My Hero Academia Two Heroes Movie

If you feel yourself hitting up against your limit, remember for what cause you clench your fists! Remember why you started down this path, and let that memory carry you beyond your limit!

Welcome to the review of the most anticipated movie of the year. MY HERO ACADEMIA TWO HEREOS!!!!!! The origin of All Might during his youth will make you want to scream out PLUS ULTRA when he Detroit Smashes the shit out of villains. I know I’m a little late to the party but here you go!

Don’t forget to take Bakugo home with you! ❤

Our movie starts off with two eagles soaring through the endless sky symbolising the freedom and friendship this movie will portray between All Might and his friend David Shield. We see All Might and Deku in a private jet flying to I Island to attend the grand opening. I can’t remember the exact order so don’t give me shit about it please lol.

All Might was dreaming about his glory days. This was the time he was a transfer student studying overseas in America. We open up with a bank heist with a villain who goes by the name of…... he wasn’t important enough for a name so nobody really cares.  He’s riding this ugly ass toad village with 3 or so arms. They stole a bunch of money and are trying to get away from the cops. Oh, that’s cool sayonara bro.

I think the hell not! All Might comes to the rescue. The villain had like missiles and shit and he was going ballistic with them. However, All Might’s Carolina Smash left him unfazed and unscratched from those deadly missiles. And yeah we all know who wins the fight and on that day, it was revealed that All Might wanted to become the symbol of hope.

Deku’s mug is so cute! ❤

I Island was the paradise of everyone’s dreams. Latest technology, sexy girls, great food, SEXY girls, splendid weather, SEXY GIRLS. Alright, I’ll stop being Mineta for a bit lol. All Might and Deku come across this sexy blonde teenager on a pogo stick. It turns out the blonde bombshell she was Melissa Shields, the daughter of the great scientist David Shield and former partner in crime of All Might. At this point nobody was really focusing on the pogo stick anymore if you know what I mean 00( (.)(.) )00 <—-Minetta.

Deku was shown around the island by Melissa leaving All Might to talk privately with David. It was a cute little date with Deku being the little nerdy fanboy as usual. Everything was going well and the two were enjoying themselves until a cold breeze suddenly glides over his shoulders. What is this sudden familiar ominous feeling he thought…….Just Uraraka staring over him with raging jealousy lol. 

To put it simply the whole of Class 1-A was on I Island either through a direct invite or there as a plus one. But to be honest, I was only looking forward to seeing Yaoyorozu and Todoroki because those two are my absolute favourite ❤ I love Todoroki because of his quirks and hairstyle and I love Yaoyorozu for obvious reasons lol. I was hoping to see a little development in their relationship but this movie fell short on that aspect. Booooo.

Who could forget U.A’s greatest secret shame Bakugou! Of course, we see him wrecking up a storm on the action trial course gaining the top place with the fastest time. The best part was the whole of Class A trying to subdue Bakugo after Todoroki steals the spotlight from him in a blink of an eye. I’m certain that everyone in Class 1-A is ashamed of his attitude but has his back regardless. Much love Bakugou ❤

They all get invited the opening ceremony.  The boys were all dressed up spick and span and the girls were looking totally kawaii. I quote Mineta “The main course has arrived” as Mellisa was wearing a V-cut dress revealing her amazing body. Jailbait alert folks. However because they were late to the party, the whole island went into maximum security mode. David and Sam were taken to the top vault by the villains in order to obtain a mysterious item.

Just kidding. The whole Island went into lockdown due to a terrorist attack. All Might was giving a speech at the banquet and then booooom, the party crashers suddenly came through the front door and restrained all the pro heroes in the room. The villains snuck into the security room and got full control of the island. The ringleader goes by the name of Wolfram with a metal manipulation quirk. 

Now it was up to our crew Deku, Melissa, Todoroki, Jiro, Uraraka, Mineta, Iida and Kaminari to gain back control of the security system on the 200th floor. That’s a lot of running lol. Bakugou and Kirishima were lost trying to find their way to the party stumbling their way to the 80th floor without being aware of the security breach lol. They team up on the 80th floor to take down the 2 villains while the others fight their way through the sentry robots to reach the top. MVP award goes to Mineta for using his Harem dream to overcome his fear of heights. HAREM HAREM HAREM!!!!

Once the kids reached the top floor, it was revealed that David and Sam set up the whole hi-jack incident. They decided to hire a bunch of actors so that they could retrieve David’s greatest invention back after it was taken away by the government. The item was a headset that maximises one’s quirk without any drawbacks to the user. David wanted the item back because he knew of All MIght’s decreasing power and wanted his friend to maintain the symbol of peace. Before anyone calls him an asshole, his reasons were justified.

All hell broke loose and Wolfram reveals that they were not actors but real villains. Big surprise there…… Deku jumps in trying to save everyone but Sam and David still got shot regardless lol. The fighting continues until they reach the rooftop, and Deku was at his wits end on what to do next as Wolfram took David as a hostage and was escaping in a helicopter. Luckily All Might jumps into the rescue and then booooooom saves David in time. RIP helicopter. All that was going on and Melissa was able to retain control over the security system!

Wolfram somehow gets his hands on the amplifier and starts doing some crazy shit with his powers. All Might was already getting tired from his 3-hour limit and it was revealed that Wolfram received more quirks from ALL FOR ONE. Deku with his new support gear from Melissa was able to unleash his full potential. The student and Teacher released a final blow, the DOUBLE DETROIT SMASH which smashes Wolfram into smithereens. 

As the morning sun was rising, All Might and David become immersed in Deku’s awesomeness. They believe that even with All Might’s power disappearing, they are able to trust the future in the hands of the next generation. Awesome fight scenes, storyline and music are what you can expect from the movie. Definitely stole the hearts of many fans who are waiting in anticipation for the next film. PLUS ULTRA!!!

Who is your favourite waifu? ❤

Spirited Away

Once you’ve met someone you never really forget them.

In the film, Spirited Away, directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the two prominent film techniques used were visual symbolism and dialogue. These techniques helped viewers understand the three main ideas in Spirited away, which are greed, identity and good vs evil. Spirited Away is about a 10-year-old girl called Chihiro moving towns and stumble across an abandoned theme park village. Her parents were turned into pigs after eating some of the local food. Chihiro finds a mysterious boy Haku who tells her that this is a supernatural resort, and she needs to work to free her parents.

In the film Spirited Away visual symbolism helped viewers understand the theme of Good vs Evil.  For most of the film, Haku along with Chihiro is on the good side, whereas Yubaba and Zeniba, are on the bad side. Visual symbolism makes the audience believe that the characters are associated with mystical powers, emotions, and states of mind. For example, Haku and Chihiro both have very fair skin which is symbolising innocence like an angel. Chihiro has small facial features, like a baby which are considered cute in our society. Another example is Yubaba and Zeniba who are both witches have portrayed with very large heads almost the same size as their bodies making them appear tough and evil. Furthermore, she is very wrinkly and has lots of warts on her face. This makes us think, people who appear more ugly are associated with evil. 

I believe that director Hayao Miyazaki wants the audience to realise that we humans classify people into groups by just like we classify Haku and Chihiro as good and Zeniba and Yubaba as evil. This is called Racism also known as a classification of people into groups, when we classify people into groups we create stereotypes. This is when we think Yubaba is ugly because she’s a witch and stereotypes of witches are that they evil. Why are they evil? Because when we were kids our society and culture taught us this ideology. 

Visual Symbolism helped viewers understand the theme of Greed. The owner of the bathhouse, Yubaba is the most greedy person out there because almost every time we see her in the movie she is usually dressed in rich clothing with gold jewellery and other excessive gems. She does this so she can show her power over everyone else. For example, when Yubaba realized that the customer was giving gold she shouted “Ahh, gold! All Gold!”. But as a punishment of being greedy, the gold turned into mud. Everyone in the bathhouse is greedy but it truly shows when No face was creating gold and giving it away. When this happened everyone started to give No face delicious or exotic foods.

An example of Greed was when Chihiro parents went into a restaurant that they weren’t invited to and started eating rapidly. This symbolised both greed and gluttony, therefore, they were turned into pigs. Hayao Miyazaki did this to show the sin of greed. As said in the bible “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions”(Luke 12:15). Hayao Miyazaki is trying to show that everyone can become greedy if they are persuaded by the right things.

Visual Symbolism helped viewers understand the theme of Identity. When Chihiro signed the contract to get a job at the bathhouse, Yubaba stole parts of her name and made it Sen. This is called Contract Bestowal and is the way that Yubaba keeps the worker from escaping the bathhouse. Over time the workers eventually forget their name and lose their identity.  An example is when Yubaba said “So your names Chihiro such a pretty name (Pull characters of her name Chihiro and leaf Sen) and belongs to me now from now on your name is Sen”

But luckily Haku reminds Sen by saying “Here are your old clothes, you’ll need them to get home”. She remembers her real name and can use it escape. She also remembers Haku’s name which is Kohaku. When she was young she fell into a river and a river spirit called the Kohaku saved her. This set Haku and Chihiro free and they were able to leave the spirit world. Hayao Miyazaki could be symbolising that when you take someone’s name, you are also taking away their identity also taking away their soul.

After Yababa stole Sen’s identity (formerly known as Chihiro), Sen had to take care of herself because her parent were now pigs. This made her become more responsible for herself and her job giving her a stable identity in the bathhouse. An example of her having a stable identity is when she was offered gold from No face but refused. Chihiro learned from her father’s mistake of thinking that money can solve every problem.

She wisely chooses to do her duties instead of taking gold from No Face. No Face has never had an identity because has never had any friends or family that could teach him. He is trying to lure the bathhouse workers with gold and with want they want gold. If they accept No face will devour them and take the identity of the eaten person. Since he has the identity of the bathhouse worker he has all the greed, gluttony and viciousness and this doesn’t make him too happy because they were pretty empty on the inside. This would explain why No face wants to have Sen’s identity because she has the best identity in the bathhouse.

Furthermore, she was very respectful and kind to No face. Hayao Miyazaki wanted to symbolise No face as a Hungry ghost. Hungry ghosts are similar to no face because a hungry ghost has a mouth the size of a needle’s eye and a stomach the size of a mountain as written in Buddhist text. No face is like a hungry ghost because he had a never-ending appetite. The director Hayao Miyazaki is trying to explain that our identity is the result of other people’s identity especially close friends or family.

In the film, Spirited Away Dialogue helped viewers understand the theme of Greed. Chihiro’s father said at the start of the film “Don’t worry, you’ve got Daddy here. He’s got credit cards and cash.”. Chihiro’s father thought that wealth can compensate for lack of manners and respect. Chihiro learns from her dad’s mistakes. An example is when No face was offering gold then Chihiro said: “I don’t want any but thanks, I’m sorry but I’m in a very big hurry” and runs off. Chihiro knew that money or gold can’t solve every issue and those who give into greed with be condemned to servitude. I believe that the director Hayao Miyazaki is trying to show people the punishment of the greed, gluttony as mentioned in the seven deadly sins is paid in enslavement.

In conclusion, in the film, Spirited Away, directed by Hayao Miyazaki, several film techniques such as visual symbolism and dialogue. These techniques helped me understand the three main ideas in Spirited away is Greed, identity and Good vs Evil. The director Hayao Miyazaki got inspiration from the Christian bible, hungry ghost from the ancient Buddhist text. Furthermore, director Hayao Miyazaki was trying to show the consequences of the 7 deadly sins such as Greed, Gluttony.

Lin Waifu, she can give me a bath any day ❤