Matilda (1988) // Matilda (1996) // Matilda the Musical (2022)

And right by my side there was you Quietly taking a stand And you were holding my hand.

Matilda the Musical (2022) dir. Matthew Warchus

Sometimes you just have to be a revolting child living in revolting times who sings revolting songs using revolting rhymes

I have a few things to say about the new Matilda musical firstly it was amazing! Miss honey is perfect in all movies and I love that they kept the Bruce eating cake scene. Also the scene where they all get up on the desk and a little later Trunchbull gets yeeted across the entire school is nothing short of fucking perfection. Also one last thing Ms. Phelps is just an amazing character I love her.

Great movie. Now I just have to wait two months until the movie version of the musical is on Netflix.

Bruce Bogtrotter you will always be a legend in my eyes.

Eu estou compltamente obcecado pelo Musical da Matilda, e uma das coisas que mais me fascina é a decisão do filme de fazer a música Revolting Children ser cantada com grande destaque ao Bruce e a Hortensia. A Hortensia é introduzida como uma aluna dura, ela adverte Matilda sobre as crueldades da escola, é pessimista quanto a qualquer tentativa de desafiar a Trunchbull e constantemente aconselha que todos só mantenham a cabeça baixa e não chamem a atenção para sobreviver. Ela se destaca de todos os outros alunos pelo seu uniforme personalizado e demonstrando individualidade, mas também por estar de braço quebrado sendo a única aluna ferida ali. Considerando a didática da Trunchbull, não me surpreenderia se ela já tivesse se machucado sendo punida o suficiente para perder a fé e assustasse os novatos para não ter ninguém ali que nem ela. Bruce, por outro lado, foi punido por ter comido o bolo de chocolate e quando volta da punição volta completamente quebrado. De cabeça baixa e obediente. Ele é o único que não sobe na mesa e soletra errado como resistência à Trunchbull. Quando todos eles desafiam ela ao mesmo tempo, ele segue encolhido, ele já sofreu nas mãos dela, e ele está claramente traumatizado. A Trunchbull fala sobre quebrar as crianças até a rebelião morrer, e ela de fato faz essas coisas. Por isso quando Hortensia e Bruce são os mais vocais em celebrar a liberdade deles, eu acho lindo. Porque muita gente no mundo foi quebrada, foi assustada demais para continuar se rebelando, foi intimidada até perder a fé. E não está mais participando das lutas necessárias por causa disso. Mas a luta é por eles também. A liberdade também é pra eles desfrutarem. Eles não deixaram de ser aliados. Eles foram os dois personagens mais silenciados, e eu achei apropriado no final eles serem os dois que gritam mais alto em contraste.

Tiger and Zebra meets Matilda 🐯🦓🦩🦍🐵🦘📖

The trouble with having a December birthday in the house is that we now have enough cake to last us through the winter, just when I want to be doing Christmas baking. And when I say that, it's currently summer.

Roald Dahl has said and done many horrible things that are worse than naming one character this. but also I am amazed that every adaptation of Matilda has left Bruce Bogtrotter’s name unaltered because...

[id: screenshot of a google definition of the word ‘bogtrotter’ /ˈbɒɡtrɒtə/, defined as “noun (offensive): an Irish person.” /end id]

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emma thompson’s fat suit and prosthetic nose in the new matilda movie ain’t ittttt why’d they cast someone so skinny and unimposing to play thee miss agatha trunchbull only to bulk her up with weird costumes and prosthetics it’s so embarrassing 

So I see a lot of Yuus that are anime/book/movie characters so I’m going to give my own take on it.

How about a Yuu that’s Roald Dahl’s Matilda Wormwood? She gets transported after the events of the book/movie/musical so she’s just been adopted by Miss Honey after defeating Miss Trunchbull. Like this little primary school girl just appears out of nowhere.

(I haven’t seen the Netflix musical but I my class took a trip to see the musical at the West End back when I was in Year 5)

I know that she loses her powers at the end of the book and musical but in the Danny Devito film she keeps them so I’m going to say she still has her telekinesis but is still unable to do actual ‘Disney’ magic.

She’d probably not like Riddle that much in the beginning since she hates people that use rules and authority to control others and cause them suffering. Maybe Ace’s punishment after stealing the tart would remind her of how Bruce Bogtrotter got punished after he stole and ate the headmistress’ chocolate cake. 

Azul might also remind her of how her sleazy car salesman father would cheat clients to get profit. 

(In the stage musical, she does meet and befriend the mafia so she might know how to deal with them)

Since she’s a child genius, she’s really good at keeping up with the other first years who are like more than double her age. 

Since she grew up with neglectful parents, Crowley’s attitude doesn’t really bother her.

If someone ever wrongs her, you bet that she’s going to use her powers to pull pranks to get back at them.

Brilliant movie. I’ll definitely be watching it again.

Besides Bruce Bogtrotter’s song being an absolute banger and probably my favorite song of the musical besides the ABC one, I can’t help but wonder a few things about it? Besides the fact that they just needed something to rhyme, I can’t help but be curious about that comparison they made about Bruce’s stomach being “A bit like the TARDIS, considerably roomier inside”... 

That coupled with how intensely Matilda was staring at him when he was packing it away, and how she was telling him, “Whatever you do just don’t give in! Don’t let her win!” IDK if the book ever was more specific about her powers especially what was going on in that moment but if Bruce’s stomach did in fact gain TARDIS-like powers in that moment we all know it only could have been due to Matilda... XD