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Smallfoot (spoilers)

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I guess it is in no small part thanks to the absolutely brilliant translation of several songs, which has made it a real animation gem for us this year, but...

Anyone else enjoy Smallfoot? I'd say the Stonekeeper song was quite a moment in and of itself. :P

And yes, given that the main strength of the film is its story, I don't think it would be possible to discuss it without spoilers, so added it to the title although did not spoil anything from the start.
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I was surprised that an American movie made in 2018 had a subplot about religion being a pack of lies used to control the population.
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Bob the Gunslinger wrote: 2018-12-23 11:57am I was surprised that an American movie made in 2018 had a subplot about religion being a pack of lies used to control the population.
It was actually more than a subplot, practically the main plot.

But it also reflected on how a lie can conceal a deeper truth, which is not something I expected of a children's film. :P
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Bob the Gunslinger wrote: 2018-12-23 11:57am I was surprised that an American movie made in 2018 had a subplot about religion being a pack of lies used to control the population.
Well, Happy Feet had something similar about a decade ago.
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Is anyone gonna point out they named him MIGO?
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I take this to mean that name has some significance that escapes me
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It does, I think it means a person of Hispanic origin in some places.
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Oh you sweet Summer Children.... maybe if I spell it "properly" as Mi-Go?
As in Lovecraftian Fungus Monsters from Yuggoth?

*reads further in the article* Huh... well... Lovecraft took Mi-Go from "migou", the Tibetan term for Yeti. There's a circular tale for you, I'd only known of the Lovecraftian version.
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LadyTevar wrote: 2018-12-25 10:56pm Oh you sweet Summer Children.... maybe if I spell it "properly" as Mi-Go?
As in Lovecraftian Fungus Monsters from Yuggoth?

*reads further in the article* Huh... well... Lovecraft took Mi-Go from "migou", the Tibetan term for Yeti. There's a circular tale for you, I'd only known of the Lovecraftian version.
Great bit of trivia, thanks much. :)
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