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dogbearinggifts:

bob-belcher:

Coco (2017) dir. Lee Unkrich

You know what I love about this scene?

Miguel is right. The first time I watched it, I expected a later scene where Miguel was proven wrong or shown the error of his ways—one where it’s firmly established that adults might make rules that don’t make sense, but they have their reasons and it’s best to abide by their wishes.

But no. That doesn’t happen. Instead, we see that Imelda’s insistence on the music ban, and her refusal to reconsider, indirectly (or perhaps directly) land Miguel in even greater danger, as he wouldn’t have gone after de la Cruz were it not for Imelda insisting he give up music forever. The happy ending comes not when Miguel agrees to give up music to please his family, but when he defies the ban to save Héctor and restore Mama Coco’s memories.

I can’t tell you how many kid’s movies I’ve seen that would have taken “Family comes first” to mean “The adults’ wishes are paramount even if they’re unreasonable.” It would have been so easy to have Miguel simply go along with what Imelda wanted, but Pixar instead gave us a story where a child’s decision to contest an unfair rule is what eventually restores a broken family.

officialweasleys:

things that 900% happened after Coco ended:

  • After Héctor recovered from nearly being forgotten, he and Imelda absolutly played an encore at the Sunrise Spectacular.
  • the Plaza de la Cruz was renamed Plaza Rivera
  • there was a huge bonfire in Santa Cecilia where everyone burned their de la Cruz merch
  • Miguel invited the mariachi player he talked to on Dia de Muertos to his first public performance in the Land of the Living (which was at the plaza, of course)
  • Héctor taught Rosita, Victoria, and the twins how to properly sing. He attempted to teach Julio, but he was so horribly off pitch every time he tried Héctor physically gagged once.
  • Héctor was A Mess™ when Coco arrived in the Land of the Dead, obviously. They hugged for a half-hour straight and made literally everyone in the Dept. of Family Reunions cry.
  • Ceci was the one who fixed Héctor’s clothes. As difficult as he made her job in the past, she still considered him a friend.
  • Héctor was offered de la Cruz’s old mansion, but he declined in favor of giving it to the residents of Shantytown. Even if their final death was inevitably soon, he might as well help them make it so they know they were loved before they go. (this one was inspired by another post)
  • Frida painted portraits of the Shantytown residents and used them to replace all of de la Cruz’s portraits in his mansion.
  • Héctor fished Chicharrón’s guitar out of the pool and plays it almost every day.
  • Imelda hums and sings under her breath almost constantly. All her years of not singing made her forget how wonderful it is.
  • Miguel taught Elena to play the guitar. She’s not very good, but she loves playing (plus everyone’s afraid to tell her how bad she is).
  • Coco went absolutly HAM on de la Cruz’s ass when she found out he murdered Héctor (Miguel didn’t call her Luchadora Coco for no reason lmao).