Luca
Published July 3, 2021
Film info
- Title Luca
- Director Enrico Casarosa
- Year 2021
- Run time 1hr 35m
- Genres Animation, Fantasy, Comedy, Family
- Tagline Prepare for an unforgettable trip
Set in a seaside town on the Italian Riviera, Disney and Pixar's Luca is a coming-of-age story about a young boy experiencing an unforgettable summer. Luca shares these adventures with his friend, Alberto, but all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world below the water's surface.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 3:17 | I mean, I can’t prove that they don’t but fish don’t bleat, surely. |
| 8:44 | Just a hunch but I think he is contemplating the surface. |
| 11:31 | The sun filtering down through the water is always so gorgeous. |
| 13:29 | “I don’t know how to not think about something.” |
| 20:28 | Silencio Bruno! |
| 26:16 | “To stay with my weird see-through uncle.” |
| 28:00 | That music just veered into Boundin'. |
| 31:33 | I like the chubby little minion to the bad guy. |
| 33:40 | “Always be training.” |
| 40:34 | The animation of the dad’s woollen top is amazing. |
| 43:58 | I feel like the cat should not be taken fishing. |
| 45:18 | How are the parents going to find him when they don’t know what he looks like? |
| 54:26 | “Giant raging balls of fire.” |
| 55:37 | Why is all the written stuff Italian but they’re speaking English? |
| 59:47 | Love the effect espresso had on them! |
| 1:05:07 | That is some twists and turns! |
| 1:19:18 | The under-the-dogs. |
| 1:22:05 | How do you write to sea monsters? Dear The Ocean… ? |
Thoughts
Ultimately, this movie is okay, but it feels like it dips below the standards we expect of a Pixar movie. It was better than following a walking pair of pants for an hour, and it was better than I thought the trailer made it out to be, but it wasn’t fantastic. It was mostly enjoyable, a good story with a cute coming-of-age friendship situation at its heart, but it also opened up quite a few questions that were not gamechangers but niggly-annoying.
Good but could be better. I do think the wool animation is something else, though.
Rating: 3 / 5