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Jan. 30th, 2022 03:36 amBeen up since 3.
Weird cramp in my foot - not even the one where the tendinitis is worse - and my mood is low. No reason for anything to be troubling me but here I am.
Stupid nothings worrying me.
Meanwhile tried to watch Encanto. Pretty and full of good intentions, this is a seriously weak plot, even by Disney standards. I guess there's that whole Colombian magical realism theme, which is cool, and it's stuffed chock full of worthiness. A house is magically built, magically falls apart, and is put back together by powerful quirky family aided by loving community at which point it becomes magic again. There is background trauma but whether this created the magic or ended it or had nothing to do with it remains a mystery. Still, the songs work and it looks stunning.
Reading this back, it occurred to me that the themes are nicely aimed at today's audience; people trying to do the right thing for their family and being misunderstood, or perhaps leaned upon too hard, a relationship with perfection, reconciliation, and above all, people being kind to their group, spot the values of Zoomers and Gen Alpha, Love in a Time of Covid, thank you GGM, and no I'm not sneering. But with the best will in the world, there's not much actual story in Encanto. It's not like me to pause a film three or four times to check how much longer it goes on.
Why am I troubled? No bad dreams tonight, no dreams at all. But something is not right and I have no clue what it is. I must try to get back to sleep.
Weird cramp in my foot - not even the one where the tendinitis is worse - and my mood is low. No reason for anything to be troubling me but here I am.
Stupid nothings worrying me.
Meanwhile tried to watch Encanto. Pretty and full of good intentions, this is a seriously weak plot, even by Disney standards. I guess there's that whole Colombian magical realism theme, which is cool, and it's stuffed chock full of worthiness. A house is magically built, magically falls apart, and is put back together by powerful quirky family aided by loving community at which point it becomes magic again. There is background trauma but whether this created the magic or ended it or had nothing to do with it remains a mystery. Still, the songs work and it looks stunning.
Reading this back, it occurred to me that the themes are nicely aimed at today's audience; people trying to do the right thing for their family and being misunderstood, or perhaps leaned upon too hard, a relationship with perfection, reconciliation, and above all, people being kind to their group, spot the values of Zoomers and Gen Alpha, Love in a Time of Covid, thank you GGM, and no I'm not sneering. But with the best will in the world, there's not much actual story in Encanto. It's not like me to pause a film three or four times to check how much longer it goes on.
Why am I troubled? No bad dreams tonight, no dreams at all. But something is not right and I have no clue what it is. I must try to get back to sleep.
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