Family, Identity, and Adoption in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish - Therapist Reacts!
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In this video, psychotherapist Georgia Dow delves into the story of Goldie in the movie "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish". Adopted by the three bears, Goldie struggles with perfectionism and the desire for a "real" family, which leads her to consider making a wish. Through examining various scenes in the movie, Georgia provides insights into the complexities of adoption, including the normal and healthy desire for adopted children to know their biological family. She also explores the themes of family, identity, and perspective, and how these factors can influence our choices and relationships. Whether you're a fan of Puss in Boots or simply interested in the complexities of adoption, this video offers valuable lessons on finding family, understanding identity, and gaining perspective.
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There is a fun easter egg in Goldie's favorite book. In regards to her wish, if you use the first letter in each line, it spells out "You already have it". A bit poignant, since what see was looking for was always in front of her if knew how to open herself up to looking at the bigger picture.
WHHHHHHAAAAAATTTTT that's awesome
I think I'm wearing out my pause button trying to watch this movie.
No way that is awesome
Just adding the time code 3:06 to your comment so that people can verify easier
+ The last line after this .... had me tear up a bit ^^'
it seems like the wishing star has a mind of its own, seeing as it nudges people to go through their demons and self reflect on the reasons they want to have the final wish, and even point out when they don't actually need the wish, kinda wholesme and feels like a therapist now that i think about it :)
When I saw this in the cinema two teenage girls were in front of us and during the scene where mama bear says â If this is what will make you happy we will get you that wishâ and she started crying with her friend and said â She wants to make her happy even if she doesnât get to stay as her familyâ
Mama bearâs love is so strong, itâs something we all want our mothers to be like. To genuinely love and care about us as an individual.
she really does epitomize a mama bear = )
I adore how this movie treats its target audience like adults, and knows that they can comprehend complex themes, such as death, grief and loss.
First off, your cosplay is amazing.
Secondly, one detail I noticed is that, at first, Goldi's colors really stand out from the bears. But as the movie goes on, her clothes get dirtier and dirtier, until, by the time she fully accepts the bears as her true family, they're completely brown. Just like their fur. It's a nice touch.
thanks so much and that is a wonderful detail !!
@@GeorgiaDow You're Welcome. These Last Wish analyses have been great. I hope Kitty's trust issues are next.
Something I like is how Goldie has a physical trait that she shares with a member of her family. She has her mum's earrings, her brothers necklace, and half way through the movie right after the failed bear trap (HA), she has a scar over her left eye like her father. (Her dress also turns from a vibrant blue to brown to resemble her family).
She also has blue eyes like Baby. It struck me as one of those things I expect they'd latch onto as similar aged siblings. Kids tend to pick up on small details like that in absence of obvious ones.
every single time Baby was saying things like "she's not my sister, she's a fugitive orphan!" or other things along those lines to Goldie it really rubbed me the wrong way. it kept reinforcing those ideas that she doesn't fully fit in with this family, and it's no wonder her wish was what it was as a result
but did you notice parents correcting him immediately?
@@zljmbo I did! it definitely made the love between them all the more believable, as well as helping fuel the tension between what Goldie feels she wants and what she already has
"She is not my sister"
*smack*
"She is"
it honestly seems like something baby did when he was young but as he got older he probably didnt mean it but still said it when he was annoyed, i can see why goldi was insecure of her place in the family
fun fact: in the Swedish Dub. Goldie is voiced by Matilda Smedius. Baby and Mama bear are voiced by her real life brother and mother, Emil and Annica Smedius.
If that Ain't wholesome I don't know what is. :D
For those not knowing who Matilda Smedius is she also does the voice for Brigitte in Overwatch.
Just found out about this now. Matilda Smedius comes from a line of established voice actors. And she's got a wholesome disposition that just gets you.
I love how they interpreted Goldilocks and the Three Bears in this movie. Instead of Goldie running away from the bears in fear, they adopt her and becomes their daughter. I just love how wholesome it is
Throughout the movie Goldieâs clothes become more bear like and less colourful, she even gets a scar near her eye like Papa Bear
thats awesome i didnt notice it till you said it and i rewatched
Their story is beautiful
thank you < 3
Fun little easter egg is that Goldieâs wish is spelled out for us the moment she and the bears appear onscreen using their wanted poster. Every word is blocked/covered except for the words âwantâ and âfamilyâ
I will always be great full to my birth mother for putting my sister and I up for adoption. She gave us the gift of a family. I will always love her for that. I understand Goldie need to want to know more about her self.
Great cosplay as always.
i am so happy you ended up with a wonderful family and thanks
The scene with mama bear putting aside her feelings and deciding to help goldie with her wish anyways rips my heart out every time. This movie is so well-written, every character is actually a fully developed character, and you feel for every one of them (except jack horner lol) the empathy and selflessness of the bears, the love they so willingly give to their daughter is so beautiful and its a very healthy dynamic within an adoption situation (minus the crime). Theyre so supportive and loving and kind and they always resolve their conflicts in the end. And i appreciate the realness that it hurt when she said she wanted a real family, the true emotions of "i thought we would be enough" but despite the pain, they were happy to support her in her wish and help her find what she was looking for. Truly beautiful. I cry so hard through the entire movie every single time
I like the detail that her dress is progresively getting more and more brown the closer she is to resolve that she already has a family. She starts clearly human and slowly accepts being part of a bear family
It does make me wonder how old Goldie is meant to be in the movie - she and the Bears are already an established syndicate, so she can't be TOO young...
That is a very good question
I would say around her 20s would be accurate
Your big emotions during your discussions make me feel so much better. I am quick to shed tears, laugh, empathize. No one else in my life has been this way nor understands it. Thanks for normalizing empathy đ
< 3 empathy is a wonderful trait to have
At the end, Baby Bear calls Goldi his Sis.
Damn cartoon cat movie made me cry... again.
it was a good scene for sure
Baby's dynamic with Goldie was interesting to me. I feel like despite his sometimes personal biting remarks, he does see and value Goldie as a sister. Ex. their building banter about Baby getting his own fancy purple suit. He's just also still trying to reconcile with the different ways their parents treat them and sometimes that irritation spills over into his interactions with Goldie.
Mama and Papa Bear do a good job shutting down his complaint that she isn't his sister, but also still side with her comments and plans more than they give him credit. Thankfully, by the end, that seems to be changing along with Goldie's perspective on her family and perfectionism. Shown when they actually support his idea of filling the vacuum left by Jack Horner.
The Bear family getting group therapy through the adventure was a great side plot.
One of my favorite details about Goldilocks is that her dress is blue with multicolored tassels until (I think) the final fight, at which point, it is actually brown... to more closely match the color of the bears' fur. Just... that point where she starts to realize and understand who her true family is.
In the end, this film is all about prospective on tbe value of what you have. Irony is Jack has everything, but only himself that he value the most.
Every single one of the characters who seeks to make a wish is one who doesnât value what they already have. Big Jack most obviously but itâs also the case for Puss, Kitty and Goldilocks
I lovd this movie so frickin' much.
Mama bears line always makes me tear up.
Also, fun fact, did you know that Goldi's clothes become more brown and dirty throughout the movie to make her resemble the bears more? (That and her canines are sharper than what they normally would be because of how she was raised)
You know teasing and insults can be fun and protective can be good from a place of love but also dangerous from a place of maliciousness
Mama bearâs response to Goldi saying theyâll still help her get the wish if itâll make her happy. I was bawling đ
Georgia, my favorite scene was at 9:04. SPECTACULAR emoting. And cosplay. (Rubs hands together and twirls imaginary mustache in gleeful anticipation of corrupting Georgia into film industry. = ) SIBLING: "I'm learning to drive!" ME: "Cool! And I'll alert the media to put out a public service announcement: Stay Off The Sidewalks." With teasing ALSO came great love and support. So as a kid when the world told me I didn't have value, I already knew it was wrong. Because Family. Generally, people have the wrong idea about perfect. You Georgia, are an archer. The first time I shot a bow and arrow I got the bulls-eye. Dead center. What takes WORK is doing that CONSISTENTLY. So were there an urgent need to do it right, I'd happily pass the bow to you!
thanks so much !! as always
Was not expecting such a beautiful adoption/found family storyline when I brought my ticket for this one. In truth, my main reason for seeing it was knowing Florence Pugh was in it, and the Shrek/Puss thing helped, but my god...the emotional wallop that hit me when I realized that Goldie and the bears weren't just a side villain group but had their own emotional road....beautifully done. Kudos to all the filmmakers and actors (Pugh, Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, Samson Kayo) for pulling this off.
4:47 That was an interesting analogy choice, considering that Kitty Softpaws is a declawed cat.
I feel like Goldielocks and the "Three Bears Crime Family" got the short end of the stick... not in terms of film presence or their role therein, but fandom's reaction to them. People really latched on to how cool and badass the Wolf/El Lobo was or how unapologetically evil Jack Horner was, but I don't see many people talking about Goldie or her struggles... maybe it's because we're used to certain animated movies, particularly Disney movies, trying to give more depth and dimension to villains to the point of them not truly being villains anymore. While Goldie and her bear family are great characters who realized what they had all along, I guess people are already used to that being the "norm" for a lot of movies nowadays and thus they don't talk about the four of them as much, which is unfortunate.
I love your Cosplay for each character, Georgia, it really adds a fun little element to your videos! đđ
And she really nailed it with this one too!
Aww YAY i did try
I LOVE your cosplayđ
thank you !
I love this! I want to add: the "just right" and "your the smash, im the grab" phrase has a different tone or feeling and meaning whenever its used. An example is when godi admitted to wanted a family, the brother bear said "your just right is not having us as a family", its used as a negative way and other times they would say it beautifully (momma bear say everything was just right when godi broke into the home). For the other phrase, when godi and the brother were fighting, she said that phrase but in a very demanding and agressive way, but when godi saved her brothers life, she said it in a family and heartwarming way. The more i watch this, the cleverer the writing is
I usually hate on hollywood for making every new movie be a reboot, a sequel, a spinoff, a precuel, and if we really lucky, an adaptation.
But here we got the sequel to a spinoff about a secondary character from shreks sequel, and goddamn they made a great job in it.
For all teenagers and adults, Cultivate your relationship with your parents. You don't know how long you will still have them and it's better to have no regret.
I actually really enjoyed Goldilocks and the 3 Bears in Puss and Boots: The Last Wish. I found them pretty charming with their personalities and their characters and development. And of course I like Puss in Boots, Kitty Softpaws, and Perrito.
And how am I supposed to draw it? Mission impossible. Your cosplay is too... perfect
Thank you < 3 so much so. You always find a way btw
My son was adopted at an old enough age to know he was adopted and even had a scrapbook about his birth family and foster family. When things got dicey with the birth mom and later the father, we made a deliberate choice to trust what we had done to build a family. My son has lived both with his birth mom and birth father for a time. He stills talks to his birth father and calls him Dad, which is great, another person he can trust. He has no contact with his birth mom because she didn't understand that she needed to share my son with the other people he loved in order to keep him in her life. There is something freeing about saying we've done everything we can, now it's up to you, and we're always here when you need us. I no longer have any need to 'fix' him, just to love him and it has become a very strong relationship.
4:50 Thank you for saying that.
People often dont know and do it and only find out after poor kittens
Anyone else picture papa bear with glasses on getting angry and punching a computer during the ad
I always love how you go out of your way to dress up as the characters you talk about
thanks !
I really love the cosplay. It makes the video even more fun and the fact there is no downvotes while you stand at 1.3k upvotes shows it.
Tonsinella Wolfenpickle (Glodielocks real name, according to fractured fairy tales), would be a great spinoff.
Thank you for discussing this, and for talking about the complications of adoption. It irritates me so much whenever I see people react so negatively to Goldi's reveal that she wanted 'a proper family,' saying that she's ungrateful. Some have even cussed her out or said she doesn't deserve the bears.
Would you consider doing a video on Belos from "The Owl House"?
Or Eda. She has so many relationships and dynamics with other characters, it's a minefield of things to discuss and analyze
great video! really insightful
I ended up being more invested in Goldie's arc than in Puss'.
Thank you.... I tend to lovingly tease, but family always made me feel guilty for it... while my sister's malicious attacks were fine. đ€Š
LIFE IS STRANGE PLEASE LIFE IS STRANGE
such a good vid!!! :) i love your analyses and explanations. thank you for all the time and work you put into them. (also the costumes/outfits you pick for each are always so creative and fun!). you come off as so empathetic, too -- i definitely want to work to be more like you.
Awww that heartfelt comment made my day thank you very much
Excellent insight and breakdown of Goldie and her relationship with her family.
Side note: Nice cosplay, Cute hairstyle. đ
Goldi's arc with the bears was awesome. I couldn't hate them.
Next is Kitty softpaws
Goodness, a side plot of a good movie and your insights on it just left me stunned with stuff i had not considered when watching it. I learn a lot from these videos.
Thank you for your continued awesome videos!
appreciate that
I love how you look at a variety of media could you please analyze the main characters of madoka magica and its follow up movie rebellion
I personally feel there is a lot to cover and it is a really impactful story
That show is *DEFINITELY* not talked about enough!!!!!X____________X There would be *HUGE SPOILERS* though...
@@Nicamon yes true but it would be so worth it
@@livis438 *SO MUCH WORTH IT!!!!!*
yay i was waiting for goldie
Loved this! I hope Kitty is next to round it out
Sidenote, what would it take to get you to react to "Hi Ren"? I know it's not your normal but there are some import things there in terms of mental health awareness and soooo much to unpack. I think you'd have a field day. It's pretty powerful.
Honestly even though it's a song, it's really more of a theatrical performance. I've seen reactions from therapist, neurologist, psychologists, guitarist, rappers, etc and would love to hear your thoughts as well.
Seconded, that performance is powerful.
Im not crying. You're crying.
Love the Goldie costume đ
my fav hair I think = )
Yes you look just like Goldie Locks you look like her twin sister with different colored hair. Perfect analysis as always.
Thank you Damian !!! as always
@@GeorgiaDow your welcome keep up the amazing work !
9:00 Well it seems no matter the species, Moms find ways to crush me because that moment always does when I watch it.
I think this is your best cosplay yet !
yay i really liked it
Ok, I'm totally bs when it comes Goldie, I just hated her the entire movie.
I knew right from the beginning that she wished she had a "real" family.
I am adopted too, and, yo be honest, I feel there is a HUGE difference between wanting to know more about your origins and outright wanting to replace your family.
That's why I despised her so much. I am adopted and love my family, I have felt like wanting to know more about my biological family, but never thought of replacing my parents or sisters.
And, man, I just hated how they treated Baby. It is abuse, the teasing much more than just fun. The family follows her orders, follows her wishes and even support her abiae towards baby.
Man, it even hurt more when Baby complained how she came and took his place, how ahe took his bed even. But, his feelings are never acknowledged nor he receives any kind of support.
This kind of reminds me of my situation with my older sisters. I stole the role of the baby in the family. However, my parents DID give them attention and support and also put limits to what they would do to satisfy my cravings.
And, no, she making a 180 at the end is not near enough.
This family just seemed disfuncional to me.
The parents having eyes only for one child, being dismissive of the other, forcing him to work for her sister, having little to no empathy for him, Goldie manipulating and tricking them.
Like, no, I just cannot say this dynamic or storyline was good in the movie, a movie that already had focus issues.
Tuca and Bertie reaction please. Haven't seen any therapist react to it yet.
^^^
Would I found a bit strange is that the story of Goldilocks and the three bears is Germanic, but her dress & hairstyle is Slavic / Russ & her accent is British?
Families that roast each other are the happiest and most loving.
goldi my beloved
nailing the cosplay again, as always... and the insights..
can I toss you something different that you may have seen pop up all over the place? I would love your take on it...
Ren, Hi Ren... it's a song by Ren Gill (who goes just by Ren as an artist)...It's doing the rounds with reactors who are all really taken with it..the song talks about mental disorder and other such fun things and really resonates with those who struggle with mental health (but not just them).
I know, you tend to react to movies and shows.. but I think you really will find it interesting, if not to make a watchalong, at least for yourself... and I find that people who work in the mental health field offer several amazing insights in his lyrics.
An intro, to set the scene..
Ren is Welsh, 33yo, and has battled an undiagnosed crippling Lyme disease for about 8 years being fed pills for depression, chronic fatigue, bipolarism and what have you, until he finally got the right diagnose, by which time he developed brain damage, nerve damage and other such things... he received Stem Cell treatment in the US, and is now in Canada for further therapy and surgery.
at 17 he was signed by Sony, and subsequently dropped when the first signs of illness left him bedridden for 23 hours a day. Now he is independent and does his own thing.
He is also member of the band The Big Push, a small group of very talented musicians who are on hiatus because of his leave of absence.
He has a catalogue that goes from videos of him busking with his bandmates, to videos of him rapping, singing soulful songs, playing amazing guitare and much else... he touches on a bunch of musical genres.
Hi Ren is probably the most important song you will hear this year.
Be advised... as an artist, Ren is rather addictive and I have yet to find a single song that isn't either emotionally impactful, genius storytelling or amazing musicianship (or any combo of the above).
I shall spare you the fairly long list of other songs by him that are worth a watch (not just a listen.. his videography also deserves praise), but there are gems in there that are worth a Quentin Tarantino screenplay.
10:21 .... ooooh I am SO not looking forward to that moment. đ±That seems REALLY daunting. I mean - did I give her enough? Wasn't it too much? My girl is just 6 months atm, but .... damn. đ±
You caring to be good enough is usually a sign you will be = )
I love it
unrelated to this video, i would love to see you react to the song "Hi Ren" by Ren. you're perspective would be very interesting.
I adore you and your outfit
Thank you so much it was a fun one
If you are able to I would love for you to play a game called "Before Your Eyes" I think its a game you'll I love (its not complicated its a point and click story) even if you dont do a video on it the game is about 2hrs and carries very strong themes and plays into the live in the moment.
I Heard A Shrek 5 Is A Go W/ The Original Crew Mike, Cameron & Eddie.
Fun fact: in the latin america dub of the movie the three bears and Goldie have an argentine accent
Not so fun fact: the UK and Argentina have big tensions regarding the Falkland Islands (las malvinas) in Spanish
Can you analyse johan liebert psychology from monster anime by naoki urasawa
Can you watch tanya saga the evil i think that anime really have many psychological thing that you can tell us and yeah just some sugestion đâ€
hello Georgia can you do a video in subreddit called "r/mentalhealth" there are so many people calling out for help i feel that you can help a few of them by reading out their stories and giving your opinion on what they must do.
I'd be interested to see you delve into the psychology cluster that is attack on titan.
I did some of attack on titan = )
†Ruby Locks â€
How long until you look at Levius?
Wait wait wait! Did you just give a shout out to our girl Jinx?
there i did = )
Anyone else think that she was going to wish herself to being a bear along with her family? Just me?
A good parent is a parent who prepares their children for the world, not protect them from it. Shame not many parents share that to the point society has to bubble wrap everything for them.
Protect them from it....safe and easy..
the last couple of generations đą
Whenever you get emotional I get emotional, i cant help it... y.y
And i wish my parents would listen to this video, but they would take it as an offense ÂŻ\_(ă)_/ÂŻ
aww thank you for your sharing of empathy with me. And you never know one day they may
Eh I'll be honest this was the only part I didn't like about the movie cuz it felt too guilt trippy. The part where Perrito says "you won the orphan lottery" made my skin crawl. And baby bear constantly making fun of Goldie for being an orphan? I don't care for the people defending it in the comments. This just feels like another movie where the directors forget that adopted children aren't mythological creatures.
Would you consider reviewing reacting to the series The Chosen? Itâs a Bible series based on the life of Jesus and his apostles. I know the show takes a few liberties and guesses that arenât specific in the Bible. I would like to hear your thoughts on how they portray their versions of biblical figures like Mary Magdalene, Matthew, Peter, etc. There are also some other characters and themes Iâd like to see you break down
Seriously what a boring and problematic story to try to takle on a show and movie psychology channel
Why you look like her? đâ€
i tried =)
I repeat what I keep saying about this storyline:I don't like how it was handled.X-( If this movie had no magic involved,it would make sense that Goldie had to settle with her adoptive family,but since she can obtain whatever she wants,WHY did they have to GUILT HER into not wishing her biological family back?!?I don't like this because this kind of storyline completely ignores her biological parents,basically asking us to take for granted that they were bad parents that abandoned her because they didn't care for her but the reality is that *we don't know if that's true!!* They might be loving parents that simply LOST HER or that gave her away because they had no means to feed her and they are devastated and constantly worried for her and constantly missing her or maybe they died of heartache and they never got to know if their precious baby was alive and well! I would have very much preferred Goldie to be able to wish them back and then having a big multispecies family because,guess what,getting her human parents back *doesn't mean she MUST abandon the bears...she could have them BOTH!* I like Goldie&the Bears as characters but,considering how they developed their storyline,I would have preferred they cut them out of the movie completely!>^< After all we didn't _need_ them to pass the message"you don't need magic to be happy"...we already had plenty of other characters for that!!We had Puss,we had Kitty,we had Perrito,we had Jack who didn't _deserve_ the wish...we didn't _need_ Goldie too!!>^
I hear you and yes I think there was some guilting happening for sure
@@GeorgiaDow That's too bad. As I said,I like _the characters_ but _the story_ disappointed me heaps.X-(
Interesting part is that Goldilocks didn't try to wish to be a bear like them
@@Hanmacx True. That could have been a solution for _her._ But once again it would have ignored the needs and feelings of her human parents.
Fair argument we really don't know what Goldilocks parents were like when was said and done.
What if your kids are stupid and ruin their lives?