#much needed advice

[jackbatchelor3]

Much Needed Advice Sing-Along Coco

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[doodleimprovement]

My Favorite Scene of Coco

I’ve seen analysis of every scene in this movie but my favorite. So if I have to explain why I love this part, I friggin will! 

My Favorite part of the movie coincides with one of my favorite bits from the Soundtrack: “Much Needed Advice” 

Why is it my favorite part? Well, there’s a couple of reasons:

One is the lighting

This is completely superficial but the lighting in this scene is absolutely gorgeous, soft, and inviting. Its Miguel's secret place, and we feel the same way he does thanks to this ambiance. Calm, happy and safe. Its dark enough to give that air of secrecy, but bright enough to encourage us to enjoy this with him. Its just beautiful

Then there’s Miguel, himself. 

Now, I don’t think I’ve mentioned this yet, but I absolutely adore Miguel’s animation throughout the film. He’s one of the most expressive characters I’ve ever seen. The minute details in his movements and actions inform us about his character without him ever having to speak. How he dreamily looks at the small television, his focus as he imitates De La Cruz’s playing, The determination in his expression at the end of it all when looking at the flyer as he promises to “Seize his moment”. But that leads into my true favorite thing about this scene in Coco

How it informs us about Miguels character

There is both a lot and a little going on in this scene. The basis of this scene is that Miguel is playing the background music to scenes from De La Cruz’s films. But the subtext is so much more. Heres just some of the things you can infer/learn from this scene from the start 

- that he made the guitar himself

- that he’s only just finished completing the guitar

- that he taught himself purely from watching these films and by ear

- that he has watched them so many times he doesn’t even really have to watch his fingers as he plays

- That he’s not a fan of romance plots in films, just the music 

- that he still has much to learn (in his focus at that particular scene)

and most importantly: that he just loves music

Every time I watch this scene I can’t help but feel like if De La Cruz didn’t exist, he’d still have found another musician to latch onto, some other way to the craft he adores. He loves Ernesto’s Music. Not Ernesto himself (Its more a love by association than anything else really [Which I think makes more of a point about this connection with Hector but that’s a whole other Meta that i don’t have time for currently]). There’s parts of that scene where he is so into playing that he closes him eyes and just gets lost in the moment of play. 

Miguel loves music, and it informs us just how much. It helps us follow his logic as he decides what he wants to do through key moments in the film. I’d go into that but that’ll make this way longer thank it needs to be

In short, This scene is looks and sounds gorgeous, and is an important section of character introduction. thank you for coming to my ted talk

[deadly-dearie-moved]

Any advice to an addict?

to stop, you mean? 

well, what helped me make my decision to stop is that i asked myself why i do what i do. what was i trying to replace with my addiction? what void was i trying to fill? what alternatives are there? what can i do for myself? how could life be without it? 

open your mind. that’s very important. you can’t let go of your addiction if you’re not ready to view things differently. you have to be ready to realize that you have a problem. that you have something you need to change. and you need to be strong, persistent and strict with yourself. withdrawal is awful. but keep telling yourself why you’re doing this. set yourself goals. choose freedom and choose yourself. you can do this, buddy. i’m with you. 

[dikanamai]

These last few days, I’ve been listening to Coco’s OST (in loop) while working, and everytime ‘Much Needed Advice’ pops up, I snort, because I can’t stop picturing the last scene being something like:

-Señor de la Cruz, ¿qué se requirió para que usted viviera su momento?

-Tuve que matar a mi mejor amigo. Nadie vendría a matarlo por mí, dependía de mí acabar con su vida, capturar sus canciones, y dejar que se pudriera.

Sorry, this can’t be translated into English XD

[deadly-dearie-moved]

I splitted super hard on a friend... and I dunno what to do because I love him but I can't stop feeling this hatred

splitting is hard, darling. especially when that feeling of hatred just won’t go away. 

try to keep reminding yourself of his good qualities. re-read convos that made you laugh, or at least smile. listen to music you enjoy with good times with them. watch movies you both enjoy. ask yourself why you got so upset in the first place, and ask yourself if it’s worth being so upset over. 

it takes time to heal after a massive split. take care of yourself hun. ♥

[my-suggestion-is-fire]

A heartfelt plea

[deadly-dearie-moved]

(vent) My best friend is really sad right now and the song “Just Remember I Love You” by Firefall is making me think of her. It’s making me melancholy but I can’t stop listening to it. It’s everything I want to say to her. - Frumple 💙

aww hun, i’m sorry to hear she’s sad! and i’m sorry to hear it gets to you so much. i’m glad the song sorta helps you cope though. perhaps you can send it to her and tell her exactly that. i’m sure she’d appreciate it.

[deadly-dearie-moved]

Do you have any advice on what to do when you feel like your friends are angry with you but won't tell you anything?

tell yourself to be rational. maybe they aren’t even angry with you in the first place. maybe they generally need some time for themselves or just some distance.

if they are angry; they probably know they would upset you if they let you know that you angered them. it was probably not as bad if they don’t think it’s worthy of being talked about anyway. 

try to distract yourself and not bug them about it. when you’re not angry and someone keeps asking if you’re angry, then you get angry. try to distract yourself and tell yourself that everything will be fine.

you love each other. nothing will be severe enough to actually damage your friendship when it’s not severe enough for you to know for sure that you did something wrong. 

good luck ♥