Just finished watching a strange world and I honestly have to say that it is such a beautiful story. There’s a lot of different views you can take on about the story, which just makes it even better. First off, I am just going to say that there is so much representation in this movie. They have quiet acceptance for the queers because our main boy Ethan is gay and according to the disney fandom page, the third openly gay Disney protagonist. Not to mention, his voice actor is also openly gay which is totally awesome. It was just Ethan falling for Diazo and *spoiler* them getting together in the end which was just the cutest thing. I also definitely thought that Callipso gave off butch lesbian vibes but that might just be me being really attracted to her. And not really related to this but Meridian just slays so hard the entire movie and I really hope you enjoy her character. She's just so awesome.
ANYWAYS, it also has a lot of awareness about the environment. It directly/indirectly talks a lot about how humans really need to think about the consequences of our actions on the planet. Everything we do, makes it look like its good for us and our survival as humans. But did we not get multiple warnings about how disastrous our lifestyle is to the environment? Did we not completely ignore it and choose to hide it away? It's going to keep coming back to us and we won't be able to fix things until it's too late.
Third, this movie hits a little close to home for some. It might just be me who interprets it like this but I thought it also represented cancer. It felt as though Jaeger was the one who was dying from cancer and the others were trying so hard to save him. The pando, in my mind, represented radiation therapy or chemotherapy. It seems like it's working until it's not and the only way to get rid of it is pulling it out from the roots. It isn't always possible and doesn't always end well but in this case, it did.
Fourth, I really loved the way that they did not hesitate in showing that parents really do end up forcing things on their children. They might not realize it sometimes because they've tried to get away from it themselves. Love that Ethan was getting the understanding and love that he deserves.
I also love the way that they showed Avalonia as so small. It really puts things into perspective. Maybe the world that you know is so small only because it's the only thing that you've tried to see. Definitely make some decisions that might seem out of the box or something that you don't think you'd do or try because it might be the way to bring you out of that small world that you know. Not to mention, the creatures in the other parts of the world are just absolutely adorable. Also, I got like really excited over the ending. I really hope that you enjoy it, if you choose to watch it. It's such a beautiful movie. I almost cried multiple times. But yea, anyways. Enjoy and thank you for reading to the end of my little rant about this adorable movie.
