#ive never really made posts like this since tr*stamp. theres just too many things FHDSFJDS

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nimona movie thoughts as i watch

it feels kinda very heavy-handed so far? just 13 mins in theres a mean old bully, some stranger call nimona a freak despite just standing there

idk if i like the change plotline of ballister trying to earn his redemption back due to false charges? again, the quietly cast aside by someone who couldnt take not winning/not even admitting there was foul play was a lot more subtle than ballister being accused of killing the queen in front of everyone

i dont like ballister claiming hes not a villain. nimona is obviously the one that internalizes that perception more, but hes more like that character trope where he says hes a mean old villain and then works on a cure to help sick people and quietly bring to light the injustice of the institute, so again i guess a lot of it isnt subtle just in the first 13 mins

ballister either got himself caught or is much less capable here

nimona literally speaking abt her feelings abt being perceived poorly is... dont like that. ms shapeshifter who'd rather rage and lie than come anywhere close to the truth

cant say i like the cutesy puppy dog face for ballister

again the conflict between our best friends/lovers to enemies feels silly when its a false charge instead of a simple awkward moment of jealousy. goldenloin is jealous of how ballister was talented and skilled enough to keep up w him, goldenloin casually takes the promotion, and ballister fades away. while a goofy moment of ballister here shouting to murder everyone in a sarcastic way being taken seriously be goldenloin feels... silly (dumb)

nimona asking a rando to trust her right off the back when in the original even in the end she's wary of ballister. the movie is going hard on being goofy in tone, idk why they didnt just have her show up and joke abt her monstrous appearance as a shark or whatever

the tone is much more for kids lol. the comic had characters cussing and being dramatic and tense and here it feels like im watching a nick short

Wish with the conflict being such a huge change there'd be a timeskip, the original made sense for him to quit being a hero, but here it's off

Idk why the movie is portraying nimona almost as a nightmarish burden. That should be her intrusive thoughts, not a suggestion to the audience, shes not even really doing it in a performative way, ballister does not like it

Idk why ballister is ready to kill her after she helped him, like why they wrote that. Comic nimona would never allow that and would ghost immediately

Ballister calling her a monster is very different from his comic version suggestion to run tests, which triggers her anger.

Speaking of, he seems to have lost all interest in science here

Sucks they made ballister ask what she is, not after she was killed and revived herself, but in their actual introduction. She would never take that

Hate her not deflecting. And whys she wanna help him clear his name and say she'll stick by his side, not even in a lying way

I'd like to say I like the "I'm not a girl, I'm a shark" (v reminiscent of wolfwalkers) but ballister telling her to be a girl sucks

He says he regrets this and should've stayed in jail. Idk why this ballister is so passive... his whole thing in the comic was continuing on in spite of goldenloin and the institute. Accepting the label of villain even if he knows he's not.

idk why they created a high school jock bully-type character. maybe to make goldenloin look better by default?

a lot of the knights are faceless compared to the comic which makes them feel less real

kinda sucks goldenloin offers to hunt down ballister in place of ballister

ballister saying theyre doing things his way is the closest to the comic so far, hopefully, nimona respects that bc her attitude is way off so far

SUCKS ballister every second is like "i cant be seen with that, its too much" while ballister in the comic gladly rides into wherever on dragon nimona

the worldbuilding in the movie feels the opposite of the comic. it kind of reminds me of dishonored

i wonder why they added a whole "never been outside the wall" plotline, im not sure how relevant it is seeming as their city seems super diverse already (unless its exclusively for monsters like in Hilda)

again wish they didnt remove ballister's interest in science :( nimona kinda just goes for a wacky villain vibe, no different from what she does w herself

feels silly our movie ballister is established as uptight and stressed and goldenloin is like "hmm... this doesnt look right" seeing ballister dance around. i'd be like "oh, my ex has gone mad."

HATE ballister being the one to say microaggressions to her

if nimona's backstory isnt a lie, i'll scream

instead of lying, she pretty much was evasive for the first time. super sad there'll be no "what witch?" scene now. it was a '"fuck off, youre not getting an answer"

i have to say i did find a violent baby funny

hate goldenloin refusing to fight ballister. but i guess the entire context is different

ballister helping her w the arrow was the first nice reaction to her, but him being a pussy abt blood is annoying. is he not a knight...

going hard on the "not like everyone else" i see

ballister is kind of becoming reformed in his mindset here concerning monsters, but its hard for me to accept concerning nimona. her point was hanging out w him bc he had also been labeled a monster, i feel the moment he wasn't also accepting it, she'd ditch, not suffer his character development. hes not the literal father in wolfwalkers, ms evasive would not bet on him, esp in a scene where in the comic the point was her being defensive about letting someone else help her

i dont know why they turned ballister blackheart, the guy accepting the label of villain through exposing the institute's injustices into the guy desperately trying to cling to that life. maybe ppl really like redemption arc stories, but i'd rather watch some queer terrorists

SUCKS ballister is defending goldenloin now... the man is literally hunting u down

why cant ballister text the vid to goldenloin lmao

theres literally no reason nimona would still cling around to a man so against her ideals. im watching no.6 rn, nimona would be nezumi, but ballister isnt showing much of a reason to keep him around

its hard not to call ballister stupid, but ig the movie has them brainwashed. she-ra pt 2

hate nimona pleading w goldenloin

does nimona only have like 5 forms in this movie

ballister finally fights i guess. almost 50 mins it in it now feels like a prequel to the comic

why dont they let her be a dragon :(

tbh nimona hasnt quite shown too many of those traits

she is a dragon. but a brand mascot version to be cute 😞ok.

i cant remember if nimona ever interacted w children, i feel like she'd do her best to have as little contact as possible, not create situations to possibly be disappointed by

movie nimona is more internally self-loathing then externally as the comic was

LET NIMONA RUN AAAA

does ballister here not care she should have died... is that not a plot point in the movie anymore.

was gonna say goldenloin wouldve been fired on the spot for even taking an attitude w her, but :/

the institute seems to have more and less power in the movie?? the 'that was a shapeshifter' thing fits, but...

SUCKS ballister goes back to the institute mentality calling her a monster instead of their comic conflict of nimona lying to him. she should have died already, why didnt he point that out instead, itd still be understandable for him to get upset abt her lying, its not normal for someone to suddenly pop into ur life, regardless of if movie ballister had mercanaries or not that betrayed him too

aaaand im quitting the movie