moniquill:
No guys, I need to stop and talk about something in this movie and how fucking revolutionary it was; something that I haven’t seen in a movie before or since.
This is a movie about a kid who leaves her birth family.
Not a kid who find that they have a secret lineage or something that allows them to find their ‘true family’ - this is a movie about a kid whose true birth family is made up of bad people. So she gets out. And that is played as the right thing to do. She isn’t punished for it or made to feel bad about ‘abandoning her family’. There isn’t an underlying ‘but they’re your family and you have to love them’ or ‘they’re your family and they love you even if they don’t show it well or do hurtful things’ message of the kind that I see OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER in media. Matilda gets out and livess happily ever after because of it.
We need a million more movies like this to counter the metric shit ton of movies that directly counter this message.
A-Z Favorite Characters of the ’90s : M
“I really hope you have a search warrant. According to a Constitutional law book I read in the library, if you don’t have one you can lose your job or even go to federal prison… There’s another crime in the making— your car is about to run a stop sign.”
hmm… yep. still creeps me out.
finally getting into those chocolates!
franstar:
Everyone is born, but not everyone is born the same. Some will grow to be butchers, or bakers, or candlestick makers. Some will only be really good at making Jell-O salad. One way or another, though, every human being is unique, for better or for worse.
- Matilda (1996)
Ms. Honey: You like to read?
Matilda: Oh yes; I love to read.
Ms. Honey: What do you like to read?
Matilda: Everything.
Track Title: Send Me on My Way
Artist: Rusted Root
Album: When I Woke
strongerbytheminute:
Simply because this song makes me happy; a song of hope and progression. A song about moving on and trusting another loving person. You may recognize it from the feel good movies Matilda and Ice Age. This song never fails to cheer me. So enjoy.
love forever
