.
Me being a little older and more
thoughtful of what I watch, I noticed something. You know how the premise of
the movie is that Stitch had good in him even though he was created to only
destroy? Yeah, the idea that anyone can change. Well did you ever think about
Lilo? Why was she the one to teach Stitch what is right and what is wrong? She was
a bully!
If you watch the movie you see her
do all sort of rude and nasty things to people. An example of this is when she
attacked the one girl with glasses. Not to mention how much of a pain she is to
her sister. Yes she grew too, but why did they have it so that a little messed
up girl was the one to change a world destroying monster? In another way she is
the one hope for humanity. I don’t get
it in the least. Maybe, just maybe, I am biased.
.jpe)
To be fair, the girl with the glasses totally had it coming. And I think the point was in fact that people can change. If Lilo was perfect, it would have been boring. Both of the main characters needed to grow in order for it to be truly effective.
ReplyDeleteIt was more than a film about Stitch. Lilo was considered an outcast, partially, I believe, because her family was so different from everyone else in the popular group. Kids can be brutal when it comes to people who are different, especially when core family is involved ( from personal experience ). I think, she needed a friend to accept her, before she could start to really grow ( hey look, its that fairy tale truth thing again...they show up everywhere now )
ReplyDeleteI think that it just showed that you don't have to be perfect to help other people. Lilo changed in the end too, and even though she didn't handle the situations with Myrtle well, she still found someone she could finally relate to and fit in with. She wanted to be accepted because she was ostracized from the group, and there's no doubt that her upbringing influenced the way she reacted to certain situations, but her and Stitch healed each other and became better through their experiences. You'll have to show me the Stitch voice sometime!
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