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cdmagic1408 · 11 months

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CD's Movie Poll #1 Winner

The Road to El Dorado

* fair warning: spoilers ahead *

Kicking off the start of my movie poll/movie watching series is Dreamworks’ The Road to El Dorado!

ngl this film has been on my watchlist for quite a while, and yet I never got around to actually watching it until now! (or rather, not until the other night lol) I’d heard so many great things about it before like the memorable characters, the kind of 2D animation that you really don’t see in Dreamworks films these days, and of course, the music!

I will say that I really enjoyed all three of those things in some ways and others 🤩

Right off the bat, Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh have really great chemistry! In fact, I loved their chemistry so much that I wanted to see footage of them recording their lines. so I legit looked up something like “road to el dorado behind the scenes” on youtube as soon as I finished watching the film and found that not only did they do ALL their voice recording sessions together in the same room but they also used plastic swords and playfully had it at each other!! AHHHHHH! so good!! 😂 ⚔️

but yeah they're hilarious! both on screen and behind it. I also just love the fact that both Kevin and Kenneth come from theater backgrounds cause I think that definitely added to how well they portrayed being con men 🎭

Ofc actors aside, some of you probably know this about me already, but I’m a BIG fan of dynamic duos when it comes to media...

I loved the straight man-ness that was Tulio, and he was probably my favorite of the two. I tend to like characters that find comfort in strategy, cause I tend to be that kinda person too. I know sometimes the logical and level-headed ones aren't always funny, entertaining, or the people to root for in the slightest. But Tulio definitely isn't one of them. I found myself chuckling at a good number of things he said and did like not believing in fate simply cause he relies on loaded dice for example, plus his sarcasm, and how much he tried to compose his patience as well

Miguel was great too! It was fun how much he loved the city of El Dorado and just wanted to take it all in, and his endless optimism of course! But he definitely needed more guitar playing scenes! idk there’s something about those characters who just have an instrument to play at the ready for dramatics that’s really humorous for me, it’s almost, if not totally, breaking the fourth wall in a way 😆

I also really enjoyed the Chief, I love how it’s implied that he knew all along Miguel and Tulio were humans and not gods and yet he still liked them and let them stay anyway. that said, it's kind of a shame that the pair didn't stay in el dorado cause there genuinely were people there who adored them when clearly the people of Spain didn’t…heck they didn't seem to have a problem that they weren't actually gods!

and you have to admit, Miguel and Tulio did match the stone art of the gods quite nicely, like the resemblance there was freaky 😳

Chel was great as well, her cleverness and way of sweet talking definitely stood out to me the most about her character, and I also really loved her voice! 😌

and Altivo the horse? I wanna say he was truly Miguel’s companion when compared to Tulio earning the heart of Chel. after all, Miguel was the one who wanted to rescue him and bring him along, and I was genuinely happy when they decided to bring him on their journey cause the horse wasn’t a bad guy, like he not only gave Tulio and Miguel the keys to escape the ship, but he wasn’t spiteful to them or anything. basically what I’m trying to say is he isn’t how Maximus treated Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert initially, horse to con man

As for the villain? well…this is the first of three times I’m gonna be saying, “I got some Aladdin vibes from this movie" 😅 👉👈 which isn’t completely a bad thing by any means!

But yeah…I immediately got Jafar vibes the minute Tzekel-Kan came on screen (also I had to look up this name cause I didn’t catch it very well while I was watching this film, I just kept calling him “Priest Guy”)

I mean…the fact that he can do sorcery, on top of serving a sweet kind-hearted ruler, tangling with not just one but two thieves, anybody picking up what I’m putting down? Yeah that’s really all I gotta say about that guy 🤷🏻‍♀️

also I swear to god that Jim Cummings is in literally everything that was 2D-animated in the 1990s-2000s! and he's always gotta play that big tough guy. Again, that also reminded me of Aladdin. but then again the conquistador didn’t really have that big of a role in this, at the very least I just hope he gave T-K what he got coming to him

I guess just to get it out of the way, I was admittedly humming "One Jump Ahead" in the beginning when Tulio and Miguel are getting chased through the city, but that’s all there is in terms of Aladdin similarities the way i see it

lastly in terms of the characters and cast, I gotta give credit to Elton John for being part of it too! I mean who doesn't love a singing narrator? and he and Tim Rice did an awesome job crafting the soundtrack for this film. every song was absolutely BEAUTIFUL 🎶 ✨

Needless to say, the animation was 👌 and the opening sequence was definitely one of my favorites throughout the whole film as well as the expressions and the solid movements of the characters, very well done no question there. oh! and how there were just gold objects of anything from butterflies to apples in el dorado! they didn’t call it the city of gold for nothing! ✨✨✨

but in the end, did it really have go the route of the overall goal is get all the gold by the end only to actually lose most, if not all, of it by the end? I just feel like that plot line is done a lot in movies. tho to be fair, this was made in the 2000s so heck, it probably began that trend. But I’ve found in recent years that when it comes to treasure hunting movies, this exact scenario happens just repeatedly and it’s nothing new. I’d say movies like The Goonies and Uncharted are two that come to mind for me that have this happen...

Now there’s no way I can conclude my thoughts here without saying how AMAZING the “It’s Tough to Be a God” sequence was! I LOVED the “It's Tough to Be a God" sequence from the singing of the two leads to the colors to the everything about it, it was all magnificent! I'd arguably say it was my favorite scene in the whole film! And I'd be lying if I said that Miguel and Tulio’s version hasn't been stuck in my head ever since I watched it, because so help me it HAS and STILL IS and why that version is not on Spotify, I have no clue, but it SHOULD be. Again, props to Elton and Tim for writing this song and the others!!

So overall, I thought El Dorado was a great movie! It was definitely worth the watch! It's not perfect by any means, I'm not even sure it's my favorite Dreamworks film, but it was still very fun and entertaining all the same and I'm really glad that I finally got to see it after all these years! 🤗

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chaos0pikachu · 2 years

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I was speculating a “second-first time” might be possible due to some of the general novel spoilers I read. BUT, it also seems pretty likely to me that since the content is, in general, rated 18+ they’re not gonna let folks under 18 in anyway with or without NC scenes lmao

Yeah, I don't think it's because there's going to be a sex scene, it's just that the content is 18+ so the audience must be 18+ as well, that isn't going to change just because they're at a cinema in person if that makes sense.

Personally, I think there's going to be too much plot (being in Vegas' house, and I don't think they'll be there for a couple of hours, it may be an entire day at least) and being on whatever mission they sent Porsche to do for there to be a chance for an NC scene.

Yeah I don't think a cinema viewing requiring ID proving your 18 for an 18+ show is any sort of signal or anything.

That said, who knows. Setting an entire hour long episode only in one location will drag. I saw people last week say that the forest arc in the novel is pretty long and speculate it would go on for at least two episodes, but then the actual episode was only that, a single episode.

The translation of adaptions is an interesting one. Like, take the pipeline of manga to anime. One chapter is not enough to make a full 25min episode. Most episodes are at least three to four chapters if not more. That's why shows rely on filler to allow the comics to progress further, as well as, padding an episode heavily with recaps, and filler scenes in between canon content.

I'm rewatching One Piece now and even before I picked up the comics I could tell when the show caught up. Similarly with video game movies, one factor in why they're so hard to adapt is a larger amount of the game time is doing game play. Which you can't translate into a film format. You see this a lot in book adaptions as well. An hour episode can and will cover several chapters b/c it'll cut internal narration - which takes up a lot of space in books.

From the novel spoilers I read, Porsche and Kinn at the hospital and all the cuddling was already a big chunk of an entire chapter. There's also obviously cutting some other moments from this upcoming arc b/c it doesn't fit with who Kinn or Porsche are as characters. Those cut novel bits are where I think they'll fill in with plot relevant to the show - what I'm speculating is the investigation of the minor family.

There's some other novel spoilers I saw that make me think a NC scene is possible, whether it's probable, eh now that I don't know. The show keeps surprising me. I wasn't expecting the final 10mins of last episode, nor the amount of character development they packed into one episode. The show has also done a good job of pacing the overall plot of the show. It's set up all the pieces, now it just has to pull the trigger.

Since we're officially half-way through the series - 7 out of 14 eps - we're at the rising action according to the Ficthtean Curve:

Or at closing in on the mid-point from Blake's Beat Sheet:

Honestly the mid-point is what can make or break a shows season. It's why 22 - 24 ep series have fallen out of style. It takes to damn long to get to the mid-point and then even longer to get to the final climax. It's exhausting.

For TV the climax doesn't have to be one episode either, it can be multiple episodes, building towards the final confrontation and then we can have the falling action followed by the resolution.

Sorry I'm getting way off base lol

My overall point is the show still has a LOT to cover for a show that's halfway completed, tick tock on the clock and all that. Like we have the interpersonal relationships that need resolution, along with the main plot resolution. Beyond Kinn and Porsche there's still a lot of story to deal with and cover (legit I'm wondering if they'll just cut the Time, Tay, Tem thing tbh). So I wouldn't be surprised if Kinn and Porsche pretty much resolve their relationship issues next episode either during or by the end leading into ep08 b/c we'll still need to break them apart for one final conflict by the end.

#kinnporsche the series #kinnporsche spoilers #maybe? idk #chaos pikachu answers

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