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**NIMONA** is a chaotic mess and I LOVED IT! First Time Watching (Movie Reaction & Commentary)
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2023
- Nimona Movie Reaction and Commentary
today we're watching Nimona for the first time!
I loved the chaos & drama
hope you'll enjoy this reaction to Nimona!
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Fun Fact: The credits for the film has an entire section dedicated to everyone that has worked at Blue Sky, complete with Nimona shapeshifting into a squirrel. (Like their mascot, Scrat.) A bittersweet, but great note to end on. I'm glad they got the last laugh against Disney.
Wow! I did not know that until now. 😮
To think that Nimona almost got the same treatment Warner Bros. gave to Batgirl.
Nimona definitely has collector (The owl house) vibes on her
That’s really sweet actually
Hats off to you, for commenting this on every Nimona reaction video I've watched. Respect.
As to why Ambrosius and Bal stand out: Ambrosius is a direct descendant of Gloreth, and Bal is a commoner, so they have different colored armor. The others are all presumably from the same general class of minor nobility.
In the book, Nimona can regenerate, even when her head is cut off. A blood sample can also be activated by her to transform. Finally, another power that was not shown in the movie is her ability to create a double, but the double’s main personality is whatever Nimona was feeling when she creates the double, she could very well make an evil twin
So she can only die from the heart?
@@ignaciogarcia2517 From what I know is no just because she wish's for death doesn't mean she will get it might knock her out for a "few" years but she will aways be back
@@petthequeenofmaddness8592 I see
That could make an interesting sequel
Also, Nimona's true form in the film, I believe is her little girl form. In the book, it's her dark monster form.
Speaking of her dark monster form, the one from movie was like a giant beast of some sort and in the book, it was like a dragon-horse thing and it has green flames on its body and can breathe the same flame too.
"I'm Nimona" it very much does mean something, it is a special line that I think means a lot not just to the creator of Nimona, Nate Stevenson, who is trans and a super incredible guy and incredible story teller, but it also means a lot to people like Nate, other transgender people, non-binary people, genderfluid people, and just anyone who just doesn't feel like they fit the norm of our societal stereotypical boxes of gender and identity and I love that response so much, cause Ballister is like "what are you" and Nimonas response is "I'm Nimona" and it is so powerful and so beautiful and I love it, it represents all of us out there, no matter who or what we are, I am me
In the beginning, Gloreth is depicted as this fierce warrior, even her statue represents that. The reveal that she was actually just a little girl who reacted the way she did just because everyone around her did just hit hard. She had no problem with Nimona until the villagers found out about her. Just goes to show you that bigotry and hatred is learned.
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It's such an ironic twist that left Nimona with a 1,000 year-old PTSD.
I wonder if she had regrets or thinking about Nimona everyday and probably miss her too.
I also hated the Director’s little speech about her nightmare but it’s a Very important scene because it hammers in the very real motivation behind hateful actions. Which is fear. Fear motivates her and blinds her and it’s a very real and terrifying thing. It’s not an excuse and it’s NOT a good reason. But it’s real.
As Master Yoda once said, "Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate... leads to suffering." I reminded my girlfriend, who is a big fan of Star Wars, of that when I showed her this movie a week ago in advance of the Oscars, which this movie was up for in the Best Animated Feature category (but to no one's surprise, lost out to Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron).
People are afraid of what they don't understand. Most people can eventually overcome their fears, though, as we saw with Ballister, Ambrosius, the citizens at large, and even Todd (even though he was a jerk right up until the very end). But there will be those who don't want to understand and open their hearts and minds, like we saw with the Director. They would rather be more comfortable drowning in their fear, anger, and hatred than try to learn and understand, no matter how much you try to reach out. Those are the people who cannot be helped, so they must be defeated.
Its interesting when you watch Nimona going to Gloreth’s statue she isnt causing the destruction. A little with the billboard but otherwise its the humans doing it. If they werent firing at her no fires and less people running and getting injured.
Maybe we will get more into what she is in a sequel.
And all her transformation are harmless, the rhino horn is flat, the dragon spat cereal etc
the movie adapts (with some differences) the events of the original graphic novel, there is no other source material to transpose, so a sequel is unlikely
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Just like when they first attacked her when they found her with Gloreth, and ended up accidentally torching their own town, then blaming Nimona anyway.
@@leogourdon12 I don’t know about harmless, just because herbivores dont appear dangerous doesn’t mean they cant do damage. I think she did that because her Boss said not to kill. Or deep down she doesn’t want to kill even if she says it.
@@frankwales It is very similar to mutants in Marvel. Humans attack and while defending themselves mutants come off as dangerous.
The reason for Ballister and ambrosius standing out with their armors is:
Silver armor is the regular pattern for the knights from noble bloodlines.
Ambrosios wears a golden armor due to his direct descendence from Gloreth.
Ballister is a commoner anointed to be a knight and wears black (still not equal to those wearing silver or gold).
So much to unpack here. You asked if this was supposed to represent anything. Short answer, yes.
The original creator is Nate Stevenson. A trans person. When he wrote this nimona was an extension of his feelings at the time. Nimona was never accepted because she was different, not because she was dangerous.
"The director is just a cartoonish villain now"....a commentary on what's going on now with people villainizing trans people. So many people are acting just like that to make us feel unsafe, like we don't belong, and trying to make us look bad. The director may seem cartoonish, but people in the real world are doing the same kinds of crap to us.
Yeah, similar to how so few people don't realise that the Matrix movies are specifically and intentionally about being trans, except for trans people ❤
@@JonathanMandrake Pretty damn sure the entire world knows. You do know that it was in every movie- and news-site for weeks after they went public with it, right?
@@Atlas_Redux I wasn't even born when the first movie was published, and I sure as hell have to say that I've know for less than a week now that Matrix is about being trans. I've been basically terminally online for years now, especially in movie culture and all that. Additionally, you're only talking about english speaking countries, my father who was also a geek also had no idea about it up until i told him, and if it had been in the german news back then he would have known. So no, outside of the english speaking countries, this isn't well known, and neither is it well known for people who were too young at the time. 40 year old Americans aren't literally all of the world
@@JonathanMandrake They went public with it in 2020. And I'm Norwegian. It was everywhere AND IN GERMANY IN 2020 WHEN THEY WENT PUBLIC ABOUT IT.
@@JonathanMandrake I mean, you're really damn judgmental for a trans. Calling me a "40 year old American", when I'm literally on the same timezone as you. And again, they CAME OUT ABOUT MATRIX BEING TRANS AGENDA IN 2020! It was EVERYWHERE here in Europe ESPECIALLY in 2020.
I'm still mindblown on how good this film was! It's entertaining, funny, beautifully animated, has fantastic and well-developed characters, and insanely emotional moments! The climax where Nimona actually tries to attempt suicide and saying that she sometimes want someone to stick a sword through her heart really choked me up. Since this was originally a Blue Sky Studios film (studio that made Ice Age and Rio) before they shut down and Netflix picking it up, I can happily say that they went out with a bang.
Animated films have been on a hot streak so far with Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio, Across the Spider-Verse, and now Nimona!
Hey can you please answer a random question? I have always struggled with the name of music genres. Could you tell me what is the genre of the song in the outro of this movie (T-Rex)? I like that kind of music when I hear it playing anywhere but I don't know what artists and songs to listen to.
As a trans person this movie means so much to me. Nimona can relate to everyone that is outcasted for one reason or another. but shit do they hit hard on gender dysphoria. If she didnt shape shift she wouldnt die but she wouldnt be living. That itchy feeling is real too just this constant discomfort.
I knew my highschool and elementary school bully, He talks and acts exactly like todd, and to my knowledge he still does to this day lmao. Also i think the armors that stand out were because ambrosious was the descendent of gloreth so therefore to front line, his armor was supposed to look like gloreth's armor, but since ballister is not from the bloodline of any of the previous knights and a new number on the lines, they customized a new design for him, maybe making him a black armor was to made fun of him by making him not fit in on purpose, or inspired on that in the webcomic, his surname and knight name is "blackheart" :>.
And since it's supposed to be a trans allegory, i believe the director is perfect the way her character is just simply full of hate, and so many people are like that irl it's scary how human she is by being so bland
I also like that fact when Ballister was talking to Nimona at the statue and she was shedding light is armour looked like it was silver instead of black
NO WAY we've uploaded our reactions to the same movie the same day 😂😂😂 Excellent reaction Sophie as always!
7:20 Was not expecting that scream Sophie. 😂
Same lol
I like how it's implied that Nimona was NEVER human. He/She/They was just a lonely creature desperate for friendship.
I wouldn’t call her “evil” (tho I don’t blame anyone for saying so) as much as “afraid” and “misled.” That fear drove her at the core of it all. So much so that she wasn’t willing to be open to the concept of being wrong. The system really ingrained it in her that it was true and the only truth.
Just watched this movie a short time ago and I cried like a baby
The whole point of the director is that she's the kind of person that can't change, the ones that have been raised in such a way that there's no way to see things differently for them, whenever they see something that challenges their vision, they see it as a threat, and sometimes these kind of people convince themselves that they are right to "deal" with this different things themselves. She's convinced she's doing the right thing, that Gloreth killed a monster, that only royal people should become knights, she tries to do "the right thing", even when everyone else can see that it's not the right thing
To answer all your questions about the Director, think of her as the Governor of Texas.
Does that help?
Yep 😅
Also, I haven’t seen this movie before. So I’ve been looking forward to this reaction.
I guess I could have expected this, but every CZcamsr who I’ve seen watch this movie who is not involved in the LGBTQIA+ community had all of the trans themes and all of the important messages of the story and how it relates to the real world go right over their head, while all the queer people I saw who watched this movie picked up on EVERY detail. I suppose it’s only natural and it’s good that they still like the movie, but it makes me frustrated and sad that 75% of this movies messaging and the commentary it has on the real world, which goes throughout the WHOLE movie and is the MOST important part of the movie, is lost on people not within the target audience.
It just shocks me when I see queer people making hour long commentaries on this movie where they spot every message, every bit of representation, every complex idea, and then I see anybody else watch it and it’s really just an action movie to them. It breaks my heart how much of a disconnect there is between our experiences, where even with such genius allegories the points of these trans-representative characters will go over an unknowing persons head.
It shocks me how big the disconnect is; how every queer person I’ve seen watch this movie has bursted out crying for Nimona because they know her pain so personally, but most of the cishet who’ve seen this movie and cared to talk about really didn’t have much to say. It’s shocking, but also completely expected.
I highly recommend anybody reading this to go and see the videos made by the people in the lgbtqia+ community, because they get RIGHT to the heart of this movie and they catch EVERY detail.
And a final note; I don’t say this to criticize or look down on Sophie’s experience watching the movie. I’m happy she liked it. But I noticed that disconnect, and I didn’t want to say nothing about it. Again, please check out the other CZcamsrs reactions or analysis, because there’s no more meaningful analysis than from the people who this movie was made about and for; from the people who get this movie the most.
There are some big differences between the book and the film, but going purely what's presented in the film, I don't get the impression that Nimona ever became a shapeshifter. That's probably what she's always been.
I definitely don't think she was ever human. The way she throws that rock Glorith gave her made it look like she hadn't worked out how arms work yet.
It's a known fact that even other non-human primates can't really throw things with anywhere near the accuracy or speed humans can manage once we've learned how. And it's clearly something Nimona *did* learn how to do eventually, since she throws an axe clear across the courtyard during the prison break, but it definitely seems like something she had zero experience with at that point.
4:03 Their armor is different so you can tell them apart from other knights. Story-wise, it's because one is descended from the great hero herself, and, the other represents a knight not of a noble line. The thing they have in common? Everyone is waiting for them to make a mistake.
I'm glad you liked it. I found it to be one of the most fun, relatable, and enjoyable films I have seen this year. I'd love to see it in theaters.
AHHHHH IT'S BEEN A WHILE AND YA GOT A NEW SET UP! :DDD
The director isn't Gloreth, but simply a woman that spent all her life living in fear of the monsters from the myths and tales that she learned. Like Gloreth herself, she got her hatred from the example set by her elders and reproduced that system. She merely repeats Gloreth's words like a religious incantation as she dies, almost like as if she is trying to channel her hate to smite Nomina with the canon. She is merely the face of the systemic problem inhabiting this world, and resembles in many ways some real world figures.
I just watched this movie last night and it's awesome❤❤
in Addition to Goldenloin the comic had a knight named Girthy Lancelot (or something like that).
Love this! Its a hidden gem.
The company who released this movie also released klaus
Sophie : "honey, you're a kitty cat, they can nit be villians."
Me, a cat owner:.... "bet?"
I had my headphones on at full volume when she screamed... R.I.P to my ears...❤
Finally watched the movie after so much time. Disney is messing up in such a bad way lately. Not only did they cancel a certain show that was being tons of success, but never gave this movie a chance. Great message, and so different than what they're doing. Not to mention, a lot, LOT of fun.
And so... so DEEP! I rarely cry in movies... but darn it Nimona got me too close. It's horrible how some people can be to people that are different 😢
Ambrosius Goldenloin is a direct-line descendant of Gloreth herself, which is why he wears golden armor; Ballister Boldheart is not 'of noble birth', which is why he wears gray armor.
It's worth noting that the only things Nimona actively destroys are things relating to 'killing monsters' - she trashes the suits of armor by tossing the swords supporting them; she rips the power cord from the 'monster slayer' ride; she smashes the screen advertising little kids playing a game. talking about hoe many 'monsters' they killed. Throughout, she only injuures people who are trying to kill her and (afaik) never actually kills anyone.
She said she was gonna scream if Nimona asks him to kill someone and she did so she's a Women of her word and that's something i can respect
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The creator of the graphic novels this animated film is based on is trans. Nimona represents gender non-confirming/gender fluid. It critiques how people in power force their beliefs into law and foster hatred. I don't think the director was a cartoon villain, but one that was too entrenched in false belief about breaking away from tradition. You can see many politicians today that hide behind religion and warp it into something to excuse their homophobia, transphobia, bigotry, racism, etc. to have a tight grip on power. Even within the LGBTQIA+ community have had their issues protecting their own out of self-hatred or not caring for those outside their own sub-group in the community. Just that mentality that protecting the system that created villains such as the director is also how some feel cherry picking who they protect and who they deem not directly affecting their part of the community. The whole system is the problem.
Here is philosophical equation. Mistakes equal life lessons. Life lessons equal morality.
Damn I really want a sequel that explains where she come from, how she get her powers and exploration outside the walls
This movie is awesome 🤩 And I love Nimona
I love you so much, #SophieLents, because you're an amazing reactor. I love your content so much because it's so amazing, and I enjoy watching your reactions to different movies.
Nimona’s voice actress voiced Wednesday Addams in the 2019 Animated Films. It’s amazing we actually get LGBTQ+ Representation in this movie. I love the animation and the mixture Between Renaissance and Futuristic. So good. This movies Message about Suicide is not always the answer is amazingly done.
No, Nimona wasn't a human child, it was shown that she turned into a human upon seeing Gloreth and hoping she would find her place among humans. Her true form is (presumably) this big dark creature we saw. Also, director is not Gloreth. Gloreth lived over 1000 years ago and was said to be a distant ancestor to Ambrosius
your hair looks super pretty today!
i will cry if we dont get a second movie
I’m here and I am here after a minuet this video posted! 😃
21:31 from the train scene already made us glimpse that jealousy 😅
13:00 Barry Humphries auditioning for _Finding Nemo_
I like this film but man it moves so fast I had whiplash!
Like he kills the Queen and that’s a big thing but then we cut to him immediately having a hideout. And then Nimona just finds it somehow when nobody else can? And like, the Queen is dead. Who’s the new ruler? Why aren’t people more sad about the murder of their Queen?
It can take a while to crown a new monarch when the old one doesn't have an established heir, lots of backroom politics involving nobles and government/court officials, and with the queen's murderer still on the loose they're probably in no hurry to stick a target on her replacement until he's been dealt with.
Nimona is not human? The New leader possibley is the director? Nimona arledy said why
@@Still.the.best.2021 How does Nimona not being human explain her finding Ballister?
@@14s0cc3r14 smel?
@@Still.the.best.2021 How does she know what he smells like?
I love your new background!:)
Thanks!
yo Sophie Lents this amazing film is 100% metal 11:11
I am a black trans girl. sometimes there is no reason.
6:45 its the most i laughedin one of your reviews
Regarding what Nimona is: she's Nimona and all her forms (except when she's other people) r her. In a storytelling sense she's also a metaphor for transgender/genderfluid people, who also face similar problems. They get accused of being a threat for society and people (even those who try to be supportive) always try to figure out which of their forms or looks is TRUE FORM. But the truth is, both with Nimona and trans people, no matter how they look now or looked in the past, they're just them and their gender (and in Nimona's case species) is whatever they feel like currently. We shouldn't doubt that, after all, it's just another version of normal. As for where Nimona came from, I'm glad they didn't reveal it, as she's more then a character, she's a metaphor for people different from most in society. And such people have existed for as long as actual societies did. So she came from the same place as us (humans and living beings in general).
The director: It's not me in that video
Me: Okay, but that IS YOUR office. Isn't it?
3:32 be glad, you never met someone like this.... but it´s just the typical bully, you meet everywhere... for this movie, they just made him go "over the top" to show haw hilarious his behaviour is... he is bulliyng Bal because of his not "noble" roots... look at school, when a rich kid gets at a kid from a poor family..... sadly, this can be seen anywhere.... but that makes him not a villain, just an a$$h0le....
HAHAHA I LOVE THE SONG REFERENCES!!
Turns out the real monster was the friends we made along the way.
Note how the noble knights can just be knights by being born, and the queen declares that peasant kids have to earn it. Still not equal.
Yes, I’m glad u watched this movie!
the director isnt gloreth. gloreth existed 1000 years ago
The setting is meant as a reflection of the civilization; advanced and futuristic, but stil have the mentality of the times.
I put off reacting to this cause I hadn’t seen it yet, but I find it absolutely hilarious that we said the exact same thing when the director started babbling her sop story 😂 “oh shut up we don’t careeeee”
1:55 it's funny that you say that because that's one of the reasons I don't think the Queen is as altruistic as she presents herself to be.
I believe the Queen (and possibly her parents) spent her life crafting the society to groom children into wanting to kill monsters, to want to become knights. The Queen wanted more knights, better knights, and Ballister was proof of concept.
Alfred Pennyworth once said, “Both children and adults can be cruel. It’s all apart of the human condition for to fear and outright despise that which is different to them.”
Another great commentary 👍
I think I we deserve a sequel and what do you think if we get one what should I be about
7:21 DIRECTLY after I turned my headphones to hear you better 😭🤣
Sophie I can become your therapist. If you are experiencing negativism. I care for your security, health and well being. Negativity could be an problem for everyone. Including you! Although you try making an effort. My pal, I deeply care about you. Mentally, physically and spiritually. Please continue staying positive with positivity. Embrace positivism in your personal life. I view life as a roller coaster, full of emotions and mishaps. If you want, I could recommend you these things: listening towards meditation music, drinking tea, reading books, going on adventures or starting garden. Continue embracing your solidarity. Out in an peaceful world. Those are my advice skills. And words of wisdom.
luv your vids
"Hope you like freestyle jazz" **jojo theme starts playing**
the single most frustrating thing about working on this movie must have been that it hasn't been long enough since Arcane came out to use "I am the monster you created" again for the OST.
14:36 She says while cat form Nimona terrorises a poor mouse, lets it go to give it a false sense of security, only to come back and eat it. XD
very much, like a real cat would do...
The art style kinda reminds me of the show Arcane League of Legends.
I recommend watching the prince of egypt.
Movie: "The kingdom lived in peace."
Sophie: "No no no! In the future there is only war! Waaaghhhh!!"
Hahahaha.
When she started singing baby shark I was like😑✌️
9:29 "Why would you draw those things? Those horrible, awful, $€xy things?!"
fun fact: nimona means "shut up" in malagasy!
Cool!
Taht fits her extremly well lol
Thanks or the video Sophie! :)
They should've filmed the whole context instead of just the part where the director admits to killing the queen so there would be no denying it
I have seen it yet
i’m really mad that baluster and namona didn’t record the part where pneumonia came out of her shape shifting because that would’ve stopped the queen from making that statement
or zoomed out just a tiny bit to show that "Ambrosius" was in the room with her - so the real Ambrosius would know "hold up, I was definitely not there, so the person being impersonated by the shapeshifter was me, meaning the Director was herself"
Sadly yes, Thods do exist, mostly in JH/HS/frat bros
Klaus was amazing and I love it so much. Looking forward to the rest of your reaction. Gonna probably edit this instead on leaving a bunch of disparate comments. 16:37 (edit 1)
Guess it’s gonna have to be replies to myself.
So “I’m Nimona” is is both trans and non-binary affirmation because Bal is trying to put Nimona (a shapeshifter) into a box that makes him comfortable, but Nimona doesn’t fit in his boxes. Bal, almost died in a literal closet because he was so locked into his (visually coded) medieval world view.
22:44 breaks my heart, because Ambro, you love this man, but you think he would be that grimy 😢
Her whole drama is just in her head, but that’s how people are. They invent a reason to fear and hate and then they cling to that invited reason.
Well, you’re wrong. People hate her, not because she’s dangerous(hate someone because you think she/he can hurt someone else is SO hypocrite, EVERYBODY CAN BE DANGEROUS and hurt others)but because she is different(she didn’t do anything to them, to hurt them, really. They’re just being stupid and have being raised a lot of prejudice) and don’t give her a real chance.
Take that Disney for shutting Blue Sky Studios who brought us ICE AGE, thanks to Netflix who has save this amazing animated film known as NIMONA as their final legacy.
I love this movie!
Pause at 1:08 you're going to laugh😂😂😂
Wednesday on Netflix.
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Irs like watching someone ALMOST get it... its tragic that you cant see what the story is, how its being told and who everyone is, its not about "where is she from" the entire movie is litterly just "accept people - the movie" and everyone live in fear, the director is not flat but her arc is flat, she is the same as everyone else EXCEPT by the end where everyone else change and she dosent.
The movie is about fear and acceptence, not good vs evil.
Now watch the miraculous ladybug movie
pls 🥺
As a trans person watching this I absolutely bawled so much
As a straight person I absolutely bawled as well
Hay Sophie Lents. Can you do reactions to the Planes movies please. Please respond when you get this please.
❤Sophie
Yes people like that do exist, just walk in to middle school
Kinda funny hearing you call Gloreth stupid with moments like "Is [I'm Nimona] supposed to mean something" and "You could've just answered, honestly. Like, she said she wanted to be his sidekick, yet she tells him nothing about herself. Nothing about his true intentions. And she's getting on his nerves" and "I can see both sides" and "Is that Gloreth? The Director?" Self-awareness clearly isn't your strong side. Criticizing others for the flaws you, yourself, are guilty of clearly is. :/
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There is no book 2.
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