Live Action Lilo & Stitch is lifeless slop
I don't keep it a secret that I'm Polynesian but I guess I'll come out and say specifically I am Kanaka (native hawaiian) . And holy shit the live action lilo and stitch has me heated.
Do. Not. Watch. This. Movie
It is genuinely pure government and anti-hawaiian propaganda they reshaped to advertise their new resort.
They removed any and ALL conversations about the negative effects of tourism on locals. Casted non native actors for major roles. And made Nani GIVE UP LILO. then leave her homeland to study for a degree she could have gotten for free back home.
For context, native Hawaiians and native Americans have TERRIBLE history with the us government and CPS. They have historically stolen native kids with no warning and placed them in unsafe conditions as well as physical labor. They also used this tactic to assimilate us and destroy our culture. Aka banning the Hawaiian language in their private schools that they would kidnap them to.
On top of that, majority of Hawaiians live outside our homeland because they're priced out thanks to gentrification. Nani leaving one of the best places to learn where she would have gotten a free education in one of the best programs in the world is tone deaf and ridiculous.
To be even more open I am also a queer writer, and it doesn't need to be said that pleakly being out of drag is blatantly Disney executives being homophobic and greedy.
The way every interview pushes the fact that Disney made this movie a nightmare to work with but breathing down the crews neck while giving them a terrible budget to work with.
Everyone I know hates this fucking movie
I still live in Hawaii which is rare and a privilege for Kanaka. Do not be fooled this is them pushing they're new resort at the expense of creative freedom, native independence, and fans of the original.
do not go to this resort!
If you are absolutely dead set on coming to Hawaii, please be respectful and support local businesses and culture.
Anyways sorry I got heated. But anyone pushing this movie can go fuck themselves. Hawaiians have been pretty damn clear how we feel about this movie and the fact that some of y'all don't care speaks volumes about yourselves. The same goes for anyone harassing the child actor for lilo. She did amazing and was the one good thing from all of this.
To my mutuals and people who have also called out the Bullshit respect and love y'all so much.
Stay safe and be good people 🤙❤
