I think my favorite detail in the argument about her being a monster, Ballister himself is shocked that he immediately went for his sword. It pans to his face and he looks down at his hand just wide-eyed. Because actions speak louder than words, and sometimes your body speaks what you don't realize is in your own head.
my favourite thing about the director's depiction is that they give her a very real reasoning and motive and DON'T make her sympathetic. She's acting out of fear, but she's not misunderstood or desiring to do good. Villains can be DYNAMIC AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL WITHOUT BEING REDEEMABLE. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH REDEEMABLE VILLAINS BUT VILLAINS DON'T HAVE TO BE REDEEMABLE TO BE COMPLEX.
@@hellogoodbyeandallinbetweenyeah define, but I think that desire stems from fear. Her nightmare of seeing the crack in the wall leads her to believing that only she knows what is right
This movie was so good. So funny, so heartbreaking, great representation, but maybe the best of all - NIMONA TURNS INTO AN ARMADILLO MULTIPLE TIMES! Goated film just for that.
not sure if you picked up on it but when Ballister finally asked if it hurt when Nimona changed was not a small minded question because it was the first question he had that took into consideration her as a person. All of the other questions were about him and his own personal being.
Nate Stevenson wrote and drew Nimona while still at art school, and originally released it over time on his Tumblr, which was where I read it. It got picked up and printed as a book, winning an Eisner award, before being adapted into this movie. The story is not the same, but the main characters and overall themes are. Meanwhile, Nate wrote a bunch of other stuff for graphic novels and TV before becoming showrunner on 'She-Ra and the Princesses of Power', which is a fantastic piece of character-driven story-telling spread over 52 episodes on Netflix.
I'm so so glad you got the "monster" symbolism in the movie. Also loved "I'm glad they didn't have me rooting for the cops," cause thats so real. Like,,, you got it
Yesss!!! Nimona was one of my favorite films and definitely touching. Love how queer-coded she is, love how poignant the lines are when they need to be, just loved it!
If I had a nickel for every time a character played by Chloe Moretz Grace kicked butt while the rock version of The Banana Splits Show theme played in the background, I would have two nickels. It’s not a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice!
Dudeeeeee, this made me cry over this movie all over again 😭😭😭 I also super appreciate your perspective on things!! Made me see the overall movie and the small details it has in a newer light. And you're not wrong, the visual storytelling in this film is truly stellar
I'm 100% sure I'm not the first person to pick up on this but I'll say it anyway. Because it was one of my favorite themes they laid out throughout the movie. The fact that the setting was medieval but futuristic felt to me like a statement on how even as we progress as societies, we are still very much tethered by our past. Is that a good thing or a bad one, up for debate. I personally believe its the real reason we can't get over some of the hurdles we're facing now in our own society - and it feeeeeelt like the mesh of medieval and futuristic science fiction was saying that too. I could be way wrong though. Just liked it on my end. XD
I swear I cry every time I watch this movie no matter how many times I see it. I HIGHLY recommend the graphic novel, which is the source material for this movie. I read it when I was in high school and it's stuck with me for many years the book & the movie have the same characters and same overall themes, but they kinda feel like AUs / alternate versions of each others stories. without going into actual spoiler territory and just covering the basics, in the book ballister is ballister blackheart instead of boldheart, and is an actual "villain". he & ambrosious are also actual rivals / nemeses instead of boyfriends who just got thrown into a messy situation. they still feel like the same characters, but it feels like an alternate version of the events & a "what if". both are absolutely excellent in their own ways, and the book made me cry just as much as the movie super happy to see you reacted to this !! I love all of your reactions and I'm really excited for the gravity falls reactions. I'm currently letting them pile up a little bit so I can binge them in one go :) also tell indi to watch this movie if she hasn't already 👀 no reaction necessary I just want her to experience it
actually finished the full reaction just now, loved your thoughts on this & 100% agree. this movie is really important to me and I feel like it's very good at depicting societal issues, and the depiction of how humans treat each other / majorities treat minorities is painfully accurate
Oh man I'll definitely have to check out the book then! Indi actually watched this one around when it came out so that's why I ended up doing this solo.
ND Stevenson (the creator of Nimona) is a non-binary trans person and describes the difference between the comic and the movie as how they saw Nimona's story before transition and after transition.
Idk if you're gonna do more series reactions after steven universe and gravity falls, but if you are you should definitely consider taking on The Owl House. It is an incredible show and has very similar themes to Nimona. it's also essentially by the same people as gravity falls (story board artist on Gravity Falls, Dana Terrace, is the creator and Alex Hirsch, the creator of Gravity Falls voices several characters in it).
@@SputnikSpyglass that's awesome! I'll definitely tune in. Just be aware that season one is mostly character introduction and world-building and season two is where the plot hits.
Nimona is my favorite animated movie of 2023 and of all time. I’m very glad that this underrated film was saved by Netflix and Annapurna pictures after blue sky studios shut down.
An hour has passed before you posted it. I didn't expected you to react to the movie NIMONA kinda surprised that it's one hour I thought you would have cut more. I already watch it in Netflix and watch a bunch of reactions on YT I'm really excited to see what you think about the movie and what your opinions. Edit: Just finished watching the reaction all Sputnik said was all true and facts except for the flamingo one cause that was clearly a pink ostrich this movie also made me cry. Sputnik is a great directive he put the puzzle together and knew who did it and also one thing i hate about this movie is how they end it why can't they just show NIMONA's new form and then end it.
Im just now seeing this, but I love this movie and the representation, but I love the message of how its saying that we may be advanced in technology but that were still stuck in the same midieval mindset of ways
This movie applies to a lot of “Others”, but Nimona herself is the representation of Trans/Genderfluid people, she never refers to herself with a Gendered Pronoun, she shapeshifts, and she says “It’s easier to be a girl? You’re hilarious.”
Each time I see a new reaction to Nimona I click. Loved your reaction and this movie makes me feel seen as a non-binary and queer person. I cried at all the emotional parts 100%
so for me only part i didnt like is how the derctro wasn't locked up even if she made up the clame someone faked her confessing and killing the head knight on video they should of still had her locked up under house aresset or something myself when i first watched the movie i must of fell asleep or sneesed or something at the moment that she was making that clame cause i never understood how it went from the knights storming her room to her in some scretet room finding the scroll all to let her turn the cannon on the people
They were going to arrest her in that moment. But also in real life, when someone in a position of power, especially directly related to the justice system, does something wrong they give them a huge benefit of the doubt and give them ROR and all sorts of crap.
Never done 23&me but my great grandma on Pawpaw's side was born on a Cherokee reservation. I got Irish skin from Granny's side, howeveerrr I also have tits and autism, sooo.... yeah...
i have a theory: when it shows the flashback, I think that when Gloreth truns against Nimona, Nimona breaks down like she did in the ending, causing everyone to fear her and stuff which would make more sense in my opinion.
That doesn't really make sense imo. Everybody already *did* fear and hate her. Hence that line and the sword pointing from gloreth. And that 'monster' is born from 1000 years of rejection and hatred thrown towards her, and her only goal in that form is to literallu end herself. Also, ballister shows her the scroll mere minutes before she transforms so it's not far-fetched to assume that she takes that form because of the scroll and not the other way around.
@@alexs.5871 what i think doesn't make sense is that the villagers would make a city revilving around thefear if nimona, portraying her as dragons and monsters. It was only a spalla village that saw her transform and not everyone would beliwve them in my opinion. Its just a theory
@@blackflame6608 maybe it doesnt make sense to you but it's definitely how society operates, unfortunately. like.. look at the 'trans panic' currently going on. 99% of the outrageous situations/happenings that the transphobes use to fuel people's fear and hatred never actually happened and can be disproven in 2 minutes. but that doesn't mean that they are any less effective at their witchunt of trans people. the fact that the entire movie is decidedly and intentionally an allegory for the trans experience 100% does make sense. or if you dont want a current example, look at the witch trials. one person going 'that woman's a witch!' was enough to seal an innecent woman's fate. People *want* to be scared of something because if they can project their fear outward they dont have to do any introspection.
Bro I watched this movie on loop for like a full day when it first came out its so good 😭😭😭😭😭😭 Also I have a few suggestions of shows u should watch :D 1. Hilda, it's a show on Netflix it's super cute and ✨aesthetic✨ with like fantasy themes and magic, and an AMAZING soundtrack and ✨BUTIFUL✨ art style that's really similar to steven universe I think you would really like it :D 2. The Owl House, it's a Disney series that's also a fantasy theme the storyline is ✨EPIC✨ and it's also vary aesthetic 🤌 the soundtrack isn't as BUTIFUL✨ as the hilda soundtrack but it's still BUTIFUL 👌 and it's also really humorous and chaotic wich is vary nice 👌🤌 and also a main character in the show is a literal girl version of Gruncle Stan Pines from Gravity falls and also there are a bunch of theories that The Owl House and Gravity Falls take place in the same world/universe/'showvurse' (idk how to say it) and 1 more thing about the owl house like 90% of the people in the show are ✨gay✨ and we love that 😌🤚
I think my favorite detail in the argument about her being a monster, Ballister himself is shocked that he immediately went for his sword. It pans to his face and he looks down at his hand just wide-eyed. Because actions speak louder than words, and sometimes your body speaks what you don't realize is in your own head.
my favourite thing about the director's depiction is that they give her a very real reasoning and motive and DON'T make her sympathetic. She's acting out of fear, but she's not misunderstood or desiring to do good. Villains can be DYNAMIC AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL WITHOUT BEING REDEEMABLE. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH REDEEMABLE VILLAINS BUT VILLAINS DON'T HAVE TO BE REDEEMABLE TO BE COMPLEX.
I agree, but I would say that in her head she is acting for the greater good.
@@hellogoodbyeandallinbetweenyeah define, but I think that desire stems from fear. Her nightmare of seeing the crack in the wall leads her to believing that only she knows what is right
Sorry that was a terrible reply my keyboard was glitching
WELL SAID. WELL SAID INDEED.
This movie was so good. So funny, so heartbreaking, great representation, but maybe the best of all - NIMONA TURNS INTO AN ARMADILLO MULTIPLE TIMES! Goated film just for that.
True we don't get enough Armadillo rep in media 🤔
At the end, when nimona transformed into a Phoenix, that's when I knew she was gonna come back because Phoenix rebirths
5:14 it's based of a graphic novel
not sure if you picked up on it but when Ballister finally asked if it hurt when Nimona changed was not a small minded question because it was the first question he had that took into consideration her as a person. All of the other questions were about him and his own personal being.
Nate Stevenson wrote and drew Nimona while still at art school, and originally released it over time on his Tumblr, which was where I read it. It got picked up and printed as a book, winning an Eisner award, before being adapted into this movie. The story is not the same, but the main characters and overall themes are.
Meanwhile, Nate wrote a bunch of other stuff for graphic novels and TV before becoming showrunner on 'She-Ra and the Princesses of Power', which is a fantastic piece of character-driven story-telling spread over 52 episodes on Netflix.
I'm so so glad you got the "monster" symbolism in the movie. Also loved "I'm glad they didn't have me rooting for the cops," cause thats so real. Like,,, you got it
Yesss!!! Nimona was one of my favorite films and definitely touching. Love how queer-coded she is, love how poignant the lines are when they need to be, just loved it!
Just watched this movie again recently. Makes me cry every time, I relate so much to Nimona :(
2:24 "I don't think anyone can survive 1000 years"
💀💀💀
I JUST noticed the queen was voiced by ShadowWeaver.
Holy shi-
Who
@@godlyhax4172 From she ra. The creator of the comic made the she ra reboot, so it makes sense she'd be brought in again.
.... AYO HOW THE FU!!!-
Finally a reactor that picked up on the themes of police brutality and oppression!
"I WAS BORN"
The nepotism too
If I had a nickel for every time a character played by Chloe Moretz Grace kicked butt while the rock version of The Banana Splits Show theme played in the background, I would have two nickels. It’s not a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice!
Dudeeeeee, this made me cry over this movie all over again 😭😭😭 I also super appreciate your perspective on things!! Made me see the overall movie and the small details it has in a newer light. And you're not wrong, the visual storytelling in this film is truly stellar
I'm 100% sure I'm not the first person to pick up on this but I'll say it anyway. Because it was one of my favorite themes they laid out throughout the movie. The fact that the setting was medieval but futuristic felt to me like a statement on how even as we progress as societies, we are still very much tethered by our past. Is that a good thing or a bad one, up for debate. I personally believe its the real reason we can't get over some of the hurdles we're facing now in our own society - and it feeeeeelt like the mesh of medieval and futuristic science fiction was saying that too. I could be way wrong though. Just liked it on my end. XD
I swear I cry every time I watch this movie no matter how many times I see it. I HIGHLY recommend the graphic novel, which is the source material for this movie. I read it when I was in high school and it's stuck with me for many years
the book & the movie have the same characters and same overall themes, but they kinda feel like AUs / alternate versions of each others stories. without going into actual spoiler territory and just covering the basics, in the book ballister is ballister blackheart instead of boldheart, and is an actual "villain". he & ambrosious are also actual rivals / nemeses instead of boyfriends who just got thrown into a messy situation. they still feel like the same characters, but it feels like an alternate version of the events & a "what if". both are absolutely excellent in their own ways, and the book made me cry just as much as the movie
super happy to see you reacted to this !! I love all of your reactions and I'm really excited for the gravity falls reactions. I'm currently letting them pile up a little bit so I can binge them in one go :) also tell indi to watch this movie if she hasn't already 👀 no reaction necessary I just want her to experience it
actually finished the full reaction just now, loved your thoughts on this & 100% agree. this movie is really important to me and I feel like it's very good at depicting societal issues, and the depiction of how humans treat each other / majorities treat minorities is painfully accurate
Oh man I'll definitely have to check out the book then! Indi actually watched this one around when it came out so that's why I ended up doing this solo.
ND Stevenson (the creator of Nimona) is a non-binary trans person and describes the difference between the comic and the movie as how they saw Nimona's story before transition and after transition.
this is easily one of the best movies of the new era
THE *I know what you are* 😭😭 LMAOO
At 11:27, Nimona threw the axe, and it hit one of the knights in the windows to their left.
7:32 His arm and sword were both left there, Ambrosious cut it off
I love Nimona. Your reactions are so sweet and honest - and then your dog. * Melting
One of my favorite films of 2023!
Idk if you're gonna do more series reactions after steven universe and gravity falls, but if you are you should definitely consider taking on The Owl House. It is an incredible show and has very similar themes to Nimona. it's also essentially by the same people as gravity falls (story board artist on Gravity Falls, Dana Terrace, is the creator and Alex Hirsch, the creator of Gravity Falls voices several characters in it).
Owl house will replace Gravity falls 😄
@@SputnikSpyglass that's awesome! I'll definitely tune in. Just be aware that season one is mostly character introduction and world-building and season two is where the plot hits.
YESSS OWL HOUSE!!!
23:35 look for the flag 😉
Ooh nice I love that they put the trans pride flag there!
Nimona is my favorite animated movie of 2023 and of all time. I’m very glad that this underrated film was saved by Netflix and Annapurna pictures after blue sky studios shut down.
arm chopping is not a love language! (except for when it absolutely is)
Owl house :D
Thanks for watching the movie. It's my fav of 2023. Love it when you pause and discuss stuff.
An hour has passed before you posted it. I didn't expected you to react to the movie NIMONA kinda surprised that it's one hour I thought you would have cut more. I already watch it in Netflix and watch a bunch of reactions on YT I'm really excited to see what you think about the movie and what your opinions.
Edit:
Just finished watching the reaction all Sputnik said was all true and facts except for the flamingo one cause that was clearly a pink ostrich this movie also made me cry. Sputnik is a great directive he put the puzzle together and knew who did it and also one thing i hate about this movie is how they end it why can't they just show NIMONA's new form and then end it.
Im just now seeing this, but I love this movie and the representation, but I love the message of how its saying that we may be advanced in technology but that were still stuck in the same midieval mindset of ways
That's what I'm talking about 👏🏾☺️ great video
This movie makes me cry EVERY single time I watch it, and EVERY SINGLE TIME I watch a reaction on RUclips 😭😭😭 it's so fucking good
Nimona is the definition of waking up and choosing Anarchy
Nimona is actually based on a comic of the same name, the story is different but with the same characters, it’s definitely worth a read!
This movie applies to a lot of “Others”, but Nimona herself is the representation of Trans/Genderfluid people, she never refers to herself with a Gendered Pronoun, she shapeshifts, and she says “It’s easier to be a girl? You’re hilarious.”
Each time I see a new reaction to Nimona I click. Loved your reaction and this movie makes me feel seen as a non-binary and queer person. I cried at all the emotional parts 100%
Its based on a graphic novel by Nate Stephenson, the showrunner of Netflix She-Ra.
It's genuinely so funny to me that you sometimes mix the name Alastor with Ambrosius 😭🙏
ARM CHOPPING IS NOT A LOVE LANGUA-
Nimona es mi pelicula favorita ^^
I only see the kitty :)
Edit: THERES A PUPPER??
26:40 looks like they took your advice! lol
Can you please watch Hazbin Hotel? It's wild and you may like it lol
What's Nadia's new title?
Sir Nadia Noblenose 🐕
I trust you, Sputnik's anime community. I trust Your Name will win next time.
RIGHT?!
This is based on a web comic. Same characters but different story. They lightened things up for a younger audience.
In the comic she doesnt come back.
so for me only part i didnt like is how the derctro wasn't locked up even if she made up the clame someone faked her confessing and killing the head knight on video they should of still had her locked up under house aresset or something myself when i first watched the movie i must of fell asleep or sneesed or something at the moment that she was making that clame cause i never understood how it went from the knights storming her room to her in some scretet room finding the scroll all to let her turn the cannon on the people
They were going to arrest her in that moment. But also in real life, when someone in a position of power, especially directly related to the justice system, does something wrong they give them a huge benefit of the doubt and give them ROR and all sorts of crap.
:O
Never done 23&me but my great grandma on Pawpaw's side was born on a Cherokee reservation. I got Irish skin from Granny's side, howeveerrr I also have tits and autism, sooo.... yeah...
i have a theory: when it shows the flashback, I think that when Gloreth truns against Nimona, Nimona breaks down like she did in the ending, causing everyone to fear her and stuff which would make more sense in my opinion.
That doesn't really make sense imo. Everybody already *did* fear and hate her. Hence that line and the sword pointing from gloreth. And that 'monster' is born from 1000 years of rejection and hatred thrown towards her, and her only goal in that form is to literallu end herself.
Also, ballister shows her the scroll mere minutes before she transforms so it's not far-fetched to assume that she takes that form because of the scroll and not the other way around.
@@alexs.5871 what i think doesn't make sense is that the villagers would make a city revilving around thefear if nimona, portraying her as dragons and monsters. It was only a spalla village that saw her transform and not everyone would beliwve them in my opinion. Its just a theory
@@blackflame6608 maybe it doesnt make sense to you but it's definitely how society operates, unfortunately. like.. look at the 'trans panic' currently going on. 99% of the outrageous situations/happenings that the transphobes use to fuel people's fear and hatred never actually happened and can be disproven in 2 minutes. but that doesn't mean that they are any less effective at their witchunt of trans people. the fact that the entire movie is decidedly and intentionally an allegory for the trans experience 100% does make sense.
or if you dont want a current example, look at the witch trials. one person going 'that woman's a witch!' was enough to seal an innecent woman's fate.
People *want* to be scared of something because if they can project their fear outward they dont have to do any introspection.
Please please please pleaseeeeeeeeee react to arcane ❤❤❤❤❤
I definitely want to I'll see when I can fit it into the schedule!
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Bro I watched this movie on loop for like a full day when it first came out its so good 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Also I have a few suggestions of shows u should watch :D
1. Hilda, it's a show on Netflix it's super cute and ✨aesthetic✨ with like fantasy themes and magic, and an AMAZING soundtrack and ✨BUTIFUL✨ art style that's really similar to steven universe I think you would really like it :D
2. The Owl House, it's a Disney series that's also a fantasy theme the storyline is ✨EPIC✨ and it's also vary aesthetic 🤌 the soundtrack isn't as BUTIFUL✨ as the hilda soundtrack but it's still BUTIFUL 👌 and it's also really humorous and chaotic wich is vary nice 👌🤌 and also a main character in the show is a literal girl version of Gruncle Stan Pines from Gravity falls and also there are a bunch of theories that The Owl House and Gravity Falls take place in the same world/universe/'showvurse' (idk how to say it) and 1 more thing about the owl house like 90% of the people in the show are ✨gay✨ and we love that 😌🤚
Your edits are on point
Thank you!
23:40 Do you think their names are Ballister and Alistair???